Rich Learning Opportunities - Programme - Conference at The Eden Project

First hand experience: what matters to children

Programme

Day 1

9.15.-10.00 Arrival/coffee/registration (allow approx 20 minutes to park and walk through Eden to the Education Centre)

10.00 Welcome - Diane Rich

10.15 A future fit for children - Tim Smit

11.05 - Mary Jane Drummond

11.55.-1.00 Lunch break and move to workshops
1.00-2.30 An alphabet of learning from the real world: workshops (see workshop descriptions)

Group A	Group B	Group C
I is for the independent learner	G is for green	E is for Eden
L is for looking and listening	V is for variety	O is for out and about
	W is for windows

2.30 – 3.00 Refreshment break and move to workshops
3.00 – 4.30 An alphabet of learning from the real world: workshops (see workshop descriptions)

Group A	Group B	Group C
K is for knowing	G is for green	E is for Eden
L is for looking and listening	W is for windows	O is for out and about
T is for thinking

4.30 Depart

7.00 Optional drinks reception and dinner at
The Cliff Head Hotel • Sea Road • Carlyon Bay • nr. St. Austell • Cornwall
*Numbers are restricted. Book early
Welcome by

and the What Matters to Children team
Cathy Myer and her poetry coat L is for listening: from lullabies to literature
Dinner with wine
Peter Dixon after dinner speaker

Day 2

9.00 Arrival/coffee/registration
9.30 Welcome

9.40 Learning and Development - Charles Desforges

10.30 Refreshment break and move to workshops
11.00-12.30 An alphabet of learning from the real world: workshops (see workshop descriptions)

Group A	Group B	Group C
K is for knowing	A is for alphabets	E is for Eden
Q is for questions	E is for earthworks	O is for out and about
T is for thinking

12.30-1.30 Lunch break and move to workshops
1.30-3.00 An alphabet of learning from the real world: workshops (see workshop descriptions)

Group A	Group B	Group C
I is for the independent learner	A is for alphabets	E is for Eden
Q is for questions	E is for earthworks	O is for out and about
	V is for variety

3.30 Return to hall

3.40 A is for afterwards - Mary Jane Drummond

4.20 Conference close