Students at the Point Cook U3A prove that learning can be fun at any age.
The U3A – also known as the University of the Third Age – is a worldwide network of self-help groups, aimed at people who are retired or semi-retired and who have an interest in education.
This year, the Point Cook U3A opened to students for the first time, with the motto “You’re never too old to learn.”
The first term’s courses have finished and term two is now under way with a group of volunteers running courses in French, art, numbers, bridge and craft at the Jamieson Way and Saltwater Community Centres in Point Cook.
The U3A also has a book club, which meets at the Featherbrook Community Centre.
The Point Cook U3A group is guided and supervised by the U3A Werribee, but hopes to run its own organisation within the next year or two.
Later this year, the Point Cook U3A will advertise new courses which will start in 2019.
It is looking for volunteers to run these classes and would also like to hear from people in the community about what types of courses would interest them.
Details: www.facebook.com/PointCookU3A
