Online resources for kids On this link, is a wide assortment of online activities for children in or out of lockdown: Stories, science, maths, languages, arts and crafts, music, in the kitchen and nature: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/412876/coronavirus-lockdown-at-home-a-guide-to-online-resources-for-kids

Richard Flanagan This month we read works of Richard Flanagan who was born and lives in Tasmania. He is descended from Irish convicts transported during the Great famine to Van Diemen’s land. In a BBC documentary he said that his father’s mother had indigenous ancestry. He is known not just for his writing but also […]

PandemicsThis year the History Interest Group has been looking at Pandemics. Two references that may interest those who observe the 2020-21 pandemic and people’s responses. People’s responses in earlier ones are given below. It seems human nature hasn’t changed. • Plague of Athens 429 -426 BC The primary source of information for this plague was […]

A free online course about nutrition for mental well-being was discussed on RNZ. Click on this link and then the one in the RNZ article. The course through the University of Canterbury is free but if you wish to have certification to say you have completed the course, there is a fee of US$149. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/nights/audio/2018811251/online-learning-booming

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