COMMUNITY NOTICES

2021 WEP Student Exchange Opportunities
RMS Safer Driver Course - 20th September, 2 & 9th October 2020
NDE Australia is currently conducting the Roads & Maritime Service (RMS) Safer Driver Course in Wagga Wagga, for Learner Drivers.
The next series of courses will be held at the Wagga Wagga RSL, Dodds Street Wagga Wagga, on Sunday 20 September and Friday 2 and 9 October 2020, commencing at 9am.
All social distancing procedures will be followed and hand sanitiser will be provided. The Safer Drivers Course is an essential service under the present COVID 19 situation and can be conducted under the present Government guidelines. Students are advised not to attend if they have any COVID 19 symptoms and can rebook for a later course.
Students and families can book through the NDE Australia website http://www.ndeaustralia.com.au or call 0298533243.
Wagga Swim Hub
Charlie Boots - Creative Kids
We're a new business called Charlie Boots providing online craft workshops and craft kits to children throughout NSW. We are an NSW Creative Kids provider, packaging on-demand video workshops, craft kits, models and paints for NSW school kids to build and learn from in the comfort of home. Parents can use their $100 Creative Kids Voucher, so they don't need to spend any money at all to get their kids creating and exploring through our craft kits.
More details are available on our website: www.charlieboots.com.au
Wagga Junior Saturday Tennis Competition
The Wagga Junior Tennis Competition will begin again in October! This is a great way for aspiring young tennis players to get a start in a competition.
Starts: Saturday 17th October 2020
Time: 8.15 for an 8.30am start.
Finishes approximately 10.30am
Ages: Boys & Girls (10-15 years)
Cost: $150. There will be NO REGO day due to Social Distancing
16 Weeks of Competition (Limited to 12 players per grade)
Divisions: 1 to 4 to be played at Jim Elphick Tennis Centre Bolton Park every week
Division: 5 to be played at South Wagga Tennis Club every week
All players receive 50% discount on court hire during the period of the Competition – 2020/2021
Further information can be found on the Southern Sports Academy website (https://ssa-nsw.org.au/wagga-tennis/juniors/).
UC Fast Forward Program
The Nextwave Youth Film Competition returns for 2020!
The search is now on for the next wave of young regional filmmakers, with short film entries open from May 1st – Sept 21st.
Nextwave, presented by the Screenwave International Film Festival (SWIFF), now in its sixth year is host to Australia’s largest regional youth short film competition and is free to enter for young people aged between 10 - 25 years, living outside a metro area.
Short films can range from a variety of genres, including comedies, dramas, thrillers, sci-fi, animation, documentary and personal essays. All that is needed to enter is to make a short film under five minutes (including all credits) and to creatively include the phrase, ‘What’s Next?”
Along with an array of awards and prizes across a variety of age categories, short film finalists will have their films premiere at the 2021 Screenwave International Film Festival (SWIFF) in Coffs Harbour in January. Lucky creatives will also have the opportunity for their films to screen at venues across Australia for Youth Week in April 2021.
The SWIFF team are also working on broadening access to their Nextwave filmmaking workshop program by offering a series of online workshops for teachers and students across Australia. Nextwave’s redesigned workshop program is launching as an online learning experience to be delivered to regional, rural, and remote students across Australia, with the learning program supported by teachers and home-schooling parents available from June.
For more information, visit www.nextwavefilmfest.com.au.