Hello again!
Term 3 is flying along and yet again I've been surprised by the halfway point. I've been looking back over pictures of the work we've seen since I last reported and I'm so impressed! Many of the kids have been choosing tough projects and rising to the challenge, and I'm so proud of them! Let's take a look at some of the evidence of weeks of hard work.
Here we have the end result of a dress basically designed from a picture on the internet - lots of patience required with fitting and drawing out pattern pieces by hand, and then also a zipper insertion.
Term 3 is flying along and yet again I've been surprised by the halfway point. I've been looking back over pictures of the work we've seen since I last reported and I'm so impressed! Many of the kids have been choosing tough projects and rising to the challenge, and I'm so proud of them! Let's take a look at some of the evidence of weeks of hard work.
Here we have the end result of a dress basically designed from a picture on the internet - lots of patience required with fitting and drawing out pattern pieces by hand, and then also a zipper insertion.
Here's that zipper insertion on a similar pinafore dress by one of our other students. Lots of careful, painstaking work by these girls - well done!
We've continued our embroidery skill-building with lots of kids choosing to stitch a design - many of them taking their projects home to work independently between classes and over the holidays. What great commitment!
And best of all, we've seen some great expressions of creativity - kids developing an original idea and learning new skills to make that idea come alive.
One thing I've been especially pleased to see over the past months is the friendships that have developed among the students. Many of them have been working together in the same groups now for quite some time, and we've been seeing great teamwork and camaraderie. Sewing has so many purposes other than to simply learn a practical skill - it's an opportunity to connect with people, relax, and take life one stitch at a time.
This pursuit of mindfulness is one we usually take very seriously in our Thursday adult classes, but just lately we've been getting all goal-oriented and have picked up projects for two dresses and an opera wrap which are requiring a bit more focus. I look forward to showing you the results of those in my next update!
Which brings me to the nitty gritty part of our newsletter - enrolment time. I won't have time to provide holiday classes this Spring I'm afraid so my next holiday offering is expected to be in the Christmas break. I always aim to put on a Christmas-themed camp in the week after school finishes up and then a Summer camp during January. I will give you the dates for sign-up for each of those camps in the next newsletter. For now, let's focus on Term 4, starting with some dates. As always I will remind you of these events on Facebook as they come up.
Term 4 Children's Weekly Classes
The new enrolment procedure worked well last term with people being fabulously patient and waiting for their turn to enrol online. I still have a waiting list as long as my arm and I'm doing my best to get everyone the class they need. If you are on the list and haven't heard from me yet, I haven't forgotten you, it just means a suitable place hasn't become available yet.
On Tuesday 29 August, Term 4 re-enrolment will be made available online for those who would like their child to remain in their current session - if this is you, you need to make your payment by Tuesday 5 September.
From Wednesday 6 September I will be calling people on my waiting lists to offer remaining places, starting with existing customers who would like to change to a different session time and then following with new customers.
From Tuesday 12 September any remaining places will be made available to other newcomers.
If your child is currently enrolled but you would like to change their session to another time or day in Term 4, please send me an email or give me a ring as soon as you can so I can put you on my waiting list for that session.
Thanks to everyone in advance once again for being so patient with this process. With such limited class sizes it's always a challenge to make sure classes don't mistakenly become overbooked and that nobody misses out. If you do find you accidentally book in the wrong session, don't panic - I will be refunding those payments when I see them crop up and will shoot you an email to let you know.
This term I have been trying to organise makeup sessions for children who aren't able to attend a class. If you know your child is going to be missing a future class or if it's the day of the class and your child is unwell, please let me know as soon as you can. If I have enough lead time to put someone else into your spot, there is more chance of me finding a free spot for you!
Adult weekly classes
I'll be putting adult classes on again for Term 4, with enrolment dates to be revealed soon. So stay tuned!
Thanks everyone for another wonderful term! Have a great week and I will see you all soon.
Cheers
Rebecca
This pursuit of mindfulness is one we usually take very seriously in our Thursday adult classes, but just lately we've been getting all goal-oriented and have picked up projects for two dresses and an opera wrap which are requiring a bit more focus. I look forward to showing you the results of those in my next update!
Which brings me to the nitty gritty part of our newsletter - enrolment time. I won't have time to provide holiday classes this Spring I'm afraid so my next holiday offering is expected to be in the Christmas break. I always aim to put on a Christmas-themed camp in the week after school finishes up and then a Summer camp during January. I will give you the dates for sign-up for each of those camps in the next newsletter. For now, let's focus on Term 4, starting with some dates. As always I will remind you of these events on Facebook as they come up.
Term 4 Children's Weekly Classes
The new enrolment procedure worked well last term with people being fabulously patient and waiting for their turn to enrol online. I still have a waiting list as long as my arm and I'm doing my best to get everyone the class they need. If you are on the list and haven't heard from me yet, I haven't forgotten you, it just means a suitable place hasn't become available yet.
On Tuesday 29 August, Term 4 re-enrolment will be made available online for those who would like their child to remain in their current session - if this is you, you need to make your payment by Tuesday 5 September.
From Wednesday 6 September I will be calling people on my waiting lists to offer remaining places, starting with existing customers who would like to change to a different session time and then following with new customers.
From Tuesday 12 September any remaining places will be made available to other newcomers.
If your child is currently enrolled but you would like to change their session to another time or day in Term 4, please send me an email or give me a ring as soon as you can so I can put you on my waiting list for that session.
Thanks to everyone in advance once again for being so patient with this process. With such limited class sizes it's always a challenge to make sure classes don't mistakenly become overbooked and that nobody misses out. If you do find you accidentally book in the wrong session, don't panic - I will be refunding those payments when I see them crop up and will shoot you an email to let you know.
This term I have been trying to organise makeup sessions for children who aren't able to attend a class. If you know your child is going to be missing a future class or if it's the day of the class and your child is unwell, please let me know as soon as you can. If I have enough lead time to put someone else into your spot, there is more chance of me finding a free spot for you!
Adult weekly classes
I'll be putting adult classes on again for Term 4, with enrolment dates to be revealed soon. So stay tuned!
Thanks everyone for another wonderful term! Have a great week and I will see you all soon.
Cheers
Rebecca
