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Devon Home Education
News June 2008
Exeter, East and Mid Devon
Free Range Learning
Contact Annie on 01392 434167 or email Kate on katefernhill@aol.com
We meet every Wednesday during term times. 10.30am to 3.00pm. Admission £2.50 per family. We welcome new families to our group and we organise trips and outings together as well as our weekly meeting. There is lots of outdoor space to run and play.
.
Pottery Sessions Contact Neil 01363 82314
Pottery in Alpington, every fortnight on Tuesdays at 11.00 (term time only). Next session will be Tuesday 13th May. The pottery session is in a well equipped pottery studio. Various clays and a wide selection of glazes are available. Pottery is okay for all ages from two years old but it takes about four weeks to get your final glazed pot back as pots need two firings, but they are usually worth the wait!
.
Teenager Meeting in Exeter.
Contact Errin on 01392 434167 Tuesday at 12.30pm
.
Oakhampton Group
Contact Barbara 01837 55805 Every fortnight on Monday 12.30pm to 2.30pm term time. Very informal: lunch/chat/play/ride your bike /skateboard on the skateboard park. £1.25 per family.
.
Chard Home Education Centre
For further details, please contact Becca: tel: 01404 549479 email:@yahoo.co.uk To book a visit or regular attendance, please contact Karen: 01460 30461; email: karen-turner@homecall.co.uk Tuesdays 10 - 2. (Please bring packed lunch). Activities for 5-16yrs including drama, computer, science, maths, art & craft.
.
Exeter College: Admission for home educated post 16 students. On the 7th May three members from Free Range Learning, a home education support group based in Exeter, met with Exeter College staff, Anne Oxborough, Assistant Principal and Rachel Iles, Student Experience (who also deals with admissions), to discuss the admission requirements for home educated post 16 students. We had requested the meeting as home educated students are finding it difficult to meet the admissions criteria. Lately, the college had further tightened its admissions policies in effect making it very difficult for home educated teenagers who have not previously taken GCSE’s to access their programmes at certain levels. We were able to explain the difficulties home educators face in accessing GCSE’s prior to age 16, for instance, problems with finding exam centres willing to take private candidates, marking of coursework and the high costs involved. We explained that although the students are applying to the college without the required GCSE’s this did not reflect on their ability or motivation to succeed. We discussed various ways the problem could be overcome with the following result. In future applications from home educated students will be separated on receipt and given separate consideration. For level 2 courses (normally requiring a minimum of 4 GCSE’s at grade D or above) the College will arrange for the student to have an extended interview, with a dedicated member of staff aware of home education issues, from the relevant department, to allow time for the young person to explain their interest in the course and present alternative evidence of interest and ability, such as a portfolio or relevant work experience etc. The college may also request a personal statement written by the young person. A decision as to the application will be based on the interview and evidence provided. They have agreed that home educated post-16 teenagers will be able to access the Target GCSE programme (this is for students who just missed C grades) without having previously taken GSCE’s (again this will be subject to satisfactory interview). The option of using the Fast Track will remain, but as this is a foundation GCSE programme, primarily for children who failed to engage at school, its relevance to home educated teenagers is less likely. This meeting did not formulate a policy for Level 3 (AS/A2, etc) qualification applications; however, through our discussions, such applications were not precluded and, with the openness of the college to the possibility, there should no longer be the struggle there has been in the past. It will be up to individuals to provide evidence that they are capable of study at the required level in order to be considered for these courses. Obviously students will be able to progress to level 3 courses on successful completion of a level 2 course. Both Anne Oxborough and Rachel Iles wanted to ensure that all home educated applicants have their applications processed by the new procedure and have said that they will monitor the process. All staff in the admissions department are to be made aware of the policy. We felt this was a very productive meeting and were pleased to find the senior management were very amenable to accommodating our concerns and helping to formulate an admissions policy that allows home educated teenagers, who do not have the necessary qualifications, to access the college in as uncomplicated a way as possible.
.
Plymouth Area
Ice-skating Contact Sarah on 01752 245630
1st Tuesday of each month
.
