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Courses Available at U3A Kingborough TERM - 1

A cooperative learning community run by and for retired and semi-retired people on a non-profit basis.

Courses are held at the Adult Education Centre, Kingston (K) other venues around Kingston and at Westwinds, Woodbridge (W). Most courses last for 1 hour each week.

Course enrolment forms are available from the Course Enrolment Page.

MONDAY	9.30-12.30	Art Studio – Pleasure with Pencils & Paint	KA2	Helen Quilty
THURSDAY	10.00	Australian Writers	KA1	Noela Foxcroft
THURSDAY	11.30-1.00	Basic Computing - Microsoft EXCEL	KA4	Val Taberlay
MONDAY	1.00-2.30	Basic Computing - Microsoft WORD	KA4	Val Taberlay
TUESDAY	9.00 -	Bushwalkers	Field	Tas Boskell
MONDAY	1.30-3.30	Creative Writing	KA2	Jennie Clarke
TUESDAY	1.30	Digital Photography	KA2	Paul Dalton
MONDAY	10.00	"Family at War" / Cities of Europe	KA3	Marc Higgs and Heinz Vojacek
TUESDAY	10.00-12.00	Garden Talk	KA3/Field	Conv. Bron Parr
MONDAY	11.30	Have Your Say	KA1	Jennie Clarke
MONDAY	1.30	Historic Sights / Sites	KA3	David Leaman
TUESDAY	1.30	Kaleidoscope	KA3	Conv. Bron Parr
THURSDAY	10.00	Listening to Music	KA2	John Culliton
MONDAY	1.30-2.30	Mae’r Gymraeg yn Hawdd – Welsh is Easy! - Beginners	KA1	Peter Ball
TUESDAY	10.30-12.00	A Musical Tardis	W	Val Pindell
MONDAY	2.30-4.30	Mwy o Gymraeg – Welsh Continuation	KA1	Margaret and Guy Nicholson
THURSDAY	1.30	Poetry for Pleasure	KA1	Self Managed
WEDNESDAY	10.00 -12.30	Ramblers / Strollers	Field	Coral Wilson / tba
MONDAY	1:30-3:30	Readers and Writers Group	W	Self Managed
THURSDAY	11.30	Shape of the Earth - Part 2	KA1	Albert Goede
MONDAY	11.30	Small Engines - Know How & Maintenance	Home	Roger Hall
THURSDAY	11.30	Word Stories	KA3	Glenn Pullen
MONDAY	11.30	Youth3A Bookclub	KA3	Self Managed

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KINGSTON COURSES
MONDAY	9.30-12.30	Art Studio – Pleasure with Pencils & Paint	KA2	Helen Quilty
	10.00	"Family at War" / Cities of Europe	KA3	Marc Higgs and Heinz Vojacek
	11.30	Have Your Say	KA1	Jennie Clarke
	11.30	Youth3A Bookclub	KA3	Self Managed
	11.30	Small Engines - Know How & Maintenance	Home	Roger Hall
	1.00-2.30	Basic Computing - Microsoft WORD	KA4	Val Taberlay
	1.30	Historic Sights / Sites	KA3	David Leaman
	1.30-3.30	Creative Writing	KA2	Jennie Clarke
	1.30-2.30	Mae’r Gymraeg yn Hawdd – Welsh is Easy! - Beginners	KA1	Peter Ball
	2.30-4.30	Mwy o Gymraeg – Welsh Continuation	KA1	Margaret and Guy Nicholson
TUESDAY	9.00 -	Bushwalkers	Field	Tas Boskell
	10.00-12.00	Garden Talk	KA3/Field	Conv. Bron Parr
	1.30	Digital Photography	KA2	Paul Dalton
	1.30	Kaleidoscope	KA3	Conv. Bron Parr
WEDNESDAY	10.00 -12.30	Ramblers / Strollers	Field	Coral Wilson / tba
THURSDAY	10.00	Australian Writers	KA1	Noela Foxcroft
	10.00	Listening to Music	KA2	John Culliton
	11.30	Word Stories	KA3	Glenn Pullen
	11.30	Shape of the Earth - Part 2	KA1	Albert Goede
	11.30-1.00	Basic Computing - Microsoft EXCEL	KA4	Val Taberlay
	1.30	Poetry for Pleasure	KA1	Self Managed

WOODBRIDGE COURSES
MONDAY	1:30-3:30	Readers and Writers Group	W	Self Managed
TUESDAY	10.30-12.00	A Musical Tardis	W	Val Pindell

NOTE: Westwinds is our second campus and we remind all members that you can attend classes at Woodbridge. A popular option is for members to car-pool.

