Interest Group Suggestions for U3A
Compiled by Lynette Garnett
- Toy Making
- Wooden toys, dolls beds, peg dolls. Items that may be donated to Ronald McDonald House for instance.
- Scrap Booking
- Games
- Mahjong, Bridge, Chess, Trivila Pursuit, Uno, Dominoes, Monopoly, Scrabble.
- Music
- Music appreciation, Classical, Jazz,
- Instrumental Music preformance, keyboard, guitar, ukulele, harmonica.
- Musical outings, orchestral, opera, showtime
- Dancing
- Ballet, tap, sequence, line dancing
- Exercise
- Walking groups, pool / water exercise, Cycling group, table tennis, petanque, indoor bowls
- Writing
- Poetry, creative writing, stories for grand children
- Ted Talks
- Over 8000 talks to choose from on every topic you can imagine
- Vehicle Maintanance
- AA Speaker?
- AA Driving 80yr Test
- NZ Police or AA
- Jewellery making
- Beads R Us?
- Gardening Group
- Gardening visits, garden centres, prize gardens
- Home gardening 101
- Help Group-Difficult garden maintenance help.
- Golfing
- For Beginners
- Golf outings
- maybe work with the Shirley Golf Club
- Technology for Seniors
- Mobile phones and Tablets
- Gaming for beginners
- Windows 10 for beginners
- Computer Home Help
- Setting up your TV and Home Theatre System
- Maori Arts
- Pois, songs, music and hakas
- Learning Te Reo
- Protocols, legends, Place names, proverbs
- Crafts, carving, weaving
- Marae visit
- Science groups
- Physics for beginners
- Plant identification and classification
- Astronomy for beginners
- History of Science
- Language Options
- Asian: Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese
- European: Spanish, French, German, Russian
- Middle Eastern: Arabic, Persian
- Sign Language
- Art Appreciation
- Visits to local artists; visitf by local artists.
- Exhibitions and Art galleries
- Digital technology
- Learning to use digital technology
- Help Bank
- "Help" for members-computers-home help-gardening "hard to do" - Maintenance
- Excursions
- Willowbank, Public Hospitals, Prize Gardens, Wineries, Bromley Amimal Shelter, St George's Cancer Unit
- Cafe Lunch
- Finding New cafe's, cafe reviews, just having a nice social lunch.
- Film Group
- Film group to a theatre once a month.
- Classic films on DVD in our homes.
- Latest movies online in members homes.
- Progressive Dinner
- Life Story
- Auto-Biography writing
- Journal Writing
- Stories for My Family
- Travel Group
- Weekend and Day trips
- Overseas travel
- Social Outings
- City Events, Classical Sparks, Valentines Day, Christmases in the Park, Christmas lights
- Art Beginners
- Beginners lessons - many options
- Sewing Embroidery
- Upgrading skills - Some of our members will have those skills
- Book Club
- Reading and studying the same book
- Reading and discussion about lots of books
- Knitting
- Improving skills
- Kniting for pleasure and for good causes.
- Fishing
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- Card Making
- Craft work making cards for many purposes.
- Craft Group
- Origami and other folding activities
- Photography
- Digital photography
- Photo enhancement in the computer
- First Aid
- Courswes with eh Red Cross or St John
- Computer Help
- There is a group in the Nancy Avenue shops.
- Cyber safety-Computer set up
- Word processing, Web pages, PowerPoint