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Build your confidence, fluency & accuracy with an individual ESL Book Club in English using a simplified, shortened and adapted novel. Highlights Join this individual ESL book club course to quickly improve your English confidence, fluency & accuracy 3 hours of live 1:1 English classes to help you develop your confidence in speaking in English Read a section of the book at home and then discuss what you have read Learn English 1:1 & be corrected by your private English teacher to remove errors and mistakes Build your confidence, skills and accuracy in this individual ESL book club in English course. Choose one of the books from the selection below. These books are shortened, simplified and adapted for learners of English as a foreign language. There are also language learning exercises and a short glossary of new words. Each week you read about 20-30 pages, write a summary of what you have read, and then discuss what you have read with your teacher Geoff. Personalised feedback improves your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. The Book Club book Individual ESL Book Clubs are flexible and can be taken on the following simplified and shortened "graded reader" books. Contact Geoff to agree a day and time, then enrol on the course. Intermediate (B1) Austen, Jane - Emma (Oxford Bookworms) Austen, Jane - Persuasion (Oxford Bookworms) Austen, Jane - Sense and Sensibility (Penguin Readers) Brontë, Emily - Wuthering Heights (Penguin Readers) Christie, Agatha - Death on the Nile (Collins English Readers) Christie, Agatha - The Body in the Library (Collins English Readers) Conan Doyle, Arthur - Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles (Oxford Bookworms) Dickens, Charles - A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Readers) Dickens, Charles - David Copperfield (Penguin Readers) Dickens, Charles - Great Expectations (Penguin Readers) Dickens, Charles - Oliver Twist (Penguin Readers) Hardy, Thomas - Far From The Madding Crowd (Penguin Readers) Hardy, Thomas - Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Penguin Readers) Hawkins, Paula - The Girl On The Train (Penguin Readers) Highsmith, Patricia - The Talented Mr Ripley (Penguin Readers) Joyce, James - Dubliners (Penguin Readers) Joyce, Rachel - The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Penguin Readers) Le Carré, John - The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (Penguin Readers) Shelley, Mary - Frankenstein (Penguin Readers) Tóibín, Colm - Brooklyn (Penguin Readers) Upper-Intermediate (B2) Austen, Jane - Sense and Sensibility (Oxford Bookworms) Asimov, Isaac - I, Robot (Oxford Bookworms) Brontë, Emily - Wuthering Heights (Oxford Bookworms) Christie, Agatha - The ABC Murders (Collins English Readers) Christie, Agatha - Evil Under The Sun (Collins English Readers) Collins, Wilkie - The Woman in White (Penguin Readers) Dick, Philip K - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Oxford Bookworms) Evaristo, Bernardine - Girl, Woman, Other (Penguin Readers) Fitzgerald, F. Scott - The Great Gatsby (Oxford Bookworms) Gyasi, Yaa - Homegoing (Penguin Readers) Hardy, Thomas - Far From The Madding Crowd (Oxford Bookworms) Kerouac, Jack - On the Road (Pearson English Readers) Mansfield, Katherine - The Garden Party (Oxford Bookworms) McEwan, Ian - The Children Act (Penguin Readers) Melville, Herman - Moby Dick (Penguin Readers) Orwell, George - 1984 (Penguin Readers) Puso, Mario - The Godfather (Penguin Readers) Smith, Zadie - White Teeth (Penguin Readers) Stevenson, RL - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Pearson English Readers) Wharton, Edith - The Age of Innocence (Oxford Bookworms) Woolf, Virginia - Mrs Dalloway (Penguin Readers) Upper-Intermediate + (B2+) Austen, Jane - Pride and Prejudice (Oxford Bookworms) Brontë, Charlotte - Jane Eyre (Oxford Bookworms) Conan Doyle, Arthur - Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four (Oxford Bookworms) Flaubert, Gustave - Madame Bovary (Pearson English Readers) Gaskell, Elizabeth - North and South (Pearson English Readers) Garland, Alex- The Beach (Pearson English Readers) Hardy, Thomas - Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Oxford Bookworms) Tan, Amy - The Joy Luck Club (Oxford Bookworms) Geoff says: "This is a great way to start reading more in English, to build your confidence, to focus on your needs and language, and to make fast progress."

This one-day course introduces the field of user experience and provides an excellent entry point to our other specialised training courses. UX processes and practices have become a central component of product design, service design and web design.

