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Coding for homeschool kids

Home-schooling families tend to be the most thoughtful about what their children learn and why. Coding fits naturally into a home education program: it is creative, it is cross-curricular (maths, writing, design and logic all turn up), and it can be taught live online by a specialist while you handle the subjects you most enjoy teaching. It also has one big practical advantage for home educators: lessons can happen during the school day, when most children are in class and teachers' timetables are open. This page explains how families typically fit coding in, what two state governments say about home education (quoted, not interpreted), how to use the Australian Curriculum as a planning tool, and a simple record-keeping habit called the exit ticket that our students use after every lesson.

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In short

Coding for homeschool kids means adding live, specialist-taught programming lessons to a home education program. In Australia, home education is regulated separately by each state and territory, so families plan their program to meet their own authority's requirements. Our role is the teaching: live online lessons in Scratch, Python, web development and AI, scheduled in the school day if you wish, with a short written exit ticket after every lesson that families can keep with their own records.

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Three ways to add coding to a home program

Choose by age. Each course runs for months, so it can anchor a whole year's technology learning.

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HSCH / 01

Coding for Kids

Ages 6 to 12. A year-long path from Scratch to games, apps and a first look at Python.

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HSCH / 02

Python and AI for Kids

Ages 9 to 12. Real Python with games, drawings and small AI projects.

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HSCH / 03

Python for Teens

Ages 13 to 18. A full year of Python, from first lines to well-structured programs.

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Fitting it in

How home-schooling families use live coding lessons

Families use coding lessons in different ways depending on their approach to home education. These are the patterns we see most often.

Common ways home-educating families include coding
ApproachHow coding fitsWhat the family handles
Structured, curriculum-ledA weekly lesson treated as the technology subjectLinking it to their written program and records
Project-basedCoding as the tool for projects in other subjectsChoosing themes: a history timeline website, a science quiz game
Interest-ledLessons follow what the child is excited to buildNoticing the maths and literacy inside the projects
Mixed with schoolCoding taken alongside part-time school subjectsCoordinating with the school on what each covers

School-day lessons

Our teachers work from India, behind every Australian state by a few hours, so an Australian morning or early afternoon is easy to schedule. Home-schooled children can take lessons during the school day, often in smaller or quieter groups.

Many families like coding late in the morning, after core subjects, as a reward that is still learning.

A specialist for one subject

Home educators often tell us coding is the subject they feel least able to teach themselves. Handing it to a specialist frees time for the subjects they teach with confidence.

Parents are always welcome to sit in, and many find they learn alongside their child.

Families outside Australia, or wanting a broader overview of planning a home coding program, may also find our general homeschool coding curriculum page useful.

State rules

What state governments say about home education

Home education in Australia is regulated by each state and territory, and the rules differ. We are a coding school, not an adviser on registration, so below we only quote what two state governments publish, word for word. Always check your own authority.

New South Wales

The NSW Government says: "To be home schooled, a child must: be registered by the NSW Department of Education, and reside in NSW." Its registration page adds that the parent is responsible for the educational program's "planning preparation delivery", and that "Home schooling does not mean operating like a school in the home."

On age, the same page says children may be registered "if they turn 5 on or before 31 July of that year up to the age of 18 years", that the program is "based on NESA's syllabuses", and that children "younger than 6 and older than 17 are not required to be" enrolled in school or registered for home schooling.

Victoria

The Victorian Government's page (updated 26 March 2026) puts it simply: "Home schooling is where you take on responsibility for teaching your child."

It also describes partial enrolment, which is "when students combine home education and attend certain subjects or activities at a registered school". Victoria's regulator, the VRQA, publishes guidance on registering and on developing a learning plan.

Other states and territories. We could not read the home education pages for South Australia, the ACT and the Northern Territory (their sites blocked automated reading), and the Queensland and Western Australian addresses we tried no longer exist. Rather than guess, we say nothing about their rules. Please go to your own state or territory education department for current requirements.

Sources, read 7 October 2026: NSW Government, Home schooling and Applying to register for home schooling; Victorian Government, Home schooling. Nothing on this page is legal or registration advice.

