Reading For Pleasure more than a book group

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2 Sutton College are committed to providing alternative learning opportunities in different ways. We recognise that the College has a key role in the community in supporting and facilitating groups to continue to learn. We are delighted to be working with several External Learning Groups in , offering a range of learning opportunities. External Learning Groups are not part of Sutton College s programme, but we have checked the way they will be working and ensured our College values are met. Sutton College encourage you to look through this year s programme, we are confident you will find something of interest. Please contact the leader of the group directly using the details they have provided. Your contract/ agreement will be with the group leader and not with Sutton College. You will pay course fees to the group leader and not to Sutton College. All queries related to the course should be sent to the group leader. You will not be enrolled as a Sutton College student. Responsibility for the running of the course and associated quality assurance and health and safety is solely with the named group leader. Should you wish to establish your own External Learning Group and benefit from our facilities and promotion on our website, please contact Sutton College at curriculum@suttoncollege.ac.uk to discuss fees.

3 Autumn Term 2016

4 Literary London Walks 13th September 2016, 14:00-16:00, 8 week course Learn about the many famous London writers, including Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dickens, Oscar Wilde, and Virginia Woolf. You will hear about the stories and characters they created, and the places they lived and worked on a series of guided walks in Soho, Covent Garden, Clerkenwell, Southwark, Mayfair, Bloomsbury, and the City. Cost: 58 Group Leader: Brain Cookson brian.cookson@ndirect.co.uk Tel: Reading For Pleasure more than a book group 15th September 2016, 14:45-16:45, 22 week course (Term Time, every Thursday) A diverse, friendly collective, we aim to develop knowledge of literature through reading and tutor-led discussions of a wide range of novels, plays and poetry. This autumn we are studying works by Dickens, Trollope, Maupassant, Alcott, du Maurier, Elizabeth Jane Howard and Kate Atkinson. Interested? Full list of titles and authors- The Beautiful Visit - Elizabeth Jane Howard The Warden - Anthony Trollope Short Stories - Guy de Maupassant Life after LIfe - Kate Atkinson An Old Fashioned Girl - Louisa M Alcott My Cousin Rachel - Daphne du Maurier A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens Cost: TBC Group Leader: Linda Jones linda@waddon.fsnet.co.uk Tel:

5 The County Line Dance Club (Intermediate/Advanced) 29th September 2016, 20:00-21:30, 30 week course This is a self-run group, which was formerly a Sutton College Line Dance class. Dances are led and taught by members of the group. The aims are to improve physical and mental wellbeing by participating in an enjoyable dance activity within a welcoming and friendly social atmosphere. Cost: 60 full year ( 40 Spring onwards; 20 summer onwards) Group Leader: Sue Carless sue.carless@blueyonder.co.uk Tel: Phoenix Concert Band 23rd September 2016, 19:15-21:15, 31 week course The band, consisting of over 30 members, plays a varied repertoire of music written or arranged for concert band performance. During our weekly rehearsals we learn new pieces and prepare for occasional public performances. We are mainly intermediates with a reasonable sight reading ability and new players of lower brass instruments would be particularly welcome. In the first instance prospective members should look at our website, have a chat with a committee member and sit in on a couple of sessions. Cost: TBC contact below for info Group Leader: Brian Glicksman brian_glicksman@hotmail.com Tel:

6 Exercise After Stroke 22nd September 2016, 13:15-14:15, 11 weeks Circuit based exercise class aimed at functional rehabilitation after a stroke: improve walking gait efficiency, balance, functional reach, leg and arm strength, aerobic endurance, confidence. Participants must be able to walk independently, sit in a chair without support, follow instruction. Subject to medical advice. Please call or instructor prior to attending. Cost: 3 per week website: Group Leader: Sue Burgess suebfitness@gmail.com Tel:

7 Spring Term 2017

8 London Museums and Galleries 10th January 2017, 14:00-16:00 8 week course You will study art and culture in London s world class Museums and Galleries. Guided tours will cover the new Europe Galleries as well as Silver and Glass in the V&A, Wallace Collection Renaissance Schatzkammer, Sevres Porcelain and French furniture, Roman civilization in the British Museum, Renaissance art in the National Gallery and 20th Century portraits in the NPG. Cost: 58 Group Leader: Brain Cookson brian.cookson@ndirect.co.uk Tel:

9 Summer Term 2017

10 Walk the Thames Path Teddington to The Barrier Tuesday 18th April 2017, 14:00-16:00, 8 weeks course On the London stretch of the Thames Path you will see palaces and mansions, riverside villages and the most extraordinary series of bridges over any river in the world. Your guided walks will pass Teddington, Richmond, Kew, Barnes, Hammersmith, Battersea, Vauxhall, Westminster, Southwark, London Bridge, Deptford, The Dome and end at the Barrier. Cost: 58 Group Leader: Brain Cookson brian.cookson@ndirect.co.uk Tel: