Bulletin (PDF 18.3 MB) - City of Armadale

Information Bulletin – Issue No. 22/2010 Page 4Information Items from the Community Services DirectorateMONTHLY OFFICER REPORTSKelmscott Primary School Yes 29/03/2010 3 0 3Kingsley Primary School Yes 14/05/2010 1 2 3Neerigen Brook Primary School Yes 09/03/2010 1 0 1Roleystone Primary School Yes 18/03/2010 7 4 11Xavier School Yes 10/03/2010 5 7 12Westfield Park Primary School Yes 17/05/2010 1 1 2Willandra Primary School Yes 25/03/2010 2 4 6Homeschoolers 1 1Total 18 57(48.3%) 61(51.7%) 1181.2.2 “E” (Educate, Enrich) SessionReport – Computer Training ProgramSession 2 reportPrepared by – Jan Pedrole, Librarian ArmadaleVenue: Armadale Library IT Training RoomNo. Attending: 16 people, 8 per group over 6 weeksComments:The first two beginner classes of IT Training, “graduated” on the 9 th and 11 th ofNovember respectively. The Manager Libraries & Heritage presented the certificatesand sought feedback from the attendees on the usefulness of the training sessions.This was totally positive, with one person saying that she could not thank the libraryservice enough for this opportunity, that she had always been fearful of computersand that she truly appreciated the opportunity to learn in the non threatening libraryenvironment at no cost. The services of the two volunteers who assisted in runningthe classes, was acknowledged.The second set of training courses commenced in the week commencing 15November. A Beginners Course is run on Tuesdays and an Intermediate Course isconducted on Wednesdays. Both courses have been fully subscribed and it ispleasing to report that both courses are being run by volunteers, rather than a librarystaff member which was the aim in offering this service.As was reported in the Session 1 report, the age ranges of people attending thetraining sessions varied from 43 to 87 and was evenly divided between male andfemale. A recent article in the local newspaper reporting on the success andgraduation of the first two classes resulted in the library be inundated by peoplewishing to attend courses.