Planning

Using the Australian Curriculum as a planning tool

Whatever your approach, the Australian Curriculum v9 Digital Technologies content is a handy map of what children typically learn at each stage. It is free to download and written in plain language.

Digital Technologies by band, as a planning map (summarised from ACARA)
BandProgramming focusA coding project that covers it
Foundation to Year 2Following and describing sequences of stepsProgramming a toy or a character to reach a goal
Years 3 and 4Simple algorithms as visual programsA Scratch story or quiz with repeats and decisions
Years 5 and 6Visual programs with variables and inputA Scratch game with a score, lives and keyboard controls
Years 7 and 8A general-purpose language, with flowcharts and pseudocodeA Python quiz or text adventure, planned on paper first
Years 9 and 10Modular and object-oriented programsA larger Python or web project split into parts

Mapping lessons to the curriculum

Each of our courses can be described in curriculum terms, and our teachers can tell you which content descriptions a term's projects touched. Families who keep curriculum-linked plans find that useful.

NSW families should note that the state's registration page refers to NESA's syllabuses, which NSW publishes separately from the national curriculum.

Beyond Digital Technologies

Coding projects also generate work for other subjects: written explanations for English, coordinates and angles for maths, and research for history or science themes.

We do not certify or assess for registration purposes; we teach, and we give you clear information about what was taught.

Planning map summarised from ACARA's Digital Technologies content files for Foundation to Year 6 and Years 7 to 10, read 7 October 2026.

A worked example

Exit tickets: three lines after every lesson

An exit ticket is a tiny piece of writing a student does at the very end of a lesson. Our home-schooled students write one after every class, and over a term the tickets become a clear, child-written record of what they learned.

The exit ticket our students write (our design)
LinePromptAn example from a 10 year old
1Today I made...A maze game where the cat goes back to the start if it touches a wall
2The coding idea was...If-then: checking whether one sprite is touching another
3Next time I want to...Add a timer so the player has 60 seconds

Why three lines

Three lines take a couple of minutes, so children actually do them. Writing the coding idea in their own words is a quick check that they understood it, not just copied it.

The third line gives the next lesson a starting point that came from the child, which keeps motivation high.

A term at a glance

A child with one lesson a week across a ten-week term writes ten tickets; with two lessons a week, twenty. Read together, they show progress far better than a single test would.

Families can keep the tickets with their own home education records in whatever form suits them.

The coding twist. Older students turn their own tickets into a programming project. They type each ticket's "coding idea" line into a Python list, then write a short program that counts how often each idea appears across the term, for example how many lessons used loops, decisions or variables. It is a real data task, built on their own learning, and the printed summary sits neatly beside the handwritten tickets.

Honest records

Tickets are in the child's words, unedited by teachers, so they reflect what the child actually understood.

Easy to share

Families can show tickets to anyone reviewing their program, alongside their own planning documents.

Good for the child

Explaining what you learned is one of the most reliable ways to remember it.

Stages

Four stages over a home-education year

With a weekly lesson, most children move through the first three stages within a year, whatever age they start.

A year of coding in a home program
StageWhat your child can do
1. BuildsCompletes small projects with a teacher and writes an exit ticket each time
2. ExplainsDescribes the coding idea behind each project in their own words
3. PlansChooses and plans a project of their own, often linked to another subject
4. ReflectsReviews a term of exit tickets and explains how their skills have grown

Social learning

Group lessons give home-schooled children regular contact with peers who share an interest, often from different states and countries.

Children who prefer a quieter setting can learn one to one.

Flexible across the year

Home-educating families rarely follow school terms exactly. Lessons continue whenever you like, and billing is monthly.

Day and time are agreed in the free first class.

The catalogue

Courses home-schooled children choose

Grouped by age. Every course suits a home program, and none requires school enrolment.

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Younger children

Ages 6 to 9

HSCH / YNG / 01

Scratch Coding for Kids

Stories, games and animations in Scratch.

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HSCH / YNG / 02

Problem Solving for Kids

Logic, patterns and algorithms.

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HSCH / YNG / 03

Early Math Foundations

Playful maths for the youngest learners.

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II

Middle years

Ages 9 to 12

HSCH / MID / 01

Python and AI for Kids

First Python and small AI projects.

