Community Education
At Hornby High School we believe Community Education provides an important service to the wider community, with opportunities to participate in learning situations relevant to your educational, vocational, leisure and social needs. We are offering courses in which any person is welcome to enrol.
Nightclasses restarting 13 February 2012;Zumba, Woodwork and Tank Warfare
New Classes for 2012:Photoshop, Goal Setting for weight-loss success, Cakes of the World, Revamp, Recycle, Reuse - sewing, Effective use of the calculator, Cupcakes, Moroccan Cooking, Genealogy and Computers, Leading a Stressfree Life
ARTS, CRAFTS AND TECHNOLOGY
Photoshop
This course is using Adobe P C55 and will cover basic Photoshop skills. eg. editing and adjusting photographs, digital imaging, creating unique artistic effects, page layout and design.
Course Length - 8 weeks Tutor - Ira Mitchell-Kirk Monday 7-9 pm in A4 Fee - $85
Course number - 1 (Term 1) Starting Date - Monday 13 February
Limestone Sculpture workshop
A weekend workshop to create your own home or garden sculpture and learn the techniques of working with soft stone. For the absolute beginner or advanced you’ll have plenty of one on one guidance. Wear old clothes, bring your own lunch and energy. Tea and coffee provided. Limited to 8 people. Bring $50 for stone, sealant and tool hire. Stone to be purchased at class. All to be paid to tutor on first day. This is on top of course fee.
Course Length - 2 days Tutor - Julie Clausen Saturday 10-4 pm & Sunday 10-3 pm in Woodwork Room. Fee - $80
Course number - 2 (Term 1) Starting date - Saturday 25 February
Woodwork
A course for beginners, intermediate or advanced students. Learn to use tools and machines to make the project you’ve always wanted. All that is required is a plan, measurements and your own materials plus pencil, rule and tape.
Course Length - 8 weeks Tutor - Bob Popplewell Tuesday 7-9 pm in Woodwork Room Fee - $85 Course number - 4 (Term 1) Starting date - Tuesday 14 Februaary
Photography Learn how to use your digital camera. Improve your photography to take superb photographs. Posing, camera angles, composition, transferring and filing on a computer, sizing, j.pegs and lots of other stuff. Course Length - 8 weeks Tutor - Nelson Boustead Monday 7-9 pm in Art Room Fee - $85
Course number - 3 (Term 1) Starting date - Monday 13 February
Drawing for the raw beginner and those who love art
If you are a beginner or experienced this course will help you build confidence using wet & dry media. Some key techniques you will have learnt by the end will include: - Contour drawing, sketching, line and tonal drawing, understanding composition, perspective, light and shadow and painting techniques using ink & wash, dry brush, texture, impasto, wet on wet, working in layers and wash. Allow $20-$30 for materials. Ira is a practising artist who has exhibited internationally. Her website is www.art-nz.com
Course length - 8 weeks Tutor - Ira Mitchell-Kirk Wednesday 7-9 pm in Art Room Fee - $85
Course number - 5 (Term 1) Starting date - Wednesday 15 February
GENERAL INTEREST
“Revamp”
Recycle/reuse old curtains/bedspreads/fabric offcuts/clothes etc to create new looks with funky cushions and bags with your own style - learn some sewing skills along the way. Some fabric provided. Sewing machines available or bring your own.
Course Length - 2 weeks Tutor -Ruth Eadie Tuesday 7-9 pm in A1 Fee - $25
Course Number - 10 (Term 1) Starting date - Tuesday 14 February
Course Number - 17 (Term 1) Starting date - Tuesday 13 March
Genealogy and computers course
This course will give you tuition and hands-on experience with the many internet websites, both free and pay, which you can use in your family history research. We will also look at the range of genealogy programmes available and how to organise your family history resources. The course will be suitable for both beginner genealogists and those experienced but not computer confident.
Course Length - 8 weeks Tutor - Lynda Seaton Monday 7 - 9 pm in Library Fee - $85
Course number - 12 (Term 1) Starting Date - Monday 13 February
Altering clothes to fit
Do you wish your clothes fitted you better? Learn how to restyle your own clothes or vintage garments and alter to enhance your look. Includes altering hem-lines, taking in seams, embellishing existing garments - whatever you want! Sewing machines available or bring your own.
Course Length - 2 weeks Tutor -Ruth Eadie Tuesday 7-9 pm in A1 Fee - $25
Course Number - 14 (Term 1) Starting date - Tuesday 28 February
Course Number - 16 (Term 1) Starting date - Tuesday 27 March
Tanks and Tank warfare
This popular course, now in its fifth year and offering new material and perspectives for 2012, will appeal if you are interested in military history, military technology, tanks and tank types, the role of armour in battlefield tactics, and the role of warfare in European geo-politics. For the 2012 course, tutors Jeff Plowman, Ian Collins and guest contributors will focus on the German Blitzkrieg campaigns in Western Europe in 1940 in which tanks were the defining ground assault weapon. The course will include one, possibly two, out-of-classroom field trips.
Course Length - 6 weeks
Tutors - Jeff Plowman & Ian Collins Wednesday 7-8 pm in Room A6 Fee - $60
Course Number - 11 (Term 1) Starting Date - Wednesday 15 February
‘Stripped to the Bone’ - Horse and Rider
A practical 2 hour workshop that takes you through the key issues in balance, posture, and fitness for the horse and rider with a particular (but not exclusive) focus on dressage. At the end of this workshop you will have some practical skills to take away with you that will help both you and
your horse to work together as a team. If you ride simply for pleasure or if your riding has a competitive bent, this is a workshop for you.