A standalone 10 week/session course that will introduce you to the basic materials, tools, equipment and techniques used in paper crafting and mixed media work and to Craft4Smiles C.I.C and our tutors. You will be sent all the materials and equipment needed to complete the course. At the end of each lesson you will have a crafted item to take away to keep or show family and friends. You will be told about the other courses you offer so that you can make an informed choice about further learning.

Success = Value + People + Process With innovation happening more than ever, the new agile project economy requires more and more people across organisations to manage projects successfully, leading to many of us quietly slipping into the role of the unofficial project manager! The problem is very few people receive formal training on how to do it. Stakeholders, scope creep, limited training, and a lack of process all combine to raise the probability of project failure costing organisations time, money, and employee morale Is it any wonder 65% of all projects fail* each year! The good news is—unofficial project managers can build confidence to lead high-value projects and engage teams in a way that inspires them to volunteer their best efforts. Source: *Nieto-Rodriguez, A. (2021). “The Project Economy Has Arrived.” Harvard Business Review; Nov/Dec 21. Outcomes Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager™ combines best practices from agile and waterfall project management to equip learners with the mindset, skillset, and toolset to engage and inspire team members. Success starts with the core agile principle of value—a project must deliver value to Noble! Once value is established, it is people who make projects successful through a consistent process. Project management isn’t just about managing logistics and hoping the project team is ready to play to win. The skills of “informal authority” are more important than ever before, so team members are inspired to contribute to project success! This course will help learners: Build strong informal authority that inspires project teams to consistently volunteer their best efforts. Utilise a consistent process to start and finish high-value projects on time and with quality. Influence and engage others to define a clear project scope, including clear deliverables and risk strategies. Model openness and agility to apply proactive change management and deliver high-value projects. Project Management Framework The Project Management Framework guides you through five distinct elements in the life of any project. Coupled with the foundational behaviours taught in the programme, this framework can help you deliver highly successful projects again and again. Who Should Attend? This programme is for anyone who finds themselves leading projects at work, regardless of whether or not their job title says, Project Manager! It is NOT a deep dive into project management processes, nor is it a qualification based programme. Whilst it would be helpful to either be involved in or to be leading a project, during the programme, this is clearly not essential. However, it is advisable that the participants have had some experience, whether as a project member or as the person who is leading the project (officially or not)! Project Management Institute (PMI) FranklinCovey is a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) Authorised Training Partners (ATP) Programme and this course has been designed to satisfy the project management education requirement for PMI Certifications as well as Professional Development Education units (PDUs) needed by PMI credential holders.

