Coming Events for April – June

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Sat 17 April 2010

Top of the South Conference in Tasman Bay

Venue: Tasman Bible Church Cnr Coastal Highway and Williams Rd, Tasman

Contact: Rose, 03 526-6767       evenings only or                topofthesouthreg@live.com

Cost: $5.00 per family

Programme:

8:45am Venue opens

9:15am Welcome

9:30 – 11am

Craig and Barbara Smith: Home Education – Getting Things Into Perspective

11am Morning Tea

11:30am Two Electives

Craig Smith:  A Christian Dad’s Essential Role in Home Education

Barbara Smith:  Changing the Heart of a Rebel  (For preventing rebellion, and dealing with it as a Christian)

12:30pm  BYO Lunch, View Resources

1:00pm Two Electives

Craig Smith: Is it Possible to Discipline Children in our Undisciplined Society?

Barbara Smith: Training our Children’s Minds, The Tools of Learning, and Motivation

2:30pm PM Tea, View Resources

3.00pm Two Electives Combined

Craig and Barbara Smith: Training our Children/Youth to be Pure and Raising our Daughters to be Godly Wives and Mothers

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Tue 20 April 2010

Coffee & Dessert Evening in Hokitika

Venue: Hokitika Church of Christ, corner of Sale and Stafford Sts, Hokitika

Time: 7:00 pm

Cost: $5.00 per family

Questions and Answers with Craig and Barbara Smith

Please bring your favourite dessert to share.

Anyone wanting individual time with Craig or Barbara, or both? They are available during the day of the 20th. 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

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Thurs 22 Apr 2010

An Evening in Te Anau

Venue: Lakeside Presbyterian Church, Te Anau Terrace, Te Anau

Time: 7pm

Contact: Nancy, 03 349-8166, gnbarnes@xtra.co.nz

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Fri/Sat 23-24 Apr 2010

“Refresh” Conference in New Plymouth

Speaker: Rosie Boom

www.boomfamily.co.nz

Venue: Northpoint Baptist Church, 116 Mangati Rd., Bell Block

Cost: $30 (includes am & pm teas)

Contact: Sue, 06 758-5294, innesnz@xtra.co.nz; Helen, 06 754-7158, powicks @gmail.com

Friday: Family Concert by Rosie Boom & Family, 7-9pm

Programme:

9:00am — Venue Opens, Resources

9:30am — Rosie Boom: Joy in the Homeschool Journey

10:30 — AM Tea

10:50 — Rosie: The Gift of Values (how to nurture character in our children’s lives)

12:30 — Lunch

1:00pm — Resource Stalls open

2:15pm — Rosie: Building a Strong Family

3:15-6:00pm — View Resources

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Sat 24 April 2010

Full Day Workshop in Invercargill

Venue: Rosedale Bible Chapel       Cnr Bourke & Exmouth Sts    Invercargill

Contact: Joy Gibson               Phone: 03 214-4493             briangibson@clear.net.nz

Costs: $15 / family or $5 / session

Programme:

9:00am Venue Opens, Resources

9:15am Welcome & Notices

9:30-11am Two Electives

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

Barbara Smith: Avoiding Burnout — Keeping Going When the Going Gets Tough

11:00am AM Tea, View Resources

11:30am Two Electives

Craig Smith: Choosing or Developing Your Own Curriculum

Barbara Smith: Training Our Children’s Minds, The Tools of Learning and Motivation

1:00pm BYO Lunch, Resources

1:30pm Two Electives

Craig Smith: Changing the Heart of a Rebel (for preventing rebellion and dealing with it as a Christian)

Barbara Smith: Training Our Children to Worship

2:30pm PM Tea, View Resources

3:00pm Two Electives

Craig Smith: Training Our Children/Youth to Be Pure

Barbara Smith: Raising Our Daughters to Be Godly Wives and Mothers

4:30pm View Resources. End

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Mon 26 April 2010

Dunedin Home Education Seminar

Venue: Musselburgh Baptist Church, 131 Musselburgh Rise, Dunedin

Time: 10am-3pm & 7-9pm

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

Contact: Dunedin Committee on register4dunedinseminar@gmail.com or Katie, ph. 03 489-2349,

Programme:

10am — Registration & Resources

10:15 — Welcome & Notices

10:30-12 — Two Electives

Craig Smith: Home Education — Getting Things into Perspective

Barbara Smith: Home Education  through Secondary and Preparing for Tertiary

12-1 — Lunch. Tea & Coffee provided.

1-2:30 — Two Electives:

Craig: Changing the Heart of a Rebel

Barbara: Avoiding Burnout: Keeping Going When the Going Gets Tough

2:30-3 — PM Tea & Resources

(3pm-7pm: Free to go home)

7-9pm — Two Electives

Craig: Dad’s Essential Role in Home Education from a Christian Perspective

Barbara: Training Our Children’s Minds: Tools of Learning and Motivation

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Tue 27 April 2010

Half Day Workshop in Oamaru

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

Venue: Elim Church

Cost: $10 per family or $5 per session.

