Welcome to Community Education

During this course we will bake many different kinds of bread as well as learn the science behind making, kneading, scoring and using sourdough starters.

Learn to sew from printable electronic pattens and leave the workshop with a sewn object or garment.

This course is for people who have completed our Beginners course or those who have studied French before and want to move up to the next level.

Improve reading, writing, listening, speaking and pronunciation skills in an informative and practical way.

Saturday 12th December 10am - 3pm at Te Hapua Halswell Centre

This course is an overview of English grammar to help you get ready for the next level of course - preparation for the IELTS examination. Your tutor is a very experienced Cambridge Diploma qualified tutor.

During this workshop you will cover the fundamentals of enriched dough baking by making both savoury and sweet creations, Brioche, Chelsea Buns, Cinnamon Buns, Pain aux Raisins…

This is a practical hands-on workshop suitable for beginners.

The first day of the workshop you will learn how to make homemade puff pastry. You’ll learn about the secrets of a good lamination and you will make some delicious cheese sticks, apple turnover, savoury and sweet tarts.

This workshop provides the rare opportunity to discover the art of making your own bread in the comfort of your home. The training session is 8 hours over two days and is taught by a French baker.

In this 5-hour workshop we will break down the rather unique process of boiling your dough before you bake it and show you just how easy it is to create bagels.

This course is run over two sessions and is designed to be the next step for enthusiastic bread makers who have already attended our Artisan Bread Making Course*

Enrol now onto one of our Community Education courses.

For further information about our community education classes please contact the school.

Do you have a skill or knowledge that you would like to share with others? Do you teach or train others in your workplace?

This course is for people who want to learn Japanese as a new language and learn tips for travelling to Japan, as well as gaining cultural knowledge and understanding their daily life.

This course is for people who have completed our Beginners course or those who have studied Japanese before and want to move up to the next level.

Life drawing is the drawing and study of the undraped human figure both male and female.

Work on your own project in a well-equipped workshop, using your own materials.

This is a unique opportunity to learn the tricks of applying makeup from a professional makeup artist.

This course will solve your problems! Small class sizes allow you to get professional, individual advice on colours and styles of clothes that suit you, how to shop for them and how to put them together so you can look great and feel fantastic every day.

Enjoy working with fabrics and combining colours to make a quilt. Learn how to use ‘strip piecing’ (using the sewing machine), applique and other techniques to create a quilt that will have impact.

This course is a fun and friendly introduction to photography working with an international award winning professional photographer.

Designed as a next step for those who have completed our Starting Out with the Basics course, or those who have basic photography skills and want to move on from using the auto settings on their camera.

Are you planning to learn another language? Do you enjoy travelling? Do you know that learning a language means you also get to know a different country with its traditions and culture? Do you want to be ready to travel once the borders open? Welcome to our course!

Feel confident to defend yourself in the unfortunate event of an attack with this self-defence course.

This course covers the background of deaf awareness and culture with topics including meeting and greeting, and many other sign language skills following the NZ Sign Language Curriculum Level 1A.

Learn Spanish and be ready to go travel (when borders open again). Do you want to learn Spanish and travel? Be prepared. Don’t wait to the borders open again.

Come along to this fun pottery course and make a teapot and cups for yourself or as a gift for someone special. You can choose other projects including cute garden ornaments such as plant labels, bird feeders and windchimes.