Autumn Open Day, Wednesday 15 November 2017
Event date: 15.11.2017
Visit WAES for our Autumn open day and get a taste of the adult courses on offer across Westminster with daytime, evening and weekend options available.
- Free taster sessions, seminars and drop-ins mean that you can try something for nothing - whether you fancy practising graphics, creative arts, business or improving your employability, our short demonstrations and workshops are all you need to steer you in the right direction.
At our open day you'll also be able to;
- Get information, advice and guidance for your study from our expert tutors.
- Tour the modern college facilities of our centres, see our workshops in action and get some inspiration.
- Get free career advice from Westminster Employment Services , available for drop-ins throughout the day.
Autumn open day taster sessions and workshops:
Ceramics Make your own ceramic piece in our pottery workshop. Choose from pinch pots workshops at 10am-midday & 6pm-8pm or ceramic coaster/ small dish at 2pm-4pm both held at our Lisson Grove centre.Fine art Design and create your own monoprints sessions at 10am-12pm and 2pm-4pm and painting and collage session at 6pm-8pm in our Lisson Grove art studio.Graphic design and media Learn to create fantasy artwork in our state-of-the-art Mac suite with our Photoshop taster courses, running 10am-midday, 2pm-4pm and 6pm-8pm at our Lisson Grove centre.
Hairdressing and make-up Try your hand at blow-drying, wands and tongs and daytime make-up application. Workshops at 10am-midday, 2pm-4pm. Also a hairdressing taster session at 6pm-8pm at our Lisson Grove centre.
Floristry Make a button hole taster session at 10am and at 2pm at our Lisson Grove centre.
Cookery Workshops
Egg muffin workshop - shape, knead and cook a muffin then fill them with an omelette at 10am-12pm, making fruit or plain scones - learn to knead, shape and bake scones in the oven before filling them with fruit jam and butter 2pm-4pm and a sugarcraft workshop at 6pm-8pm all at our Lisson Grove Centre.
Plus bonus Enterprise Workshops
Careers planning for the modern entrepreneur - delivered by the Careers Academy at 10am-12pm and 1pm-3pm
Getting started - 'the money game’ delivered by Adventist Credit Union at 11am – 2pm
Open day Locations:
WAES Lisson Grove: 10am-7pm - Drop in to our Lisson Grove centre, meet our tutors, see learning in action across our huge range of creative arts, vocational and employment courses. Plus, take an assessment to determine your level for courses beginning in 2018!
WAES Pimlico: 10am-4pm - Visit our Pimlico centre and find out more about English, maths and skills for employment courses.
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