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ESOL Changing Lives

By selwynadmin | English, News | 0 comment | 20 February, 2025 | 0

This article was published in ACE Aotearoa’s quarterly newsletter, and references ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) courses provided by Selwyn Community Education, and our English programme coordinator, Kirsty Cantley. Kirsty Cantley (second left) with students enjoying a shared meal. ESOL – Changing Lives  Stats NZ’s provisional estimates for 2023 show a net migrationRead more

2025 Programme Build Underway

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 4 October, 2024 | 2

Each year, about August or September, we begin the monumental task of preparing our programme for the following year. Regular tutors let us know their availability, we tweak and overhaul courses, assess suggestions for new courses, find new tutors and topics to build into the course programme, and load courses onto our computer system. ItRead more

Mindscapes: Exploring Art for Mental Wellbeing

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 4 October, 2024 | 0

The annual Festival of Adult Learning Ahurei Ākonga ran 2 – 8 September 2024. As part of this, Selwyn Community Education hosted Mindscapes: Exploring Art for Mental Wellbeing on 8 September. Visitors enjoyed the taster art and craft courses facilitated by talented tutors. Our refugee learner cohort prepared delicious foods from their home countries –Read more

Boost Your Digital Literacy and Online Search Skills

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 17 June, 2024 | 0

In today’s world, we can find answers to almost anything with just a few clicks. Need the latest news?  Looking for health advice? Researching a history essay? Craving that perfect pasta recipe? A quick internet search can provide answers in seconds. But with this convenience comes a big challenge: not everything you find online isRead more

Art and Creativity for Improved Mental Health

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 12 June, 2024 | 0

The value of creativity and artistic pursuits has been getting press lately for its mental health and therapeutic benefits. Whether it’s just engaging in a mindful pastime such as mosaicking or zentangle, or learning a new skill (think Italian language, cooking Korean or playing the ukulele), or overcoming creative blocks (“I don’t have a creativeRead more

Adult Education Weekend Workshops 22 – 23 June 2024

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 12 June, 2024 | 0

Join us on the weekend 22 – 23 June for a workshop. Our offering includes cooking, art, craft, barista, digital literacy, personal development, social media marketing and business skills, gardening, sewing, dealing with clutter, Maaori traditional medicines. Find out more here: Weekend workshops 22 – 23 June 2024 or call the office on 09 521Read more

Next weekend programme 6 – 7 April 2024

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 22 March, 2024 | 0

Join us 6 – 7 April for a full weekend programme of art, language, craft, cooking, home, DIY & garden, and digital literacy courses. Find out more here: 6 – 7 April 2024 Weekend Courses #AdultEducationAuckland #ArtClassesAdultsRead more

Office closed for summer break

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 20 December, 2023 | 0

Kia ora koutou katoa to our learning community. Our office closes at 1pm on Friday 22 December 2023 and reopens 9am – 3pm starting Wednesday 17 January 2024. Please email us (info@selwyncomed.school.nz) or leave a phone message (09 5219623) and we will attend to your message when we are next in the office. Our 2024Read more

All classes 13 February cancelled due to Cyclone Gabrielle

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 12 February, 2023 | 0

As a result of the upgraded warnings about the potential impact of Cyclone Gabrielle, Selwyn College and Selwyn Community Education will be closed for onsite teaching and learning tomorrow, Monday 13 February 2023.  Please attend your next scheduled class instead. Over the next week, we will schedule classes to replace those missed on 13 February.Read more

Weekend courses 24-25 September

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 9 September, 2022 | 0

Click through here to see our latest newsletter of 9 September 2022, about weekend courses 24 – 25 September 2022. We’ve got lots of courses on offer including cooking, art, craft, gardening, home care, self care, photography, social media, writing and a walking tour. See the weekend category on our website here. And for aRead more

Email newsletter 3 August 2022

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 18 August, 2022 | 0

Click here to read our latest newsletter.Read more

COVID 19 Protocols

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 25 January, 2022 | 0

Covid-19 precautions (last updated 13 September 2022). All evening and weekend courses will continue in the classroom unless advised otherwise. With the removal of the Covid-19 Traffic Light system on 12 September, masks are no longer required in the school. However, if you do prefer to wear your mask, we hope you will. We remindRead more

We’re open for weekends !