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KINGSTON COURSES
Monday 9:30 – 12:30	KA2
Art Studio – Pleasure with Pencils & Paint	Helen Quilty
Class Limit: 24Come along with paint and pencils to our vibrant art studio and library. Immerse yourself in group creativity with one to one tutoring and demonstration. We will accommodate the many different types of media favoured in the class.Helen has established an art studio which is still popular after 10 years of tutoring in both painting and drawing techniques. She is a versatile artist / illustrator and skilled water colourist.
Monday 10:00	KA3
"Family at War" / Cities of Europe	Marc Higgs & Heinz Vojacek
For the first five weeks we will show the film “Family at War” for which we have a copy on DVD, The fascinating story of how the events of WW2 affected various members of a working class family in Liverpool, the emphasis being on life on the home front. Come and enjoy this highly acclaimed film. There will be time for discussion of the setting and story.For the second five weeks we are privileged to have Heinz Vojacek who has visited many European cities. He will take us on an illustrated journey to Munich, Vienna, Berne in Switzerland, Paris, and Andalusia. Heinz is a qualified cartographer and previously was Production Director of Mercury Walsh. He is a member of Hobart U3A and is a well known lecturer in the southern U3As and School for Seniors.
Monday 11:30	KA1
Have Your Say	Jennie Clarke
This lively group has been successful for many years. The members, seated in a circle, discuss a wide range of subjects that surround our every-day lives. Sometimes controversial, the rules are fixed, with each member aware that arguing will not be tolerated. Confidentiality within the group assures the members that their opinion stays in the room, this allowing them to speak freely on the issues involved.Jennie co-ordinates this group and has been doing so for a year (or is it two?), following Joy Tunney's retirement. She aims to make sure that everyone sticks to the rules and has their say. A fun and positive group.
Monday 11:30	KA3
Youth3A Book Club	Self Managed
Over the term, opportunity will be provided for members to introduce their own selected book(s) on travel themes. On the first and second week the members will briefly (about 10 minutes each) describe and discuss their reading during the summer. On the 23rd and 30th April the group will discuss the books of George Eliot. In preparation for this, members are encouraged to read one or more of her novels, poetry, or other works - e.g. novels Adam Bede, Middlemarch, Mill on the Floss, Daniel Deronda, and Silas Marner. We will read excerpts, and provide insight into the author, characters, use of language, and settings as a basis for instigating discussion of issues raised by the books. Happy reading!
Monday 11:30	5 Grevillea Way
Small Engines - Know How & Maintenance	Roger Hall
We all have 4 cycle motor mowers (and maybe 2 cycle brush-cutters or chainsaws) and occasionally pay to have them serviced. A detailed set of notes will be provided. The course will include the opportunity for practical hands on maintenance training (at Roger’s home workshop) with students’ own machines. Roger is an ex TAFE lecturer and examiner and ran his own business. His wide experience makes him an excellent teacher.
Monday 1:00 - 2:30	KA4
Basic Computing - Microsoft WORD	Val Taberlay
Class size 5 Bring your laptop - this course is a basic introduction for Microsoft Word 2007 or 2010. Val spent several years as a volunteer at the Kingston Online Access Centre. Her courses with this new fangled technology proved popular last year.
Monday 1:30	KA3
Historic Sights / Sites	David Leaman
Scenery and history can combine to yield a rich yarn. Meet past and present in China, Britain, USA, and Switzerland. There are some interesting stories and enticing views. David is well known and a popular tutor at U3A. He is an eminent geologist, geophysicist and ground water specialist. His many other interests include railways, history and music. He has written several books.
Monday 1:30 - 3:30	KA2
Creative Writing	Jennie Clarke
This course will give the members the opportunity to creatively tap their brains and put it all into the written word. It will concentrate on the method and style of writing, with continuous class evaluation. It is also expected that heavy criticism will be aimed at Jennie Clarke's work thus making the class a joint effort, while helping all members to take a closer look at their own style.Jennie prefers to work with a positive and easy-going style and welcomes newcomers and inexperienced members, who just have a yearning to write. She began writing only seven years ago, has written two books and will use the skills of the experts to maximise her tuition.
Monday 1:30 - 2:30	KA1
Mae’r Gymraeg yn Hawdd – Welsh is Easy! - Beginners	Peter Ball
