Saturday 

7th

December

2024

There will be a Christmas Social for Gamma members and all DKG members at Sandra Blacker's house in Tunbridge Wells on Saturday 7th December. Coffee from about 11am.

We will be doing a craft activity led by a friend of Sandra's called Nicki. The activity will be some sort of wood cutting. Decoupage and ear ring making is also possible. Nicki will bring all the materials with a charge of approx £12 each.

Please bring a food contribution for this lunch social.

Saturday

30th

November

2024

'Maggies' Restaurant in Lewisham for a pre-Christmas Get together and lunch.

Organised by Barbara Kern.
Meet at London Bridge Station at 10.45am.

The Migration Museum, which is close by has an exhibition
on 'All Our Stories' the members may wish to visit.

Barbara has more information regarding visiting this exhibition.

Friday

15th

November 

2024

A visit to the "Silk Roads" exhibition at the British Museum

This is an exceptional exhibition and very popular,
hence the admission price of £22 and the need to book
well in advance.

Contact Joan Carroll for more details.

Saturday

9th

November

2024

Prof. Dennis Tourish will speak on:-

'How leaders influence and persuade people'.

Dennis is a Professor of Leadership and Organisation Studies. He has researched the dark side of leadership; leadership and organisational effectiveness; hubris in leadership; research misconduct; and, influence processes within organisations that can be described as cults. 
Dennis works at the University of Sussex.

Organised by Sheila Roberts.

10.00am by zoom

 Saturday 

19th

October

2024

 All members.

Veronica Jones will speak about 'The Art of Icons'. 

Veronica Jones, an enthusiastic artist, will talk about her experience of learning how to 'write' (not paint) an icon, a devotional image with its own visual rules.  Veronica has spoken to Gamma in the past about her fascinating experience as a tutor on film sets. She was previously a primary school teacher.  

10.00am by Zoom

Friday

4th

October

2024

Alpha and 
all members.

Visit to Tate Britain for "Now You See Us", an exhibition of the work of female artists 1520-1920. 

Exhibition entry cost £20.

Meet at Pimlico tube station, 11-11.15a.m. It is only a short walk to the Tate from there. 

Saturday

21st

September

2024

Executive
Committee
Members 

Executive Committee Members Committee Meeting.

We will be joined by Marie-Antoinette Hubers de Wolf,
our Regional Director.

Sunday

15th

September

2024

It will be a planning, discussion and brainstorming meeting about our July 2025 European regional conference in Brighton.

We hope you will make every effort to attend  and bring ideas and inspiration to help us make this a success.  

European Forum Conference

18th - 20th July 2025.

Brighton. Discussion and update.

Meeting by Zoom at 2.00pm.

Wednesday

4th

September 

2024

'The Biba Story - 1964 - 1975'.  "It isn't just about selling dresses, it's a whole way of life" said Barbara Hulanicki.

Museum of Fashion and Textiles, Bermondsey Street.

Nearest station is London Bridge, then about 10 minutes walk.
Admission tickets £11.50, Art fund £5.75. (Booking fee is 50p extra). 

Barbara will give more details about meeting for coffee, ticket time
for this exhibition, etc. Please let her know if you wish to join us.

Museum of Fashion and Textiles, Bermondsey Street. Nearest station
is London Bridge, then about 10 minutes walk.  

Friday

23rd

August

2024

Alpha and Gamma
invited.

Walthamstow wetlands

Europe's largest urban wetlands with reservoir and London's largest fishery in the Lee Valley. There is a Visitor centre and cafe, and a nearby Pub.

Nearest station is Tottenham Hale, (Victoria Line,  and also National Rail from Liverpool Street.) then ten minutes walk or a short bus ride. 

Barbara will provide more details nearer the time.  Please let her know if you intend to join us.

 Walthamstow Wetlands visit.

Saturday

10th

July

2024 

Summer Lunch in Tenterden at Sheila Robert's house.

Always a pleasure to have lunch at Sheila's house. We will also have some time to chat about the EF conference we are hosting in 2025.

Sheila will be pleased to see members from 12.00 noon. She will be providing some food, but please let her know what you will be taking.

Thursday

18th

July

2024

Acclaimed award-winning exhibition (admission free) at the Migration Museum, telling the stories of people who have come from round the world to work for the NHS over last 75years 

At present the museum is situated in Lewisham Shopping Centre. nearest Station is Lewisham - South Eastern Rail from various London termini and DLR. (about 8minutes walk)

Barbara will confirm meeting time and place, coffee, lunch etc. please let her know if you intend to come. 

Visit to 'Heart of the Nation: Migration

and the making of the NHS'.

Saturday 

13th

July

2024

An illustrated true life story, inspired by the recent One Life film starring Anthony Hopkins. However, this isn't about the remarkable Nicholas Winton's (pictured right) Kindertransport, but about the 68 Czech mainly Jewish children who came to safety from Nazi oppression to Chislehurst, Kent in 1939.

Who rescued them? How did they get to England? What difficult dilemmas were involved? And what happened to them in later life? (clue: several became teachers!)

Anne Goldstein will share her research about the Czech children's life in Britain and the warm-hearted people who helped them. 

By Zoom at 2.00pm.

'One life many stories'.

Thursday

27th

June

2024

Visit to the Bank of England and the Future of Money Exhibition.

