Are you 19 – 24 and Looking for Work?
SMWA’s Youth Employment Programme can help you find employment through:
Individual sessions with a dedicated tutor
Workshops and activities that show you how to find and apply for jobs
4 weeks on work placement
A residential to develop important
workplace skills
All for FREE!
You will also have FREE access to:
- A crèche for children aged 6 months to 5 years
- An ICT suite with the latest versions of
Microsoft Office software - Training in first aid, health and safety and
customer care skills - Support and counselling from centre staff
Contact us
Sign up in from January 4th 2012 to get started immediately.
Either
- drop in to the Centre at any time between 10.00am and 4.00pm
- call Yvonne on 020 7732 8053 or 07803 051029
- Email: y.ryszkowska@smwa.org.uk
Shelina Jan Mohamed at SMWA
On October 22nd 2011 Shelina Jan Mohamed, the British Muslim novelist, writer of ‘Love in a Headscarf’ came to give a talk and run a workshop at our Bellenden Centre.
15 women attended, some of whom were not native English speakers but all were brave enough to attend a workshop run in a different language about writing!
Shelina is a very practiced speaker and made everyone feel relaxed at confident, before asking the participants to do various writing exercises.
We were asked to write down our favourite colours and then write a memory linked to the colour we had chosen.
What an amazing range of memories: Some remembered sad events in their lives, others happy moments.
We were all able to construct stories around our lives and felt comfortale and confident enough to speak about very personal times and concerns,
communicating about issues most relevant to ourselves.
We hope to invite her again as this workshop was given great feedback.
New Courses Starting in January – Sign Up! Join In!
Telephone Roseda: 0207 732 8053
Email: smwasmwa@aol.com or r.boodoo@smwa.org.uk
Or drop into the centre to find out more about our upcoming courses.
| Course | Number of Weeks | Start Date |
| Fashion and Sewing | 10 weeks | 10 Jan 2012 |
| Zumba Fitness | 6 weeks | 10 Jan 2012 |
| ESOL Pre Entry/E1 | 10 weeks | 9 Jan 2012 |
| Intro to beauty and Hair | 6 weeks | 14 Jan 2012 |
| Digital Awareness 50+ | 6 weeks | 12 Jan 2012 |
| ESOl for driving tests | 6 weeks | 6 Feb 2012 |
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED – Writer’s talk
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED
‘Love in a Headscarf’
We are very excited to have this wonderful author come to
share her experience, of life, love and writing.
There are a limited number of creche places available.
email:Emma at e.roperevans@smwa.org.uk to book a place
New Course – ICT Skills For Work
ICT Skills For Work – New Course
From November to December 2011
Details
Short course – non accredited
Course date: November to December 2011
Interview/Assessment: 3/11/11
Course starts: 10/11/11 to 8/12/11
Days: Thursdays
Time: 10.00 to 12.00 pm
Registration fees: £20.00
Course fees : FREE
Course outline:
Improve your computer skills to get a job; Identify and research your career pathway and develop a career plan ; Develop IT skills which can be used at work, use the internet to research and find job opportunities ;
Support you to create and design a CV, learn to write covering letters; Help you to gain confidence in interview skills.
Creche facilities for Under 5’s!
BOOK NOW!
Limited places available.
Telephone Roseda: 0207 732 8053
Email: smwasmwa@aol.com or r.boodoo@smwa.org.uk
You must have basic mouse and keyboard skills to join this course.
Enrolement Open Days
Enrolement Open Days
Sign up for Courses on September 5th, 6th, and 7th
Time: 10.30 pm - 2.oo pm
Place: Bellenden Old School, Bellenden Rd, London, SE15 4DG
Courses on offer:
ESOL Entry Level 1, 2 and 3
ESOL Level 1 with Literacy
CIEH Level 2 Food and Safety
First Aid
Functional Skills for Computers
Early Years Foundation in Childcare
Citizenship
Numeracy
Employment Training
Fashion
IT Skills For Work
Family Learning
Keep Fit with nutrition
Sign Up Now!
Summer Fashion Show at SMWA Friday 15th July 2011
Come and view the wonderful work by our BTEC Textile students.
New work specializing in printed textiles through the use of the
London Printworks Trust screen printing studios in Brixton.
EXHIBITION AND CATWALK SHOW
4.00 pm
Bellenden Road
SE15 4DG
Click and print the invitation
SMWA at the Aylesbury – Open Day 29th July 2011
Open Day and Enrolment at the Aylesbury Estate
Next year SMWA will be running courses at both Bellenden Road and Aylesbury
We will be enroling for courses on so please drop in to find out more!
Friday 29th July
11.00 am – 3.00 pm
at
Thurlow Lodge Community Hall
Thurlow Street, SE17 2US Telephone:
020 7701 4141 Extn 261 or 262(Aylesbury)
ESOL Entry Level 1, 2 and 3 – ESOL Level 1 – Food and Safety – First Aid – Introduction to Computers – Functional Skills for Computers – Early Years Foundation in Childcare
Bridging Communities – Journey to Makkah
These postcards inspired one of our Bridging Communites members to
tell the story of her journey to Makkah.
Take a look at her story in this PowerPoint presentation.
Makkah-Madinah by Zahra
Bridging Communities – From Comoros to Paris
The object I have chosen is a book, a French book “A Paris, de la langue à la civilisation “(From the language to the civilisation).
It is a civilisation‘s book which aims to teach French civilisation through grammar to people whose English is not their first language.
This book belongs to my mother who used it in class after she arrived from the Comoros Islands, a French colony at that time, early 1975. It helped her familiarise herself with French society and improve her French.
My mother used that book and helped my siblings and myself with our homework as it is a source of grammar lessons and exercises. I used it in France when I was a tutor and brought it here and am still using it to prepare my lesson.
The Comoros are formed of four islands Ngazidja, Mwali, Ndzwani and Mahore. When a referendum in late 1975, had been held to decide whether the Comorians wanted their independence, Mahore voted to remain French colony.
Before the French arrived in the islands in 19th century Indian, Chinese, Persian and Arabic settled. It explains the various type of person of Comorians people even in the same family.
In the 10th century some Muslim buyids (Persian Muslim) had been expelled and roamed the Indian Ocean and found the Comoros Islands. It is believed that they were the first to bring Islam to the Islands.
Islam is followed today by 99 percent of Comorians.
By F.A
