French Holiday Programme

LFun lessons with PhilomèneDecember and January

Active learning, lots of playing

Discovering a new universe of words and sounds!

Colours, animals, family, actions, objects, food,…

Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at the Alliance Française, 11 Fagan street in Somerset West.

Book now for 1h45 to 3h30 or 3h45 to 5h30. R 650 per child for December programme starting on Monday 6th and ending on Thursday 23rd.

January sessions are every afternoon from Monday the 3rd to the 10th.

Speak to Philomène for classes during the term, French play groups from 4years old or lessons for adults. Tel: 072 214 6818 philomene.l.l@gmail.com

Improve your public speaking skills...

Somerset West Toastmaster Club

Nestled at the foot of the Helderberg mountain, in Somerset West. Here, once a month, a gathering of people meet, each with the intent of bettering themselves in some way.

This is the Helderberg Basin's Toastmasters club, known as Chuckle 'n Chirp.

The vehicle for this self-improvement is speech-making, but there is much more to Toastmasters than simply that. As well as learning the art of speaking before an audience,we gain in many other ways. We have members from all walks of life, and from beginner level through to those with years of practice.

Our name in itself will perhaps give an indication of how we do things in Somerset West, there's a fair amount of chirping and often a lot of chuckling.

Meetings are generally held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month (with some exceptions around Christmas/New Year and other holidays).
The venue is the Rotary Club Hall, in Lourensford Road (corner of Cloetenberg Road), Somerset West.

See further information on our website:

Toastmaster Club

Tai Chi Classes in the Helderberg Basin

Tai Chi is enjoyed by many people in The Helderberg Basin

Tai Chi Chuan training begins with learning proper breathing, basic postures and movements. The concentration on breathing and movement begins to develop mental stillness and internal energy.

Once we learn to breath and move as we were designed to do we open the pathway for our internal energy to move and grow. The change begins deep within us – like an under sea explosion that moves from the deep and explodes beyond the surface.

At an advanced stage Tai Chi Chuan is used in combat. In combat Tai Chi Chuan focuses on change in response to an attack, yielding and blending with an attack and then responding with an appropriate counter-attack.

Weekly classes take place in the Helderberg Basin at the Kadoshi Judokwai Hall c/o Cloetenberg and Lourensford Roads Somerset West.

For further information Tai Chi