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  • Upskill for a new job
  • Find a new interest
  • Get fitter and healthier
  • Make new friends!

Join one of the 350+ short courses offered by Selwyn Community Education for all adult and lifelong learners!

Affordable and easily accessible evening, weekend and day classes with experienced tutors in a friendly environment.

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Selwyn Community Education offers you a wide selection of short courses in the day, evening and weekends, ranging from cooking, art, business, dance, music, languages and ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages including IELTS and English conversation classes), to boating, gardening and digital photography. If your week nights are busy, our weekend workshops may suit you better.

Busy Start to Term 1 

Best to book early for the course you want as many are already full - waiting list function available:

You can see all the scheduled classes in our "Upcoming courses" tab. You can also use the search tool on the left for a specific course you are looking for.

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Over 80 new short courses beginning in 2012

We are sure there will be something that interests you or your family:

Fun art class for kids with Liz Thomas

  • Children's art classes
  • Ukelele - now fully booked
  • Maori design and carving
  • Fashion Styling and Design
  • Upcycling
  • Basic Sea Survival
  • Dayskipper for Teens
  • Effective personal finances
  • Negotiation Skills
  • Gaming
  • KiwiSaver explained
  • Various new cooking classes
  • Swing fitness
  • Burlesque dancing 

To get a hard copy of the free booklet, you can request one on the left hand column. 
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Tutor Profile: Amanda Brett 

Having always drawn and painted, Amanda specialised in traditional watercolour medium 15 years ago. She has a wonderful style of painting, her work is striking and vibrant, it has a character of its own and is very different from traditional watercolour artworks.

"There are so many effects that you just can't make happen in any other medium, watercolour is complex, it's difficult, full of surprises, it's dynamic and truly beautiful". Amanda is a popular New Zealand artist and has won many exhibition awards, her paintings are held in collections internationally and in New Zealand. See her website here: www.amandabrett.net

Amanda Brett

Amanda is teaching our evening watercolour painting class.