KING VALLEY
LEARNING EXCHANGE
2533 Wangaratta Whitfield Road Moyhu 3732
For all enquiries & Registrations
Tel/Fax 5727 9548
Email: [email protected]
Your Learn Local Adult Community Learning Centre
The King Valley Learning Exchange will provide opportunities for Lifelong
Learning and Community Interaction in a Friendly Environment.
BECOME A
VOLUNTEER
Become a volunteer, our Centre needs your assistance so that we can continue to be of service to our community. Without the valuable contribution of vol-unteers we would be unable to offer the services that we provide. The King Valley Learning Exchange needs volunteers with or without skills as training can be provided if required. If the volunteer wishes to work in areas other than the office work, tutoring classes, reception and customer service then alternative activities are available to them. Volunteering builds self confidence, meet new people, gain work experience, explore career opportunities, share skills, experience and contribute to the community.
Interested in becoming involved? Let us know. Help us to keep the Centre Growing.
You Can Complete Your Tax Return at KVLE—FREE Available 1st July to 31st October
If Your Income $50,000 or less - An experienced trained consultant will assist you with this.
Available—Mon. evenings & Tues. mornings
Make an appointment with K.V.L.E on 5727 9548
What to Bring:
Your tax file number and a copy of last year’s notice of assessment or a notice of assessment within the last 5 years (contact the tax office if you don’t have one).
All copies of your PAYG payment summaries from employers.
All statements from Centrelink and the Dept. of Veteran Affairs.
All employment termination payment (EFT) summaries.
All bankbooks and statements relating to that income year including all statements issued by a managed fund.
Foreign pension statements and details if you received a foreign pension.
Private health details if a member of a private health fund. (not Medicare).
Receipts for gifts, donations and work related expenses.
Details of your spouse’s income, if you had a spouse (married or defacto) at any time during the financial year.
Reconciliation statement, receipts and details of childcare costs
KING VALLEY COMMUNITY MEN’S SHED GROUP
Meet every Tuesday at Alex’s shed at Meadow Creek
Come along and share skills, ideas or just a cuppa & chat.
Sheds hold an important place in Australian culture—they can be a reservoir of memories, experiences, as well as a place to share skills and to socialize. We’ve all read reports which tell us that good health is based on many factors including self-esteem, feeling productive and valuable to society, having social relationships and being active. Many retired people have to downsize their living arrangements, often resulting in the man’s personal space, usually a garden shed or workshop, being lost. So the idea of a community shed was born. Here men could come and share a fantastic variety of tools, still pursue their interest in pastimes and hobbies, spend time with blokes of similar interest, learn new skills, use tools for the first time, or keep old skills honed and productive. Here men could also feel viable and vigorous by contributing to community needs—and create projects of personal interest and expertise
ALL WELCOME Phone Alex on 5729 5558
Above: Carl Clayden with a Kant Hook made at the Men’s Shed. Left: Lawrence Mason-Jones and Alex Mark with a compost
The Greta Craft Group was started with a few women, meeting in their homes and now has over 40 members. It is 35 years old. They meet weekly on a Tues-day (quilters) and/ or Wednesday in the old Greta School. Women of all ages enjoy the weekly activities, where they share their skills in embroidery, stencilling, patchwork, felting, card making and many other craft activities. They support each other, making many new friends, helping each other through hard times and social interaction, with exchange visits to other groups. They also work with the wider community, donating handcrafts to people in need e.g. stoma dolls for the children's hospital; quilts for the elderly and fire victims; teddies for children; Christmas hampers etc. The group exhibits their work, by taking an active part in the local shows; stitch-up festival; quilt exhibitions; local Moyhu Garden expo etc. The King Valley Learning Exchange supports the Greta Craft Group.
Meet at the old Greta School 1395 Glenrowan Road, Greta, 3675
King Valley
Community Grapevine
Circulation: 1,300 copies per month delivered free to house-holds in Moyhu, Myrrhee, Meadow Creek, Greta, Greta West, King Valley, Edi, Edi Upper, Whitfield, Cheshunt, Whitlands, Carboor, Oxley, Milawa.
The Grapevine is a non-profit project of the
King Valley Learning Exchange
Contributions to this newsletter are most welcome & may be anonymous, your name and contact details would be helpful although these need not be published.
