Thanks for Contributing to the 2018 Homeless Project

Many thanks to the staff & students at Hamilton Campus who supported our Easter Competition and who made donations, knitted, sewed and purchased items for our 2018 Homeless Project.

Compass Housing have collected 20 care packages to distribute!

 

Be an explorer! Library and Information Week events

Look out for Library and Information Week events at your TAFE library:

national simultaneous story time

 

Newcastle Library hosts National Simultaneous Storytime

Presented by TAFE Library & Information Services students for Carinya Children’s Centre 

Wednesday 23rd May 10 am – 11 am

Children’s toy collection on display all week

Australia's Biggest Morning Tea

TAFE Libraries host Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea

  • Maitland Library: Wednesday 23rd May 10 am – 11:30 am
  • Wyong Library: Thursday 24th May 9.30 am – 12 pm
  • Belmont Library: Thursday 24th May 10 am – 2 pm
  • Muswellbrook Library: Thursday 24th May 2.45 pm – 3.15 pm

Please bring: a donation for the Cancer Council

national reconciliation week

 

Hunter Street Library celebrates Reconciliation Week

Drinks and nibbles

Tuesday 29 May and Thursday 31 May 11.30 am – 12.30 pm

Please bring: a cup, your stories and a gold coin donation to cover costs

May Mindfulness at Hunter Street

All staff and students are welcome to attend Mindfulness sessions every week in May.

Location: Hunter Street Campus, in GEO5, across from the Library

Tuesdays              12 pm

Thursdays             11 am

Join the Careers, Counselling and Pathways Service in the practice of Mindfulness. Mindfulness is adapted from Buddhist meditation and is described by the Black Dog Institute as the awareness of what is happening in the present on a moment by moment basis, while not making judgements.

Benefits of regular practice include:

  • Enhanced ability to cope with stress
  • Improved sleep quality
  • Improved concentration
  • Improved job performance, productivity and satisfaction
  • Improved relationships
  • Mind-body integration and a greater enjoyment of life!

Each session will be led by one of our experienced Counsellors and you will be guided through a Mindfulness exercise lasting between 15 and 20 minutes.

Please register your interest at Hunter St Library.

References for more information:

https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/sites/default/files/Mindfulness_report_2010.pdf

https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au