Learn with Haringey

HARINGEY ADULT LEARNING SERVICE

adult
learners’
week
15 to 21 May 2010
Guide to free events and activities
in Haringey libraries

www.haringey.gov.uk
welcome Adult Learners’ Alexandra Park Library

alexandra park
Alexandra Park Road, London, N22 7UJ · Tel: 020 8489 8770
Mon-Fri 9.00-19.00, Sat 9.00-17.00, Sun 12.00-16.00

Week 2010 Introduction to Researching Family History in Haringey

Thursday 20 May · 11.00-12.00

15-21 May Clare Stevens the Bruce Castle Museum Archivist will lead this
workshop on local family history.
Do You Want to Learn Tai Chi?
Adult Learners’ Week is an opportunity for adults of all ages to
learn something new, by taking part in various exciting events and Thursday 20 May · 19.00-21.00
activities at no cost. Learning does not need to stop after school, Come along and join in a free taster session run by Tai Chi teacher
college or university. It can continue through our lives. Kit Gerould. Please wear loose clothing. No booking necessary.
Take the opportunity to learn something new or try something Portrait Drawing
different during Adult Learners’ Week 2010. So why not come Thursday 20 May · 19.00-21.00
along and choose from a range of free events and activities?
Come and try your hand at portrait
Haringey Libraries, Haringey Adult Learning Service, Homes for drawing. With experienced tutor
Haringey and many of our community partners have come Scott Russell. Free taster session
together to offer a great programme for you to enjoy. open to all.
This year, the Adult Learners’ Week programme includes art Gentle Exercise Class
exhibitions, a film showing, digital photography workshops, Tuesday 18 May · 12.30-13.00
business and CV writing workshops and much more…
Are you over 50 and would like to
During the week you can also visit the free information, advice keep fit and active? Come to this
and guidance service at HALS to find out what formal and taster session and find out how to
informal training is available in Haringey. improve strength, mobility,
circulation and general fitness.
For information about Adult Learners’ Week
please contact Yota Kondopoulou on 020 8489 2587 or Digital Photography Workshop
email yota.kondopoulou@haringey.gov.uk Tuesday 18 May · 12.30-15.00
Learn how to take better photographs using a digital camera. Suitable
for beginners. Haringey Adult Learning Service is offering this free
taster session. Places are limited, please phone the library to book.
· It’s essential that you bring your own digital camera
· A field trip to Alexandra Park will be planned for this session if the
weather is clear
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coombes croft bruce castle Bruce Castle Museum
Lordship Lane, London N17 8NU
Having Fun with Numbers
Wednesday 19 May · 15.00-17.00
Maths made easy with Numeracy tutor Sunny Choudhury.
Tel: 020 8808 8772 · Wed-Sun 13.00-17.00
An informal drop-in that will aim to answer your maths
The Colours of the Clouds queries and refer you to a course if you would like to
improve your Numeracy skills or get a qualification.
Saturday 15 May · 10.00-12.00
This is an exciting workshop that explores the

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fascinating topic of clouds. Includes a short film Haringey Adult Learning Service
about Luke Howard, the father of meteorology,
2nd Floor, Wood Green Library, High Road, London N22 6XD
and his work on the formation of clouds.
Tel: 020 8489 2500
Followed by the opportunity to produce a
watercolour painting. Free event. Places are HALS offer a range of courses available for people over
limited to 15. Please phone the museum to book. the age of 19. Our courses include:
· Art and Craft · English and Maths
· Business and Work Skills · Family Learning
Coombes Croft Library · Computing and Creative · Health and Well-Being
Technologies · Languages
Tottenham High Road, London N17 8AG · Tel: 020 8489 8771
· English for Speakers of · Learndirect
Mon-Fri 9.00-19.00, Sat 9.00-17.00
Other Languages · Work Based Learning
Information, Advice & Guidance + CV Writing Workshop We also offer free careers advice (IAG) and a 10% discount for
Monday 17 May · 11.30-13.00 members of Haringey Libraries, Haringey Council staff and Haringey
Registered carers. For more learning opportunities contact HALS.
Looking for a job, thinking of changing your career or preparing to
return to study? Experienced and qualified Employment and I FREE TASTER SESSIONS
Learning Advisers will offer you independent advice, and will help you
to plan your next steps. Haringey Adult Learning Service is offering Why not try a free taster session in July? All our tasters are held at
this free taster session. HALS in Wood Green Library. Please call 020 8489 2500 to enrol.