Sponsorship Rates (GST inclusive) Single Col. (6x 8.5 cm) $16.50
Double Col. (12 x 8.5 cm) $27.50
Feature (half page) $38.50
Feature (full page) $55.00
Classifieds $5.50
Community Notices are Free Bonus insertion with six months
prepaid advertisements
Submit contributions preferably by email - [email protected]
Or leave articles at the Lodge. If unattended slide article under door.
2533 Wangaratta/Whitfield Rd MOYHU 3732
Tel/Fax: 5727 9548
CLOSING DATE FOR NEXT ISSUE
25th of the month. Please lodge all articles before this date.
Disclaimer
The Editor and the KVLE accept no responsibility for the accuracy of statements contained in this newsletter. The views and opinions expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily those of the Editor or King Valley Learning Exchange.
Farm Chemical Users & Refresher Course
This course provides the required training to obtain an Agricultural Chem-ical Users Permit (ACUP) to legally purchase and use scheduled chemi-cals. If your Farm Chemical Users accreditation is 5 years or older you will need to do the Refresher course to renew your currency.
MYOB
This course is suitable for beginners who would like to learn how to set up, maintain their business transactions and also for those looking to gain employment in an office environment where accounting packages are used. Basic computer skills are required and basic book keeping principles would be an advantage Learn how to create a company file, enter income and expenses, create reports, doing BAS, GST and all of the usual book-keeping operations involved in running a business.
Basic Computer Skills
This course will introduce you to the computer and you will develop skills and confidence to explore a wide range of its uses.
Keyboard & Mouse Skills Manage your files
Learn to type a letter Send and read an email
Explore the Internet
Intermediate Computers—The Next Step
Build on the skills you have already learnt. This course includes file man-agement, tabs and indenting, using auto correct, using headers & footers, bullets & numbering, columns, how to use mail merge, thesaurus, symbols, creating and using tables, inserting pictures and graphics etc. Working with photos, Social Media Basic computer skills required.
Preserving
Learn how to preserve the fruits of your labour in the gar-den using brine, syrup and oil. If you have something in particular in abundance that you would like to know how to preserve, let us know. Morning tea is provided, but please bring along some lunch. Bring along an apron and some jars.
First Aid Courses RTO 02857A
CPR Update— This Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is designed to teach the knowledge and skills necessary to maintain breathing and circulation in an adult, child or infant following cardiac arrest. Current industry standard is for this course to be updated every 12 months. Senior First Aid (Workplace Level 2)
This course teaches the fundamental principles, knowledge and skills to enable the first aider to provide emergency care for injuries and illnesses, in the home or the workplace. There are no prerequisites for this course. Senior First Aid Level 2 Refresher
This course allows the first aider to update the knowledge and skills gained (within the previous 3 years) and revise first aid procedures. Participants will be updated on changes since their previous Workplace 2 or Senior First Aid course. Current industry standard is for this course to be updated every 3 years.
Cooking Classes Preserving
Level 1 Food Handlers Certificate RTO 02857A
SITXHDS002A Follow workplace hygiene procedures This course is nationally accredited and is mandatory for people wanting to work in food preparation. It meets the legal requirements under the Australian and New Zealand Food Standards Code and covers all the basic principles of food hygiene. This unit is a pre-requisite for Food Safety Supervisor Training and accreditation.
Responsible Service of Alcohol RTO 02857A
This course will cover industry requirements for anyone involved in the service of alcohol. It will help you develop the skills and knowledge required under state legislation and improve your chances of finding employment across a range of areas in the hospitality sector.
Certified by Liquor Licensing Victoria.
Accredited Chainsaw Training
(MACE RTO No: 3928)
This 3 day course provides detailed instruction on how to trim and crosscut felled trees and deal with typical hazards encountered in a forest or bushland setting. The course also covers basic chainsaw maintenance and sharpening. The second and third day are carried out in the forest, and participants are given extensive practical experience in cutting and boring techniques. Chainsaws and associated personal protective equipment will be supplied. All participants must wear steel toe-capped safety boots and hard wearing clothing. The course covers: Outline of the OH&S Act—Personal equipment and chainsaw kit—Professional Attitude and confidence—Chainsaw safety features and general safety—The cutting attachment—Sharpening, tensioning and depth gauge setting—The problem of kickback—Crosscutting theory and practice—Dealing with compression and tension in timber—Safe techniques for limbing, swinging and step cuts—Safe techniques for boring and ripping cuts—Safe techniques for cutting oversize logs— Environmental care procedures.
FPICOT2204A Maintain Chainsaws & FPICOT2221A Trim & crosscut felled trees 3 Day Course—9am. - 5pm.
