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Job Vacancies at Stoke Lodge

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Adult Learning are currently recruiting two core staff roles and also looking for additional tutoring staff.

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We are recruiting:

Business Support Assistant – full time at Stoke Lodge – click for details and to apply via BCC job pages

We are looking for a full time administrator to join the team at Stoke Lodge. This post is vital to our busy adult learning centre and is the first point of contact for visitors.

The post is full time (37 hours) permanent and based at Stoke Lodge.

Applications are open now and the closing date is Thursday 19 May

 

Learning Centre Support- part time, term time only – click for details and to apply via BCC job pages

15 hours per week working fixed hours 4.30pm – 9.30 pm Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

The role also involves working 12 Saturdays per year during term time.  Saturday hours will be 9.30am to 4.30pm.

We are looking for an evening Learning Centre Support worker.

This role is the main point of contact for tutors and learners during the evenings at Stoke Lodge.  The role also includes some routine building maintenance, rearranging of classrooms and building security.

Applications are open now and the closing date is Wednesday 18 May

 

Additional Tutor roles – click for details, to apply or make further enquiries, please email stokelodge@bristol.gov.uk

We are looking for tutors who can offer new subjects or more courses in our existing programme.

We welcome expressions of interest from people who are passionate about their subject and inspiring others to learn.

Adult learning tutors are not required to have a formal teaching qualification but will have experience of sharing skills and subject knowledge.

We are particularly interested to hear from people who are interested in teaching evening and weekend slots.

Tutors are paid between £24- £26 per hour depending on qualification and experience.

If you are interested in teaching for us please send us an expression of interest – tell us a summary of your skills and experience and the subjects and classes that you would like to offer.

Please email expressions of interest to stokelodge@bristol.gov.uk

 

 

Please feel free to share the links to any of these roles with friends and colleagues you think may be interested.

Bristol Adult Learning  – Tutor Vacancies

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Bristol Adult Learning  – Tutor Vacancies

 

Bristol Adult Learning are part of Bristol City Council’s Employment, Skills and Learning team.

We offer a wide range of day, evening and weekend courses delivered by our fantastic team of skilled and experienced tutors.

 

Our tutors are friendly and encouraging and are the key to delivering fun classes that inspire people and help them build their skills and knowledge.

We are looking for tutors who can help us to offer exciting and enjoyable courses in a whole range of subject areas.

 

We are currently looking for tutors to deliver courses in subjects including:

Jewellery Making, Bookbinding, Cake Decorating, Floristry, Upholstery and Soft Furnishings, Knitting and Crochet, Bridge, Art History, Painting, Drawing, History, German, Italian and French.

 

We are always on the lookout for new courses and ideas so if you have a subject that you think we should be offering – please get in touch and let us know!

 

We welcome expressions of interest from people who are passionate about their subject and inspiring others to learn.

We are particularly interested to hear from people who are interested in teaching evening and weekend slots.

Tutors are paid between £24- £26 per hour depending on qualification and experience.

 

If you are interested in teaching for us please send us an expression of interest – tell us a summary of your skills and experience and the subjects and classes that you would like to offer.

Please email expressions of interest to stokelodge@bristol.gov.uk   You can see more about the courses we currently offer at www.bristolcourses.com

In the Loop – 4 Mar 2022

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Hello everyone

We are working on the final touches to our Summer term programme but there are still a few courses and workshops available before the Easter break…

Saturday courses…

#StandWithUkraine

I am sure you are all watching the news and feeling sad and horrified at the terrible situation for the people of Ukraine.  It is hard to comprehend what people there must be thinking and going through and our thoughts are with them and their families and friends across the world.

It is difficult to know what we can do to help and support but there are a number of charities currently raising funds for relief work and supplies including the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) you can find information on their appeal here  Appeals | Disasters Emergency Committee (dec.org.uk)  The UK Government will match public donations to DEC pound for pound up to £20 million.

If you choose to donate to other local charities who may be running appeals do ensure your donation is safe and goes to the right people by checking the charity’s name on the charity registration tool (which you can find on the .gov.uk website here Search the charity register – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) it is always sensible to make a few checks before parting with your money.

Bristol Light Festival

Bristol Light Festival

If you are heading into Bristol City Centre over the weekend do have a look out for some of the amazing installations as part of the 2022 Bristol Light Festival.

You can find a link to the festival here for information on the installations and where to find them.  The festival runs until Sunday 6th March.

I hope you are all keeping well and look forward to seeing many of you at Stoke Lodge soon

Kindest Regards

Jenny

In The Loop – 27 October 2021

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Hello everyone

I hope you are staying safe and well and enjoying the half term break

We are currently working on our courses for the new year and will be sending out details of when January bookings will open soon (spoiler alert – we are planning for around the middle of November)

But there is no need to wait… courses still to come before Christmas include…

Arts courses…
An Introduction To Drawing And Painting British Birds In Watercolour, Saturday 13 November 10am to 4pm with Andy B56A

Anatomy For Artists, Tuesdays 6.30pm to 9pm starting 2 November with Andy B52A

Drawing-Absolute Beginners, Wednesdays 6pm to 8.30pm, starting 3 November with Mary B34B

Acrylics-Improvers, Wednesdays 1pm to 6pm, starting 3 November with Jenny B36B

Textiles courses…
Getting To Know Your Sewing Machine, Friday 5 November 10am to 4pm with Ann C30B

Needle Felting Workshop-Tomte/Gnome, Thursday 9.30am to 2.30pm on 18 November with Elaine C66C

Languages…
Writers and Politics in France (18th-20th century), Thursdays 1pm to 3pm, starting 4 November with Magali LFH4

