A step-by-step class where you will learn to draw, measure and assemble a simple project. Gain confidence in using machinery, knowledge and characteristics of wood, different cuts, joins and techniques. Materials additional.

Always wanted to learn to sew? Come along to this fun class and make your own A line or straight skirt while learning the basics of sewing.

Have you ever wanted to work with clay, but not known where to start? Come and learn a range of skills that you can later adapt to help fulfil your creative ideas. Whether functional pottery or sculptural ceramics is your thing, there's plenty here for you! Clay and firing included. Please read below course dates for course outline. We also offer weekend pottery workshops.

Bob Dylan has been as influential as he is mysterious over his long career through the 20th and into the 21st century. Explore the life and work of the songwriter, through his religious, political and romantic lyrical themes, along with his personal history and his influence on pop culture.

Are you interested in speaking Chinese language? Are you working in an organisation which needs to deal with Chinese-speaking people? Are you going to travel in China or conduct business with Chinese? Join Dodo to explore Chinese culture, and start your Chinese language learning journey.

An introduction to this beautiful and colourful traditional Cook Islands art form.

Have you ever wanted to work with clay, but not known where to start? Come and learn a range of skills that you can later adapt to help fulfil your creative ideas. Whether functional pottery or sculptural ceramics is your thing, there's plenty here for you! Clay and firing included. Please read below course dates for course outline. We also offer weekend pottery workshops.

Visit Gibbs Sculpture Farm with an experienced guide and art historian. Tour leaves Selwyn College 9am and returns 3pm. Regretfully we cannot accept alternate travel arrangements.

Stretch, relax and feel good! Yoga helps you to tone, strengthen and revitalise your whole body and learn to manage stress.

Are you keen to teach adults? Join this hands-on course covering creating a learning climate, how adults learn, group interactions, course planning and evaluation - suitable both for those already tutoring adults or planning to start.

Take a tour into the world of the macaron. These delicacies are very hard to master without the right guidance. Come and learn from an expert. Course fee includes $15.00 for ingredients.

Love plants? Have a favourite you want to sketch? This workshop is an introduction to plant illustrations and is ideal for anyone interested in drawing and painting the botanical world. The workshop will be held offsite, at the Auckland Botanic Gardens. Bring your own materials. More information below course dates.

Are you interested in knowing how to achieve a vibrant state of health and wellbeing through proper use of food? Would you like to learn about the connection between your constitution (body type) and the food you eat? Learn to create simple, tasty and nutritious vegetarian meals by incorporating a range of spices while appreciating their health benefits. Course fee includes $35.00 for ingredients.

Create the best from your small courtyard or garden and create another room for modern living.

This is a part demonstration, part practical class in which you will be introduced to cuisine from Turkey, Persia, Morocco, Lebanon, Iraq and Greece. Course fee includes $20.00 for ingredients for the first class only.

Effective formula writing and creating pivots is a must for taking your excel skills further. Join this course to learn these important skills.

This six week course will cover the foundations of psychology, as well as the major theories associated with a number of branches of the subject - biological psychology, social psychology, cognition and perception, developmental psychology and health psychology.

Sandra Morris' part three course in our Children's Book Illustration series. Learn extended techniques for children's book illustration. For those who have completed as least CBI: Character Development. Bring your own materials.

Be part of the movement to reduce plastic waste! Join Kimberly in the kitchen where she will show you how to make your own reusable beeswax food wraps - a beautiful alternative to plastic cling film. Course fee includes $10.00 for materials.

Learn how to make soap using a variety of techniques and materials. Course runs from 10.00am to 4.00pm and fee includes materials of $25.

Be part of the movement to reduce plastic waste! Join Kimberly in the kitchen where she will show you how to make your own reusable beeswax food wraps - a beautiful alternative to plastic cling film. Course fee includes $10.00 for materials.

Learn how to make soap using a variety of techniques and materials. Course runs from 10.00am to 4.00pm and fee includes materials of $25.

In this seafood skills workshop you will learn to cook a variety of June's favourite, innovative fish recipes, to fillet and prepare fish. You will visit a local fish retailer to distinguish types of fish and how to purchase them. This will be a busy hands-on day as we will visit a fish shop and then back to Selwyn College to start cooking. Course fee includes $30.00 for ingredients.

