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Spot the difference….
How many of you can honestly say that you have ever felt sad that your working day has come to an end??? Today was certainly one of those days for me and I would have been more than happy to spend...
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The price of literature
A rare first edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll raised $1.5m at auction in New York, making this the most valuable children’s book ever sold. The book was Carroll’s own...
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Movie Mayhem
Reblogged from COSC- The Blog!: Another great movie-making session yesterday with Donna from WEA! This class just gets better and better - who would have thought that learning could be such fun! If...
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Evacuated to the countryside???…
***IMPORTANT NEWS FLASH*** “Following the outbreak of war with Germany, the Government has decreed that all children will be evacuated out of the cities to the safety of the countryside. This will...
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Perceptions
“While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see.”...
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Keeping up with the kids!…
We all know far too well, the scenario when your kids come home from school talking about the things they have done at school, we nod at them knowingly but are secretly thinking to ourselves “What’s...
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***DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP***
If you are planning on coming along to my Digital photography workshop at Florence mine next Saturday (16th Feb) here are a few things I think you will all need to bring with you… 1) A packed lunch –...
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Rain didn’t stop play!
On a drizzly day in February, a great bunch of people got together for a WEA run Digital photography Workshop at Florence mine, in Egremont. Learners went out and about around the grounds of the mine...
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‘Perceptions’ update
This time last month I introduced you to the new photography project learners at Copeland Aftercare Ltd in Whitehaven have chosen to tackle. Not an easy subject matter by any means, but one which...
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COSC / WEA Photography Exhibition
Donna & I are just off to set up this year’s exhibition. It is at Egremont Market Hall all week….please,please come and have a look, the photos are amazing & our learners have worked so hard....
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COSC Living Life & Taking Part Wrap Party
Our Wrap party at Hundith Hill Hotel was the end of project celebration for a Project between the Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) and Copeland Occupational and Social centre (COSC) and Allerdale...
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WEA and Tullie House Partnership
The WEA in Cumbria are working in partnership with Tullie House in Carlisle. There will be some WEA courses coming soon, but in the interim, here is their current brochure of talks & events that...
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The aftermath of a storm!
You will all have no doubt heard about the devastating storm that hit Whitehaven harbour yesterday on the news, in the National press and on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. There are...
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End of term quiz at Community Reach
Today was our last session at Community Reach, Carlisle until after Christmas, so we did a bit of a quiz to assess what we could remember and what we had forgotten! Learners worked in pairs and...
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Making Christmas cards at COSC
As it was our last session before Christmas, we made a few Christmas cards at COSC in Maryport today. Everyone saw this as an ideal opportunity to don a silly hat and use their portraits for the front...
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WEA Health and Well-being Road Show
The WEA Health and Well-being Road Show came to Cumbria today. Learners and tutors from 10 Health & Well-being courses attended the event at Wigton Market Hall. Each group presented their health...
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2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,000 times in 2013. If it...
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A week in the life of this WEA tutor
I have a pretty good idea of the reaction I will get from you all when I say that I am genuinely excited to go to work every morning, that even if I won the lottery tomorrow I wouldn’t stop what I’m...
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New Year, New start?
As we move into 2015 have you thought about what you’d like to achieve this year? Do you fancy learning something new? Or do you want to update some old skills you already have? The WEA here in...
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