New class starts!

A new class has started!

We decided to have three classes, which an option to open another one if needed.

There are 9 people in the Friday morning class, and 11 people in the Friday afternoon class. The evening class is to start on Wednesday, August 1st. There are eight people in this class.

Press cuttings

Graduation day

11th July 2007.

The fourth class of 22 people graduated from Eltham's Firestation. It was decided that the group would be too big for the Council Chambers where we usually go, so we moved the Graduation Ceremony to the Firestation. It was a great place to hold it.11th July 2007.






Laurence Zwimpfer from the 2020 Trust spoke to the graduates, and presented certificates to the morning class. Then Chester Borrows, National MP spoke. He presented the evening and afternoon classes with their certificates.

Two very special people

Thanks go to two very special people, Charles and Mary, who generously gave their time to help out in the classroom. We couldn't have done it without them.

Fourth Computers in Homes group

22 Families began their computer journey in April 2007. This time we had three classes going on a Friday. They're a great bunch of people, and we all had a ball.

Karen shows Aroha what to do.

The committee is hard at work

The committee meets monthly to discuss the business of Computers in Homes. We also meet at other times as required. These people generously volunteer their time and effort.

Graduation October 31st, 2006

Another group of successful people graduated on October 31st, after ten weeks of training. Thirteen new online participants took their computers home.

We're away!

We have finally got our funding from the Community Partnership Fund.
We had one or two problems, but it's all good now.

Our next class starts on April 20th.

Article in South Taranaki Star March 2007

The tutor

Chris T.

Third Lucky Group - Thanks to TSB Community Trust

Early in 2006, we found out that part of the Eltham School was to be demolished, including the bit that our netpod was in. So we had to move.

We found a good place in the Eltham Community Centre, and set up the netpod there. Improvements needed to be made. There were cables going everywhere. The computers were somewhat cramped. Half of the room was only accessible if we went down the corridor and unlocked another door to get into it. The chairs were not suitable.
We took down part of the wall dividing the room. It lightened up the teaching space and gave us the illusion of more room.

This was done in time for the third Computers in Homes group. Still have cables going everywhere, however. We found that if someone bumped the phone cable, everyone lost their internet connection.

We were able to run this group thanks to funding from TSB Community Trust.

We are still working on the problems.

Stratford Press July 2006 Graduation

Second CIH Class - May 2006

At the end of 2005, Laurence from the 2020 Communications Trust contacted our group and offered help in applying for funding from DIA's Community Partnership Fund.
Frantic activity ensued. We received notification in early 2006 that we'd passed the first hurdle, and it was time to make a run for the next.
In the meantime, our second class started in May 2006. We were given more funding from the 2020 Trust and Computers in Homes national group to have this class while we waited to hear about our CPF bid.

photo of our classroom - 2005

Our first classroom

Article in Stratford Press

Even the District Council likes us

We got a mention in the South Taranaki District Council Newsletter.
The photo shows us crammed into the school classroom. Interesting experience, that. We found that if someone tripped on one of the cords, everyone got disconnected.

First Computers in Homes Graduation! Article in Daily News

Eltham was part of a cluster of schools who ran Computers in Homes projects in Taranaki.
We decided to combine our graduation ceremonies, so we all went to Waitara Primary School for graduation.

A great day was had by all.

First Computers in Homes in Eltham - 2005

The First Computers in Homes class started in February 2005 at the Eltham Primary School. Our pod was incorporated into one of the classrooms, and consisted of seven networked computers and one printer, which worked!

Fifteen families started and completed the five week course.

Graduation was held at Waitara Primary School on March 16, 2005.