Canterbury Home Educators Inc

is a support group of and for home educating families in the Canterbury region. We are an Incorporated Society run by a committee of dedicated home educators.

Our objectives are to address the needs of home schooling families in Canterbury, N.Z. through the provision of information and advice on resources and support available and protecting and advancing the interests of home educating families.

To this end Canterbury Home Educators Inc. actively works to secure the rights and freedoms of home educators both here in Canterbury and in the rest of NZ.

Information Meetings

Home Education Information Meetings are the primary contact point for all new home educators, and those interested in finding out more about home education. This is the place to come to ask questions, find out more about the 'ins and outs' of home education, talk about issues that concern you, and receive help with exemptions, or pending reviews.

Newsletters:

These are sent out prior to the beginning of each term with details of what is happening or has happened in our group, as well as articles of interest to home educators.

Library:

Membership of CHE entitles you to use our excellent resource library. This is a specialist library and contains many examples of curricula, parent support books and magazines, a large range of early readers and much more. We also stock paper, card, art pads, glue sticks etc at very competitive prices.

Classes and Field Trips

Being part of a group means we can have access to many classes during school hours that we would otherwise have to attend after 3.00pm. All members are welcome to arrange a visit or class.

Adventure Monday

A weekly playgroup for pre-schoolers and activities for school aged children. Each session has many areas of play for your little ones to enjoy. Older children play sports, games etc and extra craft activities are often arranged. 

Polytech Courses

Our teenagers often combine with teenagers from the other support groups to attend a range of Star courses at Christchurch Polytechnic.

Support Meetings

Each term we hold 1 or more support meetings or seminars on a specific education topic. There is usually time to chat about other home education issues over a cup of tea at the end of the evening.