Knitting & Craft Club Word Processing

Thursday 20 May · 14.00-15.30 26 Jul · Mon 10.00-12.00 · IT9/2680

29 Jul · Thu 13.00-15.00 · IT9/2681
Come and join this informal workshop and learn new exciting
techniques in the art of knitting. Internet
28 Jul · Wed 10.00-12.00 · IT9/2686
Fitness Tests Drop-In
PowerPoint
Monday 17 May · 13.00-17.00
27 Jul · Tue 13.00-15.00 · IT9/2684
Have your functional capacity tested. This includes grip strength,
balance, flexibility and a step test. Excel
27 Jul · Tue 10.00-12.00 · IT9/2685
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haringey adult learning Mouse & Keyboard Get by in Greek

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28 Jul · Wed 13.00-15.00 · IT9/2682 Wood Green Library £30 · £15 concessions
Using a Computer 06 Aug-03 Sep · Fri 10.30-12.30 · ML10/2707
29 Jul · Thu 10.00-12.00 · IT9/2683 Get by in Italian
Photoshop Wood Green Library £30 · £15 concessions
03 Aug-24 Aug · Tue 10.30-13.00 · ML10/2706
26 Jul · Mon 13.00-15.00 · IT9/2687
Get by in French
I SUMMER COURSES Wood Green Library £30 · £15 concessions
HALS offer a range of short summer courses held around Haringey. 05 Aug – 02 Sep · Thu 10.30-12.30 · ML10/2705
Please note that most courses are fee paying, but concessions apply. Get by in Spanish
Please call 020 8489 2500 to enrol. Wood Green Library £30 · £15 concessions
04 Aug-01 Sep · Wed 10.30-12.30 · ML10/2704
Introduction to Belly Dancing
La Poésie et la Chanson Française
Wood Green Library £38 · £19 concessions
06 Aug-03 Sep · Fri 11.00-13.00 · HC10/2430 Wood Green Library £30 · £15 concessions
05 Aug-02 Sep · Thu 13.00-15.00 · ML10/2730
Art Workshop
Hornsey Library £52 · £26 concessions I FIND OUT MORE
03 Aug-31 Aug · Tue 10.00-12.30 · AC10/2648 Our huge range of longer courses also start in September – see the
Art Sketchbook Walks HALS Course Guide for details.
Meeting at Hornsey library £60 · £30 concessions Contact us for more information:
03 Aug-31 Aug · Tue 13.30-16.30 · AC10/2650 • Call 020 8489 2500 or 020 8489 2523
Drawing Techniques Using Colour Pencils • Pick up a prospectus from any Haringey Library
Wood Green Library £52 · £26 concessions • Online at www.haringey.gov.uk/halsprogramme
05 Aug-02 Sep · Thu 10.00-12.30 · AC10/2649
Introduction to Simple Print Techniques
Hornsey Library £52 · £26 concessions
Highgate Library
05 Aug-03 Sep · Fri 10.00-12.30 · AC10/2647 1 Shepherds Hill, London N6 5QJ · Tel: 020 8489 8772
Japanese Paper Craft Mon-Fri 9.00-19.00, Sat 9.00-17.00

Wood Green library £38 · £19 concessions Italian Language Taster Session
02 Aug-23 Aug · Mon 10.00-12.30 · AC10/2229
Tuesday 18 May · 15.30-17.00
Oriental Brushwork Fancy learning another language? Come along to this session to try
Hornsey Library £38 · £19 concessions it out. With native speaker Valeria Padalino. Free but need to reserve
04 Aug-25 Aug · Wed 10.00-12.30 · AC10/2416 a place. Please phone the library to book.

