Join us every Tuesday evening for the next four weeks for our series of wellness talks. Our speakers are all from within our school community and we welcome them to share their knowledge, for us to create a toolkit so that we may navigate the extraordinary times we and our families are in.
Tues 16 November, 7pm – How to Develop a Strong and Robust Immune Response
A talk with Stephen Roigard, Naturopath
Tues 23 November, 7.30pm – Supporting Children Move from Chaos to Calm.
An evening focused on how to build emotional intelligence in children with Neave Ross-Wallace, Registered Mindfulness Teacher, Gestalt Therapist and Parenting Coach.
Tues 30 November, 7pm – The 12 Senses: Pathways to Restoring Balance in the Nervous System.
With Julie Frew and Georgina Rhynd, Occupational Therapists
Tues 7 December, 7pm – Working Towards Resilience, showing you ways to self care at home
A practical session with Ann Oliver-Maxwell and Shona Stronach – Anthroposophic Nurses
All talks take place in the School Hall
Please note: Mask wearing and social distancing measures apply.
Entry free, optional koha
Tuesday 16 November, 7pm
How to Develop a Strong and Robust Immune Response
A talk by Stephen Roigard
Join us for an uplifting and empowering talk, discussing tools and techniques on how to have a resilient immune system. Our focus will be on how to enhance/modulate your body’s reaction to foreign invaders from either natural or synthetic exposure. There will be a Q&A session as part of this presentation.
Stephen Roigard, is a Naturopathic Practitioner who works out of Helios. Stephen has been working in the health and fitness industry for over 20 years and studying Anthroposophy for a little longer. He currently has 2 young children in the Steiner kindergarten. For more information on Stephen and his practice, visit: www.holisticwellness.co.nz
Main School Hall
Entry free, optional koha
Please note: Mask wearing and social distancing measures apply.
KINDERGARTEN PARENT EVENING
Tuesday 23 November, 7.30 – 9.00pm
Supporting Children Move from Chaos to Calm
An evening focused on how to build emotional intelligence in children
Presented by Neave Ross-Wallace
Neave will join with the Kindergarten teachers to present an evening of ideas and discussion about steps to take around big emotions in children. How we can best support ourselves and model self-regulation are key to our success. You will gain a greater understanding of yourself in the role of parent, the neuroscience behind emotional regulation, and learn some specific strategies to take away.
Neave is a Registered Mindfulness Teacher, Gestalt Therapist and Parenting Coach. Over the past 30 years she has worked as an early childhood educator, family counsellor, adult educator, parent mentor and mindfulness teacher. Neave’s wealth of knowledge and experience includes training in Steiner early childhood education. She has a long connection with our kindergarten and was delighted when asked to present at our next parent evening.
For more information about Neave and her work visit https://www.mindwise.co.nz/
Any questions about the evening, please see your kindergarten room teachers.
Main School Hall
Entry free, optional koha
Please note: Mask wearing and social distancing measures apply.
ALL KINDERGARTEN WHĀNAU WELCOME
Tuesday 30 November, 7pm
The 12 Senses: Pathways to Restoring Balance in the Nervous System
Join Julie Frew and George Rhynd for a session to explore:
- the picture of the 12 senses as conceived by Rudolf Steiner
- how contemporary neuroscience maps onto this picture
- how balance in the nervous system is key to health and wellbeing for us and our children
- how ‘listening’ to what is happening inside, outside and between us and others impacts our sense of safety
- how all of this invites compassion – toward ourselves, our children, and each other
Julie will speak briefly to the picture of the senses and the connections with trauma-informed principles – how our environments and relationships to self and others can support nervous system health and resilience for us, our children and our communities. We will then explore grounding practises through the senses (for varied age/stages), in particular the inner/body senses as pathways to regulation, reducing stress, anxiety or overwhelm. This will be followed by discussion/question time.
Please wear comfortable clothing that you can move in. You can explore the practises as much or as little as you like. The invitations are designed with varied dispositions and neurotypes in mind, you can choose the ones/options you feel a sense of ease with.
Julie and George are both Occupational Therapists and study with Robyn Ritchie. Both have children in our school.
Main School Hall
Entry free, optional koha
Please note: Mask wearing and social distancing measures apply.
Tues 7 December, 7pm
Working Towards Resilience
Showing you ways to self-care at home
Join Shona and Ann for a practical session demonstrating applications and cares to bring warmth and integration to help reclaim your wholeness and wellbeing. The talk will consist of a workshop demonstrating the use of healing plants and how to apply followed by Q&A.
Ann Oliver-Maxwell RN Practice Nurse at Helios – Anthroposophic Nurse
Shona Stronach RN – Anthroposophic Nurse Specialist
Main School Hall
Entry free, optional koha
Please note: Mask wearing and social distancing measures apply.