22 Tuesday <strong>December</strong> 5 <strong>2017</strong> Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi WESTERN NEWS A Star Media Event Star Media Sunday 18 March 2018 #areyouupforit? 14km, 6km Community Fun Run Event Entries NOW OPEN $20 Early bird tickets available from www.city2surf.co.nz
WESTERN NEWS Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Tuesday <strong>December</strong> 5 <strong>2017</strong> 23 Scrabble Group Tuesday, 9.45am-noon Go along and play scrabble with this friendly weekly group. Exercise your brain and have fun. Gold coin donation. Sundbye House, 100 Farrington Ave Coffee and Cake Morning Tuesday, 10am-noon Go along to this free coffee morning. Pop in for a quiet chat. Bring a friend, the children or yourself. Home-made baking will be provided. Halswell Community Hub, 381 Halswell Rd Storytimes/Wā Kōrerō Tuesday, 10.30–11am Encourage learning through a love for stories. Storytimes is an interactive programme including stories, songs, rhymes and play. This is a free session. Fendalton Library, 4 Jeffreys Rd Avonhead Exercise Classes Tuesday, 10.45-11.45am Designed for people living with long-term health conditions. Classes generally occur weekly except on public holidays and during school holiday periods. Please phone 0800 663 463 to register. RED CROSS Learning first aid is not only a part of ensuring a safe work place, but also an integral part of our engagement with the wider community. We all learn the necessary skills to ensure that in times of emergency we are able to assist our work colleagues, but are we able to take these skills home, into the community or on to the sports field? not all work places are the same and the injury risk for each place can be wide and variable. The office attended by administrators does not carry the same risk as those people working with heavy machinery, or perhaps at some distance from a regular ambulance service. it is therefore essential that you pick the right first aid course to suit all of your activities – both professional and social. take, for example, an office worker who does not have a high risk work environment and whose concern might be to ensure that they can deal with minor cuts and superficial injuries, or the ability to perform effective CPr. These skills can be achieved on a course of eight hours duration and would generally fit into low to medium risk area. But take this same person on to a sports field either as a spectator or player when a higher level injury occurs. The eight hour course covering unit standards 6402 and 6401 (or 26551 and 26552) does not cover head neck and spinal injuries, eye injuries, hypothermia and poisonings. The majority of injuries occur outside of the work place, in fact one in three injuries occurs in the home, making it the most common place for injuries to happen. new Zealand children Email emily.oconnell@starmedia.kiwi by 5pm each Wednesday Avonhead Baptist Church, 104 Avonhead Rd GenConnect Wednesday, 1-1.45pm This class aims to connect generations by sharing knowledge. Nothing compares to the knowledge of helpful teens that have grown up with technology. Riccarton High School students will be available to help you find answers to all your questions. Upper Riccarton Library, 71 Main South Rd Scrabble Club Wednesday, 1-3pm Go along to Scrabble Club. There’s no obligation, just go along whenever you can and join the friendly group. Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library and Community Centre, 13 Bishopdale Court Sports in the Park Wednesday, 3.30-4.30pm Sports in the park runs during term 4. All primary school-aged children are welcome to come along and join in some ball games. Cancelled if wet and cancellations will be posted on the Riccarton Community Updates Facebook page. Ensuring a safe work place Go along to Christchurch Boys’ High School on Straven Rd to see the Crusaders go in to bat for cystic fibrosis on Sunday. They will be up against New Zealand Olympians and sports stars in a Twenty20 cricket game. This will be a free, familyfriendly event, with bouncy castles, food stands, cricket academy and an all-new art exhibition. Eftpos will be available on-site. The event will run from 11am until 5pm. Harrington Park, Peverel St UR Club Wednesday, 3.30-4.30pm Go and join the fun at this after school club. Open to all schoolaged children, there will be stories, crafts, games and more. Upper Riccarton Library, 71 Main South Rd Technology Help Drop-In Sessions Thursday, 11am-noon Free drop-in sessions, no booking required. You don’t are twice as likely to die through injury as children who live in australia. They mostly die as a result of motor vehicles accidents or falls in the home. fatalities from leisure and sport are not far behind those in the workplace. The wider 12 hour course teaches the additional unit standard 6400 and