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HSCH / MID / 02

Web Development for Kids

Websites for projects in any subject.

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HSCH / MID / 03

Maths Through Coding

Maths learned with Python, from ten.

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III

Teenagers

Ages 13 to 18

HSCH / TEEN / 02

Full Stack Web Development for Teens

Front end and back end, project by project.

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HSCH / TEEN / 03

Data Science for Teens

Python for real data, a natural partner to maths.

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How lessons run

Live lessons around a home-education day

Because India time is behind every Australian state, our teachers can offer Australian mornings and early afternoons as well as after-school slots, which suits families who learn at home during the day.

Weekday, late morning

A favourite for home-educated children.

Weekday, early afternoon

After lunch, before afternoon activities.

After school or weekend

For families who mix home and part-time school.

A free first class

Your child tries a short project, and we discuss how coding could fit your program.

Groups

Fifteen to twenty learners at a similar level, sometimes including other home-schooled children.

One to one

Shaped entirely around your child and your program.

Exit tickets

A short written record after every lesson, in your child's words.

Parents welcome

Sit in on any lesson; many parents learn too.

Teaching, not certifying

We teach and describe what was taught. Registration decisions belong to your state's authority.

Student work

Projects built by our students

Projects finished by our students, some of them home-educated. See more in our student labs.

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Misti

A chatbot that answers mathematics and programming questions, built and deployed by a student.

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GuardianX

An assistant that helps a young person recognise unsafe situations online.

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A weather forecasting site with live conditions for any location.

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Fees

Fees for home-schooling families

Home-schooling families in Australia pay a monthly fee in US dollars. There is no joining fee and no commitment beyond the current month.

Free first class

USD 0

no card required

  • A short project with a teacher
  • A conversation about your program
  • No card or bank details
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Group batch

USD 100

a month, billed in US dollars

  • Fifteen to twenty learners per class
  • A consistent teacher
  • Daytime groups where available
  • Stop after any month
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One to one

USD 150

a month, billed in US dollars

  • Lessons built around your program
  • Daytime scheduling
  • Exit tickets after every lesson
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What families say

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Questions from home educators

What home-schooling families ask about coding

Can home-schooled children take your coding classes?

Yes. Our classes are live and online, need no school enrolment, and can be scheduled during the school day, which suits many home-educating families.

What is an exit ticket?

An exit ticket is a short piece of writing a student completes at the end of a lesson. Ours has three lines: what the child made, the coding idea behind it, and what they want to do next.

Will your lessons meet my state's home education requirements?

We cannot say: requirements differ between states and territories and are set by each authority. We teach and give you clear information about what was taught, which you can use in your own planning and records.

Do you follow the Australian Curriculum?

Our courses can be mapped to the Australian Curriculum v9 Digital Technologies content, and teachers can tell you which content areas a term covered. NSW families should note their state refers to NESA's syllabuses.

Can lessons happen during the school day?

Yes. Our teachers are in India, which is behind every Australian state, so Australian mornings and early afternoons are available as well as after-school times.

What age can home-schooled children start?

Live coding lessons start at age 6, with Scratch. Older beginners, including teenagers, start at the level that suits them.

Is coding a good subject for home education?

Many families find it is: it is creative, connects naturally to maths, writing and design, and is often the subject parents feel least able to teach themselves.

Do you assess or certify children for registration?

No. We teach coding and provide a record of lessons and exit tickets. Assessment and registration are matters for your state or territory authority.

Can my child join group lessons with other home-schooled children?

Where daytime groups run, they often include home-educated learners. One-to-one lessons are always available.

What does it cost?

Your first lesson is free, with no card asked for. Group and private lessons each carry a monthly fee, shown in the Fees section, and nothing is charged to join.

Elsewhere on this site

Related pages

More for Australian home-educating families.

Coding classes in Australia

The full list of our Australian pages and guides.

Homeschool coding curriculum

Our general guide to planning coding at home.

Kids coding languages

Which language to start with at each age.

Coding for 9 and 10 year olds

What children of this age can build.

Online coding for Australian kids

Year levels and lesson times by state.

Online maths tutoring in Australia

For the maths side of a home program.

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