Congratulations to the 19 people that graduate tonight 26th April at REAP House.  Amongst this group we have some Nannies also who say they love what we are doing for their grandchildren and helping their parents with the new technology out there.

Also this week 27th April we start our 2nd group and they are a group of 8 nannies.The next lot start next Monday 30th April and Wed 2nd May all classes are full at this moment.

The 3rd week of this term we are starting the next programme called STEPPING UP. Contact Martha for more details of this programme.

Kia Ora Everyone,
I have 19 graduating this term 5 from Lakeview, 4 from Kura Kaupapa, 1 from Wahi Reka Kohanga Reo, 2 from Makoura, 6 from our Nanny Group and 1 from Ko Te Aroha.
Our Graduation will be on the 26th April at 6pm held at REAP House.

We are hoping to start our Stepping Up Programme also next term it will be a full on process which
Lisa Gray(tutor) and myself are looking forward to.

And Wendel as well...

Wendel Richardson has formally joined the team this year. As the Education Manager for Wairarapa REAP, Wendel has been involved in the background up until now, but she will replace Peter McNeur as the Project Manager from the beginning of the year. Peter will still have a background involvement as he refuses to move too far away from this wonderful work.

Classes Underway!

Martha has organised 3 classes for Term One and they are all underway. Two are at Ko Te Aroha and one at Lakeview. These are the only places where we can offer Windows 7 training.
Lisa is again our wonder tutor and we are all looking forward to seeing the progress of the students.
We are delighted to include some of our Kaumatua this term, who are grandparents to students from our key groups.

3 Classes

We have 3 classes going at this moment Monday evenings, Wednesday afternoons and Friday mornings.
There are 7 per class which is being held at Ko Te Aroha which only holds 8 computers. I am hoping to start up our Stepping up programme has soon as I get back from holiday in a couple of weeks.

First class for 2012

Okay its that time again starting our first class this Friday 17th so Lisa and I are looking forward to some new challenges. We have a group of Kaumatua mixed in with some of our other parents, and at this moment we will be doing a day and night class.

Remembering...

Lance Hopping

We remember with affection Lance Hopping who died suddenly piloting a balloon in our region. Lance was a truancy officer in our region, and undertook this role with firmness but with kindness. He has worked positively with many families in our Eastside area, and they will remember him as someone who tried to support them and their children at school.

We also remember all of the other 10 people, some of them local and others visitors to our wonderful region who also tragically lost their lives in the accident.