Happy New Year! As we embark on another year of homeschooling, we hope you have had a great start to the year and are ready for all the exciting things that are being planned by our committee. Whether you are a long-term home educator, just starting out, or somewhere in between we hope we have something for everyone.
✅ Reminder
If you are a member, please remember to add or update your payment details so your membership is renewed. The customer portal will allow you to add or change payment details.
LEAP Days
In 2024, LEAP is moving to Oakford Community Hall. LEAP (Learn, Educate and Play) is volunteer run and this year will be hosting a monthly playgroup, K-3 HASS sessions and year 4-8 HASS sessions. Each event will be on the 3rd Monday of the Month. You can book for the February and March events here.
🗺️Location: Oakford Community Hall, Foxton Rd, Oakford WA 6123
🎲Board games will be set up all day
☕ Coffee/tea, milk/sugar will be available for parents.
Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1167386
Do you like to have reminders pop up on Facebook? Here’s the Facebook event page (remember you need a ticket to attend).
PLAYGROUP 0-8 years
Runs 9:30-10:30am
Cost: $7.50pp/session ($6 for members using the discount code)
Includes:
- Free play – indoor, verandah, and outdoor play area (playground, grassed area, sandpit)
- Craft/activities
- Story time/movement and music
K-3 Topics
Runs 11:00-12:00 noon
Cost: $15.00pp/session ($12 for members using the discount code)
- 19 Feb: (Biological/HASS) Water, conservation of water
- 18 March: (Chemical/HASS), What happens when we recycle, recycled paper
- 15 April: (Biological/HASS) Natural and managed features
- 20 May: (Physical) Forces, attraction and repulsion of magnets
- 17 June: (Biological) Life cycle of flowering plants, plants as shelter
- 15 July: (Chemical): Effects of heat on different materials, measuring temperature with a thermometer
- 19 August: (Chemical) Different uses of materials in the world around us, the breaking point of different materials
- 16 Sept: (Earth and Space) Short-term & long-term patterns of Earth, weather and climate
- 21 Oct: (Biological/HASS) Ecology: Predator vs prey, what happens when something is removed from a habitat
- 18 Nov: (Physical): Movement of objects on land, in water, in the air
Year 4-8 Topics
Runs: 12:30-1:30
Cost: $15.00pp/session ($12 for members using the discount code)
- 19 Feb: (Biological) Antarctic animals, plant adaptations
- 18 Mar: (Chemical) Separation techniques
- 15 Apr: (Chemical/HASS) Environmental factors and role of oxygen in combustion
- 20 May: (Physical) Switches and light globes, electrical circuits
- 17 June: (Biological/HASS) Role of microorganisms in the food chain, human affect on the environment
- 15 July: (Chemical) Light rays and reflection, coloured light and coloured material materials
- 19 Aug: (Chemical), Solubility. Rusting, burning, and cooking
- 16 Sep: (Earth and Space) Rocks: Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic
- 21 Oct: (Biological/HASS) Food chains and food webs
- 18 Nov: (Earth) Gravity and planetary orbit