Plymouth Group
Contact Sarah on 01752 245630 or Marianne on 01752 492540
We have a very small activity group meeting on the 3rd Tuesday of the month in a small hall near Mutley Plain in Plymouth, cost £2 per family. Play, games, craft and simple science activities.
.
Tamar Valley Home Ed group .Contact Jeanette at info@ecobean.co.uk or join the yahoo group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TamarvalleyhomeeTamar Valley Group activities for May: 13th May Coffee morning - informal meet up near Holsworthy 10:30 am 27th May Trip to the Eden Project We plan to arrange meet ups every week at many peoples request so if anyone wants to join in then please get in touch as there may be extra activities on. .
.
South Devon
.
Family Swim at Totnes Pavilions
Mondays 10-12, Fridays 11.30-1.30 We pay a school group price of £1:10 a head (under 5s free) and lots of the children have learnt to swim from these sessions, by playing around in the pool together. Informal, fun and drop-in.
.
Torbay and South Hams meet ups.
Contact Sally on 01803 853389 or email selkiejo@hotmail.com
Get-togethers in this area on occasional Thursdays. If you wish to be added to Sally's email list, email your address and you will receive updates on what’s going on.
.
.South Devon Home Education Group [Education Otherwise]
Contact Lucinda on 01364 644556 or email l.guy@dartington.ac.uk
Wednesdays 1-5 near Totnes This popular and friendly group provides space and resources for play and creativity. Activities are always provided but with no pressure to join in. Our lovely big light hall has a kitchen, spacious playing fields outside and a play park. The grounds are enclosed and safe, where the children always have a lot of fun playing freely and imaginatively together. There are buses from Totnes and there are plenty of free parking spaces. Everyone is encouraged to help set up, bring along something to do, make suggestions, and help with clearing up. Drinks are provided at a small cost and tables are set up in the hall for eating packed lunches. We welcome new families and it's ok to come whenever it suits you. The group has membership of SPARC, the Dartington Scrapstore, which can provide wonderful resources for families. Meetings continue through half terms & holidays.
Activities for June
4th Circus Skills. We will be hiring extra equipment for the occasion and trying out new skills, including juggling, diablo, plate spinning and tumbling on the gym- mats.
11th Orienteering/treasure hunt on the playing fields. Please bring your own compass. 18th Full moon tonight, so a possible camp out on the field: to be discussed nearer the time. In the afternoon we will make lanterns for evening stories, food and celebrations. 25th Miniature Gardens. What would you like to create a garden in? Bring an old dish, tray, tin or boot... anything you like. We will plant seeds and find suitable treasures.
.
Follaton Group
.Contact lindsaybraga@ukgateway.net
The Follaton Group meets fortnightly on Thursday afternoons during term-times at a hall in Totnes. It comprises a workshop (lead by families on a rota) followed by playtime. Adults and children participate in the workshops. Children's ages range from babies to 11 years. The group is regular (rather than drop-in) and is capped to keep workshop numbers manageable. The format of all working together followed by play has proved very successful, providing a stimulating and supportive environment.
.
Dart Valley Home Education Network Contact Gordon/Hannah: lindnich@tesco.net or ring 01803 762788 for all DVHE groups
We offer free H.E. support and information, and help families set up non-profit HE interest groups and/or to network with like-minded families:
DVHE Historical Visits Group, 1st Friday of the month. We visit places and events of historic interest: - National Trust and English Heritage but also reenactments, prehistoric sites and other things members want to do. We meet in the 1st week of the month (usually Fridays but depends when properties are open. This is the only Dart Valley group that has a charge which is £2 per year per family to cover NT membership. There is a Yahoo group to aid communication, share links and photos, etc.