‘Can the tooth fairy go cashless? Are cryptoassets money? Who decides how we pay? Money and the way we use it has changed in recent decades. With digital and contactless payments on the rise, the choices we make, as individuals and businesses are having an impact. Futureproofing the economy to meet our needs, now and in the future, is the job of the Bank of England. From digital currencies to the importance of cash in our everyday lives, from sustainability to making sure we have choice and access to different ways to pay, this exhibition responds to questions you have been asking. So, where are we now, and what is the future of money? 

11.00am Fortnum and Mason's in the Royal Exchange Building for coffee.

11.30am we will meet at the Bank of England Museum entrance on Bartholomew Lane, London EC2R 8AH.  (If you are facing the Bank of England’s main entrance on Threadneedle Street, it is around the corner on the right). Bank underground station, plus 4 others, are close by. We will visit the bank and 'The Future of Money' exhibition.

Lunch afterwards at the George and Vulture pub. Please let Diana know if you are joining us.

 Saturday

15th

June

2024

The Great Exhibition Road Festival.

The Exhibition Road Festival has many events planned in museums, on the road, at the Royal Geographical Society etc. Plenty for members and their guests to enjoy.

Meet between 10.45am and at 11.15am for coffee at Carluccios
South Kensington. (Turn left out side the tube, cross the road
and go left. It's almost opposite the tube station). 

Return for lunch all together at Carluccios. 2.30pm. Diana will
book lunch. Please inform her if you will be there.

Tuesday

11th

June

2024

Visit to Rye. One of the cinque ports.

Our Itinerary. 
We will meet for coffee at about 10.30am at the 'Old Grain Store' which is next to the Rye Tourism and Heritage Centre. Parking is close by and costs just over £4 for 4 hours. It is sited just off the small roundabout at West Street. Sheila can give you full directions.

After coffee (11.30am approx) we will cross the road to the Heritage Centre to see the 'Son et Lumiere' (£3.75 per person) which uses a model town of Rye and tells its exciting history. (Smugglers, murders, ghosts and especially the ongoing raids between the French fishermen and those of Rye. Rye was razed to the ground by the French attackers) This lasts about a quarter of an hour.

Then we will follow the town trail and explore some of the many sites in the town -starting with a walk up Mermaid Street, past the infamous Mermaid Inn (Known as a smugglers inn hundreds of years ago -now very upmarket!),and on to the top of the town past Lamb House (NT), the Town Hall and site of the medieval market, and to the church and clock tower. We will endeavour to coincide our visit with the appearance of the 'Quarter Boys', - a unique spectacle where the 'boys', like cuckoos on a cuckoo clock, pop out and then strike the chimes every quarter hour.

The church is well worth a visit From here we will walk to the Ramparts, with the view out to sea, and its great guns-first given to the town by Queen Elizabeth, to defend the coast against the Spanish! 

Then lunch at the nearby Ypres Castle Inn. (The Ypres Tower and wall date back to 13th century. After lunch -free to explore the town, do some shopping, and departure. 

Please let Sheila know if you intend to join her on the day.             

 Saturday

20th

April

2024

GB State Conference

Dulwich Hamlet Junior School, Dulwich village,
London SE21 7AL. 

 All members.

Arrive 10.30am for coffee. 11.00am Claire Purcell, Headteacher,
will give us a tour of the school. Claire will then speak about the
school's experience of  OFSTED.
'Bring and Share' lunch followed by the annual General Meeting.       

Saturday

9th

March

2024

A talk about the school systems in Manitoba, Canada and the Tampere area of Finland and Finnish education generally. 

By zoom at 4.00pm

Saturday

9th

March

2024

A Spring Quiz organised by Anne's friend Gordon. Categories will reflect school subjects and some questions celebrating Women's History Month.

2.00pm by Zoom.

'A special DKG Quiz put together for us by retired girls' grammar school
teacher Gordon. This will be in school subjects and will also celebrate
International Women's Day. Gordon is also a fluent German
speaker, so it can be bilingual too, if our German friends would like to come!'.
Anne Goldstein.

'I attend a few quizzes, but this was one of the best organised, and
presented, one I have attended for a long time. The questions were
a good mixture of difficulty'.  Evelyn Goodsell. 

Thursday

7th 

March

2024

A visit to the Wellcome Collection, opposite Euston Station, to see the exhibition 'The Cult of Beauty'.

'The Exhibition questions and celebrates what beauty means to different
communities, particularly marginalised ones, in our world today. It
encourages us to claim agency over our identities and to define beauty
according to our own values'.

Saturday

10th

February

2024

Have our schools seen better days? 

Can our schools continue to meet the increasing demands of a well informed population ?

How do teaching teams manage the complex challenges of the 21st Century?

At what cost?  

Liz Day - Retired teacher of Primary and Secondary pupils, Manager, Consultant and Teacher Trainer. Parent,  Grandmother and Alpha Chapter member.

There will be time for questions and discussion. 

2.00pm by Zoom. 

Friday

2nd

February

2024

Visit to 2 Temple Place to see the Glass Heart Exhibition.

Exploring glass over the last 170 years. Showcased as 'an experimental art form, an endangered traditional skill and an expression of historic industry'. 

Saturday 

13th

January

2024

Prof. Dennis Tourish will speak on 'Cults'.

Dennis is a Professor of Leadership and Organisation Studies.
He has researched the dark side of leadership; leadership and organisational effectiveness; hubris in leadership; research misconduct; and, influence processes within organisations that can be described as cults.
Dennis works at the university of Sussex.

