Virtual Enrichment Programme Account

March Virtual Enrichment 2021 Programme DO MORE, BE MORE!

2 3 IMPORTANT REMINDER Welcome to the Using Zoom and Teams with College Credentials MORE, BE MORE! When accessing the activities, please make sure DO you are using a Zoom account with a college email address and on the college domain, the same as online learning. Do not use a personal Virtual Enrichment Programme account. This is to ensure that these Zoom activities are secure and allow for a streamlined experience. We hope that you will all take the opportunity to learn Instructions on how to set up accounts for Zoom a new skill, try something different or simply enjoy using college credentials are given in the links some fun downtime with your friends and tutors. below:

Each activity is hosted by a member of staff who will be sharing their hobbies and Croydon students interests over ZOOM. You can participate in as many activities as you like and all of the ZOOM links are featured in this interactive brochure – simply click on the activity on the right day and time and join in the fun! Coulsdon students

You can also use the interactive yellow arrows to quickly navigate around. Similarly with Teams, make sure you are accessing Teams from the link within the ‘Apps’ section in Please contact Michael Clarke, Student Experience Officer at either Moodle, and use your college email credentials [email protected] or [email protected] if you need any more information, have ideas for other activities that we should be adding into the programme or need help accessing the sessions. register your interest

To help the teachers plan ahead, please fill in the registration form with the activities you plan on attending this week.

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TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

Music Showcase Art Club Digital Art Workshop Yoga With Simon Maddison With Neal Vaughan With Helena Vaughan With Sharon Marett-Gregory Tues Time Time 12.40pm – 1.10pm 12.50pm – 1.30pm 12.40pm – 1.10pm Time 11.10am - 12.15pm In this session, Simon will be curating pre- Have fun drawing expressive self-portraits live on Introducing you to applications to help you create recorded covers and originals created by Zoom with professional artist and Coulsdon Sixth digital art at home. The session will provide you with Feel more relaxed, improve your flexibility and students and staff. Please email your pieces to Form College’s Visual Art A Level Course Leader, helpful tips and techniques to extend your skills and enhance your physical and mental wellbeing. [email protected] in advance for Neal Vaughan. You will need paper, pencils and improve your grades. future shows. either colour pencils or colour felt pens and if you Please note: If students wanting to take part have want to be messy you could use charcoal, pastels Email Helena Vaughan at any relevant health issues, please contact Sharon When lockdown restrictions relax, Simon intends and even paint. [email protected] for the invite link. to develop this event into a mixture of live radio privately on 07828 963729 to discuss suitability/ broadcasts and live lunchtime shows across the adjustments. College. Students and staff could get interviews Go to session and performance opportunities down the line Go to session just by submitting their songs now.

Passcode: 404499 Go to session DO MORE, weekly sessions BE MORE!

THURSDAY FRIDAY

Tea and Talk Drama Songwriting Workshop With Michael Clarke With Alysa Jeraj With Paul Tornbohm and Josephine Ofili Time Time Time 1pm - 1.30pm 1.30pm – 2.15pm 3.10pm - 3.40pm Explore the world of drama through fun games and Do you love song writing? Could you be the next songbird of your generation? exciting energisers to help you feel motivated and Join us with a cuppa for a virtual chat and confident. In our songwriting Workshop, led by Paul Tornbohm Course Leader for Music at Coulsdon College and meet new people! composer for Spontaneous Theatre Productions, you will learn how to develop your song writing ability, how successful pop songs are created, how you can create your own recordings at home with free and Go to session Go to session paid music software, and how you can share these online.

This is a 10 week course running every Friday from 15th January to 26th March excluding Friday PASSCODE: hello February 19th (half term).

