NSWAGTC Events Program...

REGULAR EVENTS AT OUR MERRYLANDS RESOURCE CENTRE....

Play Time & Chat - for 0-5 year olds - Bookings not required

Held at NSWAGTC Resource Centre at Hilltop Road Public School, Merrylands on Friday mornings from 10 am - 11.45 am (except during school holidays).

Play Time & Chat sessions run Friday mornings during school term. Term 3 sessions start 20 July 2007.

Informal play activities for 2-5 year olds. A range of toys, jigsaws, puzzles and games are also provided. Opportunity for parents to discuss developmental needs of young gifted children. Babies and toddlers welcome. Check out an article about this group.

Cost per session: Members - $2 per family, Non-members - $5 per family (pay on arrival)

Please bring drinks & snacks for your child(ren). Tea and coffee provided for parents.

Activity & Games Friday Nights for 5-10yr olds & Parents

No need to book, just come along!

Held twice each school term at the NSWAGTC Resource Centre at Hilltop Road Public School, Merrylands from 7.00 - 9.00pm. Parents are required to stay, and encouraged to join in or chat with other parents over supper.

These informal activity nights are held from 7pm to 9pm on a Friday. Children are free to join in the organised activity and there is also time for children to play board games with each other.

31 August: Egg - Eggsploration
19 October: Hands on Science
30 November: Bubbles

Cost per session: Members - $2 per family, Non-members - $5 per family (pay on arrival)

Please bring drinks & snacks for your child(ren). Tea and coffee provided for parents.

Bright Active Minds - Fun Hands-On Science/Creativity Workshops for Preschoolers aged 4-5 years

Held at NSWAGTC Resource Centre at Hilltop Road Public School, Merrylands on three Mondays (see below) from 10.30 am - 12 noon. Enter school via Richmond Road, Merrylands.

Cost: $5 per child per workshop

Note: A parent/carer must stay and participate in the workshop with their child. Younger siblings ie under 4 years, are not able to tag along.

Does your child:

• have a good memory
• ask lots of questions
• like to pretend or make up stories
• enjoy creative activities
• have lots of energy
• seem to have a one track mind
• worry about making mistakes
• worry about the world and/or other people?

Are you looking for ideas to help channel your child's curiosity? Then these workshops might be for you...

Workshop 1 – Monday 22 October 2007 – Experimenting with Air

Workshop 2 – Monday 29 October 2007 – Experimenting with Water

Workshop 3 – Monday 5 November 2007 – Experimenting with Light & Colour

Bookings essential – only 8 children per workshop (booking form). Residents of Holroyd LGA will be given priority – limit one workshop per child unless places not filled.

This project has been funded by Holroyd City Council’s 2006/07 Community Assistance Program.

"EXPLORAMA" - YEARS K-6

NSWAGTC Explorama in October School Holidays
Held at the NSWAGTC Resource Centre at Hilltop Road Public School, Merrylands

Thursday 11 and Friday 12 October 2007 9.30am to 3pm
(Bookings Close 10 September)

Children’s Workshops: Select from 16 different School Holiday Workshops for gifted children across the Year K-6 range.

Parent Seminar: Free parent seminar by Professor Karen Rogers on "Rounding Out Your Child's Education: Ten Things Parents Can Do"

Download brochure (pdf) for full details of the different workshops available, costs and booking instructions. Download the booking form (pdf) to register by post. Remember applications close 10 September 2007, with acceptance/confirmation letters mailed 17 September 2007.

FAMILY ACTIVITY DAY - WOLLONGONG

NSWAGTC Family Day at University of Wollongong
in conjunction with the AAEGT AGM

Saturday 13 October 2007 10.30am to 4pm
(Bookings Close 1 October)

Children’s activities: Children will choose from a variety of different hands-on workshops including drama, science, creativity & games.

Adult Seminars:

• 11am – Wendy Stewart – Parenting the Twice exceptional (2e) Gifted and Learning Disabled (GLD) Child: Traps for unwary players.
• 12pm – Pamela Lyons – Supersensitive & Overexcitable Gifted Children
• 2pm – Jim Watters – Understanding Creativity (AAEGT AGM address)

NOTE: Tea & coffee & afternoon tea provided. Bring own picnic lunch.

Download the brochure for full details and costs and download the registration form.

COMMUNITY INFORMATION SEMINARS...

Rounding Out Your Child's Education: Ten things parents can do.

