Home schooling

Go to their present school and ask the teacher's to put together a work pack for the school year.

If that doesn't suit you, contact the Distant Education Office in your state, and see what they can come up with.

Couple of questions. What state or Territory are you in presently and also where are you planning to travel. Also what years are the children in when you will be travelling. There are some good options available depending upon where and what you are doing. It will however mean a fair bit of work for you as a tutor. I would MM you but you are not a member. Get back to me with that info and I may be able to point you in the right directions.
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Mark

Tey won't fall behind, what they learn on the road will stay with them for life. We have been on the road over 2 1/2 years nows. Our girls are alot younger but way advanced for they years. We home school not distance ed. A couple of people we have met on the road with older kids have had work set for them by the school. You could contact your local home school organisation as well. Depends on how long you plan to go for to what will suit you. Where in vic are you. We left Warragul 2 1/2 years years ago and we catch the boat to Tassie on the 12 Sept for another look over there. Have fun on your travels.

Josh

As a high school maths teacher myself, I agree that you should set up a meeting with kids teachers and speak to them about it. It shouldn't be terribly difficult for subjects like maths and science where there is generally a text book for each year level which meets the curriculum requirements. The teacher *should* have a subject outline for the year which, at the minimum, should list which topics/concepts that would be covered. It should be simple to cross reference those topics to the text book. If you're lucky the outline will also list learning experiences, assessment schedules, learning outcomes and other useful info.

For other subjects like English and social sciences it'll be a little more tricky. You'll probably need more detailed information about the topics/concepts that should be covered as I doubt there is a year level specific text book for those subjects.

You should also be able to get hold of the subject syllabuses (or whatever they're called in your state) from the Education Department in your state for each subject. Here in QLD they are available for download from the EQ website. There is usually a lot of waffle in those documents, but they should also list the types of things students should know and be able to do by certain levels. They should also give you an indication of achievement levels, like what types of things an 'A' level student should be able to do etc.

I would also ask the teachers for assessment from past years. This will give you an idea of the difficulty level of concepts that your kids should be able to deal with.

hope that helps

matt

I was one of the fortunate ones that comlpleted two years of corrospondence school while we travelled around Oz, and I must say that the things I learnt on our travels have stayed with me longer than any algebra or physics problem ever have that I learnt in high school. We used to start school at 6:30 in the morning and be finished by 9:00 am (our choice) this left the rest of the day to explore and see parts of the country that not many people get to see. My advice would be to check out a corrospondance school website or contact them , they used to be in North Melbourne by memory, Your kids will thank you for it in years to come trust me.

6 mths on the road last year with our at the time 9yr old in grade 5 Qld , had a chat with his school principal and teacher prior to the trip , they gave us the outline + textbooks ect for time period that he would be away , spent only an average of 4hrs per week on the set work for the next 6 mths , got back to school 1 week prior to exams , top of class in maths ,geography ,social studies and english and computer studies ,, the kids will learn and retain more on the road [ real life] than siting in a classroom anyday.