Marilyn Mitchelmore
Coming from a family of glove makers in Wales, I’ve always been keen on sewing. I find the benefits of sewing to be vast! Sewing can be calming as well as teaching us patience.
Christel Stoecker-Danby
Subjects: German Hallo, ich heiße Christel! Having been born and bred in a rural area near Cologne, I have also lived and worked in Bonn, Stuttgart and Zürich, before settling in England. I love teaching my mother tongue, German, to adults using lots of different activities and games to consolidate the learning. On German Days […]
In The Loop – Apr 2015
Welcome to another edition of In The Loop. We hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine. In this post, we have a few updates and news for you.
In The Loop – Mar 2015
Spring has sprung (although it is rather chilly and soggy today), the daffodils are coming out and there is lots of activity here at Stoke Lodge. In the latest ‘in the loop’ you can read about the roof, about books and about conversation.
Roma Widger
Subject: Painting, Drawing and Printmaking I’m Roma Widger, I’m professional art teacher and I have taught Drawing, Painting in all genres, and printmaking for over 20 years. I want to share my professional art secrets with you by delivering my courses online as an opportunity for all students across the UK. I offer group classes […]
Sarah Edwards
Subject: Willow Sculpture I have been teaching craft and willow workshops at Stoke Lodge since 2011 and I love showing people how to turn a pile of sticks into a work of art. I am a designer maker and my particular interest is in creating installations out of willow and recycled materials. I have created […]
Rosemary Caldicott
Subject: Family History Research I gained a further education teaching qualification following my masters degree and have taught extensively as a university lecturer in history and research. I now specialise in social and political history having a key interest in workhouse records, and exploring how the concept of the family has changed throughout modern history. […]
Matthew Heyse-Moore
Subject: Music I have been listening to music for as long as I can remember, playing my parents’ records and receiving piano lessons from my Grandma. Later I had more formal lessons in clarinet and piano, but still remember how much I learnt from that journey of discovery, listening to and reading about music, and […]
Laura Geraci
Subject: Italian Language and Culture I am Italian, grew up in Sicily and came to England in 1999 inspired by a great love for traveling and for foreign languages. Having finished my language degree in Exeter I completed my PGCE and began teaching. In 2005 I started running Italian evening classes and I have been […]
Nicky Hamilton
Subject: Upholstery My first experience with upholstery began in an evening class over 20 years ago, I loved it and was hooked. I gave up my job as a Physio and embarked on a full-time, 2 year, City and Guilds course in Upholstery which I passed with distinction. Once the course was over I set up a business with a […]