Short Professional Photography Course
The first SCOLA Short Professional Course (SPC) was held on Tuesday 22nd February at the Sutton centre. The intensive one day course focused on studio portrait photography and had been fully booked for weeks before the start date. Tutor Miles Winter covered areas such as lighting, background and setting up cameras as well as shooting sessions on single and group photography.
The course was extremely popular with feedback from attendees including ‘enjoyed!’, ‘will definitely be signing up for more!’, ‘amazing’.
The College will be holding a further SPC in Wedding photography in July. See www.scola.ac.uk soon for details.
Thursday, 24 February 2011
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
Spring Craft Fair
Saturday 19th February saw over 220 people walk through the main centre doors to attend the first SCOLA Spring Craft Fair. Students and tutors brought a range of handmade, traditional and contemporary crafts to the College including jewellery, stained glass and pottery. Handmade fine foods and treats including chutneys, chocolates and an Italian delicatessen added to the ambience and many an unusual, unique gift was purchased.
Visitors commented on the ‘great atmosphere’ and the ‘wide variety of wonderful jewellery available’ as well as learning more about the College and what we have to offer. The fair was a huge success and was the first of many to follow.
The next fair will be held at our Wallington centre on Saturday 25th June and we will see you there!
Wednesday, 16 February 2011
16 February 2011 - Sharing poems
Take the time to read these two inspirational poems by William Ayot
A Doodle at The Edge
Another meeting, another agenda, another
list of buzz-words, initials and initiatives.
PSU is entering Phase Three
while the CDR wants G2 to go to Level Five.
If we go the full nine yards on this one;
if we get pro-active, get out of the box, get
our teams together and on the same hymn-sheet;
if we hit the ground running, if we downsize HR.
if we get the money on board, and our asses into gear,
then we can change something, make a difference,
change what the other guys changed last week.
Meanwhile the god has left the garden,
the muse lies minimised in the corner of our screens.
Not dead, not buried, but ignored and unseen,
like a doodle at the edge of an action plan.
Me? I say make a sacrifice to the doodle;
pick some flowers, speak a poem, feed the tiny muse.
Draw, paint, sing or dance, and you'll bring the gods
back into the board-room; the laughing, smiling,
weeping gods of the night-time and the wild.
William Ayot
The Contract
- A word from the led -
And in the end we follow them –
not because we are paid,
not because we might see some advantage,
not because of the things they have accomplished,
not even because of the dreams they dream,
but simply because of who they are;
the man, the woman, the leader, the boss,
standing up there when the wave hits the rock,
passing out faith and confidence like life jackets,
knowing the currents, holding the doubts,
imagining the delights and terrors of every landfall;
captain, pirate, and parent by turns,
the bearer of our countless hopes and expectations.
We give them our trust. We give them our effort.
What we ask in return is that they stay true.
William Ayot
A Doodle at The Edge
Another meeting, another agenda, another
list of buzz-words, initials and initiatives.
PSU is entering Phase Three
while the CDR wants G2 to go to Level Five.
If we go the full nine yards on this one;
if we get pro-active, get out of the box, get
our teams together and on the same hymn-sheet;
if we hit the ground running, if we downsize HR.
if we get the money on board, and our asses into gear,
then we can change something, make a difference,
change what the other guys changed last week.
Meanwhile the god has left the garden,
the muse lies minimised in the corner of our screens.
Not dead, not buried, but ignored and unseen,
like a doodle at the edge of an action plan.
Me? I say make a sacrifice to the doodle;
pick some flowers, speak a poem, feed the tiny muse.
Draw, paint, sing or dance, and you'll bring the gods
back into the board-room; the laughing, smiling,
weeping gods of the night-time and the wild.
William Ayot
The Contract
- A word from the led -
And in the end we follow them –
not because we are paid,
not because we might see some advantage,
not because of the things they have accomplished,
not even because of the dreams they dream,
but simply because of who they are;
the man, the woman, the leader, the boss,
standing up there when the wave hits the rock,
passing out faith and confidence like life jackets,
knowing the currents, holding the doubts,
imagining the delights and terrors of every landfall;
captain, pirate, and parent by turns,
the bearer of our countless hopes and expectations.
We give them our trust. We give them our effort.
What we ask in return is that they stay true.
William Ayot
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
8 February 2011 - MoLE Workshop
I will be attending the MoLE Workshop for the next 3 days. The Mobile Learning Environment (MoLE) Coalition Warfare Program (CWP) project will leverage "smart" mobile phones, the global cellular network infrastructure, and emerging mobile application/service models to build a mobile learning (m-learning) capability. That capability will integrate with the United States Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) Joint Knowledge Online (JKO) e-learning infrastructure to facilitate the sharing of educational content between the US and partners in support of medical stability operations (MSO).
MoLE is based on a requirement by the Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe (CNE)/Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa (CNA)/Commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet (C6F) to operate effectively in a large maritime area of responsibility (AOR). The ability to train and communicate with limited internet connectivity and infrastructure is a significant challenge, and MoLE will help by delivering low-bandwidth on-demand training through mobile devices.
Apart form being very excited about this 3 day workshop I look forward to seeing how this platform can be used to improve access to learning from our college. I hope to be able to cope with the amount of 3 letter word abbreviations that I will be introduced to over the next few days. Watch this space for further posts!
Saboohi Famili
Principal
MoLE is based on a requirement by the Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe (CNE)/Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa (CNA)/Commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet (C6F) to operate effectively in a large maritime area of responsibility (AOR). The ability to train and communicate with limited internet connectivity and infrastructure is a significant challenge, and MoLE will help by delivering low-bandwidth on-demand training through mobile devices.
