Soho Square
Soho Square There are different places where we can be relaxed and calm. Being surrounded by nature can help to reach this sense of serenity, but it’s not enough. Some months ago, it was a Friday afternoon, I met up with my boyfriend after work. He was really stressed for some deadlines and I was […]
Good Practice in Employer Engagement
Good Practice in Employer Engagement Read Ofsted’s Good Practice publication from October 2015 on our approach to Employer Engagement to benefit students and businesses “East London Advanced Technology Training (ELATT) provides courses in information and communication technology, primarily to help unemployed and disadvantaged people in East London gain employment. ELATT’s learning centre is in Hackney, […]
Poem: Wanderer
Poem: Wanderer by Octavian GogaTranslated by Anne-Marie Cries a blackbird in the forestAt the Dealu-Mare crossroads…Slowly approaches the hillA young man riding a horse…Down, in an enamelled sunset,Shines the mighty village church roof;Neighs the restless horse and risesTo his home he wants to go…On horseback sits the knight,He is looking to the house,With his sleeve […]
Regent’s Park
Regent’s Park I visit a lot of good community spaces in London. My friends and I take the kids to play football in Hackney Marches and canoeing. Sometime we go fishing. I go swimming. When I was in Morocco my husband took my kids to the sea for fishing every day. They caught a lot […]
Apprenticeship Staff Support Programme
Apprenticeship Staff Support Programme Find out about the employer engagement and apprenticeship support resources we developed as part of the ETF / AELP staff development project throughout 2014 and 2015 Having worked on creating a whole organisational approach to employer engagement over a 6 month period at their respective training charities, here is the learning […]
The Mindfulness Session
The Mindfulness Session We had a mindfulness session from 1:00pm to 3:00pm on Jan 11 2016. All of the students came from ELATT. It was a wonderful session. We all enjoyed the session. We had a good time with the teacher and everyone enjoyed the session. We learned how to control our breath and how […]
Danish Delegation
Danish Delegation On 21st of January we had visitors from Denmark. They came here to see the way that we learn English at ELATT and to experience a new way of teaching for themselves. We introduced ourselves. Then some of us interviewed them and asked them for their thoughts about our college and about cultural […]
Poem: Do You Remember?
Poem: Do You Remember? Do You Remember？by Ying Liu Do you remember?When we were children,We made an agreement:I would write a book of poetry,You are my first reader…But my youth has passed,And my face is wrinkled,I have not written it.Nowadays,My life has become a book ,Never read and covered with dust,In a strange city,With no […]
World Religion Day
World Religion Day 17th January 2016World Religion Day is on the third Sunday in January each year. World Religion Day’s purpose is to promote that the world’s religions are harmonious and play a role in unifying humanity. In my opinion: for so many religions the principles and the rules are similar. They tell people to […]
Poem: The Emigrants’ Train
Poem: The Emigrants’ Train Il treno degli emigrantiGianni RodariWritten by Marua Non è grossa, non è pesantela valigia dell’emigrante…C’è un po’ di terra del mio villaggio,per non restar solo in viaggio…un vestito, un pane, un fruttoe questo è tutto.Ma il cuore no, non l’ho portato:nella valigia non c’è entrato.Troppa pena aveva a partire,oltre il mare […]