Welsh is the most thriving of the Celtic languages and these sessions introduce the spoken language of today, with light relief from music, video, etc about Welsh culture. For rapid progress, sense of achievement and motivation, we shall take advantage of a prizewinning free internet course, “Say Something in Welsh” (www.saysomethinginwelsh.com), CDs or cassettes of which are available for those unable to access the internet themselves. We shall use the SSIW lessons in class and as homework, with extra explanation and practice. Free resources from BBC Wales, S4C (the Welsh TV Channel) and elsewhere will also sometimes be used. SSIW has learners speaking Welsh from the very start, and keeps them talking as their mastery grows. For later in the year, there is another beginners course, from the BBC, which we can use to expand our understanding of grammar and the written language. If you have any questions about the Welsh for beginners program, feel free to contact Peter (6239 1265) before enrolling.Peter, from Bristol, studied in Hull and Belfast before lecturing in Uganda, and then specialised in social psychology, psycholinguistics and related fields at the University of Tasmania. He enjoys choral singing, art and everything about language.
Monday 2:30 - 4:30	KA1
Mwy o Gymraeg – Welsh Continuation	Margaret and Guy Nicholson
This course is aimed at those who have completed a beginners’ course and want to improve their command of spoken Welsh. There will be an opportunity each week for class members to speak about their activities in Welsh and to engage in conversation. A range of resources from North and South Wales will be provided and some time will be devoted to the text Teach Yourself Welsh. Articles from the adult learners’ magazine, Lingo Newydd will be used regularly for reading and discussion. There will also be some focus on listening to and singing Welsh songs.Margaret comes from Anglesey in North Wales and Welsh was her first language when she immigrated to Tasmania in her mid-teens. She has kept her Welsh alive through communicating with Welsh speaking family members and friends in Australia and in Wales. Marg’s strength is colloquial Welsh and she is keen to help students with pronunciation and support them in developing confidence in speaking the language.Guy has been learning Welsh from Marg and her family for many years but has studied the language more intensively over the last three. His background has been in history teaching but like Marg he has an interest in languages and experience in using a range of resources to learn on his own. Guy is particularly interested in modern spoken usage.
Tuesday 9:00 am onwards	Field
Bushwalkers	Tas Boskell
Class Limit: 20. The walks will be on established tracks and trails about the uplands and coasts around Hobart and occasionally further afield. Duration will be 3 to 5 hours. Participants must have a reasonable fitness level. Please bring lunch, water and a first aid kit. The meeting place for all walks is the Denison Street car park. Be there in time to leave at 9:00am. New members to this group please phone Tas Boskell on 6229 2506 prior to the start of term.
Tuesday 10:00 - 12:00	KA1
Garden Talk	Conv. Bron Parr
This is a new course which will be partly self managed based on the participants garden experiences, possibly including visits to members' gardens. In addition, a number of speakers will give presentations - March 20th a visit to the Botanical Gardens (car-pooling) to hear Mark Fountain outline the history of the gardens and view the major collections; April 17th James Wood (from Botanical Gardens) will talk on seed bank & conservation; May 8th Bill Chestnut (from Inverawe Native Gardens) - What makes a garden? - an intro to landscaping; and May 22nd Kate Kiefer ( Botanist, Antarctic Division) The Natural Gardens of the Sub-Antarctic and Threats; and TBA Mark Wapstra (co-author of Tasmanian Orchid book) will unravel plant names.
Tuesday 1:30	KA3
Digital Photography	Paul Dalton
The object of this course is how to get the best from your digital camera. Topics that will be covered include understanding how a camera works, hints and tips on buying a new camera, what to look for and what not to look for, a walkabout and analysis of photos taken, flash photography, a slide show, and an introduction to new facilities in digital cameras. Paul has been doing photography for 50 years.
Tuesday 1:30	KA1
Kaleidoscope	Conv. Bronwen Parr
Date Subject	Speaker
13 Mar Making music & speech visible through movement	Lisa Moore
20 Mar Philip of Macedonia & the struggle for Greek freedom	Anthony Boden
27 Mar Trade, Industry & Ships of the Derwent	Rex Cox
3 Apr A history of the Celebration of Festivals	Rosie & Mike Severs
10 Apr Easter break - no class
17 Apr Come travelling with us to Armenia & Georgia	Ian & Polly Cartnel
24 Apr Homer and the Mycenaean connection	Anthony Boden
1 May From Florence Nightingale to WW1 - Army nursing	Tony Burgess
8 May Roses in the Battlefield - WW1 to the present day	Tony Burgess
15 May Living Dolls - The Quest to build lifelike devices	Rosie & Mike Severs
22 May What's so good about singing - you'll find out	Dianne O'Toole
Wednesday 10:00 - 12:30	Field
Ramblers/Strollers	Coral Wilson/tba