DVHE Photography Group, 2nd Friday of the month. We support each other in our own projects, share photos online, meet at different venues to take photos and sometimes hire a hall to share our work. There are several experienced photographers in the group as well as complete beginners (children and adults). Please bring a camera (if you have one) and if you wish, photographs which you would like to share with everyone else. A group emphasising a practical, hands-on approach to taking and sharing photographs and exploring the full range of photography both traditional and digital. DVHE Natural History Group, 3rd Friday of the month Open group meets monthly for a Natural History ramble: a chance to learn to see and come to our own understanding of nature. Natural history can be a starting point to go in varied directions depending on your personal interests: i.e. science, photography, drawing and painting, herbalism, geography, geology, natural dyes or just the chance to be outdoors etc. Bring field guides, sketch/note pads, cameras, magnifiers, binoculars if you have them and your curiosity. We also have an active and friendly yahoo group to discuss future places to meet in the South and Central Devon area and share ideas and links about natural history, other local wildlife and nature events, informal meet ups, etc.. Meeting on one of the following themes: bats and moths, spiders, pond-dipping, birds, fossils, medicinal/edible herbs, wild flowers, natural dyes, wild food, badgers, fungi, seed collection, tree identification, signs of Spring, etc, as decided by the group.
DVHE Future Events Also, Gordon is planning to organise a bushcraft skills series of workshops starting with fire, fire safety and how to start a fire without harming the environment. Contact as above We held a bicycle maintenance/repair session before Christmas which was really useful and we'll do another series soon. If anyone is interested let us know. Also planned are trip behind the scenes at local theatre and TV studios. Other ideas for one-off events are in the pipeline, including clowning and balloon sculpture workshop, drama work with actors, and developing skills making scenery, a ceilidh workshop with a children's ceilidh band, African dance/drumming, dyeing/wild food. Any other ideas for one-offs, new regular groups or activities welcome. We are organising a Natural History camp soon.
.
Acorns
Contact Sharona on 07872832026 Acorns is a new group based at Oakwood, a working example of low impact living near Denbury. Here a group of home educated children spend two days a week during term times in workshop based projects. The capable, fully qualified and experienced tutors have chosen to work with a mixed age (8-11) and ability group. There is a clear focus on literacy and numeracy with ample scope for exploration of other subjects. The narrative evolving at Oakwood is informed by themes of low-impact living, climate challenge, sustainability and social responsibility. Mondays and Tuesday mornings are academic based workshops. Tuesday afternoons have an emphasis on the themes outlined above, combined with practical arts and crafts, often beginning with a presentation, demonstration or a walk in the woods, with work supported by various local organisations/ workshop facilitators.
.
Saplings We are currently seeking funding to provide a similar group for young people aged over 11 as an alternative to mainstream secondary school. Starting from September this year we hope to provide a second classroom to facilitate 2 workshops a week, also on Mondays and Tuesdays with a broadly scientific focus. These will help children prepare for GCSEs and learn valuable life skills. We would like to hear soon from families who may be interested in this possibility.
.
Summer Science Workshops At Acorns, during July and August, a series of fun and practical outdoor workshops open to all children aged 8-12 years. Families are welcome to book for individual workshops or for the whole course. This project will inspire children’s innate curiosity for the natural world and present opportunities for them to engage with nature in many different ways, including art, science experiments, drama, cookery, games, story-telling etc. We will cover many aspects of the national curriculum, helping to address needs of children who may be considering entering mainstream education in the future. Workshops will take place on Thursdays or Fridays (dates t.b.c.) from 9.30-3.30 with a focus on science in the mornings and games in the afternoon. Cost: £15 per workshop per child.
.
Provisional programme:
1 Creation Myths: beginnings of life, stories, ancestors, primitive living, discovery of fire, cooking
2 Discovering the Elements: our elemental nature/elements in nature/elements in me/properties of the elements/energy
3 Natures Diversity: who do we share the world with?/animals/plants/shared needs/different needs/ common processes/ ecology/habitats
4 The Animal World: our brothers and sisters/animal mythology and folklore/prehistoric Dartmoor/ similarities and differences (classification)/animal personalities: who am I like?
5 The Plant World: our friends/ plant mythology/ healing properties/ herbs/ botany basics/ plant processes. Contact Sharona as above for more information and bookings. Family Workshop, South Brent Contact Miki on 01364 72998 Palstone Park Pavilion, Recreation Ground South Brent. Fridays, 12:30-3pm All welcome. £5 per family including lunch of jackets potatoes with fillings. Multicultural activities, crafts, singing and cooking.
