Home Education

Posted Tuesday 08 Oct 2024

Home Education

What if a classroom could be a dahlia farm, a house bus, a forest, or a lounge?

The Spinoff is excited to platform Home Education, from award-winning filmmakers, Chris Pryor and Miriam Smith, a docu-series that looks into the lives of six families who have taken schooling outside the bounds of a traditional classroom. There are as many ways to learn as there are people, and each family is able to mould their days to suit them. They incorporate elements of Montessori, Waldorf, Unschooling, Te Kura, mātauranga Māori and more, aiming to foster their children’s innate love of learning. These students are just a few of over 10,000 who are educated at home in Aotearoa.

The first episode features Jen and her kids who run a pick-your-own dahlia farm. The thriving business started when Jen gave them each $100 to start a business, as a home school project – now all of their education is in the context of running the farm.

Watch here on The Spinoff or Youtube.

Episodes release every Tuesday.

Jen & the dahlia kids: Tuesday 8 October

Rachel & Felix: Tuesday 15 October

The Fairul Izad family: Tuesday 22 October

Alesha & Kensey: Tuesday 29 October

On the road with the Rasmussens: Tuesday 5 November

The Bakers: Tuesday 12 November

Made with the support of NZ On Air.