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Blacktown City Council – first to host new Swim Teacher course
Blacktown City Council has partnered with Royal Life Saving NSW to deliver a new Swim Teacher course to anyone interested in becoming a qualified ‘Learn to Swim Instructor’.
The course provides participants with skills and knowledge to effectively and safely teach swimming and water safety skills to school aged children. It was offered free to eligible candidates as part of the NSW Government’s Skilling for Recovery program.
Council’s ‘Blacktown Key Venues’ section hosted the course at Blacktown Leisure Centre Stanhope.
Over 25 people signed up for the free course, including Blacktown Key Venues staff and swim school parents.
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Lions ring in Lunar New Year of Ox
The beat of drums and clash of cymbals greeted lunchtime visitors to the Village Green in the Blacktown city centre last Friday.
Chinese Lion dancers raged through the park and around the nearby streets to mark the start of Lunar New Year celebrations throughout Blacktown City.
Starting with the lion dancers in the city centre, Blacktown City Council is celebrating the Lunar Year of the Ox in a COVID-safe, decentralised way.
In past years, spectacular celebrations have been held at the Chang Lai Garden at Nurragingy Reserve, Doonside. This year, residents can ring in the Year of the Ox simultaneously at Blacktown City Council’s five leisure and aquatic centres.
Blacktown Aquatic Centre
From 4 to 22 January 2021 the centres will be open until 7:00pm on weekends.
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