Class Limit: 20 Join us for easy 1 to 1.5 hour walks enjoying nature and fresh air on local and rural tracks and trails for an invigorating, healthy, social activity, ending in a welcome cuppa nearby. Come at 9:45am on Wednesday 14th March to room KA2. There you will need to complete or update indemnity forms before we take our first short local walk. You will also receive a list of walks and outline of the new structure of the Wednesday Ramblers to simply administration for the Leader and Group Rep. In recent years we also have offered a Strollers group doing easier walks in the same location as the Ramblers. We will consider retaining this option for our meeting on 14th March but will first need to appoint a leader responsible for the Strollers.
Thursday 10:00	KA1
Australian Writers	Noela Foxcroft
Last year we began to look at the lives of some of the well known Australian authors of the times beginning with Katharine Susannah Prichard and Miles Franklin. Noela sought the class views on who else should be included and other authors ranked were Ruth Park, Eleanor Dark, May Gibbs, Daphne Cusack, Ian Idres, Banjo Patterson, Darcy Nyland and Henry Lawson - where to stop!? Well, of course we ran out of time, so in this Term we will look at the lives and works of additional important Australia writers. New class members are most welcome. Noela has tutored in U3A for many years in a variety of subjects. Her enthusiasm, knowledge and experience will rub off on all of us doing this course.
Thursday 10:00	KA3
Listening to Music	John Culliton
WIKIPEDIA says “Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch, rhythm, dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture.” Then there are those who classify music – Antiquity, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classicism, Romanticism, Traditional, World, Folk …. etc. In our music sessions we meander through them all. Sometimes we chat about it, mostly we just listen. If that’s how you like it come and join us.
Thursday 11:30	KA1
Word Stories	Glenn Pullen
Word stories : This course will be a relaxed ramble through a random range of English word origins and meanings. All just for fun! Glenn is a retired English teacher and librarian and had given us many interesting courses on aspects of the English language. He delights in the class interaction that results from this type of course.
Thursday 11:30	KA3
Shape of the Earth - Part 2	Albert Goede
Have you ever wondered why the surface of the earth is so varied? Why mountain ranges and volcanoes occur where they do? How water, wind, ice, and waves help to shape the surface of our planet? Understanding the scenery we see around us will lead to a much greater appreciation of our natural landscape. This course follows part 1 given last term. New participants are welcome. Albert lectured in various aspects of physical geography at the School of Geography and Environmental Studies from 1965 to 1998. After retirement he became interested in the Royal Society of Tasmania. His hobbies are bushwalking, photography, gardening, rock art and wildflowers.
Thursday 11.30 - 1pm	KA4
Basic Computing - Microsoft EXCEL	Val Taberlay
Class size 5 Bring your own laptop to this course. This course is a basic introduction for Microsoft Excel 2007 or 2010. Val spent several years as a volunteer at the Kingston Online Access Centre. Her courses last year proved popular with members coming to groups with this new fangled technology.
Thursday 1:30	KA1
Poetry for Pleasure	Self Managed
Do you enjoy reading and listening to poetry? Then this might be for you. Lovers of poetry come together each week to read, hear and share their favourite poems in an informal and relaxed atmosphere. Perhaps you might have an original piece that you might like to share with the group? The first week’s theme will be Nature. Please bring along one or three shortish poems. They may be serious, funny, or whimsical but do come and enjoy!
WOODBRIDGE COURSES
Monday 1:30 - 3:30	Westwinds
Readers and Writers Group	Self Managed
This popular course will be continuing with writing styles including prose, poetry, and memoir. Participants are encouraged to share their writings with the group.As Sue Moss will not be available to lead the group for first term the group has decided to self manage. Come along and participate.
Tuesday 10:30	Westwinds
A Musical Tardis	Val Pindell
Over the ten weeks we'll travel through a thousand years, sampling music of the times. Join us on a magical journey through the centuries - from Byrd to Beethoven, from Tallis to Tchaikovsky. Only listening skills required. Val has a vast selection of Music reflecting her interest and knowledge of Musical History.
LANGUAGE COURSES.Members from other U3As are entitled to enrol in our Welsh language courses without taking out membership of U3A Kingborough. Similarly our members are entitled to enrol in the other U3As for language courses that are offering: Hobart -INDONESIAN; Clarence GERMAN CONVERSATION, SPANISH; and Glenorchy – None this term. Please contact Hobart U3A or Clarence U3A directly to enrol, indicating that you are a U3A member.

