Ukulele for Beginners (For Adults) - FULL
When: Mondays 8 - 9pm, six sessions weeks 2 - 8 of Term 2 at Days Bay Playcentre (13th of May to 24th of June) note: not June 3rd as is Queen's Birthday.
What: A six week introduction course to the joys of Ukulele, for adults. This course will be led by Gaby Brown and Gina Gentry. Participants need to bring their own ukulele, the music will be provided.
Expressions of interest are also being taken for those people who already play the guitar but would like to play the ukulele! We would be looking at holding a six week course in Term 3.
About the Teachers: Gaby is a reformed guitar teacher - turned Ukelele teacher - and both Gaby and Gina are members of the world famous (in Eastbourne ) SugarLoaf Ukelele group.
Enrolment Details:
Cost : $75 per person (BYO Ukelele,
music provided)
Class Size: Maximum 10 people.
To enrol: daysbayplay@gmail.com
Cooking Class for 7 - 10 year olds - FULL
When: Mondays 3.30 - 5pm, six sessions weeks 1 - 7 of Term 2 at Days Bay Playcentre (6th of May to 17th of June) note: not June 3rd as is Queen's Birthday.
What: The aim of this course is to empower children in the kitchen by giving them experience across a range of skills and techniques while learning how to use a variety of ingredients. By the end of the course children will have a recipe book of dishes they are able to prepare all by themselves (maybe with a little help). They will learn about cooking with the seasons, keeping safe in the kitchen and even using up leftovers! We will make a variety of dishes, for all times of the day.
*Please advise of any special dietary requirements or any food allergies your child may have. This course will be suitable for vegetarians but not vegans/gluten free.
**Children will need to bring an empty lunchbox container each week.
About the Teacher: Megan Brugh is a trained teacher with a passion for cooking. She has lots of experience teaching cooking to children through her many years in Playcentre and with her 3 children at home. She is also currently running a home based cooking business.
Cost: $95 per child for the six week course. Course cost includes all materials.
Class size: maximum 10 children.
Creative Paper Art for 6 – 10 year olds
When: Wednesday 3.30 – 5pm, weeks 2– 7of Term 2 at Days Bay Playcentre (15th of May to 19th of June ) (note there has been a change of date since first advertised).
What: In this six week course children will do some recycled paper making and cover the basics of paper marbling, where colourful patterns are created by swirling paint on liquid which is then transferred to paper. Children will then use these paper creations to make handcrafted notebooks with simple binding and colourful origami mobiles. Children will learn different paper folding designs (origami) and there will be a lot of scope to extend children who bring origami skills with them to the course. The course is all about being creative and having fun with paper and paint.
About the Artist: Megan Prebble is a local artist who has been messing about with paper and paint in many forms since she was a young girl. She has her own company called ‘Dora Papers’ where she sells he paper filigree (quilling) and marbled paper products. You can read more about her work here: http://felt.co.nz/shop/dorapapers.
Cost: $70 per child for the six week course. Course cost includes all materials.
Class size: maximum 10 children.
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| Handmade paper marbled and bound into a small notebok |
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| Marbling |
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Paper Folding Boxes and Cranes
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Music for Pre-Schoolers (18mths - 3 year olds) - postponed till Term 3
When: to be advised (Term 3 sometime)
Where: Woburn Rest Home.
What: This is a six week course for young children who enjoy playing and moving to music. The course is going to be run at the Woburn Rest Home so that the children can share the joy of music with the elderly residents. The six week course will be based on the philosophies of Orff Schulwerk, an approach to learning music that makes connections with the way children naturally play. Young children learn about rhythm, dynamics, tempo, scales, melodies, and how to play parts in simple ensemble work. They learn these building blocks of music through singing (poetry, rhymes, and stories), movement to music and body percussion (clapping, stamping, jumping, skipping, dancing), simple instrument work (percussion and pentatonic instruments) and having opportunities to make music in a group by participating in simple small orchestras.
About the Artists: This course will be co-run by two Orff Schulwerk music educators, Angela Campbell and Priya Gain. Angela Campbell is an Orff Schulwerk specialist music teacher who is trained to Level 2. She is in charge of music education at Eastern Hutt School and has been running preschool Orff music groups with Priya over the last five years.
Priya Gain is a primary school teacher specialising in play and arts based education. She has completed Level 1 Orff Schulwerk training and is currently studying this approach to music education as part of a Masters in Education at Waikato University.
Cost: 35 per child for the six week course.
Class size: maximum 10 children.
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Creative Clay for 5 – 10 year olds
When: Saturday 1.30pm - 3pm, weeks 3 - 9 of Term 2 (May 25th to July 6th). Note: No class on Saturday June 1st as is Queen's Birthday Weekend).
What: We have decided to offer this course again after the very positive response to the course in Term 1. Please note that for those children who have competed a course with Jane before and wish to continue developing their clay skills Jane will be able to provide more sophisticated projects.
This is a six week creative clay course. Over the six sessions the children will be taught the basic skills of clay sculpting and have time to experiment and explore with various clay sculpting tools and techniques. Children will work on three projects starting with a basic pinchpot and working up to a more sophisticated bowl and tea light candle holder. Children will be taught new skills with each project as well as having plenty of time to play with the clay and create original pieces. Each child will create their own set of three unique finished projects to take home. The children will colour and glaze their creations and have them fired as part of the course.
About the Artist: Jane Kenworthy has a background in primary school teaching with a specialty interest in teaching visual arts. She currently runs clay classes for primary aged children through the Hutt Art Society.
Cost: $120 per child for the six week course. Course cost includes all materials, glazing, and firing, and art shirts are also provided.
Class size: maximum 10 children.
