One of the roles for a community developer is to help communities get services that they might not normally access. Many small schools in isolated communities cannot afford to bring high quality teachers and coaches to their pupils.
The Tennis and Music and Preschool day went so well in Weilmoringle last year that I decided to get a similar team together to do it all again. As the final arrangements were being made it turned out that Weilmoringle could not host the event this time due to other commitments so the whole show went to Goolgowi Public School who were thrilled to have the opportunity. After tweaking the timetable to fit in some regular school work and a Musica Viva event that same week it all fell into place.
Sue, tennis coach extraordinaire, travelled up from Geelong. Lou, an exceptional singing teacher travelled over from Bulahdelah, and they gathered in Hillston on the Saturday to start the week. But first there was a singing evening for Hillston church on the Sunday night - a beaut event where we sang until we dropped.
Then on Monday it was off to Goolgowi for a week of singing and tennis for kids -K-6. Every class did both music and tennis each day and the progress they made over the week was remarkable to watch. By Friday they were all proficient enough to participate in a concert and even the Kindy kids could perform a rudimentary tennis serve. Not bad for 4 days of lessons!
Even the nearby Gunbar and Goolgowi playgroups got a look in on Thursday morning as the mums and kids gathered to join in a special time of music and stories for little people.
The students certainly loved the week if the thank you cards to Julie, Sue and Lou are anything to go by.
Who knows the Goolgowi courts may now see new life and maybe the next tennis hopeful or opera star will be a Goolgowi local!
A BIG THANK YOU to Sue and Lou for giving up a week of their time to run the tennis and music classes.
The Tennis and Music and Preschool day went so well in Weilmoringle last year that I decided to get a similar team together to do it all again. As the final arrangements were being made it turned out that Weilmoringle could not host the event this time due to other commitments so the whole show went to Goolgowi Public School who were thrilled to have the opportunity. After tweaking the timetable to fit in some regular school work and a Musica Viva event that same week it all fell into place.
Sue, tennis coach extraordinaire, travelled up from Geelong. Lou, an exceptional singing teacher travelled over from Bulahdelah, and they gathered in Hillston on the Saturday to start the week. But first there was a singing evening for Hillston church on the Sunday night - a beaut event where we sang until we dropped.
Then on Monday it was off to Goolgowi for a week of singing and tennis for kids -K-6. Every class did both music and tennis each day and the progress they made over the week was remarkable to watch. By Friday they were all proficient enough to participate in a concert and even the Kindy kids could perform a rudimentary tennis serve. Not bad for 4 days of lessons!
Even the nearby Gunbar and Goolgowi playgroups got a look in on Thursday morning as the mums and kids gathered to join in a special time of music and stories for little people.The students certainly loved the week if the thank you cards to Julie, Sue and Lou are anything to go by.
Who knows the Goolgowi courts may now see new life and maybe the next tennis hopeful or opera star will be a Goolgowi local!
A BIG THANK YOU to Sue and Lou for giving up a week of their time to run the tennis and music classes.
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