French Film Club, Tuesdays, 6.45pm to 9pm, starting 9 November with Albane FF11

Storia del Cinema Italiano – Il Neorealismo, Thursdays 1pm to 3pm, starting 18 November with Davide LC14

German Film Club: Unter Leuten, Thursdays 7pm to 9pm, starting 18 November with Christel LGUL

German Day: Die Krupps, Saturday 20 November 10am to 1pm, with Annette LG18

Art History, ICT and Family History…
Artemisia & Judith-Women Artists In Europe, Tuesdays 2pm to 4pm, starting 9 November with Sarah F47B

Further Your Computer Skills, Mondays 10am to 12noon, starting 1 November with Carmel CFS5

Discover your Family History Part 2, Thursdays 2pm to 4pm, starting 11 November with Rosemary FHR2B

Hallowe’en
All Hallows Eve will be with us at the end of the week.

Not everyone is a fan of this spooky festival but here are a few of my favourite Hallow’een facts:

Carved pumpkins or Jack o’lanterns come from an Irish myth about ‘Stingy Jack’.
Jack made the unfortunate mistake of trying to con the devil and was ultimately doomed to roam the earth at night.  To guide his way Jack carved out a turnip and put lit coal inside.  As the Hallowe’en traditions migrated to America the native pumpkin was adopted rather than the original turnip.

Why black and orange
It’s is believed that the traditional Hallowe’en colours of orange and black come from celtic traditions and represent the coming of darkness (winter) and the line between life and death alongside the colours of autumn harvests and bonfires.

Trick or treating was originally ‘Souling’
Wealthier families were encouraged to make ‘soul cakes’ for the less fortunate in exchange for prayer for the souls of their family and departed relatives. Later children from poorer families would ‘go souling’ to ask for food or money. The Soul cakes

For those of you who fancy trying a soul cake who don’t know what they are, some recipes suggest they are a cross between a biscuit and a scone (I’m already sold!)  others more of a spiced biscuit and they are usually decorated with a cross either cut into the biscuit or marked with fruit.  There are lots of recipes online if you fancy a bit of All hallows baking.

As always please take care of yourselves and we look forward to seeing you at Stoke Lodge soon.

We are continuing to do all we can to keep everyone safe and thank you to everyone for continuing to wear your masks as you move around the building.

Kindest regards
Jenny

 

In The Loop – 1 Oct 2021

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Can you believe it is October already? Autumn feels like it is really taking hold now and many of the trees are starting to show their autumn colours.  It’s also definitely conker season.  Stoke Lodge isn’t blessed with any horse chestnut trees but Bristol’s conker trees are shedding their fruit and sending those spikey green balls plummeting to the ground to reveal the gorgeous brown nut inside.

In case you hadn’t guessed I have a bit of a thing for conkers.  I think every bit of them is delightful from the speckled spikey case to the milky white cushion that holds the precious shiny brown nut!

Courses available to join starting in October…

and a few more starting in November…

  • Experiment with Collage-Mixed Ability on Mondays 9.30am to 12noon from 1 November with Roma at Stoke Lodge. B58A.
  • Delve into poetry with Writing From Art: Poetry Inspired By Works Of Art, starting on 2 November for 6 weeks on Tuesdays 7.30pm to 9pm with Samantha online. F41B.
  • Work on your wellbeing with Self-Massage.  Running for 5 weeks Tuesdays 2pm to 3pm with Nen at Stoke Lodge. H65A.
  • Get ready for the festive season with Christmas Papercraft-Cards And More!  Wednesdays 6.45pm to 9pm for 4 weeks from 3 November with Roma at Stoke Lodge. B55A .
  • Improve your figure drawing with Drawing Figures with Mixed Media-Intermediates Fridays 9.45am to 12.15pm starting on 5 November with Bill at Stoke Lodge. B26B.

Black History Month

October is Black History Month and in an annual commemoration of the history, achievements, and contributions of Black people in the UK.  This year’s theme is Proud To Be…
A few of our tutors are offering one-off lectures this month on the theme of BHM that sound really fascinating.

  • We have a one-off online lecture on The Slave-Ship Hannibal and all who sailed on Her (1693-1695), 2pm to 4pm on Wednesday 13 October with Rosemary online. SHR5.
  • Find out more about The Case for Reparations:  A Short Course for Black History Month over 2 sessions on Wednesday 13 & 20 October 7pm to 9pm with Russell online. HRW3.
  • And explore with philosophy tutor Leo the beliefs of Prof. Kwame Anthony Appiah- The concept of Multiple and ever shifting Identities a one-off session Friday, 29 October 7pm to 9pm. LPHL.

Green Fingered Success

We want to send our congratulations to our wonderful gardening tutor Jon Weatley.  Jon has been teaching for Bristol Adult Learning for many years and is a real expert when it comes to all things plants and planting.

Jon is no stranger awards and accolades and is a regular feature at the Chelsea Flower Show, but we were absolutely delighted to hear that this year he won the ‘Plant of the Year 2021’ award at the Chelsea.  Another beautiful vase for the collection Jon – well done from us all at Adult Learning.

Learning at Stoke Lodge

It has been brilliant to have so many classes back and I thank you all for the care you have taken to make sure returning to in person courses has been so enjoyable.
Thank you for wearing your masks around the building and for giving people room as you move about the centre.

Over the next few weeks as the weather becomes more changeable can I remind you it might be useful to bring an extra layer to class.  We have heaters available to top up if its cold but as we are trying to keep the rooms well ventilated, we will still be opening the windows in between classes.
Once again thank you all for your ongoing support of Adult Learning and all your kind words.

Stay safe and take care
Kindest regards
Jenny

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