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I’ve had the privilege of working with many adolescents over many years, from 12 years old towards graduation from school and young adulthood. I believe the transition years, most particularly from 12 to 16 years old are greatly misunderstood in our contemporary world. “Preteens" and “Teenagers” are often represented really negatively in our culture, and I have met many parents who are somewhat fearful of their own son or daughter at this age. So what is going on? Why did my apparently kind thoughtful fun loving child become a sullen cynical unpredictable adolescent? What and who is to blame?!  How do I create a healthy loving parent-child relationship?

So much changes for us in these few years, so much that I believe it is one of the 3 most significant developmental leaps we navigate in our lives (birth being the first, class one the second). In this talk I hope to offer insights into what has been called the “Grand Metamorphosis” - the crucial transition years between childhood and young adult. My hope is that by better understanding what is going on developmentally (physiologically and psychologically) we are able to reconnect anew as teachers and parents, to form a relationship of trust and honesty that is essential in keeping them safe, healthy and to support their emerging sense of self.

Thursday 13th August at 7.30pm via Zoom

In a Steiner high school, the content is consciously organised and delivered in ways to best meet the student’s inner love of learning about the world - a pathway towards “life long learning”. Steiner pedagogy is constantly striving to give students opportunities to form a genuine and truthful relationship to the world, to trust their own thinking, to know who they are as individuals and where they fit in, and to stay curious and enthusiastic. Despite inevitable mistakes and oversights and imperfections, the mystery is that something special still happens!

It is so validating to see each year’s graduating classes. What we strive for over their school years really does help each individual to grow into their authentic selves - thoughtful, generous, kind, knowledgeable, successful, resilient, insightful and more … the qualities that parents hope for in their children when they are born.

Thursday 20th August - 7.30pm via Zoom

Steiner schools are Heart and Human-centred, developing capacities in the young child to meet the rapidly changing world we live in.

How we protect our children in their formative years has profound implications as they grow up.

This workshop will cover:

* Practical ways to take control of screens in our households 

* How to foster and maintain the important things in our children’s lives like connection, calm,    

   culture and sensitivity

* New outlooks on ways to view and understand the role of technology in family life 

The age range focus will be from birth to 8 years but parents of older children will still find it useful.

Thursday 27th August at 7.30pm - Via Zoom

With an ever-changing world that is unpredictable, noisy, rushed, and overwhelming, we need to offer an environment for our children that can become a protective sheath from the outside world. While the wider world feels increasingly out of our hands, the home remains ours to shape. In doing so, we provide a predictable home life, rich in rhythm, play, and movement — where ritual replaces haste and gesture says more than speech. 

Join Early Childhood educator, Bec Whitcombe as she discusses, with experience and humour, all the practical ways you can support your child's home life — allowing them to unfold at their own pace, in their own time, while nourishing their body, soul, and spirit. 

Together we'll look at the role of boundaries, imitation, and the language we model — exploring the quiet, the slow, and the simple everyday tasks that shape a child far more than words ever could. These are the elements children don't just learn, but live into and become. And the freedom to choose this for our home life is ours.

Thursday 10th September at 7.30pm - Via Zoom