Wairarapa Computers In Homes

This is the last post for 2011 and we wish all the people we have worked with the best of christmas breaks and looking forward to working together again in 2012. We will have some extra things to offer and look to make the most of our opportunities in the year ahead. Martha and Peter

To Emma Smythe for receiving an Outstanding Learner Award, and to Lisa Gray, our main trainer, on receiving an Exceptional Adult Educator award; at this years Adult Learners' Week He Tāngata Mātauranga.

We are delighted that we will be offering Stepping Up  next year to complement our work with Computers In Homes. Stepping Up  will be offered to our Computer In Homes Graduates after they have had a while to know what they would love to do next. This could be downloading images from a digital camera to the computer Learning to burn a CD or DVD. Editing photos in Picassa,  and many more things. Great eh. I know Martha and Lisa are really excited about this.

We had yet another wonderful graduation event on Thursday 6th October. We ran out of chairs and our space was absolutely full. It is fantastic to see so many whanau members supporting their trainees.  Enjoy the photos! Many thanks to Makoura College for the venue, and to Ronald, Jo, Sandy and Wendel for making the presentations. That's 71 graduates in total now! Peter and Martha Reward for a great effort Packed with family, friends and employers! Fantastic... YES! 4th Graduation Cake Martha and Peter sorting things before the start.

Tonight we graduate another 23 people. It is just wonderful to see the progress we have made. Special thanks to the team who have made this happen, especially Martha and Lisa. Also to the tech team from Computer Partners who have given a lot of 'quiet' support, AND none of this could have happened without the vision, skill and passion of the 2020 Communication Trust and the Computer In Homes crew; Laurence, Di and Naiki! More of the graduation soon. Our Coordinator preparing the computers for the graduation!

This term I have started 3 day classes which are underway now. Tuesday and Wednesday @ 12 - 2.30pm and Friday morning 9.30 - 12pm so we have 24 people underway. They will graduate October 6th 2011. There will be no classes for Masterton during Term 4, but we will be organising participants to begin in February 2012. Also we hope to be starting 3 classes in Pahiatua soon which they will overlap  into the last term when they will graduate.

At this graduation we had Te Kura Kaupapa, Ko Te Aroha and Makoura graduates. It was a packed house, beautiful atmosphere. The feedback from the whanau supporters was great and the students got up to speak which was good and they said the same as the Lakeview graduates . Here is an example, one father said if it wasn't for this course to teach him even how to turn on a computer he wouldn't of bothered about it only because his 6yr old son kept telling him he had to get one to help him with his school work. Also the kai was yummy. Our awesome C.I.H. cake Principal Pirihira Haira Of Te Kura Kaupapa O Wairarapa presenting Raewyn and Adrian Thompson with their  C.I.H.certificates. Chairman of Ko Te Aroha, Peter McNeur presenting Marata Ihaia with her C.I.H. certificate.                                              ...