Step away from feeling unsure about your smartphone and into calm, everyday confidence. This beginner friendly short course introduces you to the basics of using a smartphone in a relaxed, supportive environment — no prior experience required.

Why You’ll Love This Course:

In this course, you will:

• Feel more confident and less anxious using your smartphone
• Learn what your smartphone can do and how it works
• Build confidence through guided, hands on practice
• Gain practical skills you can use straight away at home and out in the community

What You’ll Learn:

• What a smartphone is and what it can help you do day to day
• How to identify key physical features like buttons, cameras, and the charging port
• How to turn your phone on and off, lock it, and unlock it safely
• How to navigate the home screen, open and close apps, and find important tools like Settings, Messages, and Contacts
• How to adjust basic settings such as screen brightness, text size, and volume to suit your needs
• Simple tips for practising and building confidence beyond the class

Who This Course Is For:

This course is perfect for:

• Absolute beginners who are new to smartphones
• Adults and seniors who want practical, everyday phone skills
• Anyone who feels nervous about "pressing the wrong thing"
• Learners who want a supportive, patient learning environment

No prior experience or special ability is required.

Prerequisite:

This session is for:

• People over 60
• People over 50 with a lifelong disability
• Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people over 50.

Tech Savvy Seniors is an initiative of the NSW Ageing Strategy and is funded in partnership between the NSW Government and Telstra.

What’s Included:

• All learning materials provided
• Step by step guidance from an experienced tutor
• Small, friendly class sizes
• Hands on practice using real smartphones
• Practical skills you can use immediately

What to Bring:

• Your smartphone (iPhone or Android)
• Charging cable (recommended)
• Glasses if you use them for reading

About the Tutor:

Your tutor is an experienced digital skills educator who specialises in supporting adult and senior learners. They understand that smartphones can feel confusing or intimidating at first, especially if you’re new to touchscreens and apps. With a calm, patient teaching style, your tutor explains everything in plain English and demonstrates each step before guiding you through hands on practice. They create a safe, welcoming space where questions are encouraged, mistakes are part of learning, and no one is rushed. With extensive experience delivering community based technology education, your tutor focuses on building confidence first — helping you feel comfortable, capable, and proud of what you achieve during the session.

Your Learning Experience at SGSCC:

SGSCC offers welcoming, inclusive short courses designed for adult learners. Our experienced tutors create supportive environments where questions are encouraged and confidence grows naturally. With small class sizes and a strong sense of community, SGSCC focuses on practical learning that genuinely improves everyday life — never rushed, never overwhelming, and always supportive.

Book your place and learn in a supportive community.

Other Information:

• To ensure resources are ready for you at the start of your course, we ask you ideally enrol at least one week before the course commences.
• All courses need a minimum number of students to run (we try our hardest to get those). If your course does not have enough students, it will be cancelled before the commencement and you will be informed.

This beginner friendly smartphone course in Sydney is ideal for adults looking to learn how to use a smartphone with confidence. As part of SGSCC’s adult short courses in NSW, it supports practical digital skills in a friendly, community based learning environment designed for lifelong learners.