Organised by Sheila Roberts.

By Zoom at 2.00pm.

See article on the News page.

 Saturday

13th

December

2023

Please send pictures, photographs, poems etc to Anne Goldstein about what light means to you. this will be our contribution to this European event.

 By Zoom 

 Saturday 

9th

December

2023

Meet for coffee at the Ledger Building 10.30am to 11.00am. Book yourself into the Exhibition on-line. 11.15 or 11.45 (Half hour slots).

Lunch at the Henry Addington pub 1.30.p.m -3.30.p.m. 

Saturday 

9th

December

2023

Pre-Christmas 'bring and share' lunch at Sandra Blacker's house.

Saturday

11th

November

2023 

Children's literature and Reading to children. Anne Goldstein to introduce her recent experience of reading with young children.

We're delighted to welcome Mara Bergman. Mara is an award winning author of children's books - you may know her from the Oliver series - and she is also Senior Commissioning Editor of fiction at Walker Books. She's also a splendid poet. 

https://www.marabergman.com/

Open member discussion and views. Bring your favourite children's book along, first influences, favourite books, authors.

2.00pm Zoom meeting.

Saturday 

21st

October

2023

Art and Well Being.
Meet artist Jess Levine. 

Jess is a mixed media collage artist and tutor, who leads many wonderful workshops to get people engaged in making art together. She is inclusive and cares about art to promote positive mental health. Jess is presently based in Ulverston. We're delighted she has agreed to do our session before going off to teach. 

Time: 10:30 AM London Zoom meeting.

Tuesday

17th

October

2023

Visit to Ightham Moat, Sevenoaks, Kent.

'The most complete small medieval manor house in the county'. National Trust.

Exhibition: Country Houses, Jewish homes. Explore the role of Jewish Country houses in Britain, the prejudice encountered and how Jewish people fought for the right to acquire land and play a full role in British society.

The website says: 'We reveal Ightham Mote’s surprising and hidden Jewish history through the lives of its former owners Sir Thomas and Lady Mary Colyer-Fergusson, née Cohen.

Highlights include talks, displays of Victorian evening dress, a classical music soiree and a contemporary music installation by acclaimed sculptor Anish Kapoor.'

Tuesday

19th

September

2023

Visit to Sissinghurst, Kent to see the castle and grounds. National Trust property.

Extensive grounds, vast lake and woodland, included in the car park fee. NT members free. Car park for non-NT members £4 and garden visit £16. No guide but maps available for everybody.

Free access to the NT shop and restaurant. Lunch on site at the restaurant. Sheila Roberts will circulate details closer to the date.

Staplehurst is the nearest railway station.

Saturday

9th

September 

2023

Finland and the Future.

2.00pm Zoom meeting.

Feedback on their experiences at the conference in Tampere Finland from the GB Members who attended.

 Tuesday

22nd

August

2023

Alpha plus Gamma
members

Summer Outing

Informal, exploratory visit to Kings Cross.  This has now become a very popular leisure/entertainment area, with parks, art exhibitions, canal walks etc., and a wide variety of places to eat. Full details to be confirmed in July.

 26th

to

29th

July

2023

DKG International Conference in Tampere, Finland.

For all information check www.dkg.org or The Finnish DKG website through www.dkgeurope.org

Saturday

15th

July 

2023

A visit to Somerset House. There are a range of galleries, exhibitions, tours - some free, some paying. Check their website to book tours etc.

Two 0n-site cafes for coffee / light lunch.
Meet 11.00am at Watch House, East Wing.

Tuesday

4th

July

2023

Tudeley Church, near Tonbridge,  Kent. A guided visit to see the famous Mark Chagall windows. Meet at 11.00am.

Total cost £6 per person (£3 donation to church maintenance, plus £3 towards the guide's fee) payable to Sandra on the day.

Pub lunch at The Poachers, close to the church, to follow at 1.00pm.

Contact Sandra or Evie who are organising it for more information.

Saturday

17th

June

2023

Visit to the 'Great Exhibition Road Festival' in south Kensington.  Entrance tickets are free to events in the museums.  You can go online to order tickets. For those who would prefer, email Diana, who will order tickets but she must have your order by 30^th April.  Family/friends welcome.  Meeting time and place will be decided once numbers are known. 11.00am at South Kensington tube Station, museum tunnel entrance.  

For those who would like a post-visit get together Diana has offered to organise lunch for us when numbers are known, probably 2.30.p.m. Please contact her to arrange this when you have booked.  There will be a great deal to see, it should be a very good day.

Visit to the Great Exhibition Road Festival.

Saturday

20th

May 

2023

 All DKG Members.

European Event. 

GB's Europe Education Presentation: 

"My best teachers had faith in me"

LGBTQ+. Speaker, Duncan Lustig-Prean.

5.30pm by Zoom.

                                          Photographer Chris Jepson 

Saturday

20th

May

2023

Coronation theme - we are looking for anecdotes, photos, poems, recipes, memorabilia etc. for 1953/2023. All contributions to Anne who is collating for this presentation.

Dress code red, white and blue.

10.30am by Zoom

A 12 page booklet, containing all the Coronation memories from the meeting prints here. Print all 3 A4 pages. Fold each page into four and put the booklet together. 

Saturday

22nd

April

2023

Granville Hancox MBE (pictured right with Di Billam) will speak about Music and its role and importance in education.