Speakers: Craig & Barbara Smith

Programme:

1pm — Registration & Resources

1:30 — Two Electives

Craig Smith: Choosing or Developing Your Own Curriculum

Barbara Smith: Training Our Children’s Minds

3pm — PM Tea & Resources

3:30 — Two Electives:

Craig: Changing the Heart of a Rebel

Barbara: Training Our Children to Worship

4:30-5 — Q & A Session

6:00pm — Pot Providence Tea

8:00pm — Two Electives:

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

Barbara: Training Our Daughters to Be Godly Wives & Mothers

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Wed 28 April 2010

Workshop in Timaru

Venue: Connect Community Church, Intersection of College Rd and Harper St., Timaru

Cost: $5 per family per sessioin or $15 per family for all the 4 sessions.

Contact: Rachel, 03 686-3393   or thelittles@maxnet.co.nz

Programme:

1:45pm — Arrive & Welcome

2:00 — Two Electives

Craig Smith: Getting Things into Perspective (Schooling vs Education, Character Training, Tutoring/mentoring, Developing Vision)

Barbara Smith: Avoiding Burnout: Keeping Going When the Going Gets Tough (Symptoms, Causes, Strategies)

3:30pm — PM Tea & Resources

4:00 — Two Electives:

Craig: Choosing/Developing Your Own Curriculum

Barbara: Training Our Children’s Minds: the Tools of Learning and Motivation (Grammar, Logic and Rhetoric Stages of a Classical Hebrew / Interpersonal Education)

5:30 — BYO Dinner Time

6:30pm — Two Electives:

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

Barbara: Creating Your Own Library and the Vital Nature of Reading Aloud

7:30pm — Keynote Address

Craig: Home Educating Through Secondary and Preparing for Tertiary and the Workforce

8:35pm — Q & A Session

9:00pm — Supper

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Thur 29 April 2010

Home Education Workshop in Ashburton

Venue: Ashburton Baptist Church, cnr Cass & Havelock Sts., Ashburton

Cost: $5 one session, $10 Single, $15 Family

Contact: Melanie, 03 030-6564, midcanthomeeducators@gmail.com

Programme:

1pm — Registration & Resources

1:15-2:45 — Barbara Smith: Avoiding Burnout: Keeping Going When the Going Gets Tough

2:45-3:15pm — PM Tea & Resources

3:15-4:30 — Craig Smith: Home Educating Through Secondary and Preparing for Tertiary and the Workforce

4:30-5:00pm — View Resources

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Sat 1 May 2010

Workshop in Christchurch

Venue: Bishopdale Reformed Church, 90 Highsted Rd., Christchurch

Cost: $15.00

Contact: Angela McDowell, ph. 03 383-0652 pm only; andrew. mcdowell@xtra.co.nz

Programme:

9:00am Venue Opens, Resources

9:15am Welcome & Notices

9:30-11am Two Electives

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

Barbara Smith: Avoiding Burnout — Keeping Going When the Going Gets Tough

11:00am AM Tea, View Resources

11:30am Two Electives

Craig Smith: Choosing or Developing Your Own Curriculum

Barbara Smith: Training Our Children’s Minds, The Tools of Learning and Motivation

1:00pm BYO Lunch, Resources

1:30pm Two Electives

Craig Smith: Changing the Heart of a Rebel (for preventing rebellion and dealing with it as a Christian)

Barbara Smith: Training Our Children to Worship

2:30pm PM Tea, View Resources

3:00pm Two Electives

Craig Smith: Training Our Children/Youth to Be Pure

Barbara Smith: Raising Our Daughters to Be Godly Wives and Mothers

4:30pm View Resources. End

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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 Craig & Barbara Smith, including college & university entrance.

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Fri/Sun 28-30 May 2010

Patchwork of Grace

Retreat

Venue: El Rancho, Waikanae

Speaker: Rosie Boom

Cost: $165 per person, includes all meals from Sat Breakfast through Sunday Lunch.

Contact: Gayle McDonald, lotsamacs@xtra.co.nz

This is an opportunity for you to spend a weekend away from the burdens and stresses of homeschooling life and take some time out to fellowship with other like-minded mums. You will receive inspiration and encouragement for your homeschool journey.

