2022 Workshops
at Community Education Whangārei (CEW)
2022 Workshops
Current Workshops
Mini Art Mural
Saturday 27 Aug, 9am-3pm
Liven up your garden by painting a mini art mural onto corrugated iron. Ideal for your garden, shed or entranceway. Explore your inner creativity with a relaxing day of painting. Bring along your own design or adapt one of ours. Not an artist? You don’t need to be, no experience necessary. All materials provided.
“A picture is a poem without words” ― Horace
ONE DAY WORKSHOP
SOLD OUT
To book email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889
Make a Family Tree
Saturday 3 Sept, 9am-3.30pm
Learn how to make your own FREE Family Tree on Ancestry.com and what you can do with it. Use your Tree to discover lost family members or your birth family. Make GEDCOMs that can help you find relatives around the world. Explore Ancestry.com, MyHeritage, GedMatch, FamilyTreeDNA, and other locations. Find out why so many folk enjoy having a Family Tree on Ancestry. Bring along the names of some of your ancestors or use our examples.
"If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance." — George Bernard Shaw
SATURDAY WORKSHOP
$40, Course ID: C134
To book email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889
Make a FREE Website
3 Tuesday Evenings, starts 6 Sept, 6-8.30pm
Explore the benefits of making your own FREE website. Use your website to share your interests, promote your business or to develop your creativity. Websites can help you connect with others around the world and to have a positive online presence under your own control. Try out a range of website techniques on a FREE website you can continue to enjoy at home. No website experience needed.
OVER THREE EVENINGS
$50, Course ID: C160
“Don't think of your website as a self-promotion machine, think of it as a self-invention machine.”
— Austin Kleon
— Austin Kleon
SOME SAMPLE STUDENT WEBSITES
Make an eBook
3 Wednesday evenings, starts 7 Sept, 6-8.30pm
Create an eBook for yourself or to help your business marketing. Make your eBook for FREE using a range of helpful programs and websites. Sell your eBook online or provide it to clients as a free giveaway. Use your eBook to increase your followers, publicise your writing, or create an alternative revenue stream. Explore eBook format options, set-up, distribution, and how to sell online. General computer skills essential. Bring along your own text and images or use our examples.
“Everyone has a story. Every story matters.” ― Nicole Wedemeyer Miller
OVER THREE WEDNESDAY EVENINGS
$50, Course ID: C145
SAMPLE KINDLE EBOOKS
To book email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889
Start a Blog
Saturday 10 Sept, 9am-3.30pm
Blogging is a great way to stay in touch with friends and family, or customers, from the comfort of your own home. Create a FREE Blog for fun or use it as part of your business marketing. Quickly and easily share stories, images and videos online. In this hands-on workshop we will explore blogging techniques while creating a quick free blog you can continue using at home or your office. Bring along your own text & images or use our examples.
“Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes & having fun” ― Mary Lou Cook
SATURDAY WORKSHOP
$40, Course ID: C132
To book email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889
Start an Art Journal
Saturday 24 Sept, 9am-3:30pm
Explore the benefits of art journaling. Use your art journal as a means of relaxation, for artistic inspiration, for therapeutic art techniques or to develop your creativity. Therapeutic art techniques can help ease anxiety and to express feelings you may be struggling to put into words. Try out a range of fun creative techniques in an artist quality journal you can take home and continue to enjoy. Not an artist? You don't need to be, no art experience needed and all materials provided.
“Art speaks where words are unable to explain” ― Threadless Artist Mathiole
ONE DAY WORKSHOP
$50, Course ID: C23
To book email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889
CEW Nightclasses & Workshops
Community Education Whangarei
All classes at Kamo High School, Wilkinson Ave, Whangarei
To enrol in classes contact Shona at CEW or enrol online on the CEW website.
email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889 website: www.cew.ac.nz
All classes at Kamo High School, Wilkinson Ave, Whangarei
To enrol in classes contact Shona at CEW or enrol online on the CEW website.
email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889 website: www.cew.ac.nz
Other Workshops
Community Education Whangārei (CEW) Kamo Whangarei
Some previous and upcoming workshops below...
Let us know if there's any classes you'd like us to do for you.
Let us know if there's any classes you'd like us to do for you.
Create Digital Art
starts, 6-8.30pm
Create artworks using online digital techniques. Create your designs to be printed, for your website or blog, for your book or newsletter, or to share on social media. No art experience necessary. In this hands-on workshop we will explore a variety of computer art techniques including colour adjustments, layers, collage, filters and drawing tools. Basic computer skills required.
“Digital design is like painting, except the paint never dries.” ― Neville Brody
OVER THREE TUESDAY EVENINGS
Course ID:
To book email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889
Creative Painting
Saturday, 9am-3.30pm
Explore your creativity and make a large painting in one day. Create your artwork for a wall or room in your house or as a gift for a loved one. In this hands-on workshop we will explore a variety of art techniques including painting, drawing, printing and mixed media. Art can be very therapeutic and can be used as a tool to help us learn to express ourselves. Be limited only by your imagination as you create your own original artwork. No art experience needed, and all materials supplied. Prepare for a fun day in the art-room re-connecting with your creativity.
