Home-Ed Study Weeks
Study weeks are similar to the idea of ‘deschooling’; the process of taking a break from formalised teaching/learning. Deschooling is intended to re-spark a joy for learning and study weeks work the same.
The part nobody warns you about: keeping the actual home education running day to day. This section covers routines and timetables, record-keeping and paperwork, how to organise your space, how to build independence into the structure, and how to stay on top of the administrative side — including what the 2026 legislation changes mean in practice. From someone who learned most of this the hard way.
Study weeks are similar to the idea of ‘deschooling’; the process of taking a break from formalised teaching/learning. Deschooling is intended to re-spark a joy for learning and study weeks work the same.
It is very easy to get carried away shopping for homeschool essentials! But the truth is, you don’t actually need a lot of supplies to homeschool efficiently.
I’ll be honest with you: my desktop is a chaotic mass of screenshots and half-finished downloads, and the paper filing situation is, if anything, worse. I have been home educating for nearly ten years and I have never once successfully maintained a filing system for longer than a term before it quietly collapsed. What I…
At the breakfast table you’re Mum (or Dad), and they’re just your children. Ten minutes later, you’re Mrs Mum/Mr Dad and there’s a pile of work to be done. The multiple roles of home education — parent and teacher, child and pupil, siblings and peers — can quietly unbalance a home if you let them….