.
Circus Skills for Children Contact Duncan on 01364 72998
Palstone Park Pavilion, Recreation Ground South Brent. Fridays, 6-7pm SPARC Contact SPARC on 01803 847943
.
South Devon Play Resource Centre is a wonderful place that children love. A scrapstore, an art materials shop, a fantastic workshop space, a gallery and right next to the woods at Dartington. Opening hours are: Mondays, 10-3, Tuesdays 10-3, Thursdays 10-6, Saturdays 10-12. Lots of exciting workshops take place here and membership is open to all.
.
Soundart Radio Contact soundartradio@dartington.ac.uk We are developing community radio in Dartington as a resource for everyone. All kinds of people make programmes for us and families are always welcome to arrange a studio visit, come and try some broadcasting and join the station. Have a listen on 87.7fm in Dartington and Totnes, or to our webstream anywhere at www.myspace.com/soundartfm.
.
Teenage Radio Project We would particularly like to hear from young people aged 13-19 who may like to be involved with a new project this August and September, awaiting for confirmation from funders.
.
Trees for Health Trees for Health is a voluntary run organisation based in South Devon, aiming to help foster healthy communities and healthy ecosystems by revitalising our use and knowledge of woodland. See www.countryside-trust.org.uk for outdoor events throughout South Devon
.
.
Local EO Contacts
. South Devon Bridget Meadows 01803 862158 or email bridgetmeadows@onetel.com North Devon Jo 01237 478211 or email jkaufmanhill@btinternet.com
East Devon Kate Molyneux 01392 851370 or email katefernhill@aol.com
For support with local authority issues, contact Anne Rix 01237 451535 or email anne@annerix.demon.co.uk For entries to the newsletter phone Lucinda on 01364 644556 or email l.guy@dartington.ac.uk
If you would like a newsletter for Cornwall please contact Michelle: micha.dickson@virgin.net
Devon Home Education
News June 2008
Exeter, East and Mid Devon
Free Range Learning
Contact Annie on 01392 434167 or email Kate on katefernhill@aol.com
We meet every Wednesday during term times. 10.30am to 3.00pm. Admission £2.50 per family. We welcome new families to our group and we organise trips and outings together as well as our weekly meeting. There is lots of outdoor space to run and play.
.
Pottery Sessions Contact Neil 01363 82314
Pottery in Alpington, every fortnight on Tuesdays at 11.00 (term time only). Next session will be Tuesday 13th May. The pottery session is in a well equipped pottery studio. Various clays and a wide selection of glazes are available. Pottery is okay for all ages from two years old but it takes about four weeks to get your final glazed pot back as pots need two firings, but they are usually worth the wait!
.
Teenager Meeting in Exeter.
Contact Errin on 01392 434167 Tuesday at 12.30pm
.
Oakhampton Group
Contact Barbara 01837 55805 Every fortnight on Monday 12.30pm to 2.30pm term time. Very informal: lunch/chat/play/ride your bike /skateboard on the skateboard park. £1.25 per family.
.
Chard Home Education Centre
For further details, please contact Becca: tel: 01404 549479 email:@yahoo.co.uk To book a visit or regular attendance, please contact Karen: 01460 30461; email: karen-turner@homecall.co.uk Tuesdays 10 - 2. (Please bring packed lunch). Activities for 5-16yrs including drama, computer, science, maths, art & craft.
.
