EIT - Eastern Institute of Technology

Experience EITs FREE school holiday workshops

For Year 11/12/13 school students(or 15-18 years old). You don’t need to be at school to take part

MONDAY, 9 JULY

BUSINESS
In today’s ultra-competitive world discover what it takes to be a biz-whiz and how accounting, management and marketing helps
companies get ahead.
9am – 11am | Monday, 9 July | FREE

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
Get a taste of programming as you learn how to make your own game.
9am – 12pm | Monday, 9 July | FREE

EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHING
If you are passionate about children, this could be for you. Find out how you could take on an incredibly rewarding career as an Early Childhood Teacher.
9am – 11.30am | Monday, 9 July | FREE

STYLING
An introduction to styling. This taster will cover how to style yourself with different resources for a range occasions and events.
This workshop will cover a bit of everything involved in putting together a look.
9am – 12pm | Monday, 9 July | FREE

PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
If you want to get a feel for what a job in the primary industries (agriculture, horticulture or forestry) is all about then join us for a half day of practical workshops.
9am – 12pm | Monday, 9 July | FREE

PRIMARY TEACHING
Do you remember your favourite primary school teacher? Find out how you too can be a great teacher.
9am – 11am | Monday, 9 July | FREE

TUESDAY, 10 JULY

SOCIAL WORK
Social work is about working with individuals and families to build safe and strong communities. Come along and experience
some of the skills you need to be a great social worker.
9am – 11am | Tuesday, 10 July | FREE

HAIR AND BEAUTY
Come and experience our fully equipped salons while learning how to do nails, as well as hair for special occasions.
9am – 12pm | Tuesday, 10 July | FREE

DATA AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Big data collection and analysis is changing the modern world. Explore business intelligence and how using IT and business can better strategies and decision making.
9am – 12pm | Tuesday, 10 July | FREE

SCREEN PRODUCTION
Many of the big movies use the green screen to create their scenes. Experience the magic of the green screen and sample a taste of the movie world.
9am – 12pm | Tuesday, 10 July | FREE

ROBOTICS
Get started with designing and instructing robots in a new purpose-built lab. You will use the VEX EDR platform and programme your robots to do specific tasks. In addition, we will look at programming Raspberry Pi’s and Arduino’s, which are widely used in robotics.
9am – 12pm | Tuesday, 10 July | FREE

NURSING
Come and spend time in our simulation lab and learn a few basic nursing skills such as vital signs and injections.
9am – 11am | Tuesday, 10 July | FREE

VISUAL ARTS AND DESIGN
The Hybrid – take part in an art project where you blend/hybridise two or more differing ‘images’ to compose a new creature, plant, machine or even a monster.
9am – 12pm | Tuesday, 10 July | FREE

WEDNESDAY, 11 JULY

SPORT AND EXERCISE
“The Secret of Peak Performance – It’s All In Your Head”. A hands on workshop where you’ll learn and practice the four things the best coaches, athletes and teams do.

“Strength and Conditioning – What is it?”. A short presentation on the various capacities that make up strength and conditioning
followed by a body weight high-intensity interval training (HIIT) session teaching physical literacy.
9am – 11am | Wednesday, 11 July | FREE

MĀORI STUDIES
Knowledge and understanding Māori language, customs and culture are key to Aotearoa’s history and identity. Come
and explore Te Reo Māori and Mahi Kohatu – Taonga Puoro (traditional māori instruments).
9am – 12pm | Wednesday, 11 July | FREE

BARBERING
Interested in a career in barbering? Come and experience some simple barbering skills in our modern salon.
9am – 11pm | Wednesday, 11 July | FREE

VET NURSING
Meet our beautiful animals in our new animal facility; get up and close, find out how to look after them and learn some basics about working in the animal industry.
9am – 12pm | Wednesday, 11 July | FREE

Book your FREE Taster programme here or call 0800 22 55 348 for more information.
Priority spaces for Year 12 and 13