What is cool and fun and what is cool and fun but concerning? Come and learn from a social media expert what you should be aware of to ensure internet safety for you and your children and more about some of the cool platforms your children may be using and how to use these to either help your business or engage with friends.

This two-day course focuses on the background to WordPress, how each version works, and how to edit and manage the WordPress dashboard. You will then go on to install WordPress in class and over the weekend build a website.

Come along and spend a day being introduced to the art of calligraphy and learn techniques to achieve beautiful lettering for stationery, invitations, signs and cards.

Make your trip to Spain, Latin America or South America more enjoyable by learning helpful phrases and vocabulary before you go.

Have fun making natural baskets using cane, bark, driftwood and seagrass. You'll learn to work with a variety of materials and weave them into practical containers. You will need to bring some tools and oddments for this course.

Special Offer November, 2018: Enrol two students on one order and pay for only one. Save $80.00.

An introduction to this fun medium, and get the confidence to start dabbling at home. Bring your own materials (full list below).

Enhance your knowledge of Photoshop features such as creative image manipulation, working with type, layer and blending modes, masking, clear cutting and retouching photos. This course is designed for those who have completed the Photoshop Beginners course at Selwyn Community Education and wish to further extend their skill.

This course runs over three weekends. You will be introduced to the exciting possibilities of working with clay in a structured teaching environment.

Come and learn how to get the best out of your small garden to enjoy a full year of produce.

Come and learn how to make a range of gorgeous, inexpensive products for yourself, your family and your friends, and what’s more you will get to take them home. Course fee includes $60.00 for ingredients. Available as 4 week evening course $155 or one day workshop $120.

Surya Namaskara is an ancient and powerful yogic practice that consists of a repetition of 12 postures that works on all levels of our being: physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. It is a complete and systematic practice in its own right that can work therapeutically to heal, energise and rejuvenate the practitioner.

Come (Haere Mai), learn more about your local bush and the plants within. Discover some simple home remedies for common ailments and conditions. Practise preparing tonics, teas and balms. And learn a little about Maori traditional medicines, Rongoa Rakau, made with some of our native plants. HineAhua Tokōtokō, named for her role in Rongoa Maori, will share with you some of the wonders of our native plants. Come experience a wonderful part of our heritage, the medicinal properties of our native plants.

Create your own masterpiece to enhance your garden or interior spaces. The soft stone sculpture is one of the most accessible mediums to work with as ideas can be quickly realised and easily modified. Includes sculpting block. Courses run 11am - 4pm.

PLAY - Physical Learning, Active Yoga. Fun classes using story and adventure to support learning through physical activity, imitating, playing and singing! In these workshops there will also be opportunity to explore breathing techniques, relaxation practices, and creative time using hand/eye coordination as well as learning some basic meditation practices by using the senses. Complementary to other sports and activities. This workshop is designed for children from 6 to 10 years of age.

Do you love the idea of giving handmade gifts for Christmas but have never taken the plunge and tried? June has a collection of her favourite festive recipes to share with you for family and friends to enjoy. They are quick and easy to make and easy on the budget. Take the stress out of what to give at Christmas and try traditional biscuits, relish and chutney, mince pies, festive breads and special celebration cakes.

Through a combination of demonstration and hands-on experience, Chef Jaz will instruct you in the precise art of cutting, filleting, deboning, carving, selection, handling, sharpening and preservation of knives to give you the professional touch in the kitchen. Course fee includes $20.00 for ingredients.

Create flower arrangements to decorate your home and to help celebrate the festive season. In this one day course, you will learn to make gorgeous wreaths and table displays using both traditional and contemporary techniques. Fresh flowers and accessories provided. Workshop runs from 10.00am to 3.00pm.

Your lifestyle and life challenges may well dictate a reorganisation of your home priorities and belongings, resulting in a need to downsize and/or declutter. Learn how to manage this process. Workshop runs 10am - 3pm. Breaks will be taken. Special offer for November course: Enrol two students on one order and pay for only one.

DNA? Lost Cousins? Lost great-grandparents? Lets dig for the roots of YOUR family history! Lets look at what you know and how to find more on the internet. We have a Saturday working together, then you can try at home and come back for an evening, session checking you have learnt the techniques required. Lets Research!!