Category Archives: Talk

Talks, lectures, seminars, tutorials, courses, etc.

Botany surveys

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Wild flowers on chalk grassland

Wild flowers on chalk grassland

From 10:00am–12:30pm on Friday 13th June and 6:00–8:30pm on Thursday 17th July. Help with an ongoing monitoring project by getting involved in a botany survey of the chalk grassland outside Steyning. All levels of experience welcomed, including beginners at wild flower identification. Bring a packed meal if you want to stay on for a picnic after the survey. Meet at the log pile on the Rifle Range, Steyning [Map Ref: TQ 168,113]. Free event.

Please contact Petra Billings via petra.billings@btopenworld.com for further details.

Steyning Grammar events

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Steyning Grammar School
Steyning Grammar will be celebrating 400 years of existence at the end of May with a variety of events including:

  • 24th May: the opening of the Church Street School and grounds to the public with archive material relating to the school’s history on display;
  • 24th-25th May: three performances each day of ‘Carvings, Corridors and Timbres’, a musical about the school, at the Church Street site;
  • 26th–28th May: a heritage quilt will be on display in the Church of St Andrew and St Cuthman;
  • 29th May: Janet Pennington will give a talk on ‘Steyning Grammar School, 400 Years of Education’ at 2:00pm in Bolton House;
  • Until 31st August 2014: an exhibition titled ‘The Scholar’s Tale — 400 Years of Schooling in Steyning’ at Steyning Museum.

Further details about these and other events can be found here.

Songs of the Dawn

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Edward Lear enthusing about the song of the Yellowhammer

Edward Lear enthusing about the song of the Yellowhammer

Join Andrew Armitage and experience the awakening countryside between 7:00–9:00am on Wednesday 28th May or Saturday 31st May. Listen for the Nightingale, the rattle of the Whitethroat and the nasal song of the Yellowhammer. Watch out for deer and other early morning wildlife, followed by a cooked al fresco breakfast. Two miles, wear stout footwear. No dogs. Meet up at the grass bank by Mouse Cottage, just off Mouse Lane in Steyning [Map Ref: TQ173,114].
Must book: The Steyning Bookshop, tel: 01903 812062, cost: £7.50.

Moving on into work

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Dawn GrantWSCC belatedly announces a four unit course (starting this Friday) at The Village Centre in Hurstpierpoint (opposite the car park):

  1. Building your confidence & identifying your skills
  2. CV preparation
  3. Interview skills & hidden jobs
  4. Benefits of volunteering/work experience

More details here [PDF].

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Finding, Identify & Surveying Invertebrates

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Finding, Identify & Surveying Invertebrates
Two day course to be taught by Graeme Lyons at Woods Mill on 29th & 30th May. Attendees will learn different ways to survey invertebrates from field craft such as beating, sweep-netting, sieving and netting to sampling techniques such as light-trapping, pitfall-trapping and water-trapping. Inevitably some identification will be taught too but the emphasis will be on surveying and field craft.

Steyning Saplings

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The Outdoors Project Steyning Saplings
Birds, bugs and butterflies – these are just some of the creatures that a new nature group for 2 – 4 year olds will be learning about on the Steyning Downland Scheme from Easter. The aim is to run fun outdoor sessions, where parents and young children can explore and enjoy nature right in the heart of Steyning. The group will run on Tuesday mornings 10 -11.30am from 29th April to 27th May 2014. The cost is £25 for five sessions. To book a place email: katie.scanlan@theoutdoorsproject.co.uk