Next summer's workshop will be held in Edinburgh, in the lovely facilities of the Edinburgh Montessori Arts School (EMAS). The workshop will run from Monday 23 July to Friday 3 August, with practical exams on Saturday 4 August. Students taking written exams will take their first paper on the morning of 4 August, and their second paper on the morning of Sunday 5 August, so please take this into account when making travel plans.

Students generally find the workshop a very intense and wholly absorbing experience, and more than one student over the years has announced, 'This has changed my life!' so if you have not yet completed the practical component of your course, aim to join us in Edinburgh. It doesn't matter how far you have progressed with your units and segments because all students attending the workshop take the practical exam, but if you are getting close to the end, an extra spurt of energy before the workshop will qualify you to sit the written exams at the same time, which makes everything easier, and more economical.

And so that you can budget for the cost: the fee for the 2012 workshop is the same as in 2011: £1055.00; the exam fee, practical and written together, is £305.00, but if you're only taking the practical the fee will be £152.50.

Practising with the Montessori bells at last

summer's  workshop