Youth Speak

YOUthSpeak inspires educational and supportive programs for youth in the Byron Shire.  YOUthSpeak events break the silence around sexuality, relationships, romance and matters of the heart. Young people have an opportunity to strengthen their voice, clarify their values, communicate and connect in new and often unfamiliar ways. Sharing ideas and feelings, people talk openly and freely, or simply come along to listen.  It has been recognised by parents and community elders how important it is to create a safe place for young people to get together and share experiences around an often not talked about topic in a respectful, authentic and valuable way. 

The feedback speaks about how powerful this shared experience is for young people - they gain self confidence, a deeper understanding of themselves and it impacts and makes a huge difference to their lives.  YOUthSpeak is for all young people, whatever their sexual orientation – everyone 14 to 24 years old are welcome!

To date YOUthSpeak has been an extraordinary success, with young people leading the discussions – so YOUthSpeak is very much for young people by young people. There is a core team of educators and community elders, health professionals and parents (including Amrita Hobbs & Ken Connell), involved in supporting the program.

Young people are invited to confidentially contribute or to simply listen, in a way that is comfortable for them and to bring their friends with them. 

YOUthSpeak is an outstanding success!

Event Dates: Sunday 7 October 2012 

Sunday 4 November 2012 

Sunday 2 December 2012 

2 – 5 pm at the Y.A.C. 

1 Gilmore Cres, Byron Bay

Please encourage young people you know to come along and bring their friends.  Free Pizza for all who come along!

 


Following her successful ‘Mothers in Music’ workshops, professional musician, creator of the ‘Kickstart Mentorship Programme’ and mother of four, the beautiful Kathryn Jones presents ‘Sisters in Song’. Showcasing 7 women’s dazzling talent in two family-friendly shows she promises will outshine every other event in the Shire, we invite you to a feast for the senses and to support these incredible musicians stepping out to share their hearts and souls in culmination of their three month intensive magical mentoring journey. When: Saturday 3rd Nov. 2pm Matinee/ 7pm Evening Where: St John’s Primary Sch Hall, Murwillumbah Street, Mullumbimby. Tix available: Mullum bookshop, Byron Music and Bruns Heads Visitor Centre.


stART me up poster kids art competition

a kids surf art competition as part of the Byron Bay Surf Festival October 26-28th.


StART me up is a new art exhibition, event and mentoring program for kids, developed by local artist James McMillan, in conjunction with the Byron Bay Surf Festival, REAL Creative Design Studio and Volcom. The purpose of ‘stART me up’ is to give new and emerging young artkids (some very young!) a valuable and real opportunity to hang and expose their art. stART me up, will encourage youth from around Byron Bay, the Northern Rivers and beyond to create artworks in various mediums. It allows young people to join in the activities of the Surf Festival and support the growth of young artists in our community. The event will provide a visual platform for young artists aged 4 through to 18, giving them an opportunity to display their works, receive encouragement and have a chance to win a bunch of exciting prizes.

Catagories:
4-8yrs:    size up to A3 and should be on thick grade paper or up to 350 x 350mm canvas
9-13yrs:  size up to A3 and should be on thick grade paper or up to 350 x 350mm canvas
14-18yrs: size up to A3 and should be on thick grade paper or up to 350 x 350mm canvas.

StART me up major prize: The 14-18 year category will receive a 6 month artist mentorship with established artist and surfer James McMillan and REAL Creative Design Studio.

The entry form is available for download from:

http://www.byronbaysurffestival.com/portfolio/start-me-up-art-exhibition-and-mentoring-program-for-kids/