A masterclass in devising therapeutic metaphors This inspiring online training day gives you powerful, non-intrusive ways to help distressed young people – and others – overcome difficulties in their lives – the skills you will learn can also be used with adults Accredited CPD: 6 hours Length: 1 day (9.15am - 4.00pm GMT) LIVE ONLINE – Join Pamela Woodford live online on Tuesday 18th June 2024 for this enjoyable, experiential CPD accredited training day – you will have plenty of opportunities to ask questions, take part in exercises to practice the steps involved, come up with pertinent metaphors and create your own story. Limited numbers. BONUS RECORDING – you will also get a recording of the tutor sessions for a limited time afterwards to maximise your learning. >> If you can’t make this date please register your interest below and we’ll let you know as soon as a new date is available. Fantastic online training, engaging and thought-provoking throughout. The confidence Pamela has given me will impact positively on my everyday practice, I am truly inspired...PSYCHOTHERAPIST Why take this course Children’s natural affinity with stories gives us an incredibly powerful, non-directive way to help emotionally distressed and abused young people, who can sometimes be hard to reach in any other way. On this practical live training event you will learn how to tap into your own metaphorical brain to create therapeutic stories and metaphors ‘in the moment’ that are appropriate to each individual’s circumstances and experiences. Throughout the day Pamela – a master storyteller and highly experienced psychotherapist – draws on her own case histories, metaphor and story examples as she guides you through the steps involved in ‘thinking on your feet’ and creating a story yourself in the moment. By the end of the day you will have lots of new, innovative ways to engage with and help distressed children deal with the experiences they have had – whilst also offering them hope, understanding, and new ways of thinking and feeling about life and themselves. Indeed, you may well be surprised at how quickly positive psychological changes occur as a result of the stories you will create and tell ‘in the moment’. Stories also play a crucial role in child development – through the ways the different characters think, act and overcome difficulties, children gain important templates for understanding the world and dealing with the challenges and situations they will meet in life – both now and in the future. They are a wonderful way to help build resilience. Storytelling and the careful use of therapeutic metaphor are crucial elements of successful counselling and psychotherapy – they help bypass assumptions and rigid thinking to offer a new, broader way of looking at things, awaken innate resources and offer crucial hope – just what struggling children need… Wonderful, interactive online course. Pamela is a joy to listen to – I learnt so muchCOUNSELLOR What will you learn A clear understanding of how to address emotional issues in children Simple ways to calm and relax children – “it’s the way you tell ‘em” Tips for igniting your own imagination and creativity How to ‘think metaphor’ to find the right one for each situation A step-by-step guide to creating your own stories – the 6 steps for creating short stories with metaphors specifically tailored to quickly bring about positive psychological changes in children and young people Breathing life into inanimate objects and taking inspiration from nature – how to tune into your metaphorical mind Valuable experience in creating your own therapeutic story from scratch How to use your stories and metaphors The importance of paying attention to the words children use when telling you something Case histories which illustrate the effectiveness and flexibility of stories – and show why they are such powerful therapeutic tools, even with difficult cases How to find your own metaphors and connect them emotionally to distressing situations Using embedded suggestions in stories – exercise Different ways to use therapeutic stories, such as those in Pamela’s acclaimed Brighter Little Minds series, to develop emotional literacy The importance of incorporating all of our senses How to adapt stories to use with adolescents and adults Tips for thinking creatively ‘on your feet’ to come up with suitable metaphors and ideas there and then in the moment Flexible skills that can easily be adapted to working with adults Why subtly entwining a child’s interests into a story makes its impact stronger How to introduce a story or therapeutic metaphor naturally into your conversation Feedback on the story you create and time to ask questions of the tutor – a highly experienced and creative psychotherapist who has spent decades working therapeutically with distressed children and young people A greater appreciation of the subtle power of metaphor, imagination and embedded suggestions and how to use them to help the young people you care for Increased confidence in creating and telling therapeutic stories yourself A variety of story examples and ‘scripts’ Lots of new ideas from Pamela Woodford’s ‘treasure chest of healing spells’ to spark your own creativity Tips for improving your own storytelling abilities Such a helpful live online training day – the use of metaphor via story form is a powerful toolHEAD OF BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT SERVICE – EDUCATION Course Programme The ‘How to create healing stories for distressed children’ live online workshop starts at 9.15am and runs until 4.00pm. (GMT). 9.15am Join the Zoom meeting 9.30am What can go wrong for children? How stories can help 11.00am Comfort break and discussion 11.10am Using metaphor, relaxation, imagination and embedded suggestions 1.00pm Lunch break 1.40pm Setting the scene and creating the story 3.10pm Comfort break and discussion 3.20pm Sharing the stories you have created 4.00pm Day ends Who is this course suitable for? Anyone working with emotionally distressed children or young people, including: Psychotherapists, therapists and counsellors Teachers and educational professionals Childcare and healthcare professionals (and students) Foster carers Adoptive parents – and perspective adoptive parents Social workers Parents and carers Interested friends or family who wish to help a young person they know And anyone who would like to attend for personal reasons This course has been independently accredited by the internationally recognised CPD Standards Office for 6 hours of CPD training. On completion of this training you’ll receive CPD certificates from the College and the CPD Standards Office.

Learn to make your own bright and happy plant hangers, wall mat, table mat etc in this beginner macrame course. No prior experience is needed. In this workshop, instructor Rahamatullah will lead as you learn: • How to begin some macrame piece, including an overview of necessary materials. • How to work several different macrame knots. • How to incorporate a wooden ring and wooden beads. • Leave with a finished products, and the know-how to design and create more pieces on your own. More benefits: no mistakes possible (you can always start over during the process), and great for reflexes and memory!

A series of six creative writing for wellbeing workshops offering ex-boarders and their partners/spouses inroads towards achieving a better understanding of the boarding school experience.

Learn to weave, 'off-loom' with Sarah Ward, via Zoom

Learn to weave, 'off-loom' with Sarah Ward, via Zoom

Learn to weave, 'off-loom' with Sarah Ward, via Zoom