Christine Sullivan is a volunteer home tutor in the Learning for Employment (LfE) Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP). Christine’s student Maha Saleh wanted to learn to drive so she could be independent. She wanted to take her children to childcare, doctors and various other family activities. Her husband was not always available as he works. Christine […]
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According to the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation, the City of Brimbank is ranked number 1 of 70 Local Government Areas for poker machine losses in Victoria. In light of this, today we hosted a speaker from Gambler’s Help. Ian talked to all of our SEE students about responsible gambling. The students revised gambling vocabulary and […]
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Maria has only been in Djerriwarrh’s SEE program since March and is already moving on to bigger opportunities. After just five months in SEE, Maria has made an amazing leap to a Bachelor degree in Criminal Justice at Victoria University. Maria arrived in Australia from Greece with her Greek-Australian husband seven months ago. She was […]
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On Sunday 30 July an excited group of students and staff from Djerriwarrh met at Etihad Stadium. We were there as guests of the Western Bulldogs to watch the Doggies play Essendon and celebrate the AFL’s multicultural round. A volunteer from the Western Bulldogs met our group at the ground and we were very pleased […]
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We are excited to announce that from July 1st, Djerriwarrh Community & Education Services, trading as Learning for Employment, will be offering the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP).
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One of our SEE classes recently visited the Koorie Heritage Trust at Federation Square. The students travelled to Federation Square from Sunshine by train. They were taken on a tour by Koorie Heritage Trust staff member Steven. The students learned about bush foods, the history of Melbourne and about indigenous life before and […]
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How long have you been teaching here? 17 years How did you come to be here teaching in Djerriwarrh’s SEE program? I taught languages in England for a short time before emigrating to Australia with my family. I didn’t think I could teach French and German in Australia so thought that English was the way to […]
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Peter has been teaching at Djerriwarrh for over ten years. In 2005 he started out with some relief teaching in Sunshine and in January 2006 he had his first ongoing class in Melton. Before coming to Djerriwarrh, he served twenty two years in the Air Force. ‘In the Air Force I worked in the education […]
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Natalie Nawrocki is a SEE teacher at Djerriwarrh and her ‘Kim Loves Life’ reader has been selected as a ‘Learn Local Project – Showcasing Innovation in Teaching Practice’. Funded by Adult Community and Further Education (ACFE), this initiative set out to select 8 innovative teaching projects Victoria wide, showcasing projects via YouTube. The reader ‘Kim […]
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Three SEE classes from Sunshine visited the Shrine of Remembrance yesterday so that the students could better understand the importance of ANZAC Day in Australia. Most of these students are recent arrivals and may have very little understanding of the ANZAC story. This was their first visit to the Shrine for many students. The students […]
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