Exeter College: Admission for home educated post 16 students. On the 7th May three members from Free Range Learning, a home education support group based in Exeter, met with Exeter College staff, Anne Oxborough, Assistant Principal and Rachel Iles, Student Experience (who also deals with admissions), to discuss the admission requirements for home educated post 16 students. We had requested the meeting as home educated students are finding it difficult to meet the admissions criteria. Lately, the college had further tightened its admissions policies in effect making it very difficult for home educated teenagers who have not previously taken GCSE’s to access their programmes at certain levels. We were able to explain the difficulties home educators face in accessing GCSE’s prior to age 16, for instance, problems with finding exam centres willing to take private candidates, marking of coursework and the high costs involved. We explained that although the students are applying to the college without the required GCSE’s this did not reflect on their ability or motivation to succeed. We discussed various ways the problem could be overcome with the following result. In future applications from home educated students will be separated on receipt and given separate consideration. For level 2 courses (normally requiring a minimum of 4 GCSE’s at grade D or above) the College will arrange for the student to have an extended interview, with a dedicated member of staff aware of home education issues, from the relevant department, to allow time for the young person to explain their interest in the course and present alternative evidence of interest and ability, such as a portfolio or relevant work experience etc. The college may also request a personal statement written by the young person. A decision as to the application will be based on the interview and evidence provided. They have agreed that home educated post-16 teenagers will be able to access the Target GCSE programme (this is for students who just missed C grades) without having previously taken GSCE’s (again this will be subject to satisfactory interview). The option of using the Fast Track will remain, but as this is a foundation GCSE programme, primarily for children who failed to engage at school, its relevance to home educated teenagers is less likely. This meeting did not formulate a policy for Level 3 (AS/A2, etc) qualification applications; however, through our discussions, such applications were not precluded and, with the openness of the college to the possibility, there should no longer be the struggle there has been in the past. It will be up to individuals to provide evidence that they are capable of study at the required level in order to be considered for these courses. Obviously students will be able to progress to level 3 courses on successful completion of a level 2 course. Both Anne Oxborough and Rachel Iles wanted to ensure that all home educated applicants have their applications processed by the new procedure and have said that they will monitor the process. All staff in the admissions department are to be made aware of the policy. We felt this was a very productive meeting and were pleased to find the senior management were very amenable to accommodating our concerns and helping to formulate an admissions policy that allows home educated teenagers, who do not have the necessary qualifications, to access the college in as uncomplicated a way as possible.
.
Plymouth Area
Ice-skating Contact Sarah on 01752 245630
1st Tuesday of each month
.
Plymouth Group
Contact Sarah on 01752 245630 or Marianne on 01752 492540
We have a very small activity group meeting on the 3rd Tuesday of the month in a small hall near Mutley Plain in Plymouth, cost £2 per family. Play, games, craft and simple science activities.
.
Tamar Valley Home Ed group .Contact Jeanette at info@ecobean.co.uk or join the yahoo group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TamarvalleyhomeeTamar Valley Group activities for May: 13th May Coffee morning - informal meet up near Holsworthy 10:30 am 27th May Trip to the Eden Project We plan to arrange meet ups every week at many peoples request so if anyone wants to join in then please get in touch as there may be extra activities on. .
.
South Devon
.
Family Swim at Totnes Pavilions
Mondays 10-12, Fridays 11.30-1.30 We pay a school group price of £1:10 a head (under 5s free) and lots of the children have learnt to swim from these sessions, by playing around in the pool together. Informal, fun and drop-in.
.
Torbay and South Hams meet ups.
Contact Sally on 01803 853389 or email selkiejo@hotmail.com
Get-togethers in this area on occasional Thursdays. If you wish to be added to Sally's email list, email your address and you will receive updates on what’s going on.
.
.South Devon Home Education Group [Education Otherwise]
Contact Lucinda on 01364 644556 or email l.guy@dartington.ac.uk
Wednesdays 1-5 near Totnes This popular and friendly group provides space and resources for play and creativity. Activities are always provided but with no pressure to join in. Our lovely big light hall has a kitchen, spacious playing fields outside and a play park. The grounds are enclosed and safe, where the children always have a lot of fun playing freely and imaginatively together. There are buses from Totnes and there are plenty of free parking spaces. Everyone is encouraged to help set up, bring along something to do, make suggestions, and help with clearing up. Drinks are provided at a small cost and tables are set up in the hall for eating packed lunches. We welcome new families and it's ok to come whenever it suits you. The group has membership of SPARC, the Dartington Scrapstore, which can provide wonderful resources for families. Meetings continue through half terms & holidays.
