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

Mon 3 May 2010

Evening Meeting in Blenheim

Venue: The Community House in Riversdale, 131 Budge St.

Cost:  Donation

Time: 7:00pm

Contact: Sandy, 03 578-1296, home_spun3@live.com

Informal Q & A time: with C & B Smith, including college & university entrance.

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 06 357 4399

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’

Tue 20 April 2010

Coffee & Dessert Evening Hokitika

Venue: Hokitika Church of Christ (corner of Sale and Stafford St, Hokitika)

Time:  7pm

Cost:   $5.00 per family

Questions and Answers With Craig and Barbara Smith

Please bring your favourite dessert to share

Any questions you have regarding home-education please write down and get to Sonya by the 31 March. Sonya will pass them on to the Smiths so they can be prepared to answer on the 20th April.

Also, anyone wanting individual time with Craig or Barbara, or both, then they are available during the day of the 20th. Again let Sonya know and she will arrange a time when you can meet with them.

Contact: Sonya McGarvey Ph: 03 755-5300 mcgarveyls@snap.net.nz