provides a wide knowledge base for medium to high risk environments. This course covers many of the skills required to deal with the most common injuries, such as falls (which can result in head, neck and spinal injuries) and dealing with complex scenes such as motor vehicle accidents. if you are not sure on the course best suited to your needs, ask your accredited first aid training provider. They can explain the course content and give you options that will best suit your needs. Look beyond the workplace and consider your family and your location. Check that you have a good quality first aid kit that is up-todate with replenished items, and that everyone knows where it is located. Piano Raewyn Clegg Registered Teacher of Piano and Theory of Music. 29 Lancewood Drive Halswell Ph 322-9377 need your own PC but if you do have a laptop, tablet or e-reader, you can get help using these tools as well. New to computers, the web, email, Trade Me, Facebook, Skype, eBook readers, spreadsheets or Word? Got a question about how to do something? Come along to receive some help. Upper Riccarton Library, 71 Main South Rd, Upper Riccarton Knit ’n’ Yarn Thursday, 10am-noon Those who want to have a chat while they construct their favourite woollen creations can at the weekly Knit ‘n’ Yarn meetings. From crochet to knitting or a craft of your choice, have fun with this social group. There are a variety of books to help inspire ideas for your next project or even to help a beginner. Everyone is welcome. Upper Riccarton Library, 71 Main South Rd Go Well Group – Play Rummikub Thursday, 1-3pm Go along to Fendalton Library and play Rummikub. The game is an exciting, interactive strategy game that will test your wits. Fendalton Library, 4 Jeffreys Rd Musical Instrument Practice Slots Thursday, 3.30-7pm Book a time to go solo or have a silent practice with up to four band-mates. There will be electronic drums, a digital piano, a Roland session mixer, mics and headphones available for budding musicians. You can also take in your own electric instruments and plug into the session mixer. Te Hāpua Halswell Centre, 341 Halswell Rd Halswell Carols by Treelight Thursday, 6-9pm Go along for the fifth annual Carols by Treelight community event. St John of God Halswell and the Granada Centre NEW ZEALAND RED CROSS GLOBAL LEADERS IN FIRST AID TRAINING Christchurch Course Dates <strong>2017</strong> Venue: 32 Birmingham Drive, Middleton First Aid Revalidation Course (6 hours) Cost $130.00 per person (certificates must not have expired for more than 3 months) Time: 8.30am – 3.15pm Monday 11 Dec 26 Feb Tuesday 16 Jan 13 Feb Wednesday 20 Dec 24 Jan Friday 15 Dec 5 Jan Sunday 17 Dec 14 Jan M Learning Workplace Revalidation Course (4 hours) Cost $130.00 per person (certificates must not have expired for more than 3 months) Time: 8.30am – 12.45pm Monday 18 Dec Thursday 25 Jan Friday 16 Feb For bookings please call 0800 REDCROSS or 339-7111 Book online at www.redcross.org.nz USE THE RED CROSS ADVANTAGE - COMPREHENSIVE FIRST AID, ESSENTIAL FIRST AID, REVALIDATION OR TAILORED TRAINING TO SUIT yOU AT yOUR PLACE OR OURS. USE THE RED CROSS ADVANTAGE - COMPREHENSIVE FIRST AID, ESSENTIAl FIRST AID, REVAlIDATION OR TAIlORED TRAINING TO SUIT YOU AT YOUR PlACE OR OURS. 16 Hours Thursday/Friday 18 & 19 Jan NEW ZEALAND RED CROSS - GLOBAL LEADERS IN FIRST AID TRAINING CHRISTCHURCH COURSE DATES <strong>2017</strong> • VENUE: 32 BIRMINGHAM DRIVE, MIDDLETON Comprehensive First Aid PLUS Course (16hrs or 4hr upgrade) Unit Standard 6402, 6401, 6400 and 25411 or 26552, 26551, 6400 and 25411 Cost $275.00 per person incl FA Manual & GST for 16 hours or $85.00 per person for upgrade following completion of CFA Time: Day One 8.30am – 5.30pm Day Two 8.30am – 5pm Friday 4 Hours 1.15pm-5.00pm 19 Jan Comprehensive First Aid Course (12hrs) Unit Standard 6402, 6401, 6400 or 26552, 26551, 6400 Cost $225.00 per person incl FA Manual & GST Time: Day One & Day Two 8.30am - 3.15pm Time: Day One 8.30am - 5.30pm 2 x Monday 19 & 26 Feb 2 x Tuesday 9 & 16 Jan 27 Feb & 6 Mar 2 x Wednesdays 14 & 21 Mar Thursday/Friday 4 & 5 Jan 11 & 12 Jan Day Two 8.30am - 12.45pm Thursday/Friday 18 & 19 Jan Weekends 13 & 14 Jan 20 & 21 Jan Essential First Aid Course (8hrs) Unit Standard 6402, 6401 or 26551, 26552 Cost $155.00 per person Time: 8.30am – 5.30pm Monday 19 Feb Tuesday 9 Jan Wednesday 17 Jan M Learning (App.) First Aid Courses Practical First Aid Unit Standards 6402, 6401 Cost $155.00 per person Time: 4 hours 8.30am-12.45pm Thursday 15 Feb Wednesday 7 Mar Workplace First Aid Unit Standards 6400, 6401, 6402 Cost $225.00 per person Time: 8 hours 8.30am-5.30pm Thursday 15 Feb Wednesday 7 Mar Thursday 4 Jan 25 Jan FOR BOOKINGS PLEASE CALL 0800 REDCROSS OR 339-7111 • BOOK ONLINE AT WWW.REDCROSS.ORG.NZ Saturday 13 Jan 20 Jan
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