A week of activities for seniors

The Peninsula will host events as part of State-sponsored senior citizens activities from March 3 to 12.

The activities will be part of the NSW Government Seniors Festival program, formerly called Senior Citizens Week.

They include, on March 3, a free gentle exercise session at Peninsula Leisure Centre from 8:30am; a Seniors accommodation seminar at Woy Woy Library from 10am to 12pm; a free aqua fitness class at the Leisure Centre from 12:30pm; a free tai chi session at the Leisure Centre from 11:15am; and an aged care fees and charges seminar from 1:30pm to 3:30pm at Woy Woy Library.

Games of chess and indoor bowls will be on at the Ettalong seniors' centre between 9am and 12pm.

A grandparents story time and morning tea will be hosted in the Woy Woy Library from 10:30am; aqua fitness will return to the Peninsula Leisure Centre at 12:30pm; and free health and fitness assessments will be conducted at various time throughout the day at the Leisure Centre all on March 6.

Indoor bowls and darts will be held at the Ettalong Learning and Leisure Centre from 9am-12pm on March 7.

On the same day, Umina Library will host a grandparents story time and morning tea from 10:30am; Woy Woy Library will host an understanding your pension program from 10:30am-11:30am; and Peninsula Leisure Centre will host yoga from 7:30pm.

The Ettalong senior citizen's centre will have indoor bowls from 9am-12pm on March 8.

On that day, Umina Library will have a Seniors Fair from 10am-12pm; Peninsula Leisure Centre will have yoga from 10:30am, aqua fitness from 12:30pm and a CPR awareness session from 2pm; Woy Woy library will have another grandparent's story time morning tea; and from 12:45-3:45pm the Ettalong Leisure and Learning Centre will have scrabble.

On March 9, Ettalong Leisure and Learning Centre will have indoor bowls from 9am-12pm and Mahjong from 12:30-4pm; from 10:30am Umina Library will have a grandparent's morning tea.

On March 10, hearing tests will be available at Ettalong senior citizen's centre From 9am-3pm and line dancing will be on from 12:30pm to 4pm.

On March 14, Woy Woy Library will host a safety for senior's seminar from 10:30am to 12pm; and the Ettalong Leisure and Learning Centre will host a year's ahead driving program on March 20 from 10-11am. Media release, 24 Feb 2017 Ian Reynolds, Central Coast Council