In The Loop – 1 September 2023
Hello everyone,
With just a week to go before many courses start back we are looking forward to welcoming you all back for the 23/24 academic year.
Almost 1,000 of you have already booked your course and some courses are fully booked or nearing full.
If you have a particular course you have your eye on, do book up soon to secure your place.
If your chosen course is full do let us know and we can pop you on the waiting list so we can contact you if a place becomes available.
Next week we will be reviewing the enrolments and checking courses have enough learners to run so I urge you not to leave it till the last minute to avoid disappointment!
Here are some of the courses still available to book…
Health and Wellbeing…
Reiki Healing Level 1 And Attunement, Wed 6.30-8.30 from 13 Sept with Elise £90/£56 W32A
Ways To Health And Well-Being, Thu 6.30-8.30 from 28 Sept with Elise £60/£36 W41A
Homemade Botanical Beauty & Wellbeing Products, Tue 10-12 from 19 Sept with Faith £75/£51 W40A
Floristry…
Flower Arranging-Beginners, Fri 10-12.30 from 22 Sept with Kathryn £110/£66 P33A
Drawing, Painting and Print…
Oil Painting-Absolute Beginners, Thu 1.30-4 from 14 Sept with Warren £114/£69 D65A
Acrylics-Improvers, Wed 1-4 from 13 Sept with Mary £271/£163 D75A
Printmaking, Fri 10-12.30 from 15 Sept with Barbara £230/£140 P30A
Drawing-Beginners, Tue 9.30-12 from 12 Sept with Mary £118/£72 D94A
Just Charcoal, Thu 10-12.30 from 14 Sept with Jenny £116/£71 D60D
Textiles and Upholstery…
Learn How To Crochet, Wed 1-3.30 from 27 Sept with Cristina £83/£53 T60A
Everything You Need To Know About Sewing – For The Beginner, Thu 6-9 from 14 Sept with Ann £160/£106 T40A
Upholstery, Tue 6.30-9 from 12 Sept with Nicky £130/£80 T32A
Film Studies and Creative Writing…
Modern Chinese Classics, Mon 4-5.30 with Davide £105/£63 F32A
Creative Writing Group, Wed 1-3 from 27 Sept with Carolyn £15/£10 F36A
How To Write A Novel In 6 Weeks, Tue 1-3 from 12 Sept with Carolyn £90/£54 F33A
Cookery…
Breads – Savoury and Sweet, Sat 10-2 on 14 Oct with Sharn £65/£40 CTS1
Computer Skills…
Computer Skills Taster, Mon 10-12 on 18 Sept £15 C1C
Improve Your Computer Skills 1, Mon 1-3 from 18 Sept with Carmel £75/£45 C5C
Basic Computer Skills, Wed 10-12 from 20 Sept with Carmel £75/£45 C3C
Social Media Introduction – Saturday Workshop, Sat 10-12.30 on 14 Oct with Jo CM1
Bridge, History and Philosophy…
Bridge for Beginners – Term 1, Thu 1.15-3.15 from 28 Sept with Lorna £150/£90 BWL1
Introduction to Philosophy – Part 5 A, Thu 7-9 from 14 Sept with Leo £180/£108 PIN7
British Prime Ministers, Thu 1-3 from 28 Sept with John £150/£90 HMP1
Gardening…
Seasonal Gardening _Make the best of your Garden for Autumn Winter, Fri 10-3 on 29 Sept with Christine £40/£24 GCP5
Plants and Planting Tue 7-9 from 3 Oct with Jon £120/£72 GPP1
Languages Courses…
French Level 3 A – Advanced, Thu 7-9 from 14 Sept with Maggie £240/£144 FLC15
Italian Level 1 A Complete Beginners, Tue 1-3 from 12 Sept with Marika £240/£144 LIM1
Italian Level 3 A – Advanced, Thu 2.30-4.15 from 14 Sept with Laura £240/£144 LIM17
Spanish Level 1 A, Part 1 Complete Beginners, Wed 7-9 from 13 Sept with Sara £240/£144 LES2A
Spanish Level 3 C – Advanced Conversation, Thu 2-4 from 14 Sept with Caroline £240/£144 LES2A
Portuguese for Beginners, Thu 6.30-8.30 from 5 Oct with Margarida £120/£72 LPM8
I am also delighted to say that Pottery courses will be returning to the St Pauls Centre with our new tutor Joanna, starting after the October half term. You can find more details about the Pottery Courses here..
When you return to Stoke Lodge you will see we have a fantastic exhibition of paintings from learners studying with Laurel Smart on the Space for Creativity courses. Filling the foyer with colour and brightening up our corridors.
We look forward to seeing you in a couple of weeks.
Kindest regards
Jenny