“You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” ― Maya Angelou
SATURDAY MORNING WORKSHOP
Course ID:
SAMPLE CREATIVE PAINTINGS
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To book email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889
Create with Canva
Saturday, 9am-12.30pm
Get creative and explore the popular online tool Canva. Canva is easy to use, FREE, and provides a wide range of design options for you or your business. Quickly make items for print, social media, blogs, and websites. Create invitations, business cards, social media graphics, posters, brochures, logos, menus, portfolios, presentations, newsletters, book covers, resumes, & more! Basic computer skills required. Bring along your own images & text or use the Free resources on Canva.
“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” ― Albert Einstein
SATURDAY MORNING WORKSHOP
Course ID:
To book email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889
Photo Editing
Four Evenings, 6-8.30pm
Explore how to adjust your photos, including how to easily resize images, change the colours, adjust the darkness/lightness, add text, & save your images for a range of uses. Using Pixlr, a FREE high quality image manipulation program, learn how to keep your images for the future, how to make images for printing or the Internet, & where to find resources on the web. General computer skills are essential. Optional: bring along your own images.
“Digital design is like painting, except the paint never dries.” ― Neville Brody
OVER FOUR TUESDAY EVENINGS
Course ID
To book email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889
Express DIY Marketing
Saturday, 9am-3:30pm
Explore how to do your own marketing from the comfort of your home or office. In this hands-on workshop we will experience a range of techniques that can help you with your publicity and marketing. Learn more about SEO, Content Marketing, Websites, Blogs, and Social Media. Bring along your marketing questions and we'll find useful solutions for your business.
“Don’t be afraid to get creative & experiment with your marketing.” ― Mike Volpe
SATURDAY WORKSHOP
Course ID
To book email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889
Explore Your DNA
Saturday, 9am-3.30pm
Learn what you need to know to take a DNA test and what to do when you get the results. Explore DNA on Ancestry.com, MyHeritage, GedMatch and other locations. Discover lost family members or your birth family. Make a family tree that will help you find relatives around the world. Find out why so many folk enjoy exploring their DNA.
Tutor Shelley Chappory has done DNA for family members and clients, and has found birth families using DNA.
“I'm used to not staying anywhere for too long. I've always had it in my DNA to go to different places.” ― Masego
SATURDAY MORNING WORKSHOP
Course ID:
To book email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889
Create an Online Shop
starts, 6-8.30pm
Be open 24/7 from the comfort of home with an online shop. Make your shop easy to use for both you and your customers. Create great images and text and provide services your clients will enjoy. Link your shop to your social media and other marketing items to help increase brand awareness. Bring along your own text and images or use our examples.
“The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him & sells itself.” — Peter Drucker
OVER FOUR WEDNESDAY EVENINGS
Course ID:
To book email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889
Aweber for Business
Saturday, 9am-3.30pm
In this hands-on workshop we will explore email newsletter techniques that can help you and your small business. Learn how to use Aweber, a free easy-to-use alternative to Mailchimp. Aweber provides a range of email marketing features including email templates, email lists, sign-up forms, automatic emails, and statistics. Aweber is linked to Canva which helps make all your marketing and email designs consistent, quick and easy. General computer skills essential. Bring along your own text and images or use our examples.
“You don't need a corporation or a marketing company to brand you now: you can do it yourself” ― Ray Allen
SATURDAY WORKSHOP
Course ID:
To book email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889
Internet Tips for Beginners
Saturday, 9am-12.30pm
The internet makes it possible to quickly find information, communicate with people around the world, manage your finances, shop from home, listen to music, watch TV and much more. Learn how to utilise Internet resources with our easy-to-use tips. Enjoy the convenience of doing tasks and errands from the comfort of home. Learn about the range of online services available and how to use them. This hands-on workshop is for beginners. Bring along any of your computer questions.
SATURDAY MORNING WORKSHOP
Course ID:
To book email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889
Create Your Own Website
Four Evenings, 6-8.30pm
Design and make a website that you can continue using for free at home. Learn what you need to know to create the perfect website for your business or hobbies. There’s lots of options and it’s easier than you think. Create links and images and learn how to publish your website online. Discover why so many people and businesses manage their own website. Enjoy the sense of accomplishment and satisfaction you will get from designing a website yourself. Bring along your own text and images or use our examples.
OVER FOUR EVENINGS
Course ID
SOME SAMPLE STUDENT WEBSITES
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” — Steve Jobs
Explore Your Family History
Saturday, 9am-12.30pm
Discover your family history with easy-to-use online techniques that you can use for FREE at home. Experience the fun of finding relatives and their stories, all over the world. Learn about the healing benefits of genealogy & chatting with extended family. Bring along the names of some of your ancestors & we will see what we can discover.
