INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY EVENT

Together with various community organisations, Community Junction assisted in planning this years International Woman’s Day event, which was held at St Marys Memorial Hall on 6^th March.  Corina Norman, an Inspirational speaker spoke about the importance of family and community togetherness creating a balanced society for the better of us all.  This year there was a focus on showcasing our local female youth.  St Marys Senior High graduate Mae Limbaco was invited to speak about her experience as a female from Australian / Filipino heritage and how important the message #Balance for better is for all young women, regardless of age, nationality, background or heritage. Slam poet Nieshanka Nanthakrishnakumar delivered some dynamic self-written poetry articulating the struggle for balance and the judgement often experienced by women. NCNS produced artworks depicting inspirational Aboriginal Women in History and our very own Erskine Park Girls Space performed a strong and hard hitting self-defence demonstration.  It was great to see the energy and passion of all these young women at this years event.

GIRLS SPACE INVOLVEMENT

This years International Women’s Day was an incredible opportunity for our Erskine Park Girls Space Self-Defence group to perform on stage and showcase the skills they had learnt during 2018 with the support from Ann Stirton from Akyu Martial Arts. We had 10 young women perform from both Erskine Park and St Clair High Schools.  All the girls had an awesome day together, have built strong friendships with each other and their confidence shined through the day.

Girls Space - Self Defense Class

Our Term 3 self-defence program ran from Erskine Park Youth Space on a Friday afternoon .😊 Thank you so much to our awesome facilitator Ann Stirton from Akyu Martial Arts facilitating yet another AWESOME self-defense program for young women.

The girls were also graded on our final afternoon by Ann, and received a grading belt and certificate as well. Safe to say all the young women really enjoyed the program, made new friends and finished the term learning something new and feeling more confident within themselves. 

We will be continuing to work with Ann running another FREE “self-defense/ boot camp program come Term 4. 

KIDS BOOTCAMP

A 6 week Kids Boot Camp workshop at Erskine Park was held during Term 3. 

Children aged 8 - 12 years were able to keep active during the winter cold, whilst  challenging themselves in different circuits and activities.

Each week they pushed through their limits to  improve their fitness. We look forward to providing more active programs for kids in the oncoming terms.     

NATIONAL SENIORS WEEK

Community Junction Inc. celebrated the launch of Seniors Week at the Mondo on Friday 3^rd March in partnership with Penrith City Council. We held an interactive game of Connect 4.         

We also held our annual event at Erskine Park Community Hall with services such as Leep, Nepean Food Services and Ken Stretton taking part in our Speed Info Sharing segment.  Erskine Park Children Centre and Erskine Park High School did a great job with entertainment and catering. We would like to thank NSW Seniors grant for supporting our event.