With Greater Sydney currently in yet another COVID-19 lockdown, and Victoria and South Australia having just emerged, we would like to take this time to remind everyone to stay safe both physically and mentally! The ongoing impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic have caused significant disruption for many Australians. Please exercise some self-care and mindfulness at […]
The new COVID lockdowns hit NSW and WA which meant that we had to unfortunately cancel our face to face workshops. In light of this, we were able to run an online workshop for the whole country and it was quite a success! The NSW team ran two workshops during the school holidays. One was […]
There is quite a bit of movement within the LEA Team. Firstly, a big welcome to Ella McMillan who will be working with our trainees in WA! Ella has worked at Belmont Oasis as an umpire and receptionist for just under a year and in that time Ella has supported and trained multiple trainees in the reception/cafe […]
NSW Trainees Term 2 is officially over and what a busy time it has been for our NSW Trainees! The trainees at Hurstville have all done an awesome job at settling into their site as the renovations at Hurstville Aquatic Leisure Centre have completed. We commend the gang for being so resilient in their recent […]
We would like to share a special mention to Joel from WA for his contribution to the World’s greatest shave! A big congratulations to Bella Walter who competed in state cycling after only starting the sport 2 months prior. Bella has been selected to represent WA in the nationals in July! Congratulations Bella and good […]
NSW Trainees Sydney TAFE trainingThe Year 11 Hurstville and Bexley trainees have had a thrilling two weeks within these April school holidays. I’m so proud of them all as they have completed the first lot of theoretical components for their Certificate III in Aquatics and Community Recreation. Although busy with TAFE the trainees should be […]
This year we have started a community enrichment program to give volunteer opportunities to trainees. Our first event was the Port Macquarie Flood Relief Drive where trainees and staff from our Sydney Sites donated clothes and non perishable food items. These items have arrived in Port Macquarie and we are so proud of our trainees […]
The State Training Authorities from each state run annual training awards to recognise vocational education and outstanding trainees and apprentices. This year we are excited to announce the following LEA nominees for these awards: NSW Elena CostasThomas JohnsonLiana SiteineAshley CampbellKate Van EsLaura ElliotMorgan JeanJordan BubbNicholas Haydari QLD Jessie ByronBethany Harth The State Training Authorities […]
On behalf of LEA, we would like to send a big congratulations to Blake Austin who is the recipient of LEA’s Trainee of the year award. Blake was a trainee up in Coffs Harbour and given the premise of the crazy year we have been in, he had managed to complete his hours on time. […]
Over the lockdown period, the LEA team created online workshops for all our trainees through our e-LEA-rning platform. We have truly enjoyed being able to connect with each of the trainees while discussing various life skills with them. We learnt about themes such as organisation, motivation and resilience.Please see our Facebook video of a recap […]
