Archive for August, 2008

Gillian Higgins brought her fascinating demonstration to Hill Top Farm last night. The rain didn’t stop anyone enjoying the BBQ and the indoor school was packed with people wanting a peice of Gillian’s wealth of knowledge. Here are just a few of the comments left:

“Excellent demo, very interesting and professional”
“Gillian is a very competent teacher”
“Very friendly, informative and relaxed”
“Excellent presentation - difficult subject made accessible”

Marcus Fasey, Equine Dental Technician, will be giving a lecture at Learning To Listen on Wednesday 25th September. Marcus is British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) qualified and a member of the British Association of Equine Dental Technicians (BAEDT).
The lecture begins at 10am and is free to all LTL students. Admission for non-students costs just £5. To book contact the office on 01765 689368 or for more info on Marcus visit www.marcusfasey.co.uk

Past pupil Rebecca is set to ace her GCSEs next year with predicted grades of As and A*s.

Rebecca has worked so hard this academic year she is to return back to main stream school, an achievement of which she is very proud.

The Learning to Listen Team would like to wish Rebecca well and congratulate her on all her hard work!!

Work is almost finished on Learning to Listen’s first fully equipped science lab.

The team are thrilled to get the chance to offer ELC and GCSE science using their new laboratory.

September this year sees the first student commencing on a science based programme, this is something the team have been planning for the past academic term, to see it come to fruition is amazing!

September is fast approaching and the team are gearing up for a new term.

This year will be the first year the centre is able to run its own examinations in, the team are very excited about offering this to the pupils, taking the extra pressure off them having to go to external test centres.

The centre has been awarded AQA & OCR approved centre status, meaning that all GCSE exams can be conducted at the centre, where the students feel most comfortable.

We would like to welcome the newest member of the Learning To Listen Team, ‘Listen’.
Born on Tuesday 15th July, Listen is now growing big and strong and loving the nice green grass at Hill Top Farm. He is pictured here with his mum, Brooke, at about 2 weeks old.

Five year old Alice is Learning To Listen’s youngest student. After some training with Sarah and the Team she and her beautiful pony Lucy have been out showing - and bringing home the rosettes. None of us have ever met a little girl with quite so much determination as Alice and we expect to see her at the Olympics before long!

Learning To Listen student Katie Marshall is enjoying huge success in the show ring, alongside producer Magnus Nicholson. Katie is using the techniques she learnt with Sarah to train top class show horses. She has won at the Red Rose County, Hambleton and Newark & Nottingham Shows, been placed 2nd at the Midlands County and Lincoln Show, 7th at the Royal International Horse Show and was Reserve Champion in the Intermediate Show Hunter class at the Winter BSPS Show. They will be at this years Horse Of The Year Show. We wish them the very best of luck.

Megan Roughly will be coming to Learning to Listen to give Western Lessons on Sunday 21st September.  The sessions can be individual or given in a group. If you would like more information or to book your place please call Tracey on 01765 689368

The british weather didn’t stop the fun on this weeks Kids Camp. After three days of horses, horses, horses the girls went home with smiles on their faces and certificates for their hard work.

The following received awards for:

Becky for Best Painted Pony

Lucy for Most Entertaining

Penny for Most Improved

Caroline for Most Helpful

Bryony for Cleanest Stable

Fleur for Most Determined

Well done to the girls and thanks for an entertaining three days.