Adult and Family Learning
Adult and Family Learning Summer 2010
Welcome to the Summer Term programme.
Most of our courses are suitable for complete beginners, so come along and enjoy lifelong learning. Examples of sessions in each programme area are given below, but please download full programme details from the panel on the right.
We look forward to meeting you soon.
Taster Sessions
Try something new. This programme offers short, single sessions on a variety of topics including many crafts, health and well-being, cookery and languages. Download the full programme on the right.
Please note that the small fee charged for Taster sessions is payable at the start of the session.
First Steps into Learning
If you are new to learning or you need more self confidence, why not enrol on one of our free First Steps courses. This term you can gain confidence through drawing, become your own life coach or learn skills for work. These courses run for 4 or more sessions. Download the full programme from the panel on the right.
Next Steps in Learning
These short courses enable you to learn a little bit more about popular subjects including calligraphy, wine tasting and summer cooking. Download the full programme from the panel on the right.
The fee for these courses is payable at the time of booking, but we offer a fee reduction for anyone on means-tested benefits – please ask when you book. Please note that fees are not refundable unless we cancel the course. You can download a payment form for Next Step courses from the panel on the right.
Computer and Photography Courses
If you are new to computing, our UKonline courses will help you get started.
‘First Time on a Computer’ is designed to help absolute beginners to become familiar with computer jargon, using a mouse and keyboard, the internet and email. It is free and lasts for 10 hours over two or more sessions.
Once you know the basics, you can enrol on our many low cost, introductory taster sessions on a wide range of computer topics using Microsoft Office 2007 or 2003. Come along and learn how to create a letter and print labels in Microsoft Word, how to use a scanner or how to create a card in Microsoft Publisher. You can also learn about Facebook, how to buy and sell on eBay, shop online and much more.
Our photography taster sessions include buying or using a digital camera, learning how to take better photographs, manipulating and printing your digital images.
Download the full programme of computer and photography courses from the panel on the right.
The small fee charged for these sessions is payable at the start of the session.
If you need advice about our computer or photography courses, please ring Bracknell Open Learning Centre on 01344 457427 and ask for Jayne.
Next Step Computer and Photography Courses
The three short courses in this term’s UKonline Next Step programme are Introduction to Dreamweaver, Further Family History and Photoshop Elements.
The fee for these courses is payable at the time of booking, but we offer a fee reduction for anyone on means-tested benefits – please ask when you book. Please note that fees are not refundable unless we cancel the course. You can download a payment form for Next Step courses from the panel on the right.
The Learning Bus
Our Learning Bus is a fully equipped mobile classroom. If you would like to improve your English or Maths skills, book a skills check at a convenient location and enrol on a course. Sessions are free. Download the programme details from the panel on the right.
If you need further information about courses on the Learning Bus, please ring Bracknell Open Learning Centre on 01344 457427 and ask for Fiona.
Grow Our Own
Local jobs for local people. This is a relatively new service for Bracknell Forest providing free information and advice on employment and skills development for job seekers and anyone at risk of redundancy or planning to return to work.
A free drop-in service runs at Bracknell Open Learning Centre every Thursday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Programme details for skills and development courses are available on the Grow Our Own website.
Please ring 01344 354220 for further information or to book a Grow Our Own course.
Information and Enrolment
Copies of our programmes are available from our Open Learning Centres, Libraries and Council buildings – or you can download the details from the panel on the right.
For more information on any of these programmes or to book a course, call
Natalie at Bracknell Open Learning Centre on 01344 457427.
When you enrol on any session, please let us know if you have any special needs or require additional support to enable you to participate in the course. If we know your requirements in advance, we will do our best to provide appropriate assistance for you.
Except where indicated, courses take place at:
Bracknell Open Learning Centre – Rectory Lane, Easthampstead, Bracknell RG12 7GR (next to Brakenhale Secondary School) or
Sandhurst Open Learning Centre – Owlsmoor Road, Owlsmoor, Sandhurst GU47 0SD (next to Sandhurst Secondary School)
Please note that our programme is funded by Government grant and we are required to collect information about our learners so that the Government can monitor how we are spending this public money. At the start of your course you will be asked to complete an enrolment form and provide evidence to prove your identity. Please comply with these requirements – our funding to provide future courses depends on it.
Please note that you will require small change to purchase refreshments at Sandhurst Open Learning Centre, but tea and coffee are free of charge at Bracknell Open Learning Centre.
Please bring a packed lunch if you attend a day-long course.
Looking for a longer courses?
Bracknell and Wokingham College is the main further education provider in the Borough and one of the largest and most successful in the area. The College offers an extensive part-time programme of courses in various locations and at different times of the day. They also offer full-time courses.
Take a look at the Bracknell and Wokingham College website to see the wide range of courses available or telephone the College for information about their programmes on 0845 330 3343.
Getting Started
Knowing how to get started can sometimes be a problem. If you need more information, please contact the Council’s Lifelong Learning Team on 01344 354128.
‘Bracknell Forest: a community learning together for a successful future, where learning is valued and is an entitlement for all’.
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Downloads
First Steps into Learning (141kb)- Taster Sessions (223kb)
- Next Steps in Learning (258kb)
- Next Steps Payment Form (21kb)
- Computer and Photography Courses (2321kb)
- Next Step Computer and Photography Courses (691kb)
- The Learning Bus (404kb)
- Learner Handbook 2009 to 2010 (212kb)
- Bracknell Forest Adult Learning Development Plan 2009 to 2010 (97kb)
