Coming Events for the rest of April, May and June plus a review of the Dunedin Conference

Coming Events

for the rest of

April, May and June

plus a review

Coming up until May 3: Timaru, Ashburton, Christchurch and Blenheim

and a wonderful review of the Dunedin conference on Monday

Wednesday 28 April 2010 Workshop in Timaru

Thursday 29 April 2010 Home Education Workshop in Ashburton
Friday 30 April 2010 Children’s entries for the books awards close

Saturday 1 May 2010 Workshop in Christchurch

Monday 3 May 2010 Evening Meeting in Blenheim

Fri/Sun 28-30 May 2010 Patchwork of Grace

Fri/Sat 25-27 June 2010 Heart Retreat

Wednesday 30th June 2010 Morrinsville Homeschool History Fair


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For more on the speakers at these Conferences and Worksops go to:


and

Review of the Dunedin Conference

Hi there to those of you who live in the South Island and north of Dunedin,
From those of us who attended the Dunedin Seminar yesterday, we urge you to attend Craig and Barbara’s Workshops in Oamaru, Timaru, Ashburton and Christchurch!! Our Dunedin Seminar was awesome, and we all need this kind of encouragement to counteract what comes against us on this journey.
Please don’t let complacency or the weather stop you. Some of our attendees drove for over two hours in wet weather to come to our seminar.
So register if you need to, or just get along there!
Barbara and Craig have decades of experience to share with you. Make the most of their wisdom – we are so fortunate to have this couple who give unselfishly of their time and energy to encourage us to keep on with what we are doing.
Come on, you won’t regret it!
The Dunedin Committee.
p.s. Tell your friends!
For information……see their website  www.hef.org.nz
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For more Coming Events for April/May/June  please check here:

https://hef.org.nz/category/coming-events/

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Wednesday 28 April 2010

Workshop in Timaru

Contact: Rachel, 03 686-3393 or thelittles@maxnet.co.nz. Please register by Friday 23 April by contacting  Rachel Little and indicating which Elective in which Session you would like to do.  Many thanks

Venue: Connect Community Church,  Intersection of College Road and Harper Street, Timaru

Cost: $5 per family per session or $15 per family for all the 4 sessions to be paid at the door on arrival

We are working on activities downstairs for younger children (under 10s) for the 2 afternoon sessions, and a children’s dvd for the evening session, but parents are still responsible for their own children being settled.

Please bring a plate to share for afternoon tea, and if you are staying for the dinner time, you are welcome to bring your own food – kitchen available

Programme:   1.45 pm    Arrive and welcome  

Session One 2.00  pm

Elective 1  Craig Smith –  “Home Education – Getting Things Into Perspective” (Schooling v Education, Character Training, Tutoring/Mentoring, Developing Vision)

Elective 2  Barbara Smith – “Avoiding Burnout – Keeping Going with the Going Gets Tough” (Symptoms, Causes and Strategies)”

3.30pm    Afternoon tea    

Session Two 4.00pm

Elective 1  Craig Smith – “Choosing and Developing Own Curriculum”

Elective 2  Barbara Smith – Training Our Children’s Minds – The Tools of Learning and Motivation” (Grammar, Logic and Rhetoric Stages of a Classical Hebrew/Interpersonal Education)

5.30 pm  Break and Bring Your Own Dinner Time

HEF Resource Table    

Session Three 6.30 pm

Elective 1 Craig Smith – “Dad’s Essential Role in Home Education – from a Christian Perspective”

Elective 2  Barbara Smith – “Books, Great Books and More Books – Creating Your Own Library ” and “The Vital Nature of Reading Aloud”

Session Four 7:35 pm

Keynote

Craig Smith  – “Home Educating Through Secondary and Preparing for Tertiary Education and the Workforce”


8:35 pm   Short testimonies to encourage us from parents/young adults who have transitioned successfully into tertiary/workforce – very welcome.

Question & Answer Time

9:00 pm   Supper

Tuesday 27 April 2010 Workshop in Oamaru

Tue 27 April 2010

Workshop in Oamaru

Contact: Tani, 03 434-9253, tani.newton@paradise.net.nz

Venue:  Elim Church

Cost:  $10.00 per family $5.00 per session

Programme:

1:00  Registration and view resources

1:30 Two electives

Craig: Choosing or Developing Your Own Curriculum

Barbara:  Training Our Children’s Minds

3:00 Afternoon tea and view resources

3:30 Two electives

Craig: Changing the Heart of a Rebel

Barbara:  Training Our Children to Worship

4:30 – 5:00 everyone into main auditorium for Q & A session

6:00 Pot Providence Tea

7:30 Two electives

Craig:  The Christian Dad’s Essential Role in Home Education

Barbara: Training Our Daughters to Be Godly Wives and Mothers

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For more Coming Events for April/May/June  please check here:

https://hef.org.nz/category/coming-events/

Free Range Robotics WON THE 2010 VEX ROBOTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP!

Well they did it!

Free Range Robotics

WON THE 2010 VEX ROBOTICS

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP!

The Tournament was held in Dallas, Texas and the two New Zealand teams – Free Range Robotics (homeschoolers) and Kristin, along with Shangahi Luwan Activity Center from China, played against another alliance of three from the USA (one of them being a homeschool team who won last year’s championship).   They won the first game of the finals by a good margin, and went on to play the second match (the winner being the best of three).  It was very tense, as the competition was fierce and the score was close.  The judges took an eternity to count up those scores, but the teams were elated to win the second match and at last bring home the ultimate World Tournament Champion 1st Place Trophy.

Free Range Robotics were also presented awards for the World Champion 1st Place in Web Design, World Champion AMAZE Award (for innovative design, engineering and programming), World Champion Energy Award (for team enthusiasm and dedication) and also World Champion 1st Place Division Tournament Champion.  The team were also presented  with a Silver Fern Award.  This award originates from the military.  It is a prestigious award, given to soldiers who have given significant service to their country.  The Kiwibots NZ had been granted the power to select and award this to certain students for their service to NZ as a representative (in battle) overseas.  The team has certainly experienced the sweat, blood and tears of hard battle over these last couple of years!  It was great to acknowledge their hard work and dedication.

Interestingly enough there was another  Robotics Competition called  Best Robotics which was held at the same time, and that was won by homeschoolers also.  Homeschoolers are dominating these competitions!

New Zealand homeschool robotics team, Free Range Robotics, has WON the tournament at the Vex Robotics World Championships in Dallas

New Zealand homeschool robotics team,

Free Range Robotics,

has WON the tournament at the

Vex Robotics World Championships in Dallas.

The way the tournament works is that the teams work through qualifying matches which gives the top teams the opportunity to form alliances with other teams from their division and play through a set of finals to find the top alliance in their division (four divisions).  Then the top alliance from each division plays through semi-finals and finals to find the overall tournament champion. The Free Range Robotics team was in alliance with a Chinese team and North Shore’s Kristen School.  This alliance is the one that won the World Championship in Dallas this morning (Sat evening in Dallas).

We should be so proud of these teams; they competed against the best 394 teams from around the world to be World Champions.  And all the New Zealand teams were outstanding.

Go New Zealand!!

Stephanie

www.thebroadroom.co.nz

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Thanks for this report Stephanie

Monday, 26 April 2010: Dunedin Home Education

Mon 26 April 2010

Dunedin Home Education Seminar

Venue: Musselburgh Baptist Church, 131 Musselburgh Rise, Dunedin

Time: 10a.m – 3p.m and 7 – 9p.m evening

Speakers: Craig and Barbara Smith

Cost: $15 per family, which includes the Children’s Programme   

Contact: Dunedin Committee on register4dunedinseminar@gmail.com or ph Katie 03 489  2349 or Barbara 021 027 82221

Programme:

10:00 Registration and view resource table

10:15 Welcome and Notices

10:30 -12:00  Two Electives:

1. Craig  Home Education – Getting things into perspective

2. Barbara  Home Education through Secondary and preparing for Tertiary

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch Tea and coffee provided. Bring your own lunch. Alternatively a Dairy is across the road, or a 500 m walk to Musselburgh Shops [Baker’s Dozen, and two Takeaways]. Woolworths 1km in same direction.

1:00 – 2:30pm Two Electives:

1. Craig  Changing the Heart of a Rebel

2. Barbara  Avoiding Burnout – Keeping going when the going gets tough

2:30 – 3:00 pm Afternoon tea and browsing resource tables. [ 3:00 to 7:00 p.m Home ]

7:00 – 9:00 p.m Two electives:

1.  Craig  Dad’s Essential role in Home Education – from a Christian Perspective

2. Barbara   Training our children’s minds – ‘The tools of learning’ and ‘Motivation’

For more Coming Events for April/May/June  please check here:

https://hef.org.nz/category/coming-events/