Presenters Sarah Mulhearn - Internationally qualified Equine Body Worker and Sandie Brown REPS Registered Fitness Trainer
Course Length - 1 week Wednesday 7-9 pm in A7 Fee - $25
Course number - 15 (Term 1) Starting date - Wednesday 22 February
How to use your calculator for everyday things
How to use your calculator to work out GST, budgeting, costing, discounts, percentages, finding better shopping options, using the memory facilities, measurement and whatever else you need to learn. Bring a scientific calculator if possible. Some will be available to borrow.
Course Length - 2 weeks
Tutor - Sudha Pandaram Wednesday 7 - 8 pm in D3 Fee - $20
Course number - 13 (Term 1) Starting Date - Wednesday 22 February
HEALTH AND RECREATION
Zumba®
Ditch the workout, join the party! Zumba® fuses hypnotic Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves to create a one-of-a-kind fitness programme that will blow you away. The routines feature interval training sessions where fast and slow rhythms and resistance training are combined to tone and sculpt your body while burning fat. Add some Latin flavour and international zest into the mix and you’ve got a Zumba® class! Bring your towel and water bottle and wear normal workout clothes.
Course Length - 8 weeks
Tutor - Leo Canapi Tuesday 6-7 pm in Drama Room Fee - $70
Course number - 21 (Term 1) Starting date - Tuesday 14 Frebruary
Living a stressfree life
Learn techniques that will support you to get the most out of all areas of your life with the least stress. Financial, work, home, relationships - help yourself to lead a positive life. Change your thoughts and beliefs. This will help you to break through layers of old patterns, to set you free. www.lifehealingcoach.co.nz
Course length - 2 nights
Tutor - Lesley Evans Monday - 7-9 pm in A7 Fee - $30
Course number - 20 (Term 1) Starting date - Monday 13 February
Course number - 23 (Term 1) Starting date - Monday 5 March
Goal Setting for weight-loss Success
Learn the keys to long term successful weight loss. REPs Registered Personal Trainer, Sandie Brown will take you through the secrets to success in your weight loss quest. At the end of the evening, you will know how to write goals and have an action plan that will put you right on track. Sandie your tutor has personal experience of the weight loss journey and can empathise with the challenges long-term success presents. She’s done it and will provide you with the real keys! She has guided a number of her personal clients to achieve their goals.
Course Length - 1 week
Tutor - Sandie Brown Tuesday 7 - 8.30 pm in A7 Fee - $20
Course number - 22 (Term 1) Starting date - Tuesday 14 Frebruary
Roll with it - Parenting Programme
Looks at children’s behaviour at different stages of development and how parents react to it. Learn skills to positively parent by teaching your children the behaviour you want.
To be held at 100 Ensors Road.
Tutor - Jenny Harris Telephone: 0800 543 782
FOOD
Authentic Mexican food
Try something new. Learn how to cook some delicious authentic Mexican food. Mexican cuisine is known for its varied flavours, colourful decoration, and variety of spices and ingredients, many of which are native to the country. Popular Mexican dishes include salsas, quesadillas, tacos, enchiladas, burritos, fajitas, tostadas, and guacamole. Traditional Mexican meals are often paired with rice, beans, and fresh tortillas: they contain many fresh vegetables, and are one of the healthiest of the world’s cuisines. You will be sent a list of ingredients to bring.
Course Length - 4 weeks - 1, 15,22,29 March - no class on 8th.
Tutor - Sue Parkes Thursday 7-9 pm in Home Ec Rm Fee - $50
Course number - 33 (Term 1) Starting date - Thursday 1 March
Moroccan cooking
Discover the rich flavours, aromas and colours of Moroccan cuisine from the custodians of recipes handed down for generations. Learn the secret of cooking Tagines and other dishes. Explore the authentic spices of the Berber and dishes such as Pastilla, Aromatic Couscous, Harira Soup, special fish dishes and much more. This course will include both demonstration and hands-on cooking. Approximate weekly cost of ingredients $25. Rita is a qualified chef who has had a life-long interest in food and has her own catering business, ‘My Home Chef’, catering for private functions and families. You will be given a list of ingredients to bring prior to the class beginning.
Course Length - 8 weeks
Tutor - Rita Yosef Tuesday 7-9 pm in Home Ec Room Fee - $85
Course number - 31 (Term 1) Starting date - Tuesday 14 February
Cakes of the world
You will be making and the tutor demonstrating cakes of the world including Armenian Nutmeg, Italian Chocolate, Greek Walnut Syrup, Turkish Apricot Syrup, Sicilian Apple and Keylime Cakes. One night will be basic cupcakes - making and icing. There will be a demonstration and cake sampling on the night plus you will take your own creation home. You will be given a list of ingredients to bring prior to the class beginning. (Approximately $10 a night maximum.)
Course Length - 4 weeks
Tutor - Kate Boyes Monday 7-9 pm in Home Ec Room Fee - $50
Course number - 32 (Term 1) Starting date - Monday 13 February
Click here to download the Continuing Education Enrolme
With each advertised course are details of the tutor’s name, course location, the day and times of the course and its length, cost, requirements, course number and starting date. The courses are more expensive this year due to government funding cuts, however, we are keen to keep the courses going and most work out at around $10 per night.
Our aim is to make each course an enjoyable and valuable experience. For more details on any course please don’t hesitate to contact the School Office. The Community Education Co-ordinator is Jill Husband who will be happy to answer any further questions you might have. KiwiAble Leisure card holders are eligible for 20% course fee discount only (not materials).
On the first night of your course go straight to class. See map in booklet and on school grounds. We try to acknowledge your enrolment by phone or email. Receipts are issued by tutors.
Contact Us
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180 Waterloo Road, Hornby, Christchurch 8042
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Telephone: 3495396
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OR by coming into the school office
