Learning Week Roadshow at Chatham

Adult Learners Week finished today with a Learning Fair at the Red Star Centre in Chatham, where the theme was "Learning? It's a piece of cake". Everyone who undertook a Skills for Life assessment or completed a Learning Needs Questionnaire were given a piece of gateau or cream cake to enjoy with their drink whilst browsing the other activities that were taking place.


We had video screens showing clips from our roadshows that had taken place earlier in the week, and a fantastic BBC RaW corner offering learners the chance to take 'Quick Read' books away with them. Our BSL signing expert was on hand to explain about learning sign language, we also demonstrated digital photography and were also visited by representatives from all three Rail Unions.


Everyone involved in Learning Week had a fantastic time and really enjoyed meeting all of the staff. We're looking forward to starting some new courses very soon, including Basic Computer Skills starting in just over 3 weeks.

See you there!

Learning Week Roadshow at Hastings

Today was down by the beach again for the Red Star team (and Monkey) as we visited the staff at sunny Hastings! We met with all of the staff on duty, including cleaning and catering staff, and handed out 'goodies' and Learning Needs Questionnaires.



Everyone had a great time, and we had a display set up in the Training Rooms with DVD's promoting Learning at Work. The staff are looking forward to a British Sign Language course being held at Hastings later in the year.



A big thank you to Clare today for helping us meet with the staff, and for showing us around the station. We were made very welcome, and look forward to building up a good relationship with the staff who work there.

Learning Week Roadshow at Ramsgate

Today we took the Learning Week Roadshow to Ramsgate, where Dave Bull had organised Geneology Taster sessions in the staff area and was busy promoting Adult Learners Week with lots of posters, freebies and information for potential learners.





Mike and Ken also went over to the engineering depot during the morning and had a very successful time meeting with some of the staff there. The possibility of hosting learning sessions at Ramsgate was discussed, and all of the staff we met seemed very keen to find out when they could get involved.




Overall the visit to Ramsgate was a huge success, and we are looking forward to seeing everyone again soon.

A big thank you to Dave Bull too for organising a great event.

TSSA

Hi the new advert for the centre has know gone public I will post it up to here ASAP. Today we are at the centre dicussing adult learners week, so I hope to see you all there we will be at Ramsgate, Hastings and Chatham also dont forget June 2nd which is the learning reps forum. Bye Karl