SHEN - Sydney and NSW Home Education Network

05/04/2026

15/02/2026

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13/02/2026

SHEN Swimming Carnival 10th March - tickets available
https://shen.org.au/event/shen-swimming-carnival-10th-march-9am/

03/02/2026

🏊 SHEN Swimming Carnival 🏊

📅 Happening NEXT MONTH — just **5 weeks away!**

Tickets are ON SALE NOW but numbers are **limited** and **closing soon** ⏰

Don’t miss one of the biggest SHEN events of the year!

🎟 Buy your tickets now
🔥 Fun races, great vibes, and an unforgettable day at the pool

Get in quick and secure your spot! 💦💙

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SHEN Annual Swimming Carnival, a fun, supportive and action‑packed day for our homeschooling community. Make new friends, reconnect with old ones, and cheer each other on while enjoying good old‑fashioned sportsmanship alongside 150+ homeschooled children and families.

11/12/2025

Home Education in Australia is changing. The numbers are increasing rapidly and the ways that families make it work are growing and changing.



Our team of experienced home educators, who are also university researchers, want to understand your experiences and approaches, and what supports and resources are helpful. We want to build a comprehensive picture of home education in Australia.



We are inviting anyone who is currently home educating, has home educated in the last ten years, or wanted to home educate but wasn’t able to, to fill out an anonymous, online survey.



The survey will take up to 60 minutes to complete. You can complete it in multiple sessions, saving your progress as you go.



The survey is long, but few questions are compulsory to answer.

You can read full information about the project and the researchers when you go to the survey.



Please also pass this on to anyone you know who fits the criteria. We want to hear from as many home educators in Australia as possible, registered or unregistered. It is a completely anonymous survey.



This project has been approved by the University of Newcastle Human Research Ethics Team, approval number H-2025-0267

https://uninewcastle.questionpro.com.au/a/TakeSurvey?tt=0SsTs7xokVc%3D&fbclid=IwY2xjawOktUlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA80Mzc2MjYzMTY5NzM3ODgAAR60ttilPoqTu_4Bp8eKNHonztF5DKLvhS6wzai6t4uwm5ZFwzr2n_hr1UDkWA_aem_k3GSLpWruehh_8mqoQzpgA

09/12/2025

How to Register for homeschooling in NSW - lots of helpful information is here

Start your homeschooling journey by filling out an application form online or via email. The process takes up to 12 weeks for assessment, but often much less. No plan is required with the initial application, and you can submit it easily.

14/11/2025

Thank you for coming to "The Lovers" musical and sharing the experience together. We are also greatful for your messages, showing appreciation for SHEN's volunteer work.

04/09/2025

SHEN has also been invited to
Hello,

Don’t miss an opportunity for youth in your community to attend at no expense, a major global conference on democracy and security. With just 12 days left until the September 15 application deadline, we would be grateful for your continued support in sharing the 15@15: Youth Building Democracy global competition with 15-year-olds in your community.

This year's 15@15 competition is open to any individual born in 2010 and requires applicants to submit a fifteen-second video about one positive change they would like to see within the next fifteen years that will make their world more secure. Winners will receive an all-expenses-paid trip (with a parent or guardian) to attend the 2025 Halifax International Security Forum in Nova Scotia, Canada.

The creation of the application video could be a meaningful and creative back-to-school project, giving students an opportunity to reflect on their experiences over the break and share their vision for the future.

We’ve reattached the flyer and call-for-applications video for easy use. A brief mention in your newsletters, student events, or community updates this week could ensure eligible students don’t miss out. We’ve also highlighted the program on HFX’s LinkedIn, and you are welcome to directly share that post with your networks.

Full details of the program are available here: https://events.halifaxtheforum.org/15at15.

Please remind any interested students to apply as soon as possible so there’s time to address any technical issues and for them to reach out to us for support if needed.

If you have any questions or there’s anything we can further support you, please feel free to reply to this email, or call me directly at +1 (202)594-9551.

Thank you once again for empowering the next generation of changemakers.

Warm regards,
Emily Law
Program Manager, HFX

04/09/2025

SHEN has been invited to

Join the Worldbuilding Competition today.
The Future Health Worldbuilding Competition is a free competition for students in Years 7 - 10.

Work solo or in a team of three to answer the question 'What might healthcare look like in the year 2040?'

Why? This competition builds real-world skills in systems thinking, ethical reasoning, and creative communication.
It invites students to lead their own learning and contribute meaningfully to the future of care.

We know that as teachers you're busy and curriculum's are full! This is one of those rare opportunities to extend learning beyond the classroom, with a very light touch! This a student-led initiative that is deeply engaging and connect to real-world systems and futures.

What are students competing for?!
20 finalists will be invited to the Future Health Symposium on Monday 3rd November at Westmead Innovation Centre.

Finalists will pitch their ideas to the panel:

And, of course, compete for prizes!

Susan Pearce, Secretary NSW Health
Dan French, Deputy Secretary NSW Department of Education
Zoe Robinson, Advocate for Children and Young People
Jesse Waller, CEO & Co-Founder of InnerSteps
Peter Susanto, UNICEF Youth Ambassador
Finalists will be celebrated and are invited to join a behind-the-scenes tour of the Westmead Innovation Centre. Finalists will all receive colourful competition scrubs, pins and certificates.

Winners are offered Kindles, Virtual Room experiences and trophies + bragging rights!

Getting involved is easy.... just pass the message on to your students!

We've done the hard yards and have created video resources (https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/workforce/future/future-health-worldbuilding-comp/Pages/competition-hub.aspx) to introduce the competition, explain each Futures Thinking tool and talk about the research - megatrends!

This is an opportunity for students to explore different health professions. Think health care is just Doctors and Nurses? There are over 100 professions in the health system of NSW!

Current professionals (https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/workforce/future/future-health-worldbuilding-comp/Pages/competition-videos.aspx ) have given their time to tell students what a day-in-the-life of their profession looks like, and how they see their role changing over the next 15 years.

What do students need to do?

Submit their creative piece and 3 completed worksheets - Three Horizons, STEEPV and a persona. Instructions and examples are provided in the Canva workbook.

All resources are available on the Competition Hub. (https://greenarrow.health.nsw.gov.au/ga/click/2-15315057-6071-38491-60935-354501-d0fa76dcab-7i39b4df37)

30/08/2025

Only a few tickets left - Art Day at NSW Art Gallery - Tuesday 9th September 10am - 2pm

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NSW Art Gallery learning tour and Workshop: Yolgnu Power Tuesday 9th September, 2025 For primary Students – Stages 2-3 Tour (10am – 11.30am) For almost 100 years, artists at Yirrkala […]