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Fri/Sat 25-27 June 2010

Heart Retreat

Matamata

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Craig’s electives http://hef.org.nz/2007/workshop-electives-offered-by-craig-smith/

Barbara’s electives http://hef.org.nz/2007/workshop-electives-offered-by-barbara-smith/

and

Rosie Boom  http://www.rosieboom.com/

Sat 17 April 2010

Top of the South Conference

in Tasman Bay

Venue: Tasman Bible Church Cnr Coastal Highway and Williams Rd, Tasman

Contact: Rose Sutherland Phone 03 526 6767 evenings only or topofthesouthreg@live.com Cost: $5.00 per family

PROGRAMME:
8:45am Venue opens, Resource Table

9:15am Welcome

9:30 – 11am          Craig and Barbara Smith: “Home Education – Getting Things Into Perspective”

11am Morning Tea

11:30am Two Electives
Craig Smith:  “Dad’s Essential Role in Home Education – from a Christian Perspective”
Barbara Smith: “Changing the Heart of a Rebel”  (For preventing rebellion, and dealing with it – Christian presentation)

2:30pm  Lunch – BYO, Resource Table

1: 00pm Two Electives
Craig Smith: “Is it Possible to Discipline Children in our Undisciplined Society?”
Barbara Smith: “Training our Children’s Minds”, “The Tools of Learning”, and “Motivation”

2:30pm Afternoon Tea, Resource Table

3.00pm Two Electives Combined
Craig and Barbara Smith: “Training our Children/Youth to be Pure” and “Raising our Daughters to be Godly Wives and Mothers”

(Q’s and A’s can be included in this session.)

Sat 6 March 2010

THEN Conference Hamilton

Venue: Hamilton Sth Baptist Church, 131 Ohaupo Rd, Hamilton

Contact: Margaret, Phone: 07 843 5656, THENmail@gmail.com

Costs: $20 THEN member, $35 nonmember, $40 on-day

Registrations close: Sunday 28 February 2010

(you can still turn up on the day and pay the on-day registration)

Vendors: Home Education Foundation, Learnex, CES Books and more.

Programme

9am Open for Registrations including on the day registrations

10am Start and Welcome

10.05am – 10.30am Craig Smith — Keynote Address

10.30 Morning Tea, Vendors Open

11.00am – 12.00pm Session 1

Craig Smith: Getting Started in Home Education: In this presentation Craig Smith covers the details of getting your child out of school, different approaches to home education, curriculum materials and the legal aspects of home education. For those new to home education this is a great place to get an over view.

Wintech, University and Vision College reps: Preparing for Tertiary

Rowena Powell: Reading, the Reluctant Reader and Maths Reluctant: Rowena home educated her own children and now specializes in teaching reading writing and maths to children who need extra help. Her workshops usually have a hands on approach to how you go about helping children to master the art of reading writing and maths.

Barbara Smith: Coping with/Avoiding Burnout: During this presentation Barbara Smith will look at the symptoms and causes of home school burnout and strategies for avoiding it. Many of us worry about whether what we are doing is right, is there a better way and strive too hard. Barbara will lead us to an understanding of what home education really calls us to.

12 pm Lunch BYO. Tea and coffee provided

12.45 pm – 1.25pm Session 2

Craig Smith: Is it possible to discipline children in our undisciplined society? It will be very interesting to hear what Craig has to say here. He is right; society is undisciplined. How do we teach discipline to our children in a world that mocks it.

Barbara Smith: Books, Great books and more books: How is your home library coming along? From her years of home education experience Barbara will share her wisdom of what it really is worth spending your money on to develop your home library. What books are of greatest value? And Why?

Gladys Billings: Teaching Writing: Gladys is the home schooling mother of Anna (15) and David (15).
If our child is a good reader we naturally think they will be a good writer. But this does not always follow. Writing is a skill which any child can acquire so as to express themselves creatively or in essays. For the last 4 years Gladys used Andrew Pudewa’s wonderful user-friendly Excellence in Writing material to teach children how to write.

Johanna Whittaker: Lapbooking and Unit Studies: Johanna is the home schooling mum to Nathan (10) and Grace (12). She discovered the creativity, fun and convenience of Lapbooking when undertaking unit study work with her children. They have been making lapbooks for about five years, subjects ranging from butterflies to India. If you just want to find a way to conveniently record and store project work in an attractive innovative way, then investigate this workshop.

1.30pm – 2.30pm Session 3

Craig Smith: Dads: The dad’s essential role in home education is what Craig will explore during this session. The father’s input into home education and family life is vital. Craig as father of a large family will share his wisdom and experience and hopefully inspire other dads to get more involved in their children’s education.

Margaret Evans: Homeschooling on the Smell of an Oily Rag: Margaret is a mother of 6, who has home educated her family over 22 years, much of that time while on the DPB. Can it be done without spending much money, and how do you choose what to spend the little you have on? Alison Kinghorn, who home educated her three children, will also have some input.

Barbara Smith: Training our Children’s Minds: Barbara takes the grammar, logic and rhetoric stages of classical education and applies it to the Hebrew/interpersonal approach to learning which results in a very interesting and informative workshop.

Katherine Baxendine: Home schooling Large Families: Kathy is married to David. They live on a dairy farm in Matamata area with their 11 children who range in age from 19 years to 15 months. Along with Kate Molloy (mother of 8 children) Kathy will lead the workshop whereby they will share ideas and tips that have helped them in their homeschooling.

2.40pm – 3.15pm Panel of homeschooling parents, and homeschool graduates – chaired by Craig Smith.

Close and thank yous

Afternoon tea and vendors stalls open until 4pm