A calm home education program for Queensland families.
Lesson plans, workbooks and pacing guidance for ages 5–18. You lead the day, we plan the year. Built by Australian educators and home-education parents, revised every term based on what families tell us works.
Parents stay responsible for registering home education with the QLD department — ParkSyde gives you curriculum and support, not registration.
Four bands, one home rhythm.
Tap a band to see what that year looks like in ParkSyde — how much parent time, how the weeks shape up, and what your child's day focuses on.
Ages
Ages 5–6
Pacing
~2–3 hours of taught time
Focus & parent role
Your role: Daily, hands-on.
Phonics, early number, storytime, play-based exploration.
You're on the Prep band. Switch any time.
Get the parent pack
A short PDF with sample lessons from each band, a pacing overview, and an outline of what's included. We'll follow up within two working days.
Four year bands
A year plan for every learner, ages 5 to 18.
Your child moves through four natural bands from Prep to Year 12. Each band lays out pacing, parent role, and the subjects we cover together.
Ages 5–6
PrepYour role
Daily, hands-on
Pacing
Around 2–3 hours of taught time across the week
Focus
Phonics, early number, storytime, play-based exploration
Ages 6–12
Years 1–6Your role
Daily guidance; light supervision for older years
Pacing
Around 3–4 hours per day
Focus
Reading, writing, maths, science, history, geography, the arts
Ages 12–15
Years 7–9Your role
Mentor and guide; less hand-holding
Pacing
Around 4–5 hours per day
Focus
Project learning, deeper reading, lab work, draft cycles
Ages 15–18
Years 10–12Your role
Adviser; the learner runs more of the day
Pacing
Around 5–6 hours per day
Focus
Long-form writing, extended investigations, portfolio evidence
Learning outcomes
What a ParkSyde learner can do.
Six areas of growth parents recognise from everyday life — not a syllabus table. Each band deepens the work; nothing here is a checklist to tick in a hurry.
- Read and respond to a range of textsComprehension, vocabulary and the habit of choosing books your child actually wants to read — from phonics primers to young-adult fiction.
- Reason with numbers in real situationsArithmetic, measurement, fractions, decimals, percentages, and the patience to work through a problem when the first attempt doesn’t work.
- Ask questions of the natural worldObservation, simple experiments, recording what they see, and reading what other scientists have written — biology, chemistry, physics and earth science by band.
- Think historically and geographicallyTimeline sense, the habit of asking "why this then?", map reading, and seeing Australia and the wider world in context.
- Make and present original workLong-form writing, drafting and revision, drawing, music, drama, building — a portfolio that reflects who they actually are.
- Care for place and communityBush kindy through to senior electives — the kind of practical, local learning that turns "book smarts" into citizenship.
Sample lessons
One lesson from each band.
A representative lesson from every year band — yours will adapt to your child's pace, interests and the local things happening around your home.
Phonics: the "ai" family
Objective
Your child hears, says and writes short "ai" words (rain, train, paint) in a printable mini-book.
You'll need
Mini-book printout (4 pages) · Crayons or marker · A "word hunt" sheet — circle "ai" words on a cereal box
Parent tip
Sit on the floor together. Read the mini-book aloud, then race to find "ai" words on the cereal box — five minutes is plenty.
How it works
What's included, and who supports it.
A program built around what families actually do at home — and the people behind it.
What's included
- Lesson plans for every subject, every week
Year-by-year scope and sequence plus weekly lesson plans you can open, follow or amend to suit the day.
- A parent guide and pacing chart
How much time a typical day takes at each band, where to slow down or speed up, and how the four bands flow together.
- Learner workbooks
Printable practice, draft space and reflection prompts — phonics readers through to senior English worksheets.
- Pacing guide and assessment tools
A pacing chart, sample end-of-term reviews and simple templates for the kind of progress records QLD families keep.
Who supports this
Australian educators and home-education parents
Lesson plans and assessments are written by Australian educators and home-education parents, and revised regularly based on parent feedback.
Updated every term, not once a year
We re-write lessons when families tell us something didn't land, when the syllabus expectations shift, or when a new term brings new questions.
ParkSyde is a curriculum and support program, not a registered school. Parents remain responsible for registering home education with the QLD department and for any review documentation that department asks for.
Parent questions
Honest answers, in plain language.
What families usually ask first when they're considering ParkSyde.
Try the Foundation sample before you subscribe.
We'd like to send you a free sample of the Foundation pack — a few short lessons from your learner's band, the pacing guide, and a checklist of what to keep at home. No subscription required.
- · A short selection of sample lessons for the band you choose.
- · The pacing overview at your child's year band.
- · A checklist of what to keep at home for a calm start.
- · One direct line for a question while you read through, fair use.
Send me the Foundation sample
We'll email the sample within one working day. No subscription needed.
Two subscriptions for one Prep–Year 6 family.
Prep–Year 6 families can pick a Plan subscription ($39 or $349 AUD — monthly or yearly) or a Plus subscription ($79 or $699 AUD) that adds cohort-style professional support. The parent or guardian is the account holder — recurring billing through Stripe, cancel anytime from the receipt email.
Monthly or yearly. ParkSyde is not a registered school. Parents remain responsible for QLD home-education registration.
Start with a calm week, not the whole year.
We send a short PDF with sample lessons from each band, a pacing overview, and an outline of what's in the program. Take it with you for a few days, then decide whether the rest of the year is for you.
- · A sample Prep phonics lesson (the "ai" family).
- · A sample Years 1–6 maths lesson (fractions at the kitchen table).
- · A sample Years 7–9 science lesson (a backyard ecology study).
- · A sample Years 10–12 English lesson (a long-form argument essay).
- · The pacing guide at each band, in one page each.
- · A checklist of what you'll keep handy at home.
- · A direct line to the ParkSyde team for one question, fair use.
Send me the parent pack
Tell us a little about your learner — we'll reply within two working days.
Other audiences
ParkSyde beyond Queensland.
The Queensland parent program runs the homepage above; the routes below serve visitors whose cohort is institutional, overseas, or both.
- For institutions · WorldwideParkSyde for institutions
A flexible education spine adoptable by governments, homeschool communities and private providers — locally validated with your team before any launch.
Open the institutional page - For institutions · Malaysia pilotMalaysia community pilot
ParkSyde's Malaysia community pilot — a term-length pilot conversation anchored to a Kuala Lumpur lead hypothesis and scoped in writing with the institution you work with.
Open the pilot page - For overseas families · communities · institutionsParkSyde worldwide
Distinct from the Queensland parent program. A four-rung ladder for overseas families, homeschool co-ops and providers — built on the same ParkSyde spine.
Open the worldwide page