Apart form being very excited about this 3 day workshop I look forward to seeing how this platform can be used to improve access to learning from our college. I hope to be able to cope with the amount of 3 letter word abbreviations that I will be introduced to over the next few days. Watch this space for further posts!
Saboohi Famili
Principal
Thursday, 13 January 2011
13 January 2011 - Campaign to save ESOL classes
Jenny Roden and I both attended a meeting at UCU headquarters in Camden on 12 January. The meeting was led by Dan Taubman of UCU and Patricia Sullivan
Of NATECLA (National Association of Teachers of English and Community Languages), along with around 100 supporters from London and several other cities in the UK.
Our country has had a long history of welcoming people from all over the world but in the past few years that welcome has begun to wear thin from our Labour and now Coalition governments. If the proposed severe restrictions on the most disadvantaged migrants, and those dependent on others, go forward, this will mean that those least able to pay for their own fees will be prevented from learning English. Inevitably this means that a college like SCOLA would lose a substantial proportion of its ESOL learners from next September. It also jeopardises jobs for Skills for Life teachers.
It was exciting to be with a group of long standing ESOL practitioners setting up a campaign group that will network all over the country, but the imminent cuts are very real and the implications for both those in employment as teachers, let alone those who will arrive in this country alienated from our culture from the outset, are grim.
Sarah Freeman
Friday, 17 December 2010
9 December 2010 - LLDD Presentation Evening at SCOLA
How privileged I felt to be part of the LLDD Presentation Evening at SCOLA on 9th December. 104 students received their certificates – students of all ages who have chosen to share their lives and their learning experiences with us at SCOLA. The students have worked hard to achieve their goals and receiving their certificates is evidence that they have done this.
A big thank you to all the unsung heroes of the team who have helped to make this happen – the teachers, the administrators, those who have given their time to drive students to the college, the parents, carers and support workers – the list goes on….
The Mayor of Sutton, Cllr Margaret Court, presented the certificates to the students. Also present was Steven Ingram – a SCOLA Governor and Exec Head of Service Management, LBS, amongst other VIPs. Tom Brake MP had a chance to congratulate students and to share a few words with them about their experiences of studying at SCOLA. SCOLA aims to enrich the lives of people and help them to succeed and achieve their goals and it is fantastic to be part of events such as these.
What a wonderful evening and well done to all the students who received their certificates!
Saboohi Famili - Principal
A big thank you to all the unsung heroes of the team who have helped to make this happen – the teachers, the administrators, those who have given their time to drive students to the college, the parents, carers and support workers – the list goes on….
The Mayor of Sutton, Cllr Margaret Court, presented the certificates to the students. Also present was Steven Ingram – a SCOLA Governor and Exec Head of Service Management, LBS, amongst other VIPs. Tom Brake MP had a chance to congratulate students and to share a few words with them about their experiences of studying at SCOLA. SCOLA aims to enrich the lives of people and help them to succeed and achieve their goals and it is fantastic to be part of events such as these.
What a wonderful evening and well done to all the students who received their certificates!
Saboohi Famili - Principal
9 December 2010 - A 'thank you' lunch!
I attended the AOC Conference in Birmingham on 16 and 17 November 2010 and was so proud of the team from SCOLA’s Complementary Health Department who had an exhibition stand at the conference, giving free treatments to the delegates.
Georgina Benjamin, Consultancy & Training Co-ordinator - AoC Create Ltd - had this to say about Jacqui McElwee (Head of Complementary Health) and her team‟s contribution to the AoC Conference :
“Thank you so much for your contribution at our Conference - it was such a pleasure having you there, and you really brought your stand to life. I hope you and the students found the experience enjoyable, too. I think it was great that your very own Principal got to see you in action!!”
Thank you, once again, Jacqui and your team for representing SCOLA so well at the conference - it certainly did make me proud to be the Principal of SCOLA!
To say thank you to the team I took them to Lunch at the Maneeya’s Thai Restaurant in Carshalton village to thank them for supporting the college in this way and for showcasing their skills. The students who took part spoke highly of their experience of studying at SCOLA, how they have gained self confidence and how their studies at SCOLA have given them a career to follow. Both the students have done their PTLLS and are now teaching at SCOLA.
The food was excellent and there was a wonderful ambiance in the restaurant – a wonderful time was had by us all!
Saboohi Famili – Principal
Georgina Benjamin, Consultancy & Training Co-ordinator - AoC Create Ltd - had this to say about Jacqui McElwee (Head of Complementary Health) and her team‟s contribution to the AoC Conference :
“Thank you so much for your contribution at our Conference - it was such a pleasure having you there, and you really brought your stand to life. I hope you and the students found the experience enjoyable, too. I think it was great that your very own Principal got to see you in action!!”
Thank you, once again, Jacqui and your team for representing SCOLA so well at the conference - it certainly did make me proud to be the Principal of SCOLA!
To say thank you to the team I took them to Lunch at the Maneeya’s Thai Restaurant in Carshalton village to thank them for supporting the college in this way and for showcasing their skills. The students who took part spoke highly of their experience of studying at SCOLA, how they have gained self confidence and how their studies at SCOLA have given them a career to follow. Both the students have done their PTLLS and are now teaching at SCOLA.
The food was excellent and there was a wonderful ambiance in the restaurant – a wonderful time was had by us all!
Saboohi Famili – Principal
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