Intergenerational Learning &
Wellbeing
Program for Members with Local Schools
Cronulla RSL Members are invited to participate in a variation of the ABC TV Program, Old People’s Homes for 4 Year Olds & Teenagers.
Thanks to Cronulla Rotary, Cronulla RSL has been invited to participate in an Intergenerational Learning and Wellbeing program with schools in the local area.
As seen in the ABC series Old People's Home for Teenagers, intergenerational learning programs can result in mentally stimulating and reciprocal learning experiences for both students and older people.
These programs take the learning experience outside the classroom and engages students in enjoyable discussions and activities with a much older population.
Cronulla RSL and its older members will be innovators and the first registered club in Australia to participate in this program. To participate in the program, please complete the expression of interest form below.
About the program.
What is involved?
Discussions and activities are integrated with different school curriculum subjects, cultural events or mutually agreed topics. Interactive activities include music, movement, dancing, arts, crafts, sports, reading, writing, drawing and a range of games. All interactions have been designed to be an enjoyable and memorable experience for both age groups. This program is researched and facilitated by Intergenerational Learning Australia.
What do I need to be approved to participate?
Currently, participation programs is currently filled. However, we are taking expressions of interest to participate in future programs. If you are interested, please register your interest on the form below.
News & Media
Old People’s Home for Teenagers
ABC News
Dancing & Discussions
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WIN News
10 News First
More information about the program
The program’s objective is for senior adults and school students to enjoy purposeful discussions and activities on a weekly basis. These interactions are stimulating for all age groups, due to the activities being based on school curriculum subjects, cultural events and topics that are meaningful to you.
Participation and discussions with students will benefit them by increasing their vocabulary, improving conversational and language skills, fostering socio-emotional learning, non-verbal and interpersonal communication skills. Teachers and parents have stated the improvements in behaviour and increases in positive mood have been significant due to these interactions. All these elements will also assist students when they enter the workforce. For many older people, it will help to diminish loneliness, isolation and boredom by engaging them in purposeful and mutually enjoyable socialising, discussions and activities involving children and teenagers.
The foundations of this program are based on research about intergenerational activities by the Australian Institute for Intergenerational Practice, the Intergenerational Care Project (Griffith University led Emeritus Professor Anneke Fitzgerald) and other academic institutions in the USA, Europe and Asia.
Questions?
Please contact our team via the form below, or by contacting Natalie Hawkins (Community Projects Manager, Cronulla RSL) on (02) 9523 6833.
Register Your Interest
Interested in participating in the program?
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Why do this program?
Research shows that students who participate in this program will benefit from one or more of the following outcomes:
Increased vocabulary
Increased self-confidence
Calmness
Improved attentiveness
Deeper levels of compassion and empathy Improved attendance rates
Improved listening, speaking and communication skills
Learning from primary sources
Proficiency in communication etiquette
Greater appreciation of senior adults
Enhanced perspective of history and viewpoints
Becoming 21st Century Learners
Appreciation of life-long learning
Practical application of community service
What is involved for these interactions?
● You and the students will ask each other questions based on each week’s school curriculum topic cultural event or other subject that we mutually agree upon.
● Students will record (write) information about these interactions based on a range of criteria.
● Students will write lists of new words and new phrases they hear during the discussions to help measure learning outcomes.
● Activities enjoyed during these interactions range from ‘musical statues, sports (depending on the mobility and capability of the older persons), ‘singing and movement’ while seated, standing and dancing.
● Pending permission from you and the students’ parents, videos of these interactions will be recorded for review and enjoyment by students, teachers, other staff, yourself and staff of Cronulla RSL Intergenerational Learning Australia (ILA), academics and healthcare professionals.