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8 MARCH 2021

For this year’s International Women’s Day, Croydon College and Coulsdon Sixth Form College reached out to four female poets:

- Shaniqua Benjamin - Esther SHANIQUA BENJAMIN ESTHER PAULA NAVARO FLORES TYREIS HOLDER - Paula Navaro Flores Shaniqua is a spoken word poet, Esther is an activist for many things - I’m a 21 year old student, immigrant, Tyreis is a Poet and Visual Storyteller - Tyreis Holder writer, creative workshop facilitator, two of them being ICFree; a campaign woman and Chilean-Londoner. I use from South London, with heritage and Croydon’s first Poet Laureate. that aims to end the criminalisation many mediums of art including poetry, reigning from Jamaican/St Vincent. They are performing some She draws inspiration from her life of black and brown students, and painting, creative gardening and music Her practise centres around experiences to create meaningful The Halo Code that aims to end hair and like many artists, I’m inspired by the explorations of self and identity, the original poetry on the theme pieces of writing. discrimination in the workplace and people, world and events around me. relationship with the mind, particularly of women and International schools. Esther co-founded both of within regards to navigating colonial Shaniqua wrote the lyrics for the these campaigns. International Women’s Day is a spaces. Women’s Day. London Mozart Players’ Anthem for necessary event, that hopefully one day Peace, wrote and performed a specially International Women’s Day is important will not be required, which recognises Bringing lived experiences into commissioned poem for the reopening to me as it’s day where all women of the countless accomplishments and her practice, she aims to generate Watch now of Fairfield Halls, and she also wrote different races, countries, cultures and advances of all women, we must not conversations around how social and poems for both of Croydon’s bid for religions are celebrated and reminded however, think that this means equality intimate spaces are shaped through London Borough of Culture. of their powerful contributions to has been reached. We must continue race, community, class, sexuality and society. to question the norm and never forgot culture. International women’s day Women are amazing and so incredibly that there are millions of girls and holds an importance for me as women strong, but don’t always get the credit women with little to no freedom or have been periodically/historically we’re due, which makes celebrating agency, and that we are surrounding by unappreciated, particularly black women so wonderful and important. casual and unaware discrimination.’ women. This day lets us recognise and celebrate the beauty, essence and strength of being a woman. DO MORE, watch on demand BE MORE!

WATCH NOW WATCH NOW COMING SOON

Bookbinding Fun with Social Media Squad With Christa Book Covers The College’s marketing department are Demetriou With Claire Alonge seeking to build a Social Media Squad Bookbinding Intro Part 1 (9 minutes) made up of a creative group of current A three-part introduction to single Watch here Learn to create your own custom book Croydon College, Coulsdon Sixth Form section bookbinding, using tools cover out of materials you have at home, College and Croydon University Centre and materials that can easily be to protect and personalise your most students. found within the home. Bookbinding Intro Part 2 (10 minutes) treasured novels. The aim of the Social Media Squad is to help the Safety Tips: Watch here College marketing team to support and promote • Take care when using sharp tools, always Watch here College marketing campaigns and events, create social cut away from yourself. media content and show what it’s like to study with us. • Avoid working when you’re tired. Bookbinding Intro Part 3 (8 minutes) To find out more, please email • Make sure your working area is securely Watch here [email protected] separated from any children or animals. • Keep your workstation tidy and free from Drawing Faces hazards. These can also be reached via the Tech Lab • Keep food and drink away from your page on Croydon’s Moodle. With Claire Alonge working area. Click here Time Available to watch now

Learn how to draw accurate and visually striking faces at your own pace with this step-by-step video guide.

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BOOK YOUR TICKETS

Time Thursday 11 March, 4:30pm and 5:30pm

Our Virtual Open Events are a fantastic opportunity to discover our courses, learn about our great facilities and meet with lecturers and students about studying at Croydon University Centre.

We offer Degrees, HNCs, Access and higher-level Apprenticeships here at Croydon University Centre so can cater for all levels and help you to springboard your career aspirations. We look forward to meeting you at our next virtual open event Thursday 11 March, 4:30pm and 5:30pm.

