Langwarrin
Community Centre Inc.
ACTIVITY PROGRAM
TERM FOUR 2017 ACCREDITED TRAINING CHILDREN’S SERVICES CERTIFICATE III IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE CHC30113 - 9.30 am – 3.00 pm one or two days per week in class for approx 40 sessions. Book now for 2018. All inclusive cost $690.00. $650.00 Conc FOOD SAFETY SITXFSA001 - Use hygienic practices for food safety. Cost $90.00. $80 Conc FIRST AID HLTAID004 Provide an emergency first aid response in an education and care setting. Cost $160.00 ($120.00 concession)
FURTHER EDUCATION READING & WRITING This course is for people with an intellectual disability. (ACFE funded) Monday 11.30 am – 2.30 pm. Term 4 starts 09/10/17. Cost $55.00 per term (Conc) FIRST AID AWARENESS FOR BABIES Gain the knowledge and skills to calmly and confidently respond to the most common first aid emergencies involving babies. Cost $45.00 for one session ONLINE BANKING WORKSHOP Tuesday 10.00 am – 1.00 pm, 10/10/17, To celebrate Frankston Senior’s Festival. Light lunch provided. Gold coin donation. Booking essential 9789 7653
COMPUTER - SHORT COURSES ACFE funded courses $80.00 ($72.00 concession) No classes on public or school holidays INTRODUCTION TO YOUR iPAD Meet your iPad! Learn the most important features of your iPad. Get your iPad set up and learn your way around. Photos, Internet, emails, create accounts to buy music, books and televisions shows, be creative with some exciting new Apps Thursday 6.30 pm – 9.00 pm, 6 sessions, starts 26/10/17 INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWS 10 Take your first step in computing to learn the mouse and keyboard, customise Windows 10, find your way around popular Apps, import and edit your photos Monday 1.00 pm – 3.30 pm, 7 sessions starts 23/10/17 INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWS 10 – NEXT LEVEL Next Step – Security software, popular apps, slideshows using photos and music, download free eBooks, use your MS account for “One Drive” Monday 10.00 am – 12.30 pm, 7 sessions starts 23/10/17 LEVEL 3 COMPUTERS Using advanced features of Microsoft Word such as styles, headers, Mail Merge, Smart Art, adding track changes and creating a table of contents. Advanced features of Power Point such as animations, editing master slides, creating customised slideshows. Advanced features of Microsoft Excel. Friday 9.30 am - 12.00 pm, 7 sessions, starts 27/10/17
COMPUTER COURSES ACFE funded courses $95.00 ($83.00 concession) No classes on public or school holidays LEVEL 1 COMPUTERS The First Level provides training in practical skills such as word processing, file management, internet, and email. Tuesday 9.30 am – 12.00 md, 8 sessions starts 17/10/17 LEVEL 2 COMPUTERS Next Level focus is on PowerPoint presentations, Excel, advanced MS Word. Tuesday 12.30 pm – 3.00 pm, 8 sessions starts 17/10//17
COMPUTERISED ACCOUNTING MYOB LEVEL 1 Introduction to MYOB Includes Payroll. Pre-requisite computing skills and understanding of basic bookkeeping. Cost: $168.00 ($145.60 conc) includes manual. Wednesday 9.30 am – 12.00 md, 8 sessions starts 18/10/17 MYOB LEVEL 2 Pre-requisite to this class is MYOB Introduction or equivalent Wednesday 9.30 am – 12.00 md, 8 sessions starts 18/10/17 $188.00. Conc $165.60 (includes manual)
MIND, HEALTH & WELLBEING FREE TALK ON WILLS Presented by COTA (representing older Australians). Wednesday 1.00 pm – 3.00 pm, 11/10/17. Part of Victorian Senior’s Festival, afternoon tea provided
UKULELE FOR BEGINNERS BYO Ukulele to join our weekly sessions led by an experienced teacher. Thursday 5.00 pm – 6.00 pm. $5.00 per session. Booking essential 9789 7653 AGE STRONG Use resistance & weights to build strength and balance, designed for older people. Wed or Fri mornings during school terms. Cost: $6.00 per session. In partnership with Peninsula Health. Contact 9789 7653 for eligibility TAI CHI Monday 11.00 am – 12.30 pm, 10 sessions starts 09/10/17. Cost $110.00. YOGA WITH SHERYN Tues 10.30 am – 11.30 am, 7.30 pm, Wed 7.30 pm – 8.30 pm during school terms. BYO Yoga mat/blanket. Contact 0425 746 858 PILATES Mon 6.15 pm – 7.15 pm or 7.30 pm – 8.30 pm, Tues 7.00 pm – 8.00 pm, Sat 8.00 am – 9.00 am, school terms. Tamara 0408 371 532 info@thepilatesspace,com.au NATURAL HEALING& SUPPORT Saturday 10.00 am - 2.30 pm. Cost $3.00 +40 cents