CALH (Cambridgeshire Association for Local History)
Spring Conference 2011:

EDUCATING THE PEOPLE

‘A NATIONAL EVIL REQUIRES A NATIONAL REMEDY'

How inspired individuals and groups brought us

from mass illiteracy to universal education

In Association with Sawston Village History Society www.sawstonhistory.org.uk

The CALH Spring Conference this year combines three major celebrations and anniversaries, it is the 60th Anniversary of the foundation of the Cambridgeshire Association for Local History (Cambridgeshire Local History Council), it is the Bicentenary of foundation of the National Schools (National Society for the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church) in 1811 and last year the 80th Anniversary of the founding of Sawston Village College by Henry Morris, the Cambridgeshire county education secretary, takes place:

in the Henry Morris Hall

at Sawston Village College

on Saturday 9th April 2011

10am to 4pm

The Conference Secretary is:

Honor Ridout

For further information in the first instance

please contact Andrew at:

info@calh.org.uk : 01223 892430 or 0787 5469538

Conference Programme:

The day will begin with registration between 09.30 and 10.00, morning coffee will be served on arrival.

We have four expert speakers and two chairmen to host the proceedings for you, and the days programme will be as follows:

The Morning Session will be hosted by our Secretary Andrew Westwood-Bate: (Andrew wanted to host the morning session as he carried out a Royal Navy Artificer Apprenticeship in the 1970s)

Our first speaker is Honor Ridout - (the CALH Chairman) and she will be talking on:

LEARNING BY DOING

Apprentices, Rich and Poor

Our second speaker is Terry Ransome - ( of The British Schools Trust, Hitchin) he will be telling us about:

BRITISH SCHOOLS AND THE LANCASTRIAN SYSTEM

The morning session will close with a Q and A session.

Before lunch we have a real special treat, as stated before in 2010 the students of Sawston Village College carried out a research project on Henry Morris and they will be:

REMEMBERING HENRY MORRIS

After break for Lunch, when delegates can either bring their own Lunch or enjoy a Pre-booked lunch.

We start the afternoon session with host Tony Kirby:

The afternoon will start off with our third speaker Dr Peter Warner - ( Homerton College,  Senior Tutor and Director of Studies in History) he will be telling us about:

DISSENTING ACADEMY TO TEACHER EDUCATION

The Development of Homerton College

The last talk of the day is Adrian Barlow - ( Director of Public and Professional Programmes, University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education), Adrian retires this summer and this is one of your last chances to listen to this excellent lecturer, who will tell us all about

JAMES STUART:

Extension Lectures and the

origins of Extramural Studies

The afternoon session will close with another Q and A session.

We will finish the day with afternoon tea, biscuits, and as tradition now dictates home made cake.

The day cost just £10.00 for CALH and Sawston Village History Society members, other Affiliated Society and Associated members pay just £12.50 and £15.00 for non-members, a preordered lunch is available for just £6.00.

There will be a selection of display stands showing the history of education in various Cambridgeshire villages, please let Honor Ridout know if you would like to add your village to this.  Please click here for information on how you carry this out

We will have our own CALH bookstall, and will also hold a raffle

 

Transport:

If you are having problems with transport, please let us know:

Bus: For more info click here

The Stagecoach Citi 7 Bus leaves Emmanuel Street at 0842 and gets to Sawston at 0915.  There is a Bus returning to Cambridge at 1638 arriving at Drummer Street at 1740.  The buses are very frequent approximately every 10 minutes.

For full details of the programme and how to book, you can download a booking form by clicking here

Membership Forms are available by click on the appropriate form at the following web page:

For any other information or help, drop us an email to info@calh.org.uk or call 01223 892430 or 0787 5469538.

 

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Have you researched issues of education

in your village or community?

Would you like to carry out some

research before April 2011?

 

We would like to include your work in the exhibition display which will accompany the presentations at the Educating the People Conference.

Any relevant topic will be welcome. It could be about your village school, but it could also be about other aspects of education, whether for children or adults. Has your village a nineteenth century village Reading Room? Have you a history of WEA or other adult education? Were there any initiatives to promote vocational training – anything from straw plaiting to metal work? Have you records of young people being indentured apprentices?  Are there personal records of individuals who won an education against the odds?

(If you would like to do some new research, check out the Victoria County History entry for your community, to see what has been done and what you might do. The staff at the County Record Office and the Cambridgeshire Collection will then be pleased to help you.)

If you have work already carried out, or if you would like to carry out such a project this spring and display the results, do let us know. We would like to plan for your display, so please complete and send us the details on the form.

 Please return these details to (or for further information contact) The Conference Co-ordinator - Honor Ridout:   email honor.ridout@virgin.net        phone 01223 870940

2 Trinity Close, Haslingfield, Cambridge  CB23 1LS

‘School Day Reminiscences’

click here for details of the above

 

When I started school in 19__..................................

The school was built…………………………………..

There were….pupils in the class.

The first thing I remembered learning was………………

Teachers, lessons, food, discipline, testing, outings……What do you remember of your school days?  Or did you learn at home?  Either way, it was probably different from today’s schooling. 

Add your experience to our Educating People conference by writing your memories (add pictures if you like).

No prizes, but your own contribution

to the history of our times.

 

Please send or email to Honor Ridout:  

2 Trinity Close, Haslingfield, Cambridge CB23 1LS 

email honor.ridout@virgin.net        phone 01223 870940