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U3A On Line courses (U3AOL)

The following courses will be offered, with a Course Leader in the coming months.

At any time you can check the information by going to www.u3aonline.org.auand clicking on "Courses" in the left hand panel and then on “Looking Ahead”from the drop down list.

All courses are completed online -- but with a Course Leader you have the benefit of the help and support of the Course Leader and are encouraged to make contact with others, doing the same course, via the Discussion Forum. Courses are opened for enrolment 2 months before the starting date.

These and all other courses offered by U3A Online are available as Independent Study at any time!

The courses are programmed in accordance with the availability of the Course Leaders. The courses below are listed in date order:

Please direct any enquiries to Di Delchau

Please note that the first week for all courses with a Course Leader is set aside for “housekeeping” and getting everyone set and ready to start the course proper when the first unit is released in the second week.

At the end of the final unit you continue to have access to the course notes and the discussion forum for a further five weeks.

Of course, the entire portfolio of courses is also available in the self-paced mode. You can enrol at any time and have access to the course for twelve months so that you can proceed through the units as your leisure.

To enrol in any of these courses:

Go to www.u3aonline.org.au
Click on the Login tab at the top of the screen
Enter your Username and Password and click login
Click on Enrol in the left hand panel
Scroll down until you find the course you are interested in and click on Enrol to the right of the course name --- do not click on the course name.
Follow the prompts through the payment options.
Enrolment is effected when payment is processed

Please note:

The number of enrolments accepted in our writing courses is limited due to the higher level of required activity between participants.

Course upgrade:

All U3A Online courses are continually updated to ensure that they remain interesting and relevant.
Peter Rose has undertaken a major re-write of “Religions of the World” and the upgraded course will be offered in March and again in July.

We are always looking for new courses for U3A Online, so if you have an interest please let us know and, in particular, if you are interested in writing a course we would like to hear from you.

We are also keen to find new course leaders so that we have backup for our current course leaders. If you are interested please let us know. We encourage you to become involved.

U3A Newsletter Editors are encouraged to include the U3A Online Forward Program in their newletters to inform their members of the courses offered.

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