{"id":182148,"date":"2026-03-09T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=182148"},"modified":"2026-03-06T01:51:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:51:24","slug":"finding-spaces-to-learn-on-the-surf-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/finding-spaces-to-learn-on-the-surf-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding spaces to learn on the Surf Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>YAH BARNES<\/p>\n<p>HOME schooling registration has continued to rise across Victoria, with many families opting for a personal alternative to mainstream education.<\/p>\n<p>Many families, including Esther and Louis Glazebrook, have found the Surf Coast offers a great backdrop to educate their children.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You learn more organically when you home-school because you&#8217;re out in the environment and have time to explore things deeply,&#8221; Esther said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was nice to go to the beach, have outdoor play, then come home and do learning in the afternoon &#8211; that balance was beautiful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/HomeSchoolSurfCoast-_38661.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The family enjoyed being able to integrate activities they love during the day, as well as visiting the beach and learning from their environment. Photo: NYAH BARNES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Torquay and Bellarine have such an artistic community, and home-schooling gave us the chance to explore that through workshops.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In term four of 2024, the Glazebrooks decided to home-school their three primary-school-age daughters.<\/p>\n<p>The family spent 2025 learning from home, and have now returned to mainstream education.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone wasn&#8217;t coping at school,&#8221; Esther said, &#8220;and home schooling felt like the logical first step to help.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had friends who home-schooled here and overseas, and they said it was the best decision for their kids, especially with neurodiversity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/HomeSchoolSurfCoast-_38668.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">While being a working mum at the same time was challenging, home-schooling was the best option for Esther and her family at the time. Photo: Nyah Barnes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, 11,691 students were registered for home schooling. A spokesperson for the Department of Education said this amounted to about one per cent of Victoria&#8217;s school-aged population.<\/p>\n<p>Associate Professor in the School of Education at Deakin University, Emma Rowe, said the increase in families choosing to home-school their children may be related to a shift towards private education.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In terms of more parents choosing to home-school&#8230; that&#8217;s probably related to two different factors, which is the increase of private school tuition fees which is rising faster than inflation&#8230; and it might be related to is parents feeling that public schools are underfunded.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s probably not a surprise that parents and I think taking quite extreme steps&#8230; to express their dissatisfaction with educational options where they&#8217;re living,&#8221; she said<\/p>\n<p>.For Esther, the year gave her girls a chance to learn in a safe environment before returning to the schoolyard which had been challenging in\u00a0the past.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/HomeSchoolSurfCoast-_38675.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(From left to right) Audrey, Winifred, and Evelyn Glazebrook spent a year being home-schooled in 2025 which helped them return to school confidently this year. Photo: NYAH BARNES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Home-schooling helped them gain confidence. One of the girls learnt to read more through home-schooling and now loves it,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kids who home-school often learn how to talk to adults comfortably&#8230; it&#8217;s a life skill you can&#8217;t teach in a classroom&#8230; I loved seeing their confidence grow to look someone in the eye and hold a conversation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Home-schooling gave them that confidence and resilience that&#8217;s now showing up back in school.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Even though they have returned to school, Esther is grateful for what the year taught them, and is continuing to take each year at a time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve learnt to take every year as it comes. 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