Activities for June
4th Circus Skills. We will be hiring extra equipment for the occasion and trying out new skills, including juggling, diablo, plate spinning and tumbling on the gym- mats.
11th Orienteering/treasure hunt on the playing fields. Please bring your own compass. 18th Full moon tonight, so a possible camp out on the field: to be discussed nearer the time. In the afternoon we will make lanterns for evening stories, food and celebrations. 25th Miniature Gardens. What would you like to create a garden in? Bring an old dish, tray, tin or boot... anything you like. We will plant seeds and find suitable treasures.
.
Follaton Group
.Contact lindsaybraga@ukgateway.net
The Follaton Group meets fortnightly on Thursday afternoons during term-times at a hall in Totnes. It comprises a workshop (lead by families on a rota) followed by playtime. Adults and children participate in the workshops. Children's ages range from babies to 11 years. The group is regular (rather than drop-in) and is capped to keep workshop numbers manageable. The format of all working together followed by play has proved very successful, providing a stimulating and supportive environment.
.
Dart Valley Home Education Network Contact Gordon/Hannah: lindnich@tesco.net or ring 01803 762788 for all DVHE groups
We offer free H.E. support and information, and help families set up non-profit HE interest groups and/or to network with like-minded families:
DVHE Historical Visits Group, 1st Friday of the month. We visit places and events of historic interest: - National Trust and English Heritage but also reenactments, prehistoric sites and other things members want to do. We meet in the 1st week of the month (usually Fridays but depends when properties are open. This is the only Dart Valley group that has a charge which is £2 per year per family to cover NT membership. There is a Yahoo group to aid communication, share links and photos, etc.
DVHE Photography Group, 2nd Friday of the month. We support each other in our own projects, share photos online, meet at different venues to take photos and sometimes hire a hall to share our work. There are several experienced photographers in the group as well as complete beginners (children and adults). Please bring a camera (if you have one) and if you wish, photographs which you would like to share with everyone else. A group emphasising a practical, hands-on approach to taking and sharing photographs and exploring the full range of photography both traditional and digital. DVHE Natural History Group, 3rd Friday of the month Open group meets monthly for a Natural History ramble: a chance to learn to see and come to our own understanding of nature. Natural history can be a starting point to go in varied directions depending on your personal interests: i.e. science, photography, drawing and painting, herbalism, geography, geology, natural dyes or just the chance to be outdoors etc. Bring field guides, sketch/note pads, cameras, magnifiers, binoculars if you have them and your curiosity. We also have an active and friendly yahoo group to discuss future places to meet in the South and Central Devon area and share ideas and links about natural history, other local wildlife and nature events, informal meet ups, etc.. Meeting on one of the following themes: bats and moths, spiders, pond-dipping, birds, fossils, medicinal/edible herbs, wild flowers, natural dyes, wild food, badgers, fungi, seed collection, tree identification, signs of Spring, etc, as decided by the group.
DVHE Future Events Also, Gordon is planning to organise a bushcraft skills series of workshops starting with fire, fire safety and how to start a fire without harming the environment. Contact as above We held a bicycle maintenance/repair session before Christmas which was really useful and we'll do another series soon. If anyone is interested let us know. Also planned are trip behind the scenes at local theatre and TV studios. Other ideas for one-off events are in the pipeline, including clowning and balloon sculpture workshop, drama work with actors, and developing skills making scenery, a ceilidh workshop with a children's ceilidh band, African dance/drumming, dyeing/wild food. Any other ideas for one-offs, new regular groups or activities welcome. We are organising a Natural History camp soon.
.
Acorns
Contact Sharona on 07872832026 Acorns is a new group based at Oakwood, a working example of low impact living near Denbury. Here a group of home educated children spend two days a week during term times in workshop based projects. The capable, fully qualified and experienced tutors have chosen to work with a mixed age (8-11) and ability group. There is a clear focus on literacy and numeracy with ample scope for exploration of other subjects. The narrative evolving at Oakwood is informed by themes of low-impact living, climate challenge, sustainability and social responsibility. Mondays and Tuesday mornings are academic based workshops. Tuesday afternoons have an emphasis on the themes outlined above, combined with practical arts and crafts, often beginning with a presentation, demonstration or a walk in the woods, with work supported by various local organisations/ workshop facilitators.
