“Hope to see you in a course in 2019”
Term dates vary according to need, availability and demand!
Contact as listed OR you can register your interest by email HERE.
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Active Courses ..
Crochet
Fridays 12.30pm – 3.30pm Tutor : Freda Lovell
My crochet class will be very casual, anyone from beginners to more experienced will be welcome. Materials needed will be minimum. I can provide wool and hooks to practice with or byo. Attendees will be given fresh ideas. The skies the limit, we will have fun!!! See pictures associated with this course . See samples produced in class
Contact :: Freda Lovell Phone : 6452 2154 Email: fredal@bigpond.com
Venue : The Shop Starting Date : 4th January 2019
Drawing/Pastels New course to begin 2nd October
Tuesdays: 10.00am – 12.00noon Facilitator : Toni Tarakson
This will be a hands on instruction on drawing for beginners. U3A is fortunate to have Toni Tarakson (paints and writes as Toni Cary) to volunteer as a Tutor for this new course
Toni was admitted into the National Art School at the age of 16. As a student she was taught introductory art, where all types of art were tasted : sculpture, still life, portraiture, plein air and much more. She currently specialises in life drawing, illustration, abstract painting and contemporary expressionism and has won several awards for her portraiture. Find Toni on Facebook tonicary.007
Contact : Toni Tarakson Email: toni.tarakson@hotmail.com
Venue : The Shop Starting Date : 5th January 2019
Esperanto
Thursdays 3.00pm – 5.00pm Facilitator : Penny Vos
Esperanto is a uniquely learner-friendly language for intercultural communication all around the world.
This 9-lesson course will tell you the story of the world’s only successful designed language and teach you at least the first quarter* of everything you need to know to speak and understand Esperanto. Due to the design of Esperanto, it would be possible to teach virtually all of the language in that time, but learning takes a little longer and I am allowing time for games, songs/rhymes (depending if you like to sing) and activities to help you remember what you are learning. It will be both fun and good for your brain (and will help you learn another language faster if you are interested in that**)
Penny has been a teacher forever. She learned Esperanto in a short course for parents when her children were learning Esperanto in early primary school. She taught it herself a few months later and her students were staying after school to Skype in Esperanto with other teenagers in Switzerland before the end of term 1. She has used Esperanto on her travels in 14 countries in Asia, Africa and Europe and written books to equip other teachers to teach Esperanto to their classes in a fun and effective way.
* This is negotiable if participants would like to go slower or faster.
**Just 2 weeks learning Esperanto can get you months ahead in your target language – Fluent in 3 months – Language Hacking and Travel Tips
Contact : Penny Vos Phone : 0429 170 739 Email: penivos@yahoo.com
Venue : The Shop Starting Date : unknown at this time
French & French Oral
Mondays 9.15am – 11.30am Tutor : Elizabeth Laught
and another class on .. Mondays 5.00pm – 6.15pm Tutor : Elizabeth Laught
Classes are mixed group of people with no to good knowledge of French. You are asked to bring a pen and an exercise book, dictionary and if possible a sense of humour. For the French Oral come to the evening classes. Feel free to bring your evening meal with you. There will be no sessions on during school and public holidays.
Contact : Elizabeth Laught Phone (preferred): 6452 3438 Email: elizabethmlaught@gmail.com
Venue : The Shop Starting Date : 4th February 2019
Mosaics
Wednesdays 10.00am – 12.30pm. Organiser : Anne Lehnert
Recycling used or unused tiles, crockery, mirror, stones, gems, anything that can be glued onto surfaces such as sealed terracotta, concrete, timber, MDF, or similar surfaces. We mosaic tables, wall hangings and signs, pots, birdbaths, almost anything. A couple of tools needed but it’s not an expensive hobby to take up and the results are amazing. As a group we help each other with ideas, and continually experiment. We meet on Wednesdays at Polo Flat and any SMU3A member can join in at any time, no experience required. Sample of work produced
Contact : Anne Lehnert Phone : 6454 6015 Email: anne.lehnert@gmail.com
Venue : Workroom at Polo Flat Airfield Starting Date : ?th February 2019
Poetry
Wednesdays 9.30pm – 11.00pm Tutor : Max Perry
The Poetry course aims to give a broad overview of a variety of poetry, in particular what is commonly known as ‘English Poetry’. This does not exclude coverage of the poetry of other nations. The course attempts to break poetry into its broad genres and deal, in the main with poets considered ‘significant’. Some well-known or much loved poems by so-called ‘lesser’ poets will be included. It certainly doesn’t aim to be a course in literature but rather to give participants an opportunity to enjoy the wonderful world created by poetry. It is hoped that members will bring along some of their favourites for group discussion. The length of the course will be determined by the ongoing interest of the members.
Contact : Max Perry Phone : 6452 4184 Email: darmax1943@gmail.com
Venue : The Shop Starting Date : 6th February 2019
Shakespeare
Wednesdays 2.00pm – 4.00pm Tutor : Max Perry
This course is all about the wonder, beauty and richness of Shakespeare’s dramatic works. Both the reading of texts and viewing of DVD’s will be used to take the group on a journey through the ‘magic’ of Shakespeare. The length of the course will solely be determined by the ongoing interest of the members.
Contact : Max Perry Phone : 6452 4184 Email: darmax1943@gmail.com
Venue : The Shop Starting Date : 6th February 2019
Silk Painting
Thursdays: 10:00am – 12:30pm Facilitators: Lynda Prowse
Silk painting is an art class that caters for both the artistic and the non-artistic person. With the Serti technique, combined with the intense jewel-like colours of the dyes, and the lustrous sheen of the silk fabric, anyone can easily produce stunningly beautiful works of art. A substance called Gutta is used to draw the outline of a design onto stretched silk, and the dyes used to fill in the different areas with colour (much like colouring in which is now so much in vogue). Alternately, for the more artistic, free form can be used, and this, sometimes combined with the use of salt crystals, can be very effective.
There are some costs involved. Essential costs are:-
Silk at $15.70 a metre (1.14m width) but you can get hemmed scarves for less
than $10.00.
Dyes are $11.00 for each colour,
Gutta is $6.50 for 100 mls,
Applicator bottle and nib $5.00
Also needed are fine brushes and a frame (for small pictures an embroidery
frame can be used). If costs are a problem, then colours (the most expensive
part) can be shared – each bottle lasts a long time. There are also a few
other things that are not essential, but make life easier.
Contact : Lynda Prowse Phone : 0411 048 957 Email: prowsecl@bigpond.com
Venue : The Shop Starting Date : : 13th February 2019
Ukulele
Monday: 1.30pm – 4.00pm Co-ordinator : Jan Werder
This is a uke group established in September 2013. We welcome new players who are keen, self starters. If you don’t have a ukulele, yet, come to one of our meetings anyway to see if you’d like to join. The group is a social, talkative, happy group. We strum, sing, and perform locally.
Contact : Jan Werder Phone : Email: jannnii@gmail.com
Venue : The Shop Starting Date : 7th January 2019
Smart Phones/Mobiles
,Not running at this time Co-ordinator : John Hutton
This is a discussion and self help group where particpants bring along questions and help one another with the knowledge that one may already have or as a group research the question to come up with an answer.
Contact : John Hutton Phone : Email:toujee@gmail.com
Venue : The Shop Starting Date : ,
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