"In every conceivable manner, the family is a link to our past, bridge to our future." — Alex Haley
SATURDAY MORNING WORKSHOP
Course ID
To book email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889
iPad for Beginners
Saturday, 9am-12.30pm
Are you struggling to use your iPad? Learn what you need to know to start enjoying your iPad. In this hands-on workshop explore iPad techniques including using the internet, APPs, navigation, eBooks, and photos. Bring along your iPad and learn in a relaxed atmosphere, at a comfortable pace.
SATURDAY MORNING WORKSHOP
Course ID 137
To book email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889
Newsletters using MailChimp
Saturday or Evenings
Design and make a FREE newsletter with Mailchimp. Mailchimp offers a huge range of useful solutions and advice. In this hands-on workshop we will focus on designing a newsletter that suits you and your business. We will look at how to make & use imagery, write content, set up a database of contacts, and how to promote your newsletter. Basic computer skills required. Bring along your own text and images or use our examples.
OVER FOUR EVENINGS
Course ID
To book email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889
iPhone for Beginners
Saturday
Discover how to get the most from your iPhone. In this hands-on workshop for beginners we will explore popular iPhone techniques including: using the internet, APPs, emailing, eBooks, and photos. Join Shelley for this short morning workshop and learn in a relaxed atmosphere, at a comfortable pace. Bring along all your iPhone questions and we'll find the most useful solutions.
SATURDAY MORNING WORKSHOP
Course ID
To book email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889
Apache OpenOffice
Saturday
Create your own documents for FREE at home, or for your business, with OpenOffice. OpenOffice is suitable for beginners and easy to use. It provides a wide range of options and is a popular alternative to Microsoft Word. Write letters, books, presentations, spreadsheets, draw diagrams, read & write files from other common office software, and more... Learn why so many folks around the world enjoy using OpenOffice.
SATURDAY WORKSHOP
Course ID
To book email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889
SEO: Get Found on the Internet
Next Workshop Term 4 2021
Improve the SEO of your website and social media. Explore how to quickly update your SEO in simple easy steps. Use the benefits of SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) to help people easily find your website and social media. If you have a business or would like more people to find you on the internet then come along and find out how SEO can be your key to success.
“On a broad scale, I see SEO becoming a normalized marketing tactic, the same way TV, radio, and print are traditionally thought of as marketing tactics.” ― Duane Forrester
ONE SATURDAY MORNING
Start a Facebook Page
Next Workshop Term 1 2022
Facebook is a handy way to stay in touch with friends, family or clients and customers, from the comfort of your own home or while out and about. In this hands-on workshop we will step through the processes and create a FREE Facebook page. Topics will include how to manage your privacy settings. Use Facebook to help market and grow your business. Bring along your own images and text or use our practice examples.
“We don’t have a choice on whether we do social media, the question is how well we do it.” ― Erik Qualman
ONE SATURDAY WORKSHOP
DIY Online Marketing
6-8:30pm
Explore how to do your own online marketing on a tight budget. In this hands-on workshop you will explore FREE online techniques that can help you make your own publicity and business items. Learn a range of DIY marketing options including SEO, Content Marketing, Websites, Blogs, and Social Media.
No marketing or business experience needed.
No marketing or business experience needed.
"You don't need a corporation or a marketing company to brand you now: you can do it yourself." ― Ray Allen
FOUR NIGHTS
Workshop Feedback
"Totally enjoyed the day. Shelley was fantastic, very helpful and approachable. Would recommend to others." - Michele
"Shelley was very helpful and informative. Excellent range of subject matter. Very in depth understanding of the subject. I liked all of it!" - Adrianne
"Course was great and Shelley was a great tutor. Achieved so much more than I thought I would and can now go on to publish something that looks great, works and I am proud of." - Maree
"It made web design seem accessible and achievable." - Susanna
"A good time was had by all. Shelley is an experienced, encouraging & helpful art tutor." - Bryan
"Really good class. Shelley was friendly, organised, patient and helpful. I had no idea what to expect but I enjoyed it and it was a great relaxed and supportive class." - Di
"Thank you for a great day on Saturday, really enjoyed the workshop. It has fired up my enthusiasm for painting again, have so many new ideas whirling around in my head." - Viv
"Just completed Shelley Chappory's nightclass on Writing your Own eBook. I recommend this and any class Shelley takes as she is warm, friendly, patient and doesn't mind answering lots of questions. CEW is lucky to have her as a teacher." - Suzanne
"This class was a real highlight for me and I can recommend it to anyone. I thought that I couldn't 'do art', and this was the first art class that I have ever done. Shelley made it easy and fun." - Jill
"Shelley easily explained things and took her time explaining in detail. Encouraging & helpful." - Mags
"Very enjoyable day with friendly Shelley. It was a great introduction to the art of watercolour in a new, modern way of working." - Joy
"I loved Shelley's watercolour pastel workshop. She was just great!" - Diana
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Copyright © 2016 Joyful Pear Design Whangārei New Zealand
We support FairTrade. We believe in ethical business & organics.
We believe in being sustainable – being socially & environmentally responsible. We are against Animal Testing.
Copyright © 2016 Joyful Pear Design Whangārei New Zealand