Friday 12 October 2007, 9.45am to 11.30am.
Presented by Dr Karen Rogers at Hilltop Road Public School, Merrylands.
Closing date: 10 October

Dr Karen Rogers will describe 10 categories of ‘learning’that can be provided by parents outside of schools to help develop their child's whole being; social, emotional, and intellectual. The ideas willbe easy to carry out & shouldn’t cost too much money. Participants will be asked to share specific resources they have discovered for each of the categories suggested.

See brochure for full details, costs and booking instructions.

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Gifted Visual Spatial Learners

Thursday 18 October 2007, 7.30 to 9pm
Presented by Helen Dudeney at Newington College Preparatory School, 26 Northcote Road, Lindfield.

Is your child bright BUT: Struggles with handwriting; Is very disorganized; Is highly sensitive; Is easily distracted; Is highly creative, inventive, imaginative; Generates unusual solutions to problems; Has great ideas but rarely completes tasks; Reads well but is poor at spelling; Has difficulty following oral directions; and/or, Is good at math concepts but struggles with times tables? Then this seminar is for you.

See flyer for full details, costs and booking instructions.

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Free forum for parents about Starting Kindergarten

Wednesday 14 November 2007, 7 to 9pm.
At Hilltop Road Public School, Hilltop Road, Merrylands.

The transition to school raises concerns for parents, children, and teachers. Each has a range of issues to consider and what is important to each group may differ. Giftedness can further complicate these issues, particularly when the social and emotional responses of young gifted children are misunderstood. We will use interactive discussion to explore parent concerns and to identify strategies that help both parent and child prepare for, and cope with, the transition to school.

Who should attend? Does your preschooler:

• have a bright, active mind?
• have a good memory
• ask lots of questions
• like to pretend or make up stories
• enjoy creative activities
• have lots of energy
• seem to have a one track mind
• worry about making mistakes
• worry about the world and/or other people?

Are you looking for ideas to help prepare for, and cope with, your child’s transition to school? Then this interactive discussion is for you… Download the event flier.

For catering and handout purposes – bookings are essential!

Please let us know by email: bookings@nswagtc.org.au , by fax: 9633 5799  OR  by phone: 9633 5399.

This activity has been funded by Holroyd City Council’s 2006/07 Community Assistance Program.

EARLY CHILDHOOD WORKSHOPS...

Earth Science

Saturday 27 October 2007 – 12.30 to 3pm.
Presented by Camilla Gordon at Hilltop Road Public School, Merrylands.
Closing Date: 10 October

This workshop is about building creatively & will help children to see the value of science in their constructions. We will explore balance, symmetry, shape & strength. All our structures will be earthquake tested! C’mon girls – take up the challenge too!

Download the brochure for full details and costs and download the registration form.

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Space Science

Friday 10 November 2007 –2 separate sessions: 9.30am to 12pm & 12.30 to 3pm.
Presented by Camilla Gordon at Naremburn Community Centre, Central St, Naremburn.
Closing date: 28 October

Out there, in the sky, beyond the world that we find so secure is Space. Space is a dangerous place – toxic to living things. Astronauts can only venture there in a special suit as protection. In this session we will journey from the beginning of the solar system to today – a journey of more than 5 billion years. In the process we will discover something that Goldilocks discovered –that some places are just too hot, and some places are just too cold… & why Earth got lucky and is just right!

Download the brochure for full details and costs and download the registration form.

UPCOMING CAMPS...

Space Science Camp

7pm Friday 21 September to 3pm Sunday 23 September
To be held at WEC CAmp at Morisset (112km north west of Sydney via F3)
Some family rooms available
Closing date for registrations 3 September

The workshops at this camp will incorporate hands-on space & science based activities. The activites will include inventions, science, art, creativity & lots of fun.

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Survivor Camp

7pm Friday 16 November to 3pm Sunday 18 November
To be held at Coloola Retreat, Tharwa ACT (Approx. 1.25 hours south from the centre of Canberra)
Rustic bunkhouse accommodation. Some family rooms available. Some people may need to bring air beds.
Closing date for registrations 2 November

The camp will include a range of activities basedon the challenging concept of survival. These will include invention, science, art, creativity, history & lots of fun.

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GENERAL CAMP DETAILS

Children must be between the ages of 7 & 12 years to attend (inclusive). Children under 8 years must be accompanied by an adult. Parents of all children are very welcome to attend.

Fees include all meals & all workshop materials, & bunkhouse accommodation. (Depending on the venue some family rooms available. Please send written request with your completed registration form).

Cancellation fee: Up to one month before event - 50% of fee (if place can't be filled). Final week before event - no refund available.

Cost :
                               Members                 Non-Members
First Child                         $125                              $135
Subsequent Child           $105                             $125
Parents                               $70                                $80

Download the registration form (pdf format)