Introduction To Welding
Basic Welding for the DIY handyman to weld general components around the home or farm. Learn the basic principles of welding and then complete a project of your own choice. OH&S principles. Bring along your own welder and helmet or welders can be supplied.
Chainsaw Safety & Maintenance
At completion of training participants will be able to safely and effectively apply limbing and cross cutting techniques.
Clean and maintain a chainsaw.
Strip and assemble a chainsaw.
Emphasis is placed on Occupational Health and Safety Act requirements during the course on chainsaw safety
Proper use of chainsaw accessories and safety apparel.
"Passionate Palettes" are a group of local artists from the King Valley, who meet regularly to share their passion for painting. Although their paintings are quite diverse, each brings their own individual style, expression and artistic experience to the group. They held an exhibition at King Valley Cucina in 2009, and hope to do so again in the near future. This year, in cooperation with the King Valley Learning Exchange, the PP's organised workshops with well known artists Ross Paterson and Jenny Paul. More are planned for next year.
Passionate Palettes- Dot Mark, Nola Jones, Sue Hourigan, Wyn Airey
PASSIONATE PALLETTES
MOYHU COMPUTER USERS GROUP
This group meets on Tuesdays and Fridays, 930am –3.00pm, in the Lions Feder-ation Hall at the Lions Park and was initially set up to give away reconditioned computers to families with student children. As well they educated older King Valley residents in the use of the internet to enable them to communicate with
overseas relatives regularly. They also repair and maintain computers for district resi-dents at no cost as well as teaching local residents how to use their computer. The twice weekly meetings also provide these computer buffs with the opportunity to get together to compare notes and enjoy a cuppa or two.
FOLK ART & DECORATIVE PAINTING 2012 Take time out and enjoy a Monday or Thursday morning with Nola Jones at “GUMDALE COTTAGE’” Moyhu. Come along, pick up a paint brush, and be amazed at what you can do. For the first six weeks, Nola will supply the paints, but a few brushes will need to be purchased and classes will be on-going for interested students. This course aims to give tutoring in a variety of styles of painting and to provide basic skills eg. background preparation; design; colour mixing; brushstrokes; finishing etc. and CONFIDENCE
Feel free to ring and enquire about classes
Nola Jones 5727 9295
“The Broadband for Seniors initiative not only provides free access to computers and broadband, but offers training in order to increase the con-fidence and skills of older Australians in using computers and the internet. This can help to build their community participation and levels of social inclusion and will address the issue of older Australians feeling isolated and ‘left behind’ in a technological age. So if you, or someone you know, would be interested in learning more about computers and the internet for free, please pay us a visit; or contact us for more information on training
BROADBAND FOR SENIORS
A free programme providing basic, one to one computer training.
To use the keyboard and mouse
To send and receive emails
To find information from the internet
To write a document using the computer
The programme is funded by the Federal Government and sponsored by NEC, U3A, Adult Learning Aust., Australian Seniors Computer Club Assoc.
By Appointment: Contact King Valley Learning Exchange on 5727 9548 for details.
KVLE is a host venue for the Broadband for Seniors Program and has two com-puters with broadband access for use by older members of our local community. We also provide training, so beginners are very welcome. Broadband offers the opportunity for our seniors to discover how the web can play a great part in help-ing you to stay in touch with friends and family , along with offering access to the wealth of information available online.
COURSE ENROLMENT INFORMATION
Enrolment and payment for all courses can be made at the King Valley Learning Exchange on: Mondays : 9am—2pm Wednesday to Friday: 9am—2pm
For alternative arrangements or enquiries please contact the Learning Exchange on 5727 9548 or Email: [email protected]
All courses will be held at the King Valley Learning Exchange (Masonic Lodge)
2533 Wangaratta-Whitfield Road, MOYHU, unless otherwise stated.
Please Register and pay:
In person: Call in during office hours at 2533 Wangaratta-Whitfield Rd. By mail: Make cheques payable to King Valley Learning Ex-change
Payment: By cash or cheque or by direct debit.
Payment is required a minimum of 7 days prior to Course start date
Registration without payment will result in your name being placed on a waiting list.
Cancellation: If the King Valley Learning Exchange cancels a program, fees can either be refunded in full, or transferred to another program of your choice.
All classes are advertised in good faith. Minimum and maximum numbers apply.
PLEASE ENROL EARLY AS LOW ENROLMENT NUMBERS CAN RESULT IN COURSES BEING CANCELLED.