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highgate Digital Photography Taster Session
Monday 17 May · 12.30-15.00
Learn how to take photographs using a digital camera.
Suitable for beginners. Haringey Adult Learning Service is
offering this free taster session. Places are limited.
Please phone the library to book.
· It is essential that you bring your own digital camera
· A field trip to Highgate Woods and the library garden will
be planned for this session if the weather is clear
Spring Gardening Club Workshop
Saturday 15 May, 14.00-16.00
Are you interested in gardening? Come along to this
workshop and have a go at preparing a seasonal hanging
basket. Please wear suitable clothing and gardening gloves.
Places are limited. Please phone the library to book.
hornsey
Hornsey Library
Haringey Park, London N8 9JA · Tel: 020 8489 1118
Mon-Fri 9-19.00, Sat 9.00-17.00, Sun 12.00-16.00
Art Exhibition
10-30 May
A small sample of the excellent art work that HALS learners
produce during courses held at Hornsey library will be
exhibited on the ground floor of the library. The exhibition will
demonstrate the progress achieved during these short art
courses. It will show the variety of the experimental techniques
and media used. Come to enjoy and to be inspired.
Photoshop Taster Session
Friday 21 May · 13.30-16.00
Explore Photoshop software and look at how you can manipulate
images and produce interesting and artistic results. Suitable for
beginners. Haringey Adult Learning Service is offering this free taster
session. Places limited, please phone the library to book.
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Fitness Tests Drop-In
hornsey
Tuesday 18 May · 11.00-16.00
Have your functional capacity tested. This includes grip strength,
balance, flexibility and a step test.
Digital Photography Workshop
Friday 21 May · 10.00-12.30
Learn how to take better photographs using a digital camera. Suitable
for beginners. Haringey Adult Learning Service is offering this free
taster session. Places are limited. Please phone the library to book.
· It’s essential that you bring your own digital camera
· A field trip to Hornsey library garden and fountain will be planned
for this session if the weather is clear
marcus garvey
Marcus Garvey Library
1 Philip Lane, London N15 4JA · Tel: 020 8489 5309
Mon-Fri 9.00-19.00, Sat 9.00-17.00, Sun 12.00-16.00
Art Exhibition
01-30 May
A small sample of the excellent art work that HALS learners produce
during courses held at art courses run by Haringey Adult Learning
Service will be exhibited on the ground floor of the library. The
exhibition will demonstrate the progress achieved during these short
art courses. It will show the variety of the experimental techniques
and media used. Come to enjoy and to be inspired.
Give Yourself an African Name
Wednesday 19 May · 11.00-12.00
Search online for the name that corresponds to your date of birth
following this interesting African tradition. Fun for all the family.
Blogging For Beginners
Wednesday 19 May · 10.00-12.00
What’s all the fuss about blogging? Would you like to find out how to
do it? Come and join this free workshop.
marcus garvey Film Night – “The Class”
Thursday 20 May · 19.00-21.00
“A fresh piece of humanist, realist, optimist cinema,
which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes”
This film is based on an autobiographical novel by author and former
teacher François Bégaudeau, about working at a tough multi-ethnic
school in the Parisian banlieux. Bégaudeau plays himself. His class
of 14 to 15 year-old kids in the film is made up of non-professionals,
and their unobtrusively superb and authentic classroom scenes have
evidently been devised through improvisation.
To book call 020 8489 5309/5350.
Turkish Language Literary Group Launch
Tuesday 18 May · 11.00
Our guest poet Yasar Ismailoglu will launch his new book “Evine
Dinemeyen Adam”. Friendly and informal. This event is free and open
to all. Organised by Haringey libraries and in association with the
Turkish Women’s Philanthropic Association.
muswell hill
Muswell Hill Library
1 Queen’s Avenue, London N10 3PE · Tel: 020 8489 8773
Mon-Fri 9.00-19.00, Sat 9.00-17.00
Haringey Adult Learning Service Information Desk
Tuesday 18 May · 15.00-17.00
· Are you thinking of joining a course to improve your skills?
· Would you like to learn something new?
· Do you want to get fit or join a course to have fun?
Drop in to find out what Haringey Adult Learning Service has to offer.
Fitness Tests Drop-In
Wednesday 19 May · 11.00-15.00
Have your functional capacity tested. This includes grip strength,
balance, flexibility and a step test.
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Life Coaching
Wednesday 19 May · 14.00-17.00
Café Coach will offer this free workshop with advice on how to make
positive choices and take control of your life, career and relationships.
Please phone the library for more information.
st ann’s
St Ann’s Library
Cissbury Road, London N15 5PU · Tel: 020 8489 8775
Mon-Fri 9.00-19.00, Sat 9.00-17.00
Driving Theory & Hazard Perception taster
Wednesday 19 May · 10.00-12.00
· Are you planning to take your driving Theory Test?
· Would you like to see what a mock Theory test looks like?
· Do you want to try the Hazard perception test?
Come to this taster to find out. Free but please phone the
library to book as places limited.
CV Writing Workshop
Wednesday 19 May · 11.00-13.30
Would you like to write a CV that will
highlight your best qualities and will give you
a winning chance when looking for a job?
Come and join this free workshop run by
Haringey Adult Learning Service. Places are
limited. Please phone the library to book.
Turkish Poetry & Tea Afternoon
Thursday 20 May · 11.00-14.00
Drop-in to this friendly and informal
gathering to discuss, read and create
poetry. This event is free and open to all.
Organised by Haringey libraries and in
association with the Turkish Women’s
Philanthropic Association.
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 Spring Gardening Club Workshop Observational Drawing