Book your place Year 11 Students and parents are invited to hear from tutors alongside past and present students and industry speakers about courses and what career paths they could lead to. March Virtual Open Events

Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday 3 March 10 March 17 March 5.30pm – 7pm 5.30pm – 7pm 5.30pm – 7pm Science Business English & Spanish

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All events FREE to attend via ZOOM where you will be able to move between subject rooms to hear from the speakers and ask questions. INTERESTED IN A CAREER IN CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING? INTERESTED IN A CAREER IN CONSTRUCTION Join & our virtual Careers Event: INTERESTEDENGINEERING? IN A CAREER Meet the Construction Apprentice Employer IN CONSTRUCTION & Thursday 18th March from 9am – 11am Join our virtual Careers Event: INTERESTEDENGINEERING? IN A CAREER The Croydon College World of Work team have joined forces with the Croydon Constructing Excellence Club to IN CONSTRUCTION Meet the Construction & Apprenticeprovide Employer an opportunity for you to meet a wide variety of Join our virtual Thursday Careers 18th MarchEvent: from 9am – Croydon11am based employers in the construction and INTERESTEDENGINEERING? IN A CAREER engineering sectors. IN CONSTRUCTION Meet the Construction & Apprentice Employer Meet with Individual companies The Croydon College World of Work team have joined Join our virtual Thursday Careers 18th Event: March from 9am – 11am Learn more about apprenticeship roles forces with the Croydon Constructing Excellence Club to ENGINEERING? provide an opportunity for you to meet a wide variety Move of freely between subjectDO MORE,rooms Meet the Construction ApprenticeCroydon based Employer employers in the construction and Free to attend via ZOOM engineering sectors. BE MORE! career pathways Join our virtual Thursday monthCareers 18thThe Event: March Croydon from College 9am World – 11amof Work team have joined forces with the Croydon Constructing Excellence Club to provide an opportunity Meet for with you Individual to meet a companies wide variety of Meet the Construction ApprenticeCroydon based Employer employers Learn morein the about construction apprenticeship and roles engineering sectors. Thursday 18thThe CroydonMarch Collegefrom 9amWorld –of 11am Work team Move have freely joined between subject rooms forces with the Croydon Constructing Excellence Club to Free to attend via ZOOM Register now INTERESTED IN A CAREERprovide an opportunity forMeet you with to meetIndividual a wide companies variety of Croydon based employers Learn in the more construction about apprenticeship and roles engineering sectors. IN CONSTRUCTIONThe Croydon College& World of Work team Move have freelyjoined between subject rooms forces with the Croydon Constructing Excellence Club to Free to attend via ZOOM provide an opportunity Meet for withyou toIndividual meet a widecompanies variety of ENGINEERING? Croydon based employers Learn in more the constructionabout apprenticeship and roles engineering sectors. Register now Move freely between subject rooms Free to attend via ZOOM Join our virtual Careers Event: Meet with Individual companies Learn more about apprenticeship roles Register now Meet the Construction Apprentice Move Employer freely between subject rooms Free to attend via ZOOM Thursday 18th March from 9am – 11am Register now

The Croydon College World of Work team have joined forces with the Croydon Constructing Excellence ClubRegister to now provide an opportunity for you to meet a wide variety of Croydon based employers in the construction and engineering sectors.

Meet with Individual companies Learn more about apprenticeship roles Move freely between subject rooms Free to attend via ZOOM

Register now Students are invited to come along and hear from tutors plus guest speakers about the courses on offer and what career paths they could lead to.

The subject content at each session will be as follows:

Session one at 4.30pm Session one at 5.30pm

Art and Design & Fashion Public Services & Sport Media & Arts Science Performing Arts & Music Hospitality & Catering Business & IT Construction & Engineering Travel Motor Vehicle Childcare Hair & Beauty Health & Social Care ESOL, Maths & English Apprenticeships DO MORE,Apprenticeships career pathways month BE MORE! All events FREE to attend via ZOOM where you will be able to move between subject rooms to hear from the speakers and ask questions.

Students are invited to come along and hear from tutors plus guest speakers about the courses on offer and what career paths they could lead to.

The subject content at each session will be as follows:

Session one at 4.30pm Session one at 5.30pm

All events FREE to attend via ZOOM where you will be able to move between subject rooms to hear from the speakers and ask questions.