Paid events for 2016 in and around St Johns Wood NW8
TALKS FOR JANUARY 2016
| Date | Time | Place | Speaker | Description |
| 13 January 2016 | 10.30 onwards |
Megan’s Cafe Bar and Grill 120, St John’s Wood High Street, NW8 7SG |
Kath Sloggett | Getting back to your career after having a baby is not easy and Kath is a small business expert and serial entrepreneur with a natural coaching style. She has a vast amount of experience under her belt and offers workshops and consultation sessions for parents wanting a change in career, parents wanting to return to work after a career break or after being on maternity leave and much more. |
| 14 January 2016 | 19.00 – 20.30 | Sharkey’s Cuts for kids, Basement Room, 77 Abbey Road, London NW8 0AE | Rajni Jayasekera | An ex-city lawyer and journalist, Rajni is a local mother who has been through the entire process herself. She founded and runs Mums In The Wood and Mums In The Wood Education Consultancy. The consultancy offers advice on navigating the private and state school education system for schools in and around NW8 and NW3, advises on the 4+ assessment process and also offers mock assessment sessions which help serve as a practice run and prepare children for the real thing. Individual consultations are offered for those who want a more bespoke service. She has excellent relationships with many local schools and works with the schools, visiting and interviewing them, to ensure parents are provided with accurate information about the schools, their ethos and values and what they look for in a child. |
| 21 January 2016 | 19.00 – 20.30
Please note that the talk will be structured as follows: 19.00 – 19.45 (Talk) |
St John’s Wood Church Hall, St John’s Wood Church, Lord’s Roundabout, St John’s Wood, NW8 7NE |
Faisal Nasim | Faisal has worked as a teacher and tutor for a number of years, specialising in preparing students for 7+, 8+, 10+, 11+ and 13+ entrance tests. He has personally helped hundreds of students gain admission to the school of their choice. He is a vastly experienced and successful educator with a deep understanding of the requirements and intricacies of the UK examination system for both independent and grammar schools. |
TALKS FOR FEBRUARY 2016
| Date | Time | Place | Speaker | Description |
| 27 February 2016 | 10.30 – 12.00 | St John’s Wood. Please email [email protected] for details | Rajni Jayasekera | Talk on the British Education System. I will be discussing private and state school systems, different routes taken by parents, entry points and exams, assessments, registration and admissions requirements and processes and much more. I will not be focusing on specific schools but examples will be given throughout the talk. |
TALKS FOR MAY 2016
| Date | Time | Place | Speaker | Description |
| 12 May 2016 | 19.00 – 20.30 | Masiel Bebe 56, Abbey Gardens St John’s Wood NW8 9AT. Please email [email protected] for details | Rajni Jayasekera in association with Parentville | Talk on the British Education System. I will be discussing private and state school systems, different routes taken by parents, entry points and exams, assessments, registration and admissions requirements and processes and much more. I will not be focusing on specific schools but examples will be given throughout the talk. |
TALKS FOR JUNE 2016
| Date | Time | Place | Speaker | Description |
| 28th June 2016 | 19.00 – 20.30 | St John’s Wood Church Hall, St John’s Wood Church, Lord’s Roundabout, St John’s Wood, NW8 7NE |
Ms Vivienne Durham
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Mrs Durham will be talking about the 11+ exam. She is the ex-headmistress of Francis Holland School, Regent’s Park and now head of Enjoy Education Advice Service. |
JULY – AUGUST – BREAK FOR SUMMER HOLIDAYS
TALKS FOR OCTOBER 2016
| Date | Time | Place | Speaker | Description |
| 05 October 2016 | 10.45 – 12.00 | West Hampstead (location to be disclosed upon booking) | Victoria Rennoldson
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Expect a delicious, home-baked British tea menu, full of traditional sweet treats, plus an interesting insight into the history and customs of tea drinking & the afternoon tea tradition in the UK.
Victoria regularly gives talks about British life & culture, as well as leading orientation & discovery walks locally. Her business, Perfect Cuppa English, helps to settle international people and expats into life in London through personalised English language support, British cultural understanding and orientation. |
| 11 October 2016,
22nd October 2016, 29th October |
13.00 – 14.00
10.30 – 11.30 15.00 – 16.00 |
Hampstead (location to be disclosed upon booking) | Rajni Jayasekera and Dipti Kanani | Dipti Kanani, headmistress of Casa Dei Bambini and I will be running group mock assessment workshops for children going in for their 4+ assessments over the next few months.
We hope to provide the children with an opportunity firstly,
In addition, we will be structuring their time with us in a manner similar to how group assessments are run in schools and providing detailed reports to parents on our observations along with our suggestions and recommendations. Please register via the links below if you would like to attend. Please note also that we will only be allocating 5 places per time slot, per day to ensure that we are able to provide comprehensive feedback in our reports. We have divided the sessions into single sex assessments and co-ed assessments. The children will be offered a small snack and a drink halfway through so please advise us of any allergies or preferences when booking. We will schedule more workshops over the coming months if there is enough interest. So please email us if the sessions are full but you would like to be waitlisted/put on a list for a future session. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SESSIONS LISTED BELOW WILL BE GROUP SESSIONS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BOOK AN INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT, PLEASE CONTACT ME VIA EMAIL ON [email protected] |
TALKS FOR NOVEMBER 2016
| Date | Time | Place | Speaker | Description |
| 1st November 2016
19th November 2016 |
13.00 -14.00
10.30 – 11.30 |
Hampstead (Location to be disclosed upon booking). | Rajni Jayasekera and Dipti Kanani
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Dipti Kanani, headmistress of Casa Dei Bambini and I will be running group mock assessment workshops for children going in for their 4+ assessments over the next few months.
We hope to provide the children with an opportunity firstly,
In addition, we will be structuring their time with us in a manner similar to how group assessments are run in schools and providing detailed reports to parents on our observations along with our suggestions and recommendations. Please register via the links below if you would like to attend. Please note also that we will only be allocating 5 places per time slot, per day to ensure that we are able to provide comprehensive feedback in our reports. We have divided the sessions into single sex assessments and co-ed assessments. The children will be offered a small snack and a drink halfway through so please advise us of any allergies or preferences when booking. We will schedule more workshops over the coming months if there is enough interest. So please email us if the sessions are full but you would like to be waitlisted/put on a list for a future session. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SESSIONS LISTED BELOW WILL BE GROUP SESSIONS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BOOK AN INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT, PLEASE CONTACT ME VIA EMAIL ON [email protected] |
| 23rd November 2016 | 10.30 | St John’s Wood Library 20 Circus Road London NW8 6PD |
Kath London | Kath is a career consultant and runs Runneth London. She will be holding a CV workshop at St Johns Wood Library to help mums who are thinking about revamping their CVs and going back to work. |
| 24th November 2016 | 19.30 – 21.00 | St John’s Wood Church Hall, St John’s Wood Church, Lord’s Roundabout, St John’s Wood, NW8 7NE |
Mrs Alison Fisher | With well over 20 years of experience, Mrs. Alison Fisher has a passion for teaching and excellence in education. Her desire is to seek the very best for young people whatever their starting points and to develop the potential in each individual child. Mrs Fisher spent five very happy and successful years as Headmistress of Broadhurst School. She will be talking about how to keep the 4+ assessment preparation going over the December holidays. |
