Christchurch Conference

Venue: Hornby Presbyterian Community Church, 27 Amyes Road, Hornby Christchurch

Friday night Registration, Curriculum sales & family tables for second hand resources will be open from 5.30pm

6pm                  Family fun – music, drama and laughs

6.45pm             Keynote session with Diana for the whole family; Unlocking the Mysteries of the Middle Ages

8.30pm The Ultimate Family supper (Sales tables will remain open until 9.30pm)

Saturday 8.30am  Registration

9am –    The Well-Kept Secret of a Biblical Education (this session has a Christian focus)

10.15    Am tea

10.30 –  Beyond Survival

12-1pm Lunch

1 pm     Workshop options (choose 1 out of 4)

1.  Diana and Bill – Making the most of teen years at home. Encouraging session for teens

2.  Barbara Smith – Avoiding Burnout. Strategies to identify and overcome burnout.

3.  Lennie Harrison – Early Reading and Writing Skills. A practical session aimed at 4-8yrs.

4.  Linda Gage – Character Training. Focussing on the heart and mind while they learn and grow.

2.15pm Workshop options (choose 1 out of 4)

1.  Bill Waring – The Homeschool Principal; an encouraging discussion time for Dads

2. Barbara Smith and Ngaire Allan – Preparing for an ERO review; putting your best foot forward. Cancelled (View link)

NEW!! Helen Pearson – Developing Good Thinking Skills in the Course of Life.

3.  Lennie Harrison – Meat for Teenagers (directed at parents only, and Christian content)

4.  Linda Gage – Time Management. Practical tips for balancing the house, the family, life and everything else.

3.30pm afternoon tea

3.45pm Final keynote session with Diana Actively ENGAGE Learning & Actually ENJOY Learning!

5.15 pm End of conference. Book stalls remain open until 6pm

*Please bring a contribution for morning/afternoon tea if you are attending on Saturday.

*Creche will be provided for children 3 and under only. A parent’s room with sound from the auditorium is available for mum’s with babies.

* No children’s programme will be available but quiet children over 12 are welcome to attend sessions.

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Registration Details:

Names of those attending: Mum/Dad_________________________________________________________________

Children’s names and ages requiring a place in crèche on Saturday_________________________________________

Number of Adults and Children attending on Friday Evening: _____Adults ______Teens/Children

Number of Adults/Teens attending on Saturday: _____Adults _____Teens

Address:_______________________________________________________________________________________

Phone:________________________________

Email:_________________________________________________

Workshop Preferences: (to help us allocate rooms – you may change your mind on the day) Please rank your choices.

Session 1:          Making the most of your teen years at home.  Number attending_____

_____Avoiding Burnout _____ Early Reading and Writing Skills. _____ Character Training.

Session 2: The Homeschool Principal (Dad attending? Yes/No)

_____ Preparing for an ERO review. _____ Meat for Teenagers _____Time Management.

We would like a table to sell used resources: Yes/No   (Table cost will be $5)

Cost: All fees cover the whole family.

Friday Evening ($20)            Saturday only  ($35)              Friday and Saturday  ($40)

Post registration forms with payment (cheques made out to CHE) to 12 Egmont Place, Harewood, Christchurch

Internet banking: please deposit with your surname & “Conference” as a reference: A/C 03 0802 0162706 00

Living, Laughing and Learning Conference with Diana Waring

September 11^th and 12^th, 2009

Venue: Hornby Presbyterian Community Church, 27 Amyes Road, Hornby Christchurch

Curriuclum vendors and other resources will be available for sale during the conference.

Friday evening 6-9pm: An evening for the whole family with music, drama, singing and comedy courtesy of your homeschooling friends; a race through the Middle Ages with Diana and the Ultimate Family supper.

Unlocking the Mysteries of the Middle Ages
Join Diana for a whirlwind tour through one thousand years of colorful characters and world changing events. Beginning with the fall of Rome and continuing all the way up to Gutenberg’s printing press. Seat belt use suggested–you’re going to move fast!

Saturday 9am – 5.30pm

A variety of encouraging and practical sessions with Diana and other experienced home educators.

9am The Well-Kept Secret of a Biblical Education (Specifically for Christian families)
How much have the prevailing culture and our own school experiences influenced our views on education, even in homeschooling?  This powerful message will provide you with a foundational and scriptural framework for understanding education — the content and the means — from a Biblical perspective.

10.30am Beyond Survival (General Audience)
A transparent description of the beginning days in her homeschooling, including the struggles and failures she experienced as she unsuccessfully tried to create school at home. Learn how she went from “barely surviving” to finding great joy on the journey with her children. Diana brings experience with her own children for over twenty years, as well as insights gleaned from homeschooling families around the world.

4pm Actively ENGAGE Learning & Actually ENJOY Learning! (General Audience)
“How do I get my kids to finish their school work?”  The deeper question is actually, “How do I get my kids to be self-motivated?”  We will look at specific ways to encourage and assist our children in developing ownership of their education.  We must learn the critical difference between controlling and directing; pushing and releasing; coercing and facilitating.  It is the master teacher who says, “I can not teach you how to do it, but I can help you learn to do it.”

Workshops will include:

Diana and Bill                Making the most of teen years at home. Encouraging session for teens

Bill Waring                    The Homeschool Principal; an encouraging discussion time for Dads

Barbara Smith               Avoiding Burnout. Strategies to identify and overcome burnout.

Barbara Smith & Ngaire Allan   Preparing for an ERO review; putting your best foot forward.  Cancelled

Lennie Harrison Early Reading and Writing Skills. A practical session aimed at 4-8yrs.

Meat for Teenagers (directed at parents only, and Christian content)

Linda Gage                    Character Training. Focussing on the heart while they learn and grow.

Time Management. Practical tips for balancing the house, the family, life and everything else.

See the Insert for your registration form and plan to join us for a wonderful weekend of encouragement.

Go to  http://www.dianadownunder.com for more on Diana’s teaching and resources as well as registration details for all her Downunder conferences. A very informative website developed by Chareen Rushworth. (Cantabrian now in Melbourne)

Queries: gagetribe@xtra.co.nz or ngaire.allan@paradise.net.nz

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