for bottomless cuppa. Contact 9789 7653 FREE SELF DEFENCE CLASSES FOR WOMEN Classes are open to women and girls. First Thursday each month, school terms 7.00pm – 8.00pm. Contact Cameron on 0419 119 613. Cost: FREE KID’S KUNG FU and ADULT KICK BOXING Classes for adults, adolescents and children. Monday & Thursday 6.15 pm – 8.30 pm, school terms. Contact Cameron 0419 119 613 T.O.P.I.C. Take Off Pounds In Company. Every Monday 9.30 am - 11.00 am. Cost $3.00 WEIGHT WATCHERS Every Saturday 7.30 am - 9.30 am. Contact Denise 0438 496 961 COUNSELLING Monday sessions bulk billed with a referral from a Doctor. Contact psychologist Heidi Smith 0433 092 201
CRAFT, HOBBY & FUN S-C-R-A-B-B-L-E First Night free ALL WELCOME! Every Tuesday 7.00 pm - 10.00 pm PATCHWORK PATCH “N” CHAT Tuesday 10.00 am - 2.00 pm during school terms. Cost: $4.00 per session BOAT LICENCE Every second Sunday 8.30 am – 12.30 pm. Half day, evening or private courses available. Contact Rod - 0407 755 537
COMMUNITY GROUPS SENIOR CITIZENS Come and join our Senior’s Club, we have a great time each week. Call Jay or Linda on 5995 5281. Every Wednesday 12.45 pm - 3.45 pm
CHILDREN & YOUTH LANGWARRIN YOUTH HUB Activities available Monday to Friday 3.00 pm - 6.00 pm. If you require information, support or referral please call Scott 0488 590 917 OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS CARE PROGRAM Before and after school care, school holiday program. Fully accredited by National Childcare Accreditation Council. Phone 9789 7653 OCCASIONAL CARE Approved Child Care - 5 Hour Sessions Mon to Fri 9.00 am - 2.00 pm. Cost: $36.25 full fee. $8.28 per session with 100% CCB applied (Term booking 9789 7653) THREE YEAR OLD PRE KINDER A stepping-stone to four year old Kinder. Mon, Tues or Thus 9.15 am – 2.15 pm. Parents help on roster once a term. Booking essential 9789 7653 PLAYTIME for TODDLERS Wed 9.15 am - 12.15 pm. $27.00 per session, term booking essential 9789 7653 PLAYGROUP During school terms. Friday 10.00 am - 11.30 am. Cost $42.70 per term. Booking essential 9789 7653 IMMUNISATIONS 2nd Wednesday of every month. Time: 9.30 am – 11.30 am. CHILDREN’S DRAMA Helen O’Grady Academy. Ages 5 - 18 years. Wednesday 4.00 pm – 7.00 pm, school terms. Contact : 9016 3894 HEY DEE HO MUSIC CLASSES Children’s music classes. Friday 10.00 am – 10.45 am. Or 11.00 am – 11.45 am. Contact Jill 0425 713 430
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Frankston Times 25 September 2017
NEWS DESK
Funds flow to study ulcer Stephen Taylor steve@baysidenews.com.au TYABB girl Ella Crofts has been praised by federal Health Minister and Flinders MP Greg Hunt as a “very brave and courageous young lady”. Mr Hunt’s comments were made while promising $2.4 million following the 13 year old’s campaign for research into the Buruli (or Bairnsdale) flesh-eating ulcer from which she suffers. The disease has been described as being rampant on the Mornington Peninsula where incidences have more than doubled in the past year. There has been a 300 per cent increase in the number of cases in Victoria in the past five years. In the past two years, the number of cases in children (0-15 years old) has doubled. In the 12 months to 11 September 239 cases have been reported in Victoria. In the past month 40 new cases have been reported. This compares to the 89 for the whole of 2014. Infectious diseases specialist Professor Daniel O’Brien was last month treating 25 people with the flesh-eating ulcer at a Sorrento clinic. He also liaises with Frankston Hospital and GPs in the region who are treating patients with the condition. He told The News in August that the disease was on the rise and not fully understood. “We still have a lot to learn about where the bacteria live in the environment and how they are transmitted,” he said. The bacteria, which do not enter the bloodstream, infect the skin and subcutaneous tissue, Prof O’Brien said. Cases are centred at Rye but also Tootgarook, Blairgowrie and Sorrento. Several cases have been reported at Mornington and Frankston. Australia is the only developed country with significant Bairnsdale ulcer outbreaks. The name came from the Gippsland town where the first patients presented in 1939. Professor Tim Stinear – a microbiologist at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity and whose parents have a house in Mornington – believes mosquitoes are the “main way the bacteria are moving”. He played down the link with possums, although saying people should wash their hands after gardening in case cuts or sores became infected through direct contact with contaminated soil. “Mycobacterium ulcerans has moved from Gippsland into Melbourne since the mid-1980s where it is now endemic on the peninsula,” he said. Professor O’Brien said research indicated the bacteria may be on people’s skin after they had been exposed to it outdoors. Mosquito bites could transfer the bacteria into the skin and tissue. Many people had been bitten during the warmer months but nothing occurred until the cooler months. “We think the incubation period is about four and a half months,” he said. He advised people to cover up in summer and use insect repellent. Ella Croft described her Buruli experience online when calling on the federal government to fund research into the debilitating condition: “I started feeling pain in my knee in early April. Slowly it got worse, with my knee becoming swollen and inflamed, until one day, the skin started breaking down. “We tested the tissue with a dry-swab for bacteria multiple times. Each time it came back negative. My knee continued to worsen, despite several courses of antibiotics for simple infections. I eventually got a punch-biopsy in my knee which came back positive for mycobacterium ulcerans. “Since discovering this information, I visited several infectious diseases specialists before coming under the care of a world expert. He recommended surgery to clean out the dead tissue. I ended up getting two operations that week. “About a month later I had a third operation, again under general anaesthetic. I have had a cou-
‘I’ve had six months of quality medical care and still have not recovered.’
- ELLA Croft
ple of smaller surgeries under local anaesthetic since then. I’ve also had about three months of strong antibiotics – the sort that someone would use if they had tuberculosis. “I’ve had six months of quality medical care and still have not recovered.” Ella said mycobacterium ulcerans was a thirdworld tropical disease “running rampant on the Mornington Peninsula”. Her mother Lucy Burns, who is a GP, told Channel 9 that when her daughter first complained of a sore knee there were no visible signs of the disease. “There was nothing to see, then it started to look a little swollen around the knee but nothing too much to worry about,” Dr Burns said. “A couple of days later it started to get the smallest of sores like a scab or a carpet burn and then a bit of redness around it.” Heeding Ella’s call, Mr Hunt last week said the federal government would provide “more than $2.4 million through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to Monash University and the University of Melbourne for direct research into the Buruli ulcer”. “I have asked the chief medical officer of the Australian government and the head of the NHMRC to work with Victoria on additional research priorities and support,” he said. “I understand the Doherty Institute may put forward a research proposal and I would welcome this.” Mr Hunt said he had spoken with Ella “who is a very brave and courageous young lady”. “She must be commended on a personal level and for her advocacy on this issue. Ella’s father, Tyron Crofts, has also spoken with the chief medical officer about opportunities for further research into the condition.” Ella’s post said the Bairnsdale ulcer released a toxin called mycolactone which decreases immune system function and causes tissue death. It is from the same family as leprosy and tuberculosis. How it spreads is unknown. There is currently no prevention against it. “There have been over 150 cases of mycobacterium ulcerans in Victoria so far this year, she said. “Many of them are active, healthy kids like me, and most are on the Mornington Peninsula.” Ella asked: “Why are the numbers in Victoria increasing so rapidly? Why is it moving? It used to be common on the Bellarine Peninsula, now it is mostly on the Mornington Peninsula. Why is a disease that’s found in tropical Africa also found in temperate Victoria? We don’t even know how it spreads. Answers to these questions would help prevent a worsening epidemic.”