ADULT COMMUNITY COURSES PROSPECTUS 2018/19
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General Information
Welcome APPLYING FOR A COURSE
WELCOME to our Adult Community Learning prospectus for 2018-2019.
You can apply for courses online by selecting your chosen course and clicking on the ‘enquire’ button for it. Alternatively, there is an application form at the back of this prospectus, should you prefer to apply in this way. If you have any queries please contact our Programme Leader Jane Walden (details below).
I am delighted to share this prospectus with you demonstrating the superb range of special interest and hobby courses we offer. You are never too old to learn something new. So whether you are looking to try your hand at making jewellery, fancy improving your Spanish in time for your next holiday or need to brush up on your IT skills, don’t put it off, sign up to our programme.
We will not require payment for courses until we are sure the course will run based on the minimum number of applications required for each course. Can’t find the course you are looking for? We’re here to help. Please email us at: enrolment@gcfe.net
We have the largest choice for all adult learning in the Bailiwick and would be delighted if you choose to study at Guernsey College of Further Education. We are learning every day, and education can have a positive impact on people’s lives; we are dedicated and committed to making this happen for you and I look forward to welcoming you into the College and hearing about your success.
General enquiries enrolment@gcfe.net Tel: (01481) 737500
CONTACT DETAILS
Jane Walden - Programme Leader janew@gcfe.net
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COLLEGE TERM DATES/HOLIDAYS 10 Sept - 21 Dec 07 Jan - 10 April 24 April - 28 June No classes will be held on Bank Holidays, or during the following inclusive half term dates: 29 October - 2 November 2018 18-22 February 2019 27 - 31 May 2019
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Creative & Crafts
Community Kitchen
Digital SLR Photography A beginners’ course aimed at those who have a digital SLR camera. Participants will need to bring their own SLR digital camera to each session. Topics covered will include operating the camera in manual mode, optimising the camera settings, exposure, apertures, shutter speeds, downloading images, and improving photographic techniques. Tutor Nick Despres Ref
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Sessions/ 8 weeks duration Wednesday 7 - 9pm
Digital SLR Photography A beginners’ course aimed at those who have a digital SLR camera. Participants will need to bring their own SLR digital camera to each session. Topics covered will include operating the camera in manual mode, optimising the camera settings, exposure, apertures, shutter speeds, downloading images, and improving photographic techniques. Tutor Nick Despres
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16 Jan 2019
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Fee
£140
Sessions/ 8 weeks duration Thursday 2 - 4pm
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Cook your way to a healthier lifestyle This is the time of year when we all need to be cutting back on our food and loosening our beltsliterally. Try our new course on healthier eating, designed to make you feel and look better and to encourage a new lifestyle for you and all the family by cooking these delicious, and nutritious dishes. Our dishes will be focusing on less carbohydrates but incorporating more complex carbohydrates to encourage weight loss and a new way of eating. Learn how to use more vegetables, lentils, pulses and quinoa in your diet without noticing…. Eat your way to a new you.
17 Jan 2019
Location CTZ Fee
£140
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Sessions/ 4 weeks duration Monday 6pm - 9pm
Fun with Painting & Drawing
Suitable for absolute beginners and those with more experience. Looking at still life, life and landscape drawing using charcoal, pencil, pastel, sanguine, graphite, pen and wash, acrylic and oil. Starting off with very basic drawing skills we will gradually develop core drawing and painting skills by looking at a broad variety of techniques. Tutor Frances Lemmon Ref
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Sessions/ 8 weeks duration Thursday 7 - 9pm
17 Jan 2019
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£135
Breadmaking for Beginners
Take away the stress of everyday life and relax with a basic bread baking course. Students will make bread rolls, olive bread, soda bread and pizza. All ingredients will be supplied. Tutor Julie Hyde Ref
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Sessions/ 1 day duration Saturday 10am - 4pm
Starts
17 Nov 2018
Location CTZ Fee
£80
Cook your way around the Mediterranean
Do you fancy yourself near a beach on the Costa del Sol, tucking into a delicious bowl of paella? Or coasting on a yacht off the coast of Italy eating your own pasta dishes, or savouring galaktoboureko after dinner in Greece? Well this is the cooking cruise for you. Dishes from Italy, Spain, Greece, Turkey and Portugal, all waiting for you to discover. Ref LOVE TO SING?
