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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 ...

May 29, 2024 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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Community Language Schools Spectacular Success – 06.06.23 Community Language Schools in NSW have demonstrated in a spectacular way that they are doing much more than maintaining community languages for the next generation. Sydney Town Hall has hosted the Inaugural NSW Federation of Community Language Schools Performance Spectacular on June 4th with the songs and dances of dozens of cultural backgrounds on show. Welcoming the large Sunday audience to the Town Hall, the President of the Federation, Lucia Johns, told them how it came about: “We talked about organising a big event where our community language schools could showcase their cultures and the richness of their traditions. It would be an opportunity for us to show the beauty of the work done by the many community language schools every week”. She also thanked the Shadow Minister for Multiculturalism, Mark Coure, whom. she said: “had the vision to support the idea and ...

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Thursday, 21 March 2019 EXTRA FUNDING BOOST FOR COMMUNITY LANGUAGE SCHOOLS More than 34,000 students across NSW are learning a second language thanks to a record $17.8 million investment in Community Language Schools by the NSW Liberals & Nationals Government. Minister for Multiculturalism Ray Williams today announced an additional $200,000 investment to support the NSW Federation of Community Language Schools — an investment made possible by the strong economic management of the NSW Liberals & Nationals Government.   Mr Williams said in NSW we speak more than 200 languages and Community Language Schools play a vital role in sharing heritage and culture with future generations. “Learning a second language not only expands a student’s cultural awareness, but can lead to better academic results and improve career opportunities,” Mr Williams said. “We’re also making it easier for kids to learn a second language by introducing the $100 Creative Kids Voucher which can be ...

Mar 22, 2019 Posted by In Articles Tagged , Comments 0
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