2021 Workshops
at Community Education Whangārei (CEW)
2021 Workshops
Current Workshops
Mini Art Mural
Saturday 31 July, 9am-2pm
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.
“Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up” ― Pablo Picasso
ONE DAY WORKSHOP
$95, Course ID C24
To book email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889
Create Digital Art
Saturday 14th August 9am-3:30pm
Unleash your creativity and explore art beyond the traditional canvas. Create your own original artworks online using your own photos – this process you can continue to use FREE at home. Save your artworks to print as gifts, for your website, or for social media. No drawing ability or art experience necessary. Basic computer skills required. Bring along your own digital photos or use our examples.
“A picture is a poem without words” ― Horace
SATURDAY WORKSHOP
$30, Course ID C125
To book email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889
Create Your Own Website
Four Thursday Evenings, starts 19th August, 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 THURSDAY EVENINGS
$55, Course ID C160
SOME SAMPLE STUDENT WEBSITES
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” — Steve Jobs
Express DIY Marketing
Level 2: New Date 25th Sept.
Saturday 21st August 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
$30, Course ID C65
To book email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889
Create with Canva
Saturday 28th August, 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.
SATURDAY MORNING WORKSHOP
$40, Course ID C130
To book email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889
Apache OpenOffice
Saturday 4th Sept. 9am-3:30pm
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
$30, Course ID C132
To book email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889
Newsletters using MailChimp
Four Tuesday Evenings, starts 7th Sept, 6-8.30pm
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
$55, Course ID C135
To book email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889
Internet Tips for Seniors
Saturday 11 Sept, 9am-12.30pm
The Internet is an enjoyable, safe place to explore when you know how. Learn easy techniques to help you find what you're looking for – and discover new wonderful things you didn't know existed on the internet. Explore a range of ways to communicate with the world from the comfort of home. Bring along all your internet questions and we'll find useful solutions for everyone. Beginners welcome.
SATURDAY MORNING WORKSHOP
$40, Course ID C127
To book email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889
iPhone for Beginners
Saturday 18 Sept, 9am-12.30pm
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
$40, Course ID C126
To book email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz or phone: 09-435-0889
Kindle eBooks
Saturday 25 Sept. 9am-3:30pm
Explore how to publish & sell your own book on Amazon. Publish your novel, childrens book, or business booklets, for FREE from the comfort of your home or office. Learn why so many folks around the world enjoy self publishing. Basic computer skills required. Bring along your own writing our use our examples.
SATURDAY WORKSHOP
$30, Course ID C129
SAMPLE KINDLE EBOOKS
“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison
― Toni Morrison
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.
Start a Blog
Next Workshop Term 4 2021
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.
“Inspiration comes from doing.” ― Robert Genn
ONE DAY WORKSHOP
Photo Editing
Next Workshop Term 4 2021
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
FOUR NIGHTS
Start an Art Journal
Next Workshop Term 4 2021
Explore the benefits of art journaling. Use your art journal as a means of relaxation, to collect ideas & samples, for artistic inspiration, to explore art techniques or to develop your creativity. Creating art can also help ease anxiety & art journals can act as mood or vision boards. Art journals are a handy alternative to traditional journals if you can’t put your feelings into words. Try out a range of creative techniques in an artist quality journal you can take home & continue to enjoy. Not an artist? You don't need to be - no art experience needed & all materials provided.
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” ― Thomas Merton
ONE DAY WORKSHOP
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
Make a Family Tree
Next Workshop Term 2 2022
Make an online family tree on Ancestry which you can share with family anywhere in the world. This is a hands-on class for beginners. Continue your FREE family tree online anytime, anywhere! Bring along some family names or use our examples of your ancestors and we’ll see what we can discover…
"In every conceivable manner, the family is a link to our past, bridge to our future." — Alex Haley
THREE THURSDAY 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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We believe in being sustainable – being socially & environmentally responsible. We are against Animal Testing.
Copyright © 2016 Joyful Pear Design Whangārei New Zealand