The Glee Singers is a mixed voice choir with varying musical ability. Our talented young conductor, Lydia Pugh teaches a diverse repertoire including musicals, popular songs and classics. Whilst an ability to read music is not essential, you may be asked to sing to Lydia to determine your vocal range. We meet on Mondays at Les Ozouets campus 7.15 9.15pm. Our main concert is a charity fund-raising event at St James in December. If you are interested in joining please contact the Vice Chair of the Glees – Sara Gould on 251171 or email sara.gould@sure.com. For more information visit guernseygleesingers.org or our facebook page.
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Sessions/ 5 weeks duration Monday 6pm - 9pm
Something fishy
Starts
25 Feb 2019
Location CTZ Fee
£125 plus app £15 per class ingredients
Love eating fish but find that your cooking skills are lacking? Well then you are in luck – this course is perfect for you. This fun and hands-on fish class provides a fantastic selection of skills and recipes. You will learn about filleting, cooking and presenting fish and seafood. You will never have to worry about cooking fish again.
Starts
14 Jan 2019
Location CTZ Fee
£100 plus app £12 per class ingredients
Bake and decorate a naked cake
A simple two-week cake course, showing you and explaining how to produce a perfect naked cake. You will be shown how to decorate it with simple styles and produce a perfect replica of a naked wedding cake. Ref
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Sessions/ 2 weeks* duration Monday 6pm - 9pm
Starts
1 Apr 2019
Location CTZ Fee
£50 plus app £10 per class ingredients
Turn up the heat on the BBQ
The sun is shining, the nights are warmer and the days longer. That can only mean one thing. BBQ. What better way to wave goodbye to the cold weather than cooking up a storm on the barbeque – tasty and nutritious burgers, fish, marinades and desserts. Bring on that sun. Ref
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Starts
30 Apr 2019
Sessions/ 4 weeks duration Tuesday 6pm - 9pm
Location CTZ Fee
£100 plus app £15 per class ingredients
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3 June 2019
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£100 plus app £15 per class ingredients
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Sessions/ 4 weeks duration Monday 6pm - 9pm
Location CTZ
*This course will also run for 2 weeks (Frid 26 Apr and Frid 3 May) 10.30am - 1.30pm ref HC10E6)
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Fabric, Textiles & Furniture Sewing & Alterations Part 2
The course will enable students to alter clothes. It will include hems, zips, lift shoulders, cuffs, take in, and let out. Participants will need to bring a sewing machine, needles and scissors. Tutor Eleanor De Kooker Ref
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Sessions/ 8 weeks duration Wednesday 7 - 9pm
Starts
16 Jan 2019
Location
GRM
Fee
£110
Love the Sewing Bee, Got the Buzz
Learn the craft of basic dressmaking with step by step guidance. Bring your own project and work at your own pace. You may create an adult or children’s garment or a fancy dress outfit. Suitable for beginners or those with some experience. Should you require any advice please contact stephv@suremail.gg. Tutor Stephanie Vidamour Ref
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Sessions/ 8 weeks duration Tuesday 7 - 9pm
15 Jan 2019
Location GRM Fee
£110
Here We Sew Again
A follow-on course from ‘And Sew On’ for those who either wish to develop their skills further or take on more advanced projects. Students can use this course as a workshop for their own choice of projects or they can follow set projects prepared by the tutor e.g. picnic blanket, tote bag, Roman blinds. Tutor Cath Stuart Ref Sessions/ duration
Sessions/ 8 weeks duration Monday 9.30 - 11.30am
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£110
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Sessions/ 8 weeks duration Tuesday 6 - 9pm
14 Jan 2019
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Sessions/ 8 weeks duration Friday 6 - 9pm
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11 Jan 2019
Location LBS Fee
£180
15 Jan 2019
Location LBS Fee
£180
Maritime Diesel Engines
This course deals with mainly small diesels but also covers the principles of larger engines. This is a ‘hands-on’ basic skills session and suitable for anyone wishing to learn about troubleshooting, repair and servicing of these units. No prior experience or knowledge is required and a RYA Completion Certificate is awarded on the day. Tutor John Frankland Ref
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Sessions/ 1-day duration Saturday 9am - 5pm
10 Nov 2018 2 Feb 2019 23 March 2019
Location CTZ Fee
£120
VHF/DSC Radio
This course leads to the Short Range Certificate (including the latest digital requirements within the new Global Maritime Distress & Safety System requirements). This is an essential safety feature for all who go to sea with a VHF radio and together with a Ship’s Licence, is a legal requirement. Tutor John Frankland Ref
