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Summer Break Classes

Summer is just around the corner, and so are the SPLC Summer Break short courses! Here are some 1 to 6 week activities to keep you occupied while you wait for Term 1 to start in Febr...

South Perth Learning Centre Open Day

The South Perth Learning Centre Open day will be held 2-4 pm on Sunday 24th November 2024. We will be featuring: 

• A free sausage sizzle out in our Read more ...

Advertising at South Perth Learning Centre

The South Perth Learning Centre delivers daytime leisure courses that are mainly attended by elderly retirees adults. We have around 500 students, and run around 60 weekly classes and social activi...

SPRING RAFFLE 2024

"🌸 Don't miss out on the exciting Spring Raffle at South Perth Learning Centre! 🎟️ Win incredible prizes while supporting a great cause! By grabbing a ticket, you're not only entering for a...

The Goodbye Guide

"Getting your affairs in order" is one of the most important steps you can take to ensure peace of mind for yourself and your loved ones. By organizing personal data and legal documents, y...

Term 4 2024 Language Classes @ SPLC

The range of language classes offered by South Perth Learning Centre is second to none when it comes to local community centres. Language classes at beginner, intermediate and advanced lev...

Term 4 2024 Arts Classes @ SPLC

Term 4 is the final term for 2024, and when it comes to Arts & Crafts, SPLC has you covered! Whether you are a beginner artist or more intermediate/advanced, we have classes for pencil/charcoal...

Palette Knife Painting with Acrylics

The palette knife painting technique has roots in the 19th century, gaining prominence during the rise of Impressionism. This method allowed for thicker, more expressive application of pai...

Italian for Total Beginners

Ciao! Always wanted to learn Italian but never knew how to start? Tried using language apps but starting to feel you'd prefer an IRL (in real life) teacher?

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Modern Art in Australia

Join us for a captivating 4-week talk series on the evolution of Modern Art in Australia, led by esteemed artist and academic Richard Gunning. Starting on Friday, 13th September 2024, at 1...

Spring Break 2024

Spring is beckoning, and so are the SPLC Spring Break short courses! Here are some 1 to 6 week activities to keep you occupied while you wait for Term 4 to start in October, call us on

Riding Into The Sunset

The South Perth Learning Centre will host a series of 2 free talks on facing the inevitable. Please book online by clicking the 'Book Online' buttons below, or call 0459 571 736:

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SPLC Annual General Meeting 2024

As a valued SPLC member, we cordially invite you to the upcoming South Perth Learning Ce...

Intermediate Level Languages Winter 2024

If you feel you are no longer a beginner: don’t let it fade away! Keep on keepin’ on by continuing to develop in our Intermediate/Advanced classes. There is sure to be a class time &am...

Phones with 3G voice and 4G data

Here is a list of old phones that will not be able to make phone calls when 3G shuts down soon, but will still have 4G internet data (and thus still useful to communicate via WhatsApp, Fac...

Italian Series with Elena Cotza

Here at SPLC, Elena has been helping students to take their skills further for many years. Join her to brush up your Italian skills for your next trip as European summer i...

Easter Break Short Courses 2024

This Easter Break 25 March - 21 April 2024, South Perth Learning Centre has a wide range of short courses on offer. Membership will be waived for this series of classes (normally $15/term ...

Interview with Art Curator Anna Gray & Judy Genat

This morning 2nd Feb 2024, RTR FM 92.1 featured a live interview with our very own Judy Genat (SPLC committee and talks c...

Engage, Discuss, Decide: Introducing the South Perth Learning Centre Current Affairs Forum - Your Hub for Current Affairs Conversations

News and information about events happening in our world enlighten, educate, clarify, intrigue, frustrate and sometimes shock us. In fact, there is so much information endlessly swirling a...

The Bright Side to Acrylics

If you are thinking to pick up a paintbrush this year, we say: definitely go acrylics!

Wipe Your Data Before Hackers Wipe You Out

Did you receive a brand new smartphone or computer this Christmas?
Or are you recycling your old device(s)?

Unleash Your Artistic Side: Ink Drawing for Beginners

Ever thought of unlocking a hidden creativity that might just lurk inside you? Our Ink Drawing for Beginners class is here to introduce you to the captivating world of ink drawing. Don't let the pe...

10 weeks vs. 8 weeks Term Duration: Survey Results

The change to a 10-week term had been brought up recently, and surveying the teachers we found 9 teachers who supported this extension of the SPLC term from the regular 8 weeks. On 22 November 2023...

2024 WA Mahjong 1-day Festival at SPLC

Boarding call to all mahjong enthusiasts: Don't miss out on the only Mahjong Festival in WA. Who knows, you may emerge as the 2024 WA Mahjong Champion!&nbs...

South Perth Learning Centre 2023 Arts & Crafts Exhibition

The South Perth Learning Centre has been a flourishing local hub for community arts since it opened its doors in 1985. On Thursday 16 November 2023, they will open their annual Arts & Crafts Ex...

🌸 Select from the SPLC spring tradition––Plant Fundraiser! 🌼

Join SPLC as we, once again, bring the leafy, lively annual Plant Fundraiser back to our courtyard in the season of beginnings! With the help of ...

Be Connected Wrap-Up $50 Lucky Draw

Come and enter our Be Connected Wrap-Up draw for a free lunch at Read more ...

Term 4 2023 Social Clubs

October 2023 is upon us, and at South Perth Learning Centre, we are hosting a variety of social club activities in Term 4 2023 which runs through to early December. Come and join us! Click the 'inf...

SPLC Annual General Meeting 2023

Here are the details and papers for the upcoming SPLC Annual General Meeting 2023:

2:30 pm Friday 22 September 2023