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 6 December, 2021 | 0

We’re open for courses. 4 – 5 December and 11 – 12 December 2021 we are offering a small number of courses including writing, pottery, cooking, art and crafts. As we work within a secondary school, the Ministry of Education require all adults to wear masks onsite. We will be checking vaccination passports upon entry.Read more

Covid-19 Vaccination Bus at Selwyn College 13 October

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 11 October, 2021 | 0

Tena koutou katoa The community-based Covid-19 Vaccination Bus will be operating at Selwyn College in the front carpark from 9.00am – 3.00pm next Wednesday 13th October.  All welcome. The following website provides useful information about the vaccine’s safety and effectiveness as well as NZ vaccine facts:  https://covid19.govt.nz/covid-19-vaccines/Read more

COVID-19 Lockdown Update for Selwyn Community Education

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 18 August, 2021 | 0

Remember to check your spam folder and promotions folder regularly in case any emails are directed there. Wednesday 24 November 2021. Good news finally. Selwyn Community Education can start running courses again, at weekends, from 4 December. As we are part of a school, all tutors and community education students must be vaccinated and wearRead more

Covid-19 Alert Levels for Courses

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 14 February, 2021 | 104

6am Sunday 7 March 2021 As Auckland is now is Alert Level 2, classes will now resume at Selwyn Community Education with some exceptions. We are emailing most course groups to confirm their classes will restart in the classroom this week. For the small number of courses that cannot resume this week, we are alsoRead more

Botanical Drawing and Painting Weekend 7 – 8 November 2020

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 10 November, 2020 | 105

Before the invention of photography, botanical illustration was the only way of visually recording plant life. We depended on artists to share the details of botany with the public. Nowadays, botanical illustration is enjoyed as way of observing and appreciating the beauty and variety of the plant world. Artist and illustrator Sandra Morris recently taughtRead more

Covid 19 Alert Level 3 and Selwyn Community Education courses

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 11 August, 2020 | 0

3 September 2020 update Welcome back to our students. We are enjoying seeing most of our courses up and running again and we have had positive responses from people attending. Most of you are glad to be in a learning environment again. If you missed your class we just want to reassure you that weRead more

Black Lives Matter for children

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 7 July, 2020 | 0

Black_Lives_Matter___Parents_GuideDownload We thought this was a great resource and wanted to share it with you. Not only will it help explain what children are seeing in the media, it contains activities to help families and children with racial equity.Read more

Making Chocolates

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 15 June, 2020 | 0

Pastry chef Oscar demonstrates various techniques in the Making Chocolates courses. Later, students practised the techniques and produced a cornucopia of delicious treats to take home. Tempering chocolate: Oscar expertly demonstrates the art of keeping the chocolate in motion. Creating White Chocolate Casings: Oscar shows us how it’s done. Oscar demonstrating piping. If this courseRead more

Soft Stone Sculpture

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 9 June, 2020 | 0

A whirlwind tour of our Soft Stone Sculpture class last weekend busy carving their artworks. Want to join? Find out more here Students happily at work creating their masterpieces.Read more

Learn Spanish with Sergio on Zoom

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 29 April, 2020 | 1

With the onset of Covid level 4, Sergio stepped up and delivered the rest of his Spanish courses via Zoom for the remainder of Term 1 (late March – early April). These were successful, and all Term 2 courses will now be delivered using Zoom. The ever-resourceful Sergio has created this video to give youRead more

Courses available via Zoom for Term 2 2020

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 27 April, 2020 | 0

Spanish (beginners and higher levels)Te Reo Beginners and ContinuationYoga with Lynn (Yoga @ Remuera)How to Make More Money and Think Like An EntrepreneurYoga Continuation with LizaSome Italian classesMost ESOL coursesUkulele Please enrol via the website or contact the office if you would like to join any of these classes.Read more

Selwyn Community Education COVID-19 Updates

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 16 March, 2020 | 0

Update 6 May 2020 – English Courses ESOL courses start next week 11 May. These will be offered via Zoom first, then classes will return to the classroom when it is safe. You can see a list of our courses here. Email us on info@selwyncomed.school.nz to find out more. Update 29 April 2020 Again, thanksRead more

Creating and Understanding Russian Icons

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 9 March, 2020 | 0

[Show thumbnails] Some student work from the November 2019 Creating and Understanding Russian Icons workshop taught by Elizabeth Brookbanks. Course participant Helen explained the course to us: “Our Saturday started with an introduction to Russian iconography. It was a fascinating potted history. Libby provided a sample of icon images to get us started planning ourRead more

