Northern Lights Conference20-21 May 2011

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Venue: Universal Hall, The Park, Findhorn, Forres, Moray.

Cost:The conference is self-funded by the organisers. Entrance is free to all on registration. Voluntary donations to cover conference costs are gratefully received.

Booking information:Email: jacquijones123@btinternet.com Phone: 01343 850123.Seats are limited, please book by 31st March 2011.

Programme:Programme starts 8.30am Friday 20th May, ends Saturday night. Follow-on activities available Sunday 22nd May.

Full details on www.northernlightsteachers.org or for more information, phone Dorota Owen on 07813 455152 or Joan Wilmot on 07974 115028.

Findhorn College (www.findhorncollege.org) provides a holistic approach to learning that combines the best of mainstream education with experiential learning as developed by the world-renowned Findhorn Foundation Community.

Front cover image: Kirkhill Primary dancing with their Latvian partners

!"#$‘Northern Lights – A Beacon of Hope.’ Times Educational Supplement Scotland

‘We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of consciousness we used when we created them.’ Albert Einstein

‘Northern Lights … is a curriculum for excellence in action.’

Times Educational Supplement Scotland

presentersJames Wetz was previously head of several Bristol High Schools. He now writes and makes TV programmes based on his research on the importance of relationships in schools.

Jane James is co-programme lead for ecl and has been working with systemic approaches in schools and education in this country and internationally for seven years. www.nowhere-ecl.org

Gavin Morgan has worked for a variety of charities as a project manager. He is inspired with the use of nature based tools and outdoor experiential learning. www.creativesustainability.eu

Lucy Thomas, based in Scotland, is a teacher and systemic practitioner committed to introducing whole system learning to teenagers and young adults. www.nowhere-ecl.org

Beth Duff works with horses and their ability to read body language, through this work she aims to help people speak with body and words in harmony. www.theredhorsespeaks.com

Kirkhill Primary pupils run networking events and have a wide range of business partnerships with organisations in Aberdeen, and school partnerships internationally. www.kirkhill.aberdeen.sch.uk

Thank you to all our partner schools and their teachers for their presentations. Full details on www.northernlightsteachers.org

Northern Lights Conference OrganisersDorota Owen, teacher, events organiser, educational consultant with Alchemy Associates. www.alchemyassociates.co.uk

Joan Wilmot, psychotherapist, conductor of Playback Theatre, supervisor and co-director of CSTD. www.cstd.co.uk

Findhorn Ecovillage wind turbines in the gorse lands in Spring

embodied wisdomAfter more than 200 years of fragmentation and specialisation, our knowledge systems are leading us on a journey back into wholeness. As we increasingly experience ourselves as living beings within a living system, our embodied wisdom bears fruit. New ways of learning are developing to harvest this knowledge.

The conference will shine a spotlight on the work that is already happening in schools and colleges, to bring entire communities back into creative harmony with their environment. Teachers, parents and pupils will showcase their experiences in a variety of creative media – art, song, drama, dance and using the art of confident speaking. Related workshops will bring these experiences to life.

See www.northernlightsteachers.org for full details of venue, presenters and workshops.

‘There is a vitality, a life-force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique.’ Martha Graham

opening keynote Urban Village Schools by James Wetz

presentations – day 1Whole Child, Whole System Enhancing Children’s Learning (ecl) leads an experiential workshop featuring ideas developed in partnership with Ralph Allen School, Bath

Moray Interfaith Initiative students & teachers of Gordonstoun, Lossiemouth and Elgin high schools

Schools Present an update on success and sustainability in Scottish schools

workshops – day 2Connecting with Nature Learning with HorsesSystemic Constellations Yoga & Meditation in Schools

Moray Steiner School Mayfair Celebration

Our aim is to create a unified learning community that inspires life-long creativity and learning – the divergent thinking that young people are experts at and that can reinvigorate educational settings.

Northern Lights 2011 builds on themes which were introduced in previous conferences, showing how we can become fully present in our professions by being intimately engaged in the larger canvas of our lives, as artists of our own being.

Joan Wilmot & Dorota Owen

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