• 21Sep

    Planning Meeting for Bilingual Education Day Conference

    1. Babies, 2. Pre-schoolers, 3. Kindergarten, 4. Years 1-3, 5. Years 4-6, 6. Years 7-10, 7. Years 11-12, Events, Everyone, Indigenous, National 1 Comment

    Please come to the planning meeting for the Bilingual Education Day Conference this Thursday 23rd September at 6:30 pm

    To build on the success of a union anti-intervention speaking tour of Steve Patrick and Peter Inverway earlier this year, Melbourne Anti Intervention Collective is planning a bilingual education day conference on a Saturday in November.

    In holding the conference we aim to raise awareness about the ban on Aboriginal languages for the first four hours of school days, and associated measures like welfare quarantining that punish students, families and Aboriginal culture for problems created by chronic under-resourcing. On a more local level, we would address questions of the place- or lack of space- for Aboriginal culture and history in the National Curriculum.

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  • 07Oct

    SUSPENSION OF YEAR 12 SMALL CANDIDATURE LANGUAGES

    7. Years 11-12, All, Everyone, National, Uncategorized Comments Off

    Source: Victorian School of Languages

    Since the Public Meeting on this issue in August, the following action has been taken:

    1. A Press Release was prepared and circulated with some media reports.

    2. The matter was raised with the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority. A delegation made up of Professor Michael Clyne, Pandora Petrovska, Frank Merlino and Stefan Romaniw, met with the Acting CEO of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, Mr David Howes on September 15, 2009.

    The outcome of that meeting was as follows:
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  • 22Jul

    Suspension of Small Candidature Languages at the Year 12 (Certificate) Level

    7. Years 11-12, All, Events, Everyone, VIC 1 Comment

    Public Meeting on this issue

    Monday 24 August, 7.30pm
    Multicultural Hub
    506 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne
    (Opposite Queen Victoria Market, Melway Map 1E J2)

    Speakers include:

    • Professor Michael Clyne, Universities of Melbourne and Monash
    • Dr Bruno Mascitelli, Swinburne University
    • Mr Stefan Romaniw, CEO, Community Languages Australia
    • Mr Frank Merlino, Principal, Victorian School of Languages

    RSVP Christine 03 9474 0531

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  • 19Dec

    German Bilingual Scout Group starts up

    5. Years 4-6, 6. Years 7-10, 7. Years 11-12, ACT, Experiences, German, Young People 1 Comment

    Camping, canoeing, roasting marshmallows, go-karting, baking, having adventures and making friends sounds like every child’s dream. The boys and girls of Canberra’s newest Scout group will be doing all this and more, all in the German language.

    The German Australian Pfadfinder Scout Group will take children aged 6 and up, and will be accessible to north and south side families as their Scout Hall is in Turner.  Pfadfinder is the German word for Scout and it literally means “path finder”.

    “We’re very excited to be starting up this bilingual Scout group this year.  2008 is the Year of the Scout, and it is also the International Year of Languages, so it is very appropriate,” said ACT Scouts’ Chief Commissioner, Mr Neville Tomkins.

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  • 09Dec

    AlphaTykes

    1. Babies, 2. Pre-schoolers, 3. Kindergarten, 4. Years 1-3, 5. Years 4-6, 6. Years 7-10, 7. Years 11-12, French, Italian, Parents, QLD, Resources, Spanish 3 Comments

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    We have created a comprehensive language teaching system that is exciting and enjoyable for both children and parents. Our curriculum includes activities in all lessons such as singing, music, story-telling, games and art to capture the imagination of every child.

    We have a co-ordinated system of story books, flash cards, activity books, CDs and online access. You can actually make it as much fun at home for the kids as it is during the lessons! Your whole family will be exploring another language in no time.

    We have 3 centres across Brisbane which teach French, Spanish and Italian to children aged between 18 months – 12 years.

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