2.00pm by Zoom.

Saturday

15th

April 

2023

GB State Annual General Meeting.

10.30am by Zoom.

Saturday

11th and 25th

March

2023

"Remembering Yesterday, Caring Today". 

Barbara Kern will be speaking about her volunteering experience with dementia groups using reminiscence therapy. 

In person meetings at both Alpha and Gamma

Alpha members (and any Gamma members who wish to attend). Bring and share lunch from 12.15pm at Diana Bell's house. The meeting begins at 2.00pm.

Gamma members (and any Alpha members who wish to attend) 25th March. Meet at Sandra's house at 12.00 noon. Bring and share lunch followed by meeting at 2.00pm.

Please confirm with Joan if you are attending.

Barbara Kern, left, with Joan Carroll, being thanked by Alpha Chapter

Saturday

11th

February

2023

Poet Jane Liddell King and photographer Marion Davies will speak about their collaborative work, "Faces in the Void". Czech survivors of the holocaust.

Inspired by a Czech scroll used in a Cambridge synagogue, they have combined words and photographs that hauntingly complement each other in these stories of Czech Holocaust survivors of the Second World War.

 Zoom meeting at 6.15pm. 

Saturday 

7th

January

2023

All members and their guests.

DKG is starting 2023 with a Zoom with Farhad Poupel. 
A charming and enthusiastic young Iranian composer presently based in Sevenoaks, Kent. 

Farhad Poupel is currently the holder of the prestigious Global Talent visa which allows him to work on a range of composition projects with an international community of musicians.He will be telling us about education in Iran and his path to becoming a composer. 

As his work is international, it would be wonderful to welcome our European and other DKG friends by Zoom at 2.00pm - 3.00pm

Saturday

3rd

December

2023 

All GB members and their guests.

Southwark Cathedral may be open to visitors if they don't have an event or service taking place. They have an interesting gift shop that will be open.

We have a booking for 1.30pm at Giuseppe's Place - Giuseppe’s Ristorante Italiano, 47/49 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1NB. It’s an Italian restaurant near Borough Market. Meet up there at 1.20. It is on the London Bridge side (East side) of Borough High Street, a short walk, going away from the river, from the London Bridge Underground exit on that street. 

The entrance, highlighted in the Italian national colours, is just on the corner of Borough High Street in a small lane - Kings Head Yard, and there are stairs down to the restaurant in the basement.

Christmas Get Together.

Chapters will hold 'in person' events to suit members.

Gamma is holding a pre-Christmas party at Sandra's house.

Bring and Share' lunch from 11.30am.

Alpha is meeting near Borough Market for a wander and lunch.

Saturday 

26th

November

2023

The Power of Music, Aileen Dickson put this together at short notice. 

Here is the Youtube link if you missed the session.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx5rc1qbtt4 

 Saturday 

29th

October

2023

Our speaker will be the dynamic Siobhan Daniels, former BBC South East reporter and producer. She will be talking about her new book 'Retirement Rebel' which is out on 20 October and which is about how she changed her life at 60. 

Approaching retirement and frustrated with her job, Siobhan Daniels made a BIG decision: to start living life on her own terms. Rather than hiding from life’s challenges, she bought a motorhome and drove off to find them. 

She says, "Age shouldn’t be a barrier to having an adventure!" 

 Read about the meeting here.

Saturday

17th

September

2023

 Religious Education Today.

Rachel, a Secondary School Chaplain and Peter Hammerton, a RE teacher  will speak on: What is the purpose of RE in both faith and non religious schools?  What is the new Worldviews approach?  

 Zoom at 2.00pm 

 Saturday

13th

August

Visit Greenwich 

A Thames River trip from Westminster  to Greenwich -  Sightseeing Cruise, or take a train from London Bridge to Greenwich.

Greenwich Park has two cafes and one coffee stall. 

Sights to see include:- The Cutty Sark, National Maritime Museum, Queen's House, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich Market and the Queen's Orchard. 

Saturday

16th

July

 Films and Film Making.

Jeanne Pope from Anne's local film group. 

Zoom meeting at the earlier time of 10.00am. 

We will welcome international film maker and educator
Jeanne Pope to talk about her work.

Jeanne is presently making a film about the historical
Woodbury Park Cemetery in Tunbridge Wells.

Saturday

18th

June 

Holidays.

Members are invited to send in photos of a memorable holiday with a short explanation - for a presentation. (Photos to be sent to Anne to collate).

Andy Rudge, pictured right, our speaker telling us about life and experiences working on a cruise ship.

Zoom meeting at 2.00pm.

Saturday 

11th

June

Gamma and Alpha Members.

Bring and share lunch at Sheila Robert's house.

Meet at Sheila's for coffee at around 11am. There will be a presentation on Leadership - and the Hubris that often accompanies it. It is informative but also amusing.

The presenter is Prof Dennis Tourish, Royal Holloway University, (but since moved to Brighton University).

Saturday

21st

May

Two speakers on the implications of hosting refugees plus Ukranian recipe. Please wear blue and yellow.

Zoom 2.00pm.

Saturday

23rd

April

 All GB Members invited.

GB State Conference

AGM Only, by Zoom.

10.30am. Finishes by 12.00 noon.

Wednesday

16th

April

Zoom at 5.30pm UK time.

Passionate about science, Christina Astin will speak about getting more girls interested in science.