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Sessions/ 1-day duration Saturday 9am - 5pm
19 Jan 2019 16 March 2019
Location LOC Fee
£120
Location LOC Fee
£105
Guernsey Choral and Orchestral Society Orchestra The GCOS Orchestra comprises advanced and experienced players who meet just prior to a society concert. The orchestra accompanies the choir in large choral works as well as performing a variety of orchestral works at the concerts. If you are interested in getting involved please email Alan Gough alangough@cwygsy.net or contact Chairman Robin Warlow on 250873 or by email: robin.warlow@outlook.com
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14 Jan 2019
Primarily concerned with wooden furniture, however, the programme may include some basic upholstery and recovering of furniture. Tuition can include French polishing, repair etc. Pieces for repair or restoration should be brought on the first night. Some basic woodwork skills are essential. Tutor Charles Jolly
A workshop course concerned with the reupholstery of small seats which can be taken to the class (no storage available) whether foam, stuffed hair or sprung, and the re-caning or re-seating of cane and rush chairs. Lampshades may also be recovered in fabric. Tutor Jane Seymour ADE_ArHo359Jan Starts
8 weeks Monday 5.45 - 7.45pm
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A general woodworking class for beginners and more advanced practitioners which takes the form of a workshop where participants work on their own projects. Students will need to provide their own materials. Tutor Dave Hill
Furniture Restoration and Conservation Part 2
Soft Furnishings
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Local Pilotage
A closer look at all the standard passages and many lesser-known ones in and around the tricky waters of the islands. There is plenty of information about tides, transits and local marks including those around Herm, Sark and Guernsey’s west coast. Suitable for experienced boat owners or those new to the island boating scene. Tutor John Webster Ref
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1 May 2019
Sessions/ 8 weeks Location LOC duration Wednesday Fee £115 7 - 9pm
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Languages
IT & Digital Skills
Mandarin Language & Culture for Beginners
An introduction to Mandarin language and culture. Ref
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Sessions/ 10 weeks duration Tuesday 6.30 - 8pm
15 Jan 2019
Location LOC Fee
£120
Mandarin Language & Culture Part Two
For students who have a knowledge of Mandarin or those who have attended the beginners’ course. Ref
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Sessions/ 10 weeks duration Tuesday 6.30 - 8pm
Starts
15 Jan 2019
Location LOC Fee
£120
British Sign Language BSL (BSL 101, 102 & 103)
These courses will be useful for anyone wishing to learn the basics of sign language in order to communicate with people who are deaf or have hearing impairments. BSL courses are of a modular format. The Level 1 Award comprises three units: BSL101 - Introduction to BSL; BSL102 - Conversational BSL; BSL103 - BSL at school, college or work. Assessment will be held in each unit as required and on completion and assessment of the three modules, successful students will receive the Signature Level 1 Award in British Sign Language. A handbook will be available on the first evening of the course (approx. £8.00). Workshop days may be arranged which will involve the payment of an additional fee. There is an assessment fee payable to Signature. Tutor Anne Diamond Ref
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Sessions/ 9 weeks per module duration Monday (BSL 101 & BSL 102) Tuesday (BSL 103) 7 - 9pm
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14 Jan 2019 (BSL 102) 30 April 2019 (BSL 103)
Location
GRM
Fee
£90 per unit
Computers for Senior Citizens/Sovereign Silver Surfers Aimed at complete beginners who would like to gain confidence in using a computer. Topics include: getting started, an introduction to the internet, using e-mail, Word and other basic packages. Students will use college computers and will practise new skills in a safe and supportive environment. Tutor Katie Smith Ref
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Sessions/ 8 weeks duration Monday 1.30 - 3pm
26 Nov 2018
Location LOC Fee
£80 (10 free places available to over-65s)
Making the Most of Your Mac Stage 2
Attendees to build on their knowledge and experience of their Mac and its standard software. The focus will be on typical tasks and activities. At the end of the sessions attendees should be able to achieve what they want with their Mac more quickly and efficiently. Tutor Victor Lane
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Sessions/ 5 weeks duration Monday 7 - 9pm
14 Jan 2019
Location
LBS
Fee
£80
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