PENINSULA Leisure says a study it has undertaken in partnership with Deakin University has shown that keeping kids in swim lessons throughout the year is vital to making sure they stay safe in the water. Peninsula Leisure chief executive officer Tim Gledhill said the year long study, titled Swim Lesson Models: Effectiveness and Impact, “found parents who solely relied on school swim programs overestimated their child’s swimming and water safety abilities.” “This study reinforces just how important it is for parents to ensure children are learning to swim all year round. While intensive school swim programs are important, they lose…
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THE first stage of redevelopment works at Chisholm’s Frankston TAFE campus have been completed. The completed first stage works include new health, community care, early childhood education, hair, beauty, and wellness facilities. The works also included the addition of new classrooms and redeveloped trades facilities, including a purpose-built design centre. State politicians visited the Frankston TAFE campus last week to tour the new facilities. Premier Daniel Andrews said “TAFE is a ticket to skills, jobs and a stronger Victoria, that’s why we saved TAFE, made it free and are ensuring they have the best facilities.” “Right across the state, TAFE-qualified…
KINGSTON CIU detectives are investigating an aggravated burglary that occurred in Chelsea last month. Police believe that a person entered a home on Swan Walk and stole car keys and a vehicle sometime between 11pm on 13 September and 3pm on 14 September. The stolen car was a red Holden commodore sedan. A woman was home asleep at the time, but was not injured and was not aware that the burglary had happened until she woke up. An image of the allegedly stolen car, with false registration plates, and a man police wish to speak to have been released. The…
A BURGLARY from a Dingley Village supermarket is being investigated. Kingston CIU detectives were told that three unknown offenders broke into the Centre Dandenong Road shop at around 12.15am, 2 October. Police believe that the offenders forced entry through a door and stole cigarettes and cash. Images have been released of the offenders. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential crime report at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 9 October 2019
DAVID Hockney is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century and an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s. This exhibition highlights his talents as one of the greatest printmakers of our time and is a thrilling insight into the mind of an iconic artist still searching for new ways of seeing. The exhibition is drawn from the National Gallery of Australia’s extensive collection, presenting over 80 works from 1961 to the present day including prints developed using lithography and etching, photocopiers and fax machines, and more recently, iPhones and iPads. A…