With her science teaching background Christina's work now encompasses school partnerships, science consultancy, STEM outreach and team / leadership coaching. She was a finalist for new science presenter on Tomorrow's World, can be heard on Radio Kent and is Kent Secondary Science Advisor.

Such an interesting career, do check her out on the web.

Saturday

19th

March

Women's Safety

We will be welcoming Caroline Auckland, the inspiring President of Tunbridge Wells Soroptimists, to talk about the Women's Safety campaign that the group has been involved with. 

2.00pm via Zoom. 

Read more in the News Section.

 Saturday

19th

February 

Anne Goldstein gave a talk about

Kindertransport. 

See News Section. 

Saturday

22nd

January 

Saturday

11th

December

Saturday

 4th

 December

       Margarita Hanschmidt, our Regional director and Penny

       Kinnear, Alpha Chapter President, get into

       the Christmas Spirit.

Saturday 

20th

November

All members and guests.

           Anne pictured in her Suffragette colours.

Saturday

23rd 

October

            Introduction and background to Sally Anne’s
            work on visual perceptual stress.

           How the questionnaire analyses problems
           and discovers unknown ones. 

           Handouts for practice.

           Video of Dyslexia Breakthrough and children
          who took part in the Newham trials.

          Hands on working with the tints
          and how to find individual preferences.

          Practical help for teachers in the
          classroom environment.

          Questions.

Saturday 

18th

September

Saturday 

21st

August

Venue is Diana Bell's house.

Agenda and further details closer to the date.

Saturday 

14th

August

Dorcas's Japan themed quiz.

Please bring a mystery object to show from a different
country and we'll see if we can guess where it's from.

Extra kudos for making your own medal to wear....
or getting the grandchildren to do it....here's some
inspiration   https://www.cbc.ca/parents/play/view/winter_play_
days_challenge_make_your_own_medals

Wearing something from another country would be fun!

Saturday

 19th

June

Out of the Pandemic.

Personal hopes and reflections. A celebratory Zoom meeting 2.00pm.

Experiences from the time of the pandemic and hope for the future, with contributions on Optimism, Happiness and Hope using photos, artwork, music, poetry, film etc from everyone.

We made water lilies out of paper waxed on one side,
floated them in water and watched them unfurl.

Thi showed us a real water lily from her garden.

Saturday

15th

May

Saturday

24th

April

An exciting Zoom live guided tour of the East End of London, 
telling the story of the dynamic and brave East End of London
suffragettes, who were led by Sylvia Pankhurst. They believed
the vote for women would improve pay, working conditions,
housing and children's health. 

As David is a professional tour guide, we are asking for £7
before 1st April from each of us to cover his costs. Please
can you make this payable to the DKG State Account, which
is 80979392  sort code   20-88-13 Please add the initials SUFF
before your name. For payment in Euros contact Anne Goldstein.

Saturday

10th

April

 Due to Covid restrictions we are having

a Zoom AGM rather than a full state conference.

Saturday

20th

March 

Saturday

13th 

February 

Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Teachers.

2.00pm Zoom

Saturday

16th

January 

2021

Women Transforming the Community.

2.00pm Zoom

Saturday 

12th

December

Alpha and Gamma Chapters, plus members from The Netherlands and Germany

Festivals of light.

Meeting at 2.00pm by Zoom.

Arranged by Anne Goldstein.

Followed by a quiz organised by Dorcas Rogers.

Saturday 

14th

November 

Alpha and Gamma Chapters

plus guests and German members 

Saturday

17th

October

All Members and Guests

Please view GB News for conference reports

and 

information regarding the conference.

Saturday

12th

September

  Alpha and Gamma Chapters

For a biography of Dr Itoka, please click here.

 Saturday

15th

August

 Alpha and Gamma Chapters

You are invited join us for our virtual summer picnic. Don’t let Covid 19
stop us being together for a summer outing. Choose your favourite
summer picnic food (quiche, sandwiches, crab, prawns, scotch eggs,
strawberries and cream, jelly, ..... what are your favourites) add
your favourite summer picnic drink (pimms, homemade lemonade,
chilled white wine or Prosecco, Bucks Fizz). Lay them out on your
dining room or study table or out in the garden and then join us on
zoom. In addition join us in the possibility of winning three special
prizes as you compete for the winning position in a general knowledge
quiz, and two different alphabet twisters.  

Saturday

18th

July

Alpha 

Chapter

Saturday

20th

June

Gamma Chapter

with

Alpha Chapter

Here's how you can help. We know you are great cooks. We are asking you
to volunteer to bake a Jewish cake or biscuit recipe, bring it to the Zoom to
show.  If you are keen, please contact me for a recipe - some are nice and
easy and lots don't include flour! - and I will send the links across to you.

Saturday

16th

May 

Alpha Chapter

with

Gamma Chapter 

Saturday 

14th

March

Alpha

Chapter

2.00pm   Tina O'Connor, a Personal Pupil Advisor will be speaking about her work.

Q&A session to follow.

Dulwich Hamlet Junior School, Dulwich Village.

Bring and share Lunch 12.45pm.

Saturday 

29th

February

Alpha

Chapter

Business Meeting and talk about Dementia.

'Dementia Friends' with Joe Mendell

10:00 for 10:30 at Beechwood School, Tunbridge Wells.

Saturday

15th

February

Alpha

Chapter 

Holy Trinity Church Hall. Bryan Road, Rotherhithe

Bring and share lunch 12.30pm.

Saturday

18th

January

Gamma

Chapter

Artificial Intelligence

Joyce Evans

Joyce was educated in the UK and following graduation with degrees in Physics she accepted a research fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, USA. She spent over 40 years in the US doing research in universities and industry, teaching in university and private secondary schools and 25 years of these years working in the Federal Government as a Program Director in the National Science Founda-tion.   She returned to the UK in 2016.

10:00 for 10:30 at Beechwood School, Tunbridge Wells

 Saturday

18th

January

Alpha

Chapter 

2.00pm Dulwich Hamlet Junior School. 

Nuala Garvey will speak about Apprenticeships. Q & A session to follow. 

Nuala has over 20 years’ experience in Learning and Development supporting colleges, training providers and an awarding body to continually improve the management of their quality assurance provision in delivering Professional and Apprenticeship programmes.  She currently works for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development as an External Quality Advisor.  She is also Lead Internal Quality Assurer at Sutton College and London Learning Consortium on apprenticeship programmes.   Her work involves responding to and keeping abreast of national legislation and guidance from the Institute of Apprenticeships, OFSTED and ESFA. Nuala is passionate about raising potential through apprenticeship delivery.

 Raffle. bring and share lunch 12.45.

Saturday

14th 

December

Gamma

Chapter

Cancelled because of illness.

Christmas Party 
at home of Sheila Roberts
Morvan House, Shoreham Lane, St Michael's, Tenterden. TN30 6EG

 To begin with we will have an interesting talk by  Harry Roberts

A Nomadic Life: Deserts, Outback and other such places.

Saturday

14th 

December

Alpha

Chapter

Saturday

16th

November

 Alpha

Chapter

Anne Krisman Goldstein, a member of Gamma chapter, is nationally known for her work on Religious Education for children with special needs. She has been commended in the national Teaching Awards. She works with the website RE:online, loves Circle Dance and is a trustee of her local Community Cinema.  Anne will be taking the theme ‘Inspirational Stories’ and will share some favourite stories from the different world faiths, as well as some from her own Jewish family history.

Bring and share lunch from 12.30pm.  

Saturday

16th

November

Gamma

Chapter 

Beading

Bex Dean-Skinner

Bex Dean-Skinner will show us the skills of  beading.  This will be a practical session and you will have the opportunity to make a Christmas item.  She will also have examples of her exquisite work for sale which are ideal for Christmas presents.

10:00 for 10:30 at Beechwood School, Tunbridge Wells

Saturday

12th

October 

Gamma

Chapter

Life as a War Artist

Graeme Lothian 

Graeme will be talking about his life as a War Artist although he does not see himself as that. He usually paints en plein air anything that takes his fancy. His first tour was as the artist to the hospital in Camp Bastion which was, for him, fascinating. He kept being asked back and subsequently went out with the infantry soldiers on patrols in Helmand Province. He met inspirational people on these travels. One of the highlights of his painting career was setting up his easel in the hills high above Kabul, in body armour with soldiers guarding him as he looked down on the cityabout. 
He and is going to bring along some examples of his work and other memorabilia.

  A meeting not to be missed!

10:00 for 10:30 at Beechwood School, Tunbridge Wells,

Saturday

12th

October

 Alpha

Chapter

 Main Business Meeting. 2.00pm.

Agenda will be circulated. Dulwich Hamlet Junior School, Dulwich Village, London SE21 7AL.

 Bring and share lunch 12.45pm.  

Saturday

14th

September

 Alpha

Chapter

Chocolate Museum, Brixton

11.45 meet at Brixton underground. the session begins at 12.00 noon where we make our own chocolates and then visit the museum. Followed by lunch locally.

Saturday

14th

September

Gamma

Chapter

Liz Goddard

Malawi:

Impressions 30 years on

Liz will give us her personal impressions on a return to Malawi 30 years after last teaching at the University there.

10:00 for 10:30

at Beechwood School, Tunbridge Wells

Friday

23rd

August 

Visit STIR Cafe for lunch. 23 Anglesea Road, London SE18 6EG.

Run by Bridge Support (full information in our GB News Summer edition). Meet for coffee at 11.00am outside the DLR entrance to Woolwich Arsenal Station by the Costa Cafe. There is a larger cafe and market near by. Lunch at 12.30 followed by a local walk through the Woolwich Arsenal site to the River Thames.

Stir is a social enterprise café, promoting wellbeing and recovery. Recognising the link between what we eat and how we feel, the café offers good mood food where it can to boost mood levels. Wherever possible Stir uses freshly grown herbs and vegetables from their allotment, as well as coffee beans from a local supplier in Kent.

The café also provides a bridge back into employment, using a volunteer team who want to gain work experience before moving on to paid employment. 

Thursday

22nd

August

  Summer Party 
at home of Sheila Roberts
Morvan House, Shoreham Lane, St Michael's, Tenterden. TN30 6EG
From 11 am.

Sheila will supply coffee and biscuits and has generously offered  to provide the main meal and drinks .
Suggestions for volunteers to add to the meal are a salad,or dessert.
There is a warm swimming pool (indoors-ie in a glass enclosure) so bring swimmies if you would like a dip.

We look forward to hearing whether you can join

Saturday

20th

July 

Main Business Meeting. 2.00pm.

Bring & Share lunch 12.45pm.