2020 programme loaded to website

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 11 December, 2019 | 0

We’re pleased to announce that our 2020 programme is now loaded to our website. So, look and enjoy. Registration is open for most courses. Just a few course dates are not visible on the website for another week or two as we finalise details. Our programme booklet will be printed during the week 16 DecemberRead more

2020 programme progress

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 18 November, 2019 | 0

Work is well under way for our 2020 programme with 400 courses loaded to the website already. New courses are added daily and we expect all courses will be visible on the website by mid-December. Our course booklets will be sent to the print house in mid-December. We expect delivery early January and will distributeRead more

Helpful habits and beliefs at the core of effective health changes

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 2 April, 2019 | 0

Clear goal. Check. Committed action. Check. Daily exercise, careful eating, discipline and focus.  Check. One kilo goes, then another and then another. Success! But one month later, it’s all back and I feel like a failure.  Time to start my healthy eating plan again. But not till Monday. Sound familiar? Jade Osborne knows this pattern.Read more

Think Talk: Secrets of a Neuroscientist with Cathy Stinear

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 25 March, 2019 | 0

We were delighted to host Dr Cathy Stinear on Tuesday 19 March for the first of our 2019 Think Talks. Cathy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Auckland, developing tools to predict and promote recovery after stroke. She’s also part of the University’s Creative Thinking Project, where sheRead more

20 March Newsletter

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 20 March, 2019 | 0

Weekend workshops 6 – 7 April and Understanding Islam course. Read the newsletter online hereRead more

Secrets of a Neuroscientist

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 14 March, 2019 | 0

Tuesday 19 March 2019 7:30 – 8:30 PM Discover everything from how to keep your marbles as you age (spoiler alert – it’s not Suduko!), to why your teenager is such a disaster sometimes (there’s a reason they can’t hire a car until they reach 25, yet we let them drink and vote!) Find outRead more

HAIR

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 13 March, 2019 | 0

30th March – 6th April at the Selwyn Theatre. ‘Hair’ – the American Tribal Love-Rock Musical follows a young group of hippies fighting the establishment, dodging the drafts, getting high, living and loving in New York City. It’s 1967: the Vietnam War is raging and the Age of Aquarius is dawning. Claude, his best friend Berger,Read more

Shelley Simpson Sculpture on the Gulf

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 11 March, 2019 | 0

Selwyn Community Education drawing tutor, Shelley Simpson, is exhibiting in the 2019 Sculpture on the Gulf at Waiheke Island. Her exhibit, Hoax, and other works can be seen 1 – 24 March. More about Shelley hereRead more

Crazy For You

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 6 March, 2019 | 0

Announcing our first Selwyn Community Arts Theatre production for 2019. Crazy For You is a high energy comedy set in the 1930’s Wild West.  The show contains plot twists, mistaken identity, fabulous dance numbers and classic Gershwin tunes that include “I Got Rhythm”, “Embraceable You”, “Someone to Watch over Me”, “Nice work if you can get it”, “Slap thatRead more

The Venice Biennale

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 20 February, 2019 | 0

The Venice Biennale is one of the most important international arts events in the world. It is held every two years in Venice, Italy and is regarded as the Olympics of the art-world. We’re delighted that Dr Libby Brookbanks is joining our programme this year to educate and entertain us about the Venice Biennale. FromRead more

Zen and the art of landscape brush painting

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 19 February, 2019 | 0

Selwyn Community Education is delighted to announce that Wei Hun La is joining our team of talented tutors in 2019. In Zen Brush Painting Landscapes for Beginners (starting 25 February) you’ll learn how to use Chinese ink calligraphy techniques to paint landscapes and understand the ideas of Zen and meditation in the art form. WeiRead more

A Taste of Things To Come

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 19 February, 2019 | 0

New to 2019, in this series of one-off evening courses, you’ll not only get to sample some of our exciting range of diverse ethnic cooking courses and fabulous tutors, but you’ll get to learn new recipes and enjoy a delicious meal at the end of each workshop. Bring your appetite! From Korean, to Indochine, BrazilianRead more

RadioLive Interview

By selwynadmin | News | 0 comment | 4 April, 2017 | 0

On Saturday 1 April 2017, Programme Director Anne Cave was interviewed by Trudi Nelson of RadioLive. They discussed community education trends in New Zealand and how Selwyn Community Education’s programme is responding to the needs of our local community.  Hear the interview here.Read more

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