Whether you’re working from home or not, we’re all learning to work differently. It’s easy to forget to take a break during the day, but spending time on ourselves is as important as ever. With that in mind, here are 21 great ideas for taking a break – what have you found works best for…
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, this year on the theme of kindness – which makes us feel good, it is good for our health, good for our self-esteem, good for others and good for our connections and relationships. York’s Time to Change champions have been putting together their thoughts on kindness on Youtube,…
A couple of years ago, Karl sat for Sue Clayton as part of a project she was doing, and made a video with her about what she was doing and why. In it, Sue explains some of the process behind sitting for a portrait and creating art. Enjoy! #CommunityLearningTogether
You enjoyed Helen’s maths based challenge last week so much that we thought we’d bring you another one today! Helen says… Is it possible to make all the numbers from 1 to 20 using only the digits 1, 2, 3, and 4 and +, x , – and ÷ ? You can use more than…
If this is the answer, what is the question? Today’s challenge comes from our maths tutor Helen… if 24 is the answer, what is the question? Your answers don’t have to be numerical – it could be “What is the famous Le Mans Race called?” How many can we come up with?
Today we’d like to tell you about something our dressmaking students have been doing to support the NHS during the pandemic… making scrubs! Students Sarah and Chris have shared these photos of their work with us. Many of our students have joined up with “For the Love of Scrubs” and the Yorkshire Scrubs facebook group…
Today our Singing for Fun tutor, Joe, is teaching us all a short song… enjoy!
Uno, dos, tres… Mireia, one of our Spanish teachers, is teaching us to count ten in Spanish for today’s #CommunityLearningTogether challenge. Once you’ve learnt them, why don’t you see if you can recite them to someone else?
Today’s contribution to #CommunityLearningTogether comes from Sarah, one of our Pilates tutors, with some great stretches to warm up your legs and ankles.
Today’s #CommunityLearningTogether challenge comes from our cookery tutor, Hilary, who’s teaching us how to make a simple white sauce, which can be used to make anything from lasagne to cheese souffles.