Biodynamic #500 Field Spraying Day Teachers, students, parents and our local biodynamic community are invited to join Shearwater school staff for a biodynamic 500 spraying Field Day, on Thursday the 9th of August, from 1:45pm to 4pm.   Please meet at Primary School open play area (outside the Eurythmy Room) with a stainless steel bucket, preferably, but a plastic one is ok. We will provide the 500 preparation, rain water and tree branches for the spreading. The aim is, after 1 hour of continuous stirring, to coordinate the spraying from 3pm, walking in an ingoing spiral, starting from the perimeter of the area to be sprayed. This event is best done late afternoon, when the energy of the Earth is ‘breathed in’. Autumn or early spring, when the moon phase is in a descending period, is the best time to perform this activity.  Although still a bit cool, the sun is returning to Earth, the wattles are covered in blossoms, the bees are getting busy and the silkworms are just coming out of their eggs. So please come, with prayers in your heart, and join us in blessing and waking the school grounds with the 500 preparations. We will need as many volunteers as possible, as the event is intended to cover, in a short time, the whole primary, high school and the new hall areas.  According to the Bio-Dynamic Manual by Alan Johnstone, by using the 500 preparation we are quickening the inner earth life. He explains that within the household of nature, substances are continually passing from one kingdom into another and back again. The myriad of pathways and cycles weave their ways through rocks, plants and animals. Within and between each there is a cooperative working together of the appropriate forces. Alan adds that such forces, described by Rudolf Steiner as etheric and astral, bring the substances into streaming rhythmic movement and then shape these bodies of rhythmic movements into the forms we see in nature – the animals and plants of our agriculture life. Finally, Alan writes in the chapter on 500 that the soil is the middle kingdom between the hard mineral crystalline rocks and the soft sappy plants. It is at this point, according to his manual, where the 500 gets its work done, by waking everything up.   RSVP Nadia, at the school office.
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Biodynamic #500 Field Spraying Day

Teachers, students, parents and our local biodynamic community are invited to join Shearwater school staff for a biodynamic 500 spraying Field Day, on Thursday the 9th of August, from 1:45pm to 4pm.  

Please meet at Primary School open play area (outside the Eurythmy Room) with a stainless steel bucket, preferably, but a plastic one is ok. We will provide the 500 preparation, rain water and tree branches for the spreading. The aim is, after 1 hour of continuous stirring, to coordinate the spraying from 3pm, walking in an ingoing spiral, starting from the perimeter of the area to be sprayed. This event is best done late afternoon, when the energy of the Earth is ‘breathed in’. Autumn or early spring, when the moon phase is in a descending period, is the best time to perform this activity.

 Although still a bit cool, the sun is returning to Earth, the wattles are covered in blossoms, the bees are getting busy and the silkworms are just coming out of their eggs. So please come, with prayers in your heart, and join us in blessing and waking the school grounds with the 500 preparations. We will need as many volunteers as possible, as the event is intended to cover, in a short time, the whole primary, high school and the new hall areas. 

According to the Bio-Dynamic Manual by Alan Johnstone, by using the 500 preparation we are quickening the inner earth life. He explains that within the household of nature, substances are continually passing from one kingdom into another and back again. The myriad of pathways and cycles weave their ways through rocks, plants and animals. Within and between each there is a cooperative working together of the appropriate forces.

Alan adds that such forces, described by Rudolf Steiner as etheric and astral, bring the substances into streaming rhythmic movement and then shape these bodies of rhythmic movements into the forms we see in nature – the animals and plants of our agriculture life.

Finally, Alan writes in the chapter on 500 that the soil is the middle kingdom between the hard mineral crystalline rocks and the soft sappy plants. It is at this point, according to his manual, where the 500 gets its work done, by waking everything up.  

RSVP Nadia, at the school office.

BRUNSWICK HEADS SIMPLE PLEASURES PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

…the old, the new, the green, the blue…

Entry to the Brunswick Heads Simple Pleasures Photography Competition is now open. This year’s theme is ‘the old, the new, the green, the blue’. Entry forms are available online at www.simplepleasuresphotocomp.com.au  or from the Visitor Centre, 7 Park St Brunswick Heads.

Entries close on Friday 3rd August and forms can be submitted to the Visitor Centre or by post to: Simple Pleasures Photography Competition, P.O. Box 184, Brunswick Heads NSW, 2483.

The Simple Pleasures Photography Competition is now in its 8th year and in previous years has attracted photographers from far and wide and produced a wonderful range of photographs. 

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Isabeau Schubert, who is in Year 9 at Shearwater has her own exhibition at the Northern Rivers Community Gallery from April 4thto 29th April.  Entitled “Stain” it builds on the work done for her Personal Interest Project (PIP) in Year 8.   The gallery curator was impressed with her work and invited her to exhibit at the gallery during Youth Week. 

This exhibition “Stained” includes 5 new pieces, with reference to: coal seam gas mining, ocean oil spills, deforestation and urban intrusion.  The creative use of textiles on a metal armature allows a three dimensional quality to be achieved.

“These pieces represent my response to imagery depicting the degradation of our natural environment.  They are deliberately tactile, yet fragile, strong, yet delicate … just like our planet.”

Isabeau Schubert, Byron Bay, 2012

Other students from high schools around Ballina are also represented in a group show.