Friday 21 May · 11.00-13.00
Are you interested in gardening? Come along to this workshop
and have a go at preparing a seasonal hanging basket.
Please wear suitable clothing and gardening gloves.
Haringey Adult Learning Service is offering this free taster session.
Places are limited. Please phone the library to book.
Stroud Green Library
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wood green
Saturday 15 May · 13.00-16.00
Come and try drawing a cup, a toy car or a mannequin.
Basic techniques demonstrated by art HALS tutor. This fun activity is
open to all. All the work produce will be displayed.
Belly Dance Workshop
Saturday 15 May · 13.30-14.30
An experienced belly-dance HALS tutor will demonstrate a dance

routine and will explore some basic steps and movements with you.
Anybody can join this exciting workshop. Please wear loose clothing.
Quernmore Road, London N4 4QR · Tel: 020 8489 8776
Mon-Fri 9.00-19.00, Sat 9.00-17.00 Fitness Tests Drop-In
Saturday 15 May · 13.00-16.00
Japanese Paper Craft
Have your functional capacity tested. This includes grip strength,
Tuesday 18 May · 15.00-17.00
balance, flexibility and a step test.
An activity for all ages. Join this
workshop with a HALS art Business Start Up
teacher trained in the craft of Tuesday 18 May · 11.00-14.00
Japanese paper folding. Create Gain practical advice with this seminar which aims to provide an
Japanese dolls and learn how awareness and understanding of the structure and planning required
to fold paper to produce a to start a business. Learn the vital aspects for those considering
varied of beautiful objects. and commencing a business. Areas covered include:
· Introduction to starting up
Wood Green Library ·
·
Finding and managing money
Taxes and VAT
High Road, London N22 6XD · Tel: 020 8489 2700 · Sales and marketing
Mon-Fri 8.45-19.00, Sat 9.00-17.00, Sun 12.00-16.00 · Financial control and management
Booking is essential as numbers are limited.
The Big Picture – Everybody Draws!
Call now on 020 8489 2780. Offered free by The Business Lounge.
Saturday 15 May · 13.00-16.00
Word Processing Taster Session
A lively, fun, family drawing event at Wood Green Library. Everyone is
invited to drop in and make their mark. Would you like to find out Tuesday 18 May · 10.00-12.30
more? Please contact LaShanta Beaton on 020 8489 4772 or visit This is a basic introduction to word processing by an experienced
HALS reception on the second floor of Wood Green library. This is a HALS tutor. Suitable for beginners. Free but limited places.
Family Learning event offered free by Haringey Adult Learning Service. Please phone 020 8489 2500 to book.

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wood green Internet Taster Session
Broadwater Farm Community Centre

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Friday 21 May · 10.00-12.30
Adams Road, London N17 6HE · Tel: 020 8885 7773
This is a basic introduction to how to use the Internet by an
experienced HALS tutor. Suitable for beginners. I LEARN AT WORK DAY
Free but limited places. Please phone 020 8489 2500 to book. Thursday 20 May · 14.00-17.00
National Silver Surfers Day Information, Advice
Friday 21 May · 10.00-16.00 & Guidance
· Are you over 50? Experienced and qualified HALS
· Do you live in a Haringey Council property? Employment and Learning Advisers
· Are computers a complete mystery to you? will offer you guidance on:
Then why not come along to our fun, informal training sessions to · looking for work
get you started. We can help you get to grips with the basics, even if · finding out about courses
you have never used a computer before. Homes for Haringey are · filling in job application forms
offering free one hour slots to find out what all the fuss is about and · writing a CV
how computers can help you. So come along and get surfing. · getting ready for job interviews
Places are limited. To book a slot · planning what to do next
please call the Homes for Haringey Just drop-in. After speaking to our
Resident Involvement team on advisors you can make a free
020 8489 4463. Learn Direct Centre, appointment to have a full and
2nd Floor, Wood Green Library. confidential session at a time of your
Information Advice & preference. You can also be referred
Guidance Service at HALS to an Employability Skills Workshop.
If you are 20 plus you can use this Skills For Life Assessment Session
service so that our Employment and Are you wondering what your maths and English skills are like?
Learning Advisers can help you with: Do you think you can get a better job if you improved these skills?
· looking for work Are you thinking of getting a qualification in one of these areas but
· finding out about courses don’t know where to start? Come to this free assessment session.
· filling in job application forms
HALS Skills for Life team will run free Language, Literacy and
· writing a CV
Numeracy assessments. Qualified assessors will then advise and
· getting ready for job interviews
refer you to the appropriate course for your specific needs and level.
· planning what to do next
Use our Drop-In Service: Tuesday Henna Painting
between 13.00-16.00 or Thursday between 17.00-19.00. Book an Treat yourself! Come and experience the beautiful art of henna
Appointment to see an adviser or to enrol on to an Employability painting. Offered free by Haringey libraries. The artist reserves the
Skills Workshop by phoning 020 8489 2500. right to impose limit on designs and numbers.

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