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28Mar
Tags: Collingwood Children's Farm, melbourne language picnic, Multilingual picnics
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22Mar
This link takes you to Maria Zijlstra’s ‘Lingua Franca’ program on ABC Radio. The main topic of discussion is Camberwell Primary School, a bilingual English/French school in Melbourne – HOWEVER – the other good news is that multilingual picnics also get a mention – a general reference to the efforts of Irma Lachmund in Perth, Mandy Scott in Canberra and Philip Mahnken in Queensland, and more specifically, the Melbourne Language Picnic 2010.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/linguafranca/stories/2010/2850694.htm
Tags: Camberwell Primary School, melbourne language picnic, multilingual picnic
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02Mar
The Melbourne Language Picnic - 2010
The Melbourne Language Picnic is on again!
Date: Sunday, 21st March, National Harmony Day 2010, from 9 am to 5 pm.
Venue: Collingwood Children’s Farm, St. Heliers Street, Abbotsford.
Bring your family and friends, your lingo and share in some multilingual fun and games.
For further information, follow this link:
http://www.melbournelanguagepicnic.wordpress.com/
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02Feb
Languages during the Multicultural Festival, Sunday 7 February 11-5pm
The ACT Ethnic Schools Association and members of the ACT Bilingual Education Alliance are again joining forces to organise a stall at Contact Canberra, the community expo held as part of the Multicultural Festival.
Come along and see us on Sunday 7 February from 11am to 5pm at stall number 61, City Walk, right next to the children’s Merry-go-Round in Civic.
You are also welcome to publicise your language programs and resources at the stall. Last year there were a great number of enquiries, especially about classes for adults and very young children so it is a great way to promote your activities.
Please contact Marina.Houston@Canberra.edu.au or call 6201 2483 if you have leaflets or posters you would like to display or would like to help staff the stall during the day.
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02Feb
UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA
Australia’s Capital UniversityRaising Children in More than One Language
A free seminar for parents, grandparents,
early childhood and preschool workers, teachers, and others interested in bilingual educationSunday 21 February
International Mother Language Day
1.30-4.30pm• Hear from parents who have raised their children in more than one language – and from the children themselves
• Discover more about the benefits of bilingual education
• Find out about opportunities for language learning and bilingual education in the ACTBuilding 2, University of Canberra, Bruce
(enter from ‘The Hub’ – see map at www.canberra.edu.au/university/maps )FREE ENTRY & REFRESHMENTS
Bookings essential: phone Marina on 6201 2483 or email Mandy.Scott@canberra.edu.au
This project was made possible by the support of the
ACT Government’s Multicultural Grants Program 2009–10Tags: bilingual children, bilingualism seminar, Canberra, Canberra University
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05Dec2. Pre-schoolers, 3. Kindergarten, All, Carers, Experiences, Parents, Research, Resources, Teachers No Comments
This very informative article is published by Learning Links, an “Australian charity and non-profit organisation formed to help children who have learning disabilities, difficulties and developmental delays, and their families”.
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30Nov
Great to see the language picnics catching on!
ACT Bilingual Education Alliance invite you to the next Multilingual Picnic in Canberra. For more details, please contact Guiliana Komnacki (0414) 269 335 or email Marina.Houston@canberra.edu.au
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23Nov
Come join the Melbourne Language Picnic team; you won’t be disappointed! Get to know a great bunch of people and promote languages education in Australia.
March 21st (Harmony Day) is the date for next year’s Language Picnic in Melbourne. At the moment Angela, Brigitte and Elizabeth are working on the project arranging funding, the venue (Collingwood Children’s Farm) and community involvement. However we require more volunteers to help make it a fantastic day and promote languages education at the same time.
After funding, probably the most important ingredient is community involvement. We need volunteers who would like to help with setting up games, story readings and representing the different language communities that exist across Australia.
Please feel free to join in and register your desire to help either by joining us here at “Lingo” and alternatively if you want to register your support really quickly you may like to visit us at melbourne languages picnic
We look forward to meeting you, one and all!
