Head of Department visits Brixham ACL
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- Created on Tuesday, 09 March 2010 11:46
Adult & Community Learning Brixham were delighted to invite their new Head of Department, Liz Lawrence to present certificates to the latest achievers of Skills for Life qualifications.
Skills for Life is the Government agenda designed to encourage adults to brush up their English and Maths skills and obtain an up to date qualification. The nationally recognised qualifications accredited
Brixham Stars – Outstanding Teachers
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At a glittering award ceremony held at Old Billingsgate in London, Debi Smithson and Marie Hubbard received their STAR awards on November 26th 2009.
Hosts at the event were political correspondent Rita Chakrabarti and broadcaster Mike Baker.
Debi was nominated by students in her computer class and accompanied by Patsy Bristow who was thrilled when Debi received a ‘highly commended’ in her category of
Brixham College commits to staff Development
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A group of Brixham College teaching assistants (TA) have been allowed time within their work schedules to upgrade their own numeracy skills so they can be more effective in the classroom when helping pupils.
The course enabled them to brush up their skills and obtain the Level 2 National Certificate in Adult Numeracy; a requirement for the Higher Level Teaching Assistants qualification that some members
Art at Kents Cavern
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- Created on Monday, 08 March 2010 11:50
Thanks to funding from the Learning Revolution 12 people were able to visit Kents Cavern to use watercolour and acrylic paints to capture the beauty of the caves. Tutor John Turk introduced cave art from the primitive to artists who had tried to capture the beauty and vivacity of this style of painting.The course consisted of two sessions of three hours on two consecutive days. Initially Nick Powe,
The View from My Beach Hut at Shoalstone
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- Created on Thursday, 15 July 2010 08:35
Jenny Harriman, the Head of ACL, has created a sculpture from unwanted materials to enhance the coastline at Teignmouth this summer as part of the TRAIL. It is a beach hut based on her summer beach hut at Shoalstone Pool. It is now installed near the lighthouse at Teignmouth.
Helped by Paul Richards who created the waste whilst building her new kitchen, she has made a replica beach hut with the