.
Saplings We are currently seeking funding to provide a similar group for young people aged over 11 as an alternative to mainstream secondary school. Starting from September this year we hope to provide a second classroom to facilitate 2 workshops a week, also on Mondays and Tuesdays with a broadly scientific focus. These will help children prepare for GCSEs and learn valuable life skills. We would like to hear soon from families who may be interested in this possibility.
.
Summer Science Workshops At Acorns, during July and August, a series of fun and practical outdoor workshops open to all children aged 8-12 years. Families are welcome to book for individual workshops or for the whole course. This project will inspire children’s innate curiosity for the natural world and present opportunities for them to engage with nature in many different ways, including art, science experiments, drama, cookery, games, story-telling etc. We will cover many aspects of the national curriculum, helping to address needs of children who may be considering entering mainstream education in the future. Workshops will take place on Thursdays or Fridays (dates t.b.c.) from 9.30-3.30 with a focus on science in the mornings and games in the afternoon. Cost: £15 per workshop per child.
.
Provisional programme:
1 Creation Myths: beginnings of life, stories, ancestors, primitive living, discovery of fire, cooking
2 Discovering the Elements: our elemental nature/elements in nature/elements in me/properties of the elements/energy
3 Natures Diversity: who do we share the world with?/animals/plants/shared needs/different needs/ common processes/ ecology/habitats
4 The Animal World: our brothers and sisters/animal mythology and folklore/prehistoric Dartmoor/ similarities and differences (classification)/animal personalities: who am I like?
5 The Plant World: our friends/ plant mythology/ healing properties/ herbs/ botany basics/ plant processes. Contact Sharona as above for more information and bookings. Family Workshop, South Brent Contact Miki on 01364 72998 Palstone Park Pavilion, Recreation Ground South Brent. Fridays, 12:30-3pm All welcome. £5 per family including lunch of jackets potatoes with fillings. Multicultural activities, crafts, singing and cooking.
.
Circus Skills for Children Contact Duncan on 01364 72998
Palstone Park Pavilion, Recreation Ground South Brent. Fridays, 6-7pm SPARC Contact SPARC on 01803 847943
.
South Devon Play Resource Centre is a wonderful place that children love. A scrapstore, an art materials shop, a fantastic workshop space, a gallery and right next to the woods at Dartington. Opening hours are: Mondays, 10-3, Tuesdays 10-3, Thursdays 10-6, Saturdays 10-12. Lots of exciting workshops take place here and membership is open to all.
.
Soundart Radio Contact soundartradio@dartington.ac.uk We are developing community radio in Dartington as a resource for everyone. All kinds of people make programmes for us and families are always welcome to arrange a studio visit, come and try some broadcasting and join the station. Have a listen on 87.7fm in Dartington and Totnes, or to our webstream anywhere at www.myspace.com/soundartfm.
.
Teenage Radio Project We would particularly like to hear from young people aged 13-19 who may like to be involved with a new project this August and September, awaiting for confirmation from funders.
.
Trees for Health Trees for Health is a voluntary run organisation based in South Devon, aiming to help foster healthy communities and healthy ecosystems by revitalising our use and knowledge of woodland. See www.countryside-trust.org.uk for outdoor events throughout South Devon
.
.
Local EO Contacts
. South Devon Bridget Meadows 01803 862158 or email bridgetmeadows@onetel.com North Devon Jo 01237 478211 or email jkaufmanhill@btinternet.com
East Devon Kate Molyneux 01392 851370 or email katefernhill@aol.com
For support with local authority issues, contact Anne Rix 01237 451535 or email anne@annerix.demon.co.uk For entries to the newsletter phone Lucinda on 01364 644556 or email l.guy@dartington.ac.uk
If you would like a newsletter for Cornwall please contact Michelle: micha.dickson@virgin.net
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