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Homeschool Curriculum 2018 - Did someone say highschool?

2018 marks our 6th year of learning, laughing (and crying) together at home. When we first began homeschooling the most common question after, "But, how will you stay sane?" was "But what on earth will you do for highschool????". I had no idea - my son was 6 and secondary education seemed a million years away.... Then... just like that we have an almost 12 year old ready for highschool. ME: Did you realise year 7 is the beginning of highschool? HIM: Nope. So am I going to go to a highschool? ME: Oh...um, do you want to go to a highschool? HIM: No - not really. And so begins those 'highschool' years - at home. After initially freaking out about what I needed to change to get more 'serious' about schoolwork and put a stop to all this 'fun' we were having,  I received some wise advice. If what you are doing is working - why do you need to change anything just because he's in highschool? So I cancelled the book