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I hope that you are feeling more settled in our new home despite COVID restrictions keeping us further apart from one another (1.5 metres!) than we would like to be. When things are going well, it’s easy to forget that we are still in the midst of a pandemic, so all of us need reminding from time to time.
Thank you to Class Leaders and Members for your understanding during our first term here at the Hub as we altered class times and rooms to get the best use out of our new home and comply with Covid restrictions.
In this issue: new classes and new class leaders, suspended classes, gardening and some important reminders.
Computer classes for term 2 are now available for enrolment. All computer classes will continue to be held on Zoom, which we’re finding works well. Everyone is in the front row on Zoom!
Zoom links for the class are sent to accepted members close to the start of the class and no later than the day before.
From the beginning of Term 2, you will no longer need to put in an apology if you are only going to miss a class for one week. If you are going to miss two or more weeks of classes, you still need to let us know. You can do this by phone or email …
We receive many requests for our members to participate in various research projects relevant to seniors but we are selective about the ones we pass on. In this article you can learn about two such projects:
1. Our use of Information and Communications Technology
2. Physiotherapy & Exercise for Knee Pain
Welcome back to the Hub after our brief lockdown! We were just beginning to feel settled when this lockdown was announced. It is a reminder that the pandemic has not gone away, and we cannot be complacent.
We assure you that serious measures are being taken to ensure that all classes are operating under strict COVID-safe protocols.
Welcome back to Term 1 after our unexpected week off. It has been a challenge allocating classes under current COVID-19 room capacities so we hope that you have been accepted into at least one class of your choice. Over recent days we have had to make a number of further changes to classes because of […]
January’s Summer School was highly anticipated after a Covid 2020 year and the excitement of having our new Community Hub building as the venue. Both Class Leaders and participants were impressed by the new surroundings. This year we had approximately 325 enrolments in Summer School. For the past three years enrolments have averaged around 375 […]
2020 showed us just how important it can be to have online skills and so many of us joined in – some enthusiastically, others perhaps a bit concerned about safety.
Each year on Safer Internet Day the world comes together with a shared vision of making online experiences better for everyone.
Aqualink Nunawading and Aqualink Box Hill are offering discounts on memberships for the month of February.
Get started on a FAB Living membership this February and pay no joining fee, a saving of $60.