Dulwich Hamlet Junior School, Dulwich Village, London SE21 7AL.

Friday

5th

July 

Join us at the wonderful Royal Society Summer Exhibition.

 11.00am inside the entrance.

Saturday

22nd

June

Visit to Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery.

Meet at Ealing Broadway Tube at 11.00am.

 SATURDAY

8th

JUNE

Sue Walton will update us on what is happening at the Pestalozzi Village and what the future holds for them.

Pestalozzi has been providing educational opportunities for some of the world’s most disadvantaged young people for over 60 years. In the early years the beneficiaries were young children from conflict zones but since the late 1990s the focus has been on providing high achieving, low income students with scholarships to enable them to complete their secondary education. Sue Walton, Pestalozzi’s CEO, will be sharing some of the stories and successes of Pestalozzi’s amazing alumni as well as explaining the exciting developments in the charity’s new programme of support.

 Saturday

18th

May

2.00pm Local speaker Sue Aldred, plus two colleagues, will speak about the benefits of singing for better breathing.

Q & A session to follow.

Dulwich Hamlet Junior School, SE21 7AL.

Saturday

18th

May

Circle Dancing with Sue Constance.

Come and explore the origins of Circle Dance.  Find out about the cultural influences, similarities and differences between countries and regions as you try for yourself the steps and patterns of these intricate dances.  You don’t need a partner or any special equipment just come along and enjoy yourself.  You will be surprised at how beautiful the dances are and what a wonderful way to keep fit!  Looking forward to seeing you there.

Saturday

23rd 

March

Gamma Chapter

Portage in Kent

Tracy Harvey

 10:00 for 10:30

Beechwood School, Tunbridge Wells

Saturday

9th

March

2.00pm Lavinia Soul, pictured far right, will speak about her experience of flying around Australia in a small 'plane. Anna Evans will speak about her travels in South Africa. 

Q & A Session and update meeting for the book project.

Dulwich Hamlet Junior School, Dulwich Village, SE21 7AL.

Bring and share lunch starts at 12.45pm. 

Saturday

2nd March

Picasso and His  Women

Liz Strang

Picasso’s life could be described as a collage of his woman.   Beginning – naturally - with his mother and his sister followed by his early mistresses Fernande and Eva.  We see how his portraits of these women show his early development and experiments in cubism. Then come his depictions of the 5 most significant women in his life, his first wife, the Russian Olga Khoklova and then his “aphrodite” Marie Therese Walter, and the stormy revelation of his affair with her in 1932.   Later come Dora Maar, the only one  with whom he spoke his native Spanish, Francoise Gilot, the mother of two of his children and finally his second wife Jacqueline Rocque.  We look at how his styles change when each is in the ascendancy, how the character of each influenced him and how the different ways in which he depicted them show the variations and developments of his multi-fceted work.

 Saturday

19th

February 

2.00pm Business Meeting at Dulwich Hamlet Junior School, SE21 7AL.

Includes Books to be given away to schools locally.

Bring and share lunch at 12.45.

Saturday

19th

January

 Jean Brushfield

Body Language

I became interested in the subject when I went on the 3 month General Management Course
at Henley Management College, an
took it as one of my options.

Saturday

12th

January

Dr Margaret Lobo and  Lindsay McHale 

The Music Therapy Trust 

A fascinating and thought provoking talk about music therapy and how it can help in a clinical setting to facilitate: quality of life, social, cognitive and motor skills and speech and communication in children and adults.

Music therapy is the clinical evidence based use of music interventions to accomplish individualised goals within a theraputic relationship by an accredited professional who has completed an approved music therapy programme.

There was an excellent Q & A Session to follow.

Bring and share lunch at 12.45pm.

2.00pm Dulwich Hamlet Junior School SE21 7AL.

Lindsey McHale, Dr Margaret Lobo and Penny Kinnear, Alpha Chapter President. Alpha Chapter members below.

Saturday

1st

December

Christmas Celebration

10.30am Art Activity and lunch, finish at 3.00pm.

Holy Trinity Church Hall

Bryan Road, Rotherhithe

Saturday

24th

November

Life as a Humanist Celebrant

Pat Jay

10:00 for 10:30

Beechwood School, Tunbridge Well

Thank you Delta Kappa Gamma for inviting me to lead a discussion about Humanist Ceremonies I’ll touch on the what? who? where? why? of my work and experiences as local Humanist Celebrant and   any other questions that arise.
    You don’t have to be a humanist to have a humanist ceremony!  Just to want a warm, meaningful occasion, professionally conducted and reflecting your own wishes, based on life rather than a religious text. Humanist .
     Celebrants create, write and conduct ceremonies to mark the big moments in life:  Namings, weddings, funerals, memorials.

I look forward to meeting you!

 Saturday 

10th

November

Implementation Session

(Ideas from the Revitalisation Meeting)

2.00pm Dulwich Hamlet Junior School SE21 7AL

12.45pm 'Bring and share' lunch.

Saturday

13th

October

Revitalize GB State.

All members especially welcome.

Meet at Number 63 Bayswater Road, London W2 3PH From 9.30am for a 10.00am start.

Buffet lunch provided.

 Saturday 

29th

September

The Darvell Community, Robertsbridge

Rebekah Domer

Rebekah is a member of the Darvell Bruderhof Community .  She works as a volunteer hospice chaplain and has recently published a book, “Broken but Blessed: Journeying from Pain to Peace with Unlikely Guides.”  She will have copies of her book available at the event

Rebekah will share with us about the ethos of the Bruderhof Community’s life together, their views on the education of children, and family life.  She will be happy to engage in discussion and answer any questions.

