Performing Arts Events in New South Wales

Tai Chi is a gentle exercise form where participants move in an upright posture, in a slow and controlled manner. It can be practised standing or sitting. It exercises the entire body, all the joints, muscles and internal organs. It enhances the Qi (氣) or life energy. Practising tai chi enhances our health and wellbeing and is particularly effective in improving arthritic stiffness and developing better balance. Tai chi calms the mind, helps to relieve stress and promotes a sense of harmony and wellness. Dates: Term 4, 2024 – Fridays, 11 October-29 November 2024 Time: 9.30-10.30am Venue: YWCA Hunter, 24 Dawson St, Cooks Hill NSW 2300 Cost: 8 week term: $100 per person Bookings essential: www . ywca hunter region . org . au

Communications skills programs or school students Kindy - Year 12 Public speaking is a core skill that provides lifelong benefits – whether speaking to a small group of people or to a stadium filled with 50,000. Once gained, learning public speaking makes a person more confident overall. Whatever your grade in school is - get over your fears by continuous practice of these skills. With Creative Writing, we teach students to really dig down dip, to not just take things as they are on the surface but to investigate, which is a lesson that will remain with them throughout the rest of their lives. The real benefit of learning Creative Writing while in school, is the gift of giving students a new way to look at themselves and it teaches organisational skills that go beyond NAPLAN and HSC.