NSW FEDERATION OF COMMUNITY LANGUAGE SCHOOLS Archives

Hundreds of community-language teachers to attend annual conference at Sydney University Conference attendees Around 700 teachers, representing the 297 community language schools across the state that teach sixty-one community languages, will attend their annual conference organised by NSW Federation of Community Language Schools on Saturday 26th of April. The conference at Sydney University will follow the inspiring theme: Stronger Together and Making a Difference for Community Languages. The Deputy Premier and Minister for Education and Early learning, Prue Car, has sent a video message to the conference in which she expressed her pride in backing the work of the Federation to be as wide-reaching as possible. Conference audience “In 2024 the Government boosted support for the eligible community language schools with an extra $100 per student to ease the load on families and to support the Federation’s work even further. “The new funding will help ensure students can maintain connection ...

NSW FEDERATION OF COMMUNITY LANGUAGE SCHOOLS INC. P.O Box 525, DULWICH HILL NSW 2203, Phone: 02 9558 6134 E-mail: nswfcls@bigpond.com Website: www.nswfcls.org.au Media Release Community language students to show off their culture in the Sydney Town Hall Spectacular 27.05.24 Scores of young students of community languages will present their culture on the stage of Sydney Town Hall this weekend. The Spectacular is organised by the NSW Federation of Community Language Schools. The Federation President, Lucia Johns, said today: “This a wonderful opportunity for the children of many cultural backgrounds to showcase the songs, dances and music of their parents’ homelands. “ Obviously to know and learn a language fully, the children at our schools also have to learn the culture that supports that language. “Twelve months ago, we trialled this concept in the Lower Town Hall to great success with the children demonstrating in a spectacular way that what ...