EP195: Nat's Chats #8 - home education

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Natalie Cassidy

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🗓️ 31 January 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Nat's dialled up some listeners for a chat! A deep dive into kids education, with a bit of focus on home education and how that works. Enjoy! xx Kellie Bright & Anna Maxwell Martin on Radio 4’s SEND in the Spotlight https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0mksq4x/episodes/player Please subscribe, follow, and leave a review. xxx You can find us in all places here; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podfollow.com/lifewithnat/view⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ We're on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/lifewithnatpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Nat's insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@natcass1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Marc's insta: ⁠⁠⁠@camera_marc⁠⁠⁠ Neice's insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@natsnieces⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tony's insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@tonycass68⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linny's insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@auntielinny.lwn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ MORE LIVE SHOW! 07/02/2026 Brighton, The Forge ⁠⁠⁠TICKETS⁠⁠⁠ 08/02/2026 Newcastle upon Tyne, The Stand ⁠⁠⁠TICKETS⁠⁠⁠ 25/02/2026 Folkestone, Quarterhouse ⁠⁠⁠TICKETS⁠⁠⁠ 28/02/2026 Colchester, Arts Centre ⁠⁠⁠TICKETS⁠⁠⁠ 07/03/2026 Manchester, Fairfield Social Club ⁠⁠⁠TICKETS⁠⁠⁠ 22/03/2026 Leeds, The Wardrobe ⁠⁠⁠TICKETS⁠⁠⁠ 29/03/2026 Bristol, The Gaffe - ⁠⁠⁠TICKETS⁠⁠⁠ Book Club: November's book - All Together for Christmas by Sarah Morgan & December's book (optional extra for the speedy readers) - A Heart for Christmas: Advent Romance by Sophie Jomain Nat’s solo chats - any rants always welcome! Scraping the Barrel - SCAN AND SHOP VIRGIN NO LONGER! Bonce vs list! - Are you a list maker? Always collecting for Nostalgia Fest! What’s brewing with the Nieces - are we all skipping the end of summer, all of autumn and going straight to Christmas - Nat’s door is! Group chat ettiquette & pranks. Nice Lorraines… get in touch! Advent calendars & gift recommendations v. welcome! Things we’re nagging with Linny about - More lateness stories and some cleaning questions, please! The Tony talks chatter - Keep your DIY questions coming, also open to some saucy two paragraph stories for Tony to read out at the Southend show - think cheeky postcards (both in tone and length)! Can we make Tony an influencer and get him any freebies? A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hello@keepitlightmedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:25.5	Fly Emirates, fly better. Hello, hello, hello, welcome to another Nat's chat. I hope everybody is super good. I have been nagging with Auntie O'Lini before this, but I wanted to squeeze a couple in
0:56.7	because I would love to give you more content, more material and more episodes if I can,
1:01.9	especially while I'm at home a little bit more at the moment and people are asking for them.
1:06.8	So I hope you enjoy this little Brucey bonus.
1:15.0	Today we are going to talk about home education and schools. I think it's so important. Me as a mother, I've been through a lot of emotions
1:22.0	regarding this subject because I do care immensely about education. I care about the children reading a lot.
1:32.0	I've, from a very, very young age, always read to them, done a bedtime routine.
1:39.0	And the kids have loved their books growing up. Then Eliza got to teenage years, if not a little bit before.
1:47.8	And she sort of lost the love of reading, which I've mentioned in book club episodes before.
1:52.4	But it is quite hard and difficult because you really want them to continue for their English and,
1:58.7	you know, to expand their vocabulary, really.
2:02.4	I don't really want Eliza to be saying like 15 times in a sentence, which I do hear a lot
2:11.0	these days.
2:11.9	You can correct me if I'm wrong, but if you do watch Love Island, which I don't, but if you ever do put it on or see clips,
2:20.9	like, you know what I mean, like, like, and I know I say like as well, I think it is something
2:26.8	that has come into the language, but I am aware of it and I try not to. So yeah, going off
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