COMMUNITY

Learning studio now open

The Pavilion at 79 Memorial Dr has given space to homeschooled children on Tuesdays and Wednesdays during the school term. At this time there are 14 children aged between 5-14yo engaged in diverse learning activities designed to cater for individual interests, learning styles and developmental stages.

Currently the activity happens on the ground floor space with organisers looking to increase numbers and move upstairs to the large open indoor space as well. The facilitators are Ben Streatfeild, a teacher who has spent a lot of time teaching in schools across the Sunshine Coast, supported by Chelsea who is an experienced home school tutor and passionate carer.

The learning experiences are designed to provide life skills as well as explore creative and mentally challenging projects – with help from our community.

Organisers hope to attract experts from the community to help initially with projects, such as mechanics, woodwork, entrepreneurship, the arts and languages. If you have skills in these areas or anything you feel you would like to pass on to another generation, this is an opportunity

If you see this as a great fit for your child or yourself as a mentor, please contact Jo on 0427 328 372 to register your interest. Janet Millington

Memorial bench update

Family members met with SCC representatives last week to discuss the removal of a memorial bench dedicated to Chris Walter as part of the council’s streetscaping works.

The family has been advised that the memorial bench will remain out the front of The Imperial Hotel, however it will take on a slightly different form to align with the streetscaping plans. A new timber seat will be installed by SCC and the words on the original plaque will be etched into the timber along with a guitar beside the wording.

Suzanne Walter said the family are pleased with the outcome. “We would like to thank the community for their support in this matter. To all who reached out to us personally, it really meant a lot. Thank you to Janet Millington for the story in Eumundi Voice. I would also like to thank Hayley Murphy from the council who has been so helpful through this."