Two Victoria Police officers, recently visited Djerriwarrh at Sunshine and spoke to some of our SEE students. The visit was to build positive and trusting relationships and to let the students know, not to be afraid to seek assistance from the police. Many of our students come from various culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities […]
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Last week we celebrated our first successful year of AMEP 70 years of AMEP across Australia. Some of our current AMEP students spoke about their experiences in AMEP and entertained us with singing and dancing.
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We’re sad to see him go, but pleased to farewell Johnny from AMEP into a full time job as a financial sales consultant.
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Jacqueline Aungminn arrived in Australia in 2015 from Burma and she learned English through the Adult Migrant English program (AMEP). Now she helps other people learn English and settle in Australia through the same AMEP program – but as a volunteer tutor.
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The Victorian Adult Literacy and Basic Education Council (VALBEC) publishes its journal, Fine Print, three times a year. Two of our teachers, Natalie Nawrocki and Marcella O’Conner, recently had an article published in Fine Print about our ‘Welcome to the Library’ project.
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Learning for Employment has received funding as a part of AMEP’s inaugural Innovative Projects initiative. Karen Andrews, Assistant Minister for Vocational Education and Skills recently announced all of the projects being funded as a part of this initiative.
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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.
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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.
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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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