Students in our Multicultural Kitchen have been busy cooking up a storm. Every Friday morning this group meets and prepares dishes reflecting students’ nationalities as well as some Australian classics like scones or a beautifully succulent stuffed roast chicken. The kitchen smells delicious and photographer Kathy was lucky enough this week to sample some spicy […]
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Winners of the Victorian Learn Local Collaboration Award
Manningham Learns – A Strategic Alliance Pines Learning is thrilled to be part of Manningham Learns – a success story about five neighbourhood houses in Manningham; Warrandyte, Park Orchards, Wonga Park, Pines Learning and Living, and Learning @ Ajani. A strategic collaboration to create better outcomes for operations and clients. Via government funding, we employed […]
Manningham Learns
Manningham Learns, a strategic alliance of all the neighbourhood houses in Manningham, was officially launched on October 18 2017. The managers of each participating organisation are pictured here celebrating the culmination of an 18-month project while simultaneously looking forward to exciting opportunities ahead. The promise Manningham Learns makes to the community is -we will learn […]
Pines Learning Goes Global!
On Valentine’s day Pines Learning welcomed a delegation of Argentinian congressmen, politicians and other diplomats to the Centre. Discussions ensued on how Pines Learning services the needs of the local community as a not-for-profit provider. The delegates were interested in the outcomes of the participants, how they were measured, the various regulatory and funding obligations […]
New extended Child Care hours – now open from 8.00am – 5.30pm
Pines Learning Child Care extended hours start January 16 from 8.00am – 5.30pm – Monday to Friday.
Give Happy, Live Happy ! Celebrating National Volunteers Week at Pines Learning 09/05/16 – 13/05/16
Last week was National Volunteers Week in Australia and we celebrated at Pines Learning with our annual Thank you lunch. The theme was Give Happy, Live Happy! which is apt because studies have shown that volunteering not only adds value to the economy, provides assistance across so many vital areas of society helping organisations […]
What will your New Year’s Resolution be?
As reported in Wikipedia: Babylonians made promises to their gods at the start of each year that they would return borrowed objects and pay their debts. The Romans began each year by making promises to the god Janus, for whom the month of January is named. In the Medieval era, the knights took the “peacock […]
Learn Local Legends
Pines Learning was awarded the 2015 Victorian Learn Local Legend award for the Eastern region. This award is special as we were acknowledged as the best Learn Local organisation in the East as nominated by the Eastern Regional Council of ACFE (Adult Community and Further Education) for “having provided an exceptional contribution this past year […]
Essential Skills for Work
Become job ready by completing our Term 4, three day a week course. Designed for people wishing to work in business administration, content in includes MS Office, resume writing and interview skills, business administration skills, social media plus much more. Pre-requisite: basic computer skills and English to get by in everyday life. $434 Funded, $307 […]
Why you should start learning a new language
Thinking of learning a language? There is never a better time to start than now! Being able to speak another language has strong advantages if you are pursuing an international business career. With growing relations with global economies, particularly in Australia, having a strong understanding of another language can give you huge employment advantages! If […]