Update: COVID regulations impact on classes

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Limited Re-opening

A class size maximum of 10 continues to apply from Thursday 17 June, so only a few classes can return to face-to-face meetings.

We will open the office on Monday, 21 June with reduced hours and some courses with small numbers will be advised that they can return to campus.

Others must wait for further easing of restrictions

Phone:
9821 0282

Email:
mail@u3ahawthorn.org.au

Restricted Office Hours
9.30am to 1.30pm

The maximum number on campus is 75.

Please note that masks are mandatory indoors and that all the COVID requirements of hand sanitizing, surface spraying and spatial distancing remain in force. Check in via QR codes is required but see the section below on the Kiosk for those without smartphones.

Course impacts

Melbourne's Tramways visit to Wattle Park (Wed 23 June) - deferred - new date to be set

Civilisations of Ancient Maya Tues 22 June1.30pm - now on Zoom

Anglo-Saxon to Perpendicular Gothic Tuesday 29 June, 1.30pm - now on Zoom

Armchair Travel - Three weeks in Peru, Sue Waller Thurs 24 June, 1.30pm - now on Zoom

Celtic World - deferred until able to be face-to-face

Philosophy Unlimited - deferred until able to start face-to-face

America - a changing view - will start on Zoom Thursday 17 June 11.30

Excursion to Mary Quant Exhibition in Bendigo - Wed 30 June will go ahead

Excursion to Justin Art House Museum - Tue 6 July - will go ahead

Boroondara Library Service - Books and More - Thur 15 July 2pm - will go ahead

The ABCs of Israel and the Middle East - deferred start until 12 July

Great YouTube rock and pop music videos will go ahead in Hall Tuesday22 June, 1.30pm

Saturday Matinee Saturday 26 June - Cancelled

Readman Lecture

will go ahead
Thursday 1 July 2pm in Hall

Black Saturday - Love and loss and learning
Sue Gunningham

Sue Gunningham lost her partner Barry in Victoria’s 2009 Black Saturday bushfires. Her memoir All the Days After documents the devastation caused by the fires, her journey through grief and the lesser-known aspects of such a tragedy - including the frustrating and often unhelpful bureaucracy confronting bewildered survivors of a major disaster.

Waldene - Love in the Shadows, her latest memoir, blends prose, poetry and love letters to tell the story of the couple’s 18 year romance before the fires.

Sue will describe some of the challenges she faced in the 12 months following the fires and beyond, and talk about the people who she encountered on the journey from loss to rebuild, depression to happiness and what she learnt from the experience.

Meg Adams OAM

Our congratulations go to our past President and Life Member, Meg Adams, on being awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the recent Queen's Birthday Honours.

She was cited for her contributions to the community of Boroondara through her many roles and over many years at both Camcare and at U3A Hawthorn.

New KIOSK check in

For those without a smartphone or unable to use QR codes for contract tracing, Service Victoria has released a new Kiosk check in procedure.

There is now a computer provided in the Office Foyer and one inside the main hall.

These display a simple form asking you to type in your name and phone number and to then "check in".

No QR codes are required and it's all done on U3A Hawthorn's equipment.

We hope this will enable all members to comply with the current government mandate that everyone must use an electronic check in to Services Victoria.

If you can use the QR codes then please continue to do so to reduce pressure on the Kiosks.