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National Lottery Funded / European Union

Building Better Opportunities

Aspire Sussex is lead partner in two Building Better Opportunities projects which are funded by the European Social Fund and The National Lottery Community Fund.

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Botanical Illustration: For the Christmas Season

The course is about learning to create botanical illustrations of species associated with the season of Christmas. There will be an emphasis on drawing with precision and accuracy, including observational drawing of botanical structures, the science of botany, composition skills, and using watercolour painting techniques suitable for botanical illustration.

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Calligraphy: Christmas Cards for Beginners

This course is perfect for those who would like an insight into the art of calligraphy. You will have the opportunity to learn about some basic creative lettering styles, using a range of calligraphy pens and inks. You will be able to practise these letter forms to build your confidence and then create words and phrases to design a personalised calligraphy art work.

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CACHE Level 1 Award in Introduction to Early Years Settings (Childcare)

This course provides a nationally recognised qualification that will enable you to gain a basic knowledge of childcare in early years environments. It includes the value of play, roles and responsibilities of carers and volunteers, and the importance of developing links in the local community. It covers working with children up to the age of 5 years. The qualification is aimed at parents and volunteers wishing to participate in the provision made by early years environments, such as pre-schools.

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Cake Decorating: Christmas Modelling Workshop

The aim of the workshop is to make some cute characters (Father Christmas & Rudolf & Elf) from sugarpaste that can be used on your Christmas cake. Students will learn the concepts, procedures, & techniques needed for moulding and making some characters from sugarpaste; working towards an improvement of their skills. As a guide, by the end of the course you should be able to: Mould and form sugarpaste and look at proportions; Practise techniques of modelling a character – free from cracks; Colour sugarpaste;

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Piping Techniques for Christmas Cakes

Students will practise their piping skills using both buttercream and royal icing on this 3 week course. We will practice with different nozzles onto a practise board before piping onto a cake/dummy. The buttercream piping will be onto cupcakes – all with a festive theme!

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Level 2 Diploma Beauty Therapy Studies

The course covers the following practical units. Manicure, pedicure, facial skincare, eye treatments, waxing and make-up. There are also supporting theory units of health and safety, working in the beauty industry, reception and anatomy and physiology. This course is professional standard level 2 qualification enabling students to go into the beauty industry after obtaining the qualification. NB NO CLASS MONDAY 8 JUNE 2020 DUE TO GCSE EXAM

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