10:00 for 10:30

Saturday

23rd

September

Alpha Chapter

Full  Business meeting 

 2.00pm at Dulwich Hamlet Junior School, SE21 7AL.

 12.45 pm 'Bring and share' lunch

Wednesday

1st

August

Gamma Chapter

Visit to home of Sheila Roberts

Marvan House, Shoreham Lane, St Michael's, Tenterden. TN30 6EG

11 am.

Sheila will supply coffee and biscuits and has generously offered  to provide a  Coronation Chicken dish and a lemon ice cream. Wine, water and soft drinks will also be available.

Suggestions for volunteers to add to the meal are a pasta salad, a green salad and a veggie salad-for example tomato or carrot or whatever. People may prefer to bring a dessert-au choix!

There is a warm swimming pool (indoors-ie in a glass enclosure) so bring swimmies if you would like a dip.

We look forward to hearing whether you can join us.

 Saturday

21st

July

Alpha Chapter

2.00pm Helen Mead. Helen with her colleague Maimunat will talk about the work of the Greenwich Migrant Hub which supports vulnerable migrant families in Greenwich and the surrounding boroughs with problems regarding housing, employment, education etc.

Unfortunately this could not take place.

12.30pm Bring and share lunch. Speaker, followed by a Business meeting. Discussion session regarding revitalisation. 

Dulwich Hamlet Junior School SE21.

Friday

13th

July

Gamma Chapter

  Visit to Herstmonceaux Castle

BN27 1RN

Meet at 11am at Chestnut Tea Room

Tuesday

3rd

July

Alpha Chapter

 The Royal Society Summer Exhibition - a 'must see' experience.

Meet at the entrance to The Royal Society at 11.00am.

 The photographs shows members at one of the 22 exhibits - this one  about 'Guardians of the Gut'.

Saturday

23rd

June

Alpha Chapter

Alpha Chaper Summer Outing to Greenwich. 

We meet at 11:00am on the concourse at the foot of Canada Tower outside the main entrance/exit at Canary Wharf Station. We journey to Heron Quays Station on the DLR and travel to Island Gardens (Isle of Dogs). A short walk will take us straight to the North Tower which is the entrance to the Greenwich Foot Tunnel, (lift available).
     A lift at the South Tower (or spiral staircase) will bring us out close to the Cutty Sark, now being refurbished. We will look at Greenwich Market, the National Maritime Museum and then have lunch and walk up to the Observatory and admire the views across London.
Mid afternoon we travel back via boat to Westminster.

Saturday

19th

May

Brunei Gallery at SOAS,

Visit to the Brunei Gallery at the School of Oriental and African Studies (Russell Square tube). Admission free. 

Friday 13th

 - Sunday

15th April

GREAT BRITAIN STATE CONFERENCE

Specialist Provision in Education

Antoinette Hotel Kingston
Beaufort Road
Kingston
London, KT1 2TQ

For full details follow link

Saturday

17th

March

Works of Feeling,
Pre Raphaelite Book Illustration
Amanda-Jane Doran

Amanda-Jane Doran worked as Publishing Manager and Curator for Punch magazine for fifteen years. At present, she is cataloguing Victorian illustrated books in the Royal Academy Library and is a freelance writer and lecturer

Beechwood School Tunbridge Wellls.

Saturday 

10th

March

Lindsay McHale speaking on 'Music Therapy in Africa' had to be cancelled.

Claire Purcell, Head of School, pictured on the left, gave a very interesting talk about the school  website and updated us on aspects of education at Dulwich Hamlet Junior School.

Venue: Dulwich Hamlet Junior School, Dulwich Village, London SE21 7AL

Bring and share lunch from 12.30pm.

 Saturday

24th

February

Visit to the Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising.

Founded by social historian Robert Opie, the museum tells the story of product marketing from Victorian times until today.

Exhibits range from tins of shoe polish to cereal boxes, radios and vacuum cleaners. 

New display on Sustainable Packaging.

SATURDAY

13th

January

2018

Harriet Goodman - 'Philosophy for Children (P4C)'.

 2.00pm Holy Trinity Church Hall, Bryan Road, Rotherhithe.

Bring your own sandwich for lunch. Raffle. Parking in the Church Car Park.

Saturday

9th

December

Christmas Visit to The Charterhouse, Charterhouse Square, EC1M 6AN.

This year The Charterhouse opened its doors to the public - the first time since its foundation in 1348. It has served as a monastery, private mansion, school and almshouse.

Followed by lunch at the Fox and Anchor. 

Saturday

 11th

November

Last minute change of speaker as Lindsay McHale is travelling due to business.

Mental Health - an insight on the role of psychiatric health workers today

Anne Ross, Mental Health Worker

Holy Trinity Church Hall. 3 Bryan Road, Rotherhithe, London SE16 5HF

Saturday

14th

October

Tour of Dulwich Hamlet Junior School. 

14^th October, 2.00pm. Claire Purcell will guide us on a tour of Dulwich Hamlet Junior School - an outstanding and technically very up-to-date school. 

Cancelled due to illness. 

Alternate programme:  Coffee in Dulwich Village followed by a meeting and visit to Dulwich Picture Gallery.