Issue Number : 38, December 2011

CARLTON NEIGHBOURHOOD LEARNING CENTRE INC.

20 Princes Street Carlton North, 9347 7072 Email: info@cnlc.org.au Website: www.cnlc.org.au

Inside this issue: CONTENTS

ESL 2 class: Traditional Food Tulip Farm excursion 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Terms 3 and 4 at CNLC

Hello from Mary and Sarah
Hello Everyone It has been a great year at CNLC. Here are some Highlights of the Year. Soup on Mondays Denises class made soup every Monday in Term 2. It was delicious. The Annual General Meeting This was in May when Steve and Hamdi spoke about Estate Computers and the COOL project. Did you know you can buy a refurbished computer for $55 at 510 Lygon Street? East Africa Fundraiser In September Janes class organised a barbecue and cake stall to raise money for the East Africa famine appeal. The Garden The garden has grown and flourished with all the students help. Thanks to Panayota and all her team who planted so many things. We look forward to working with you all again next year and have a good break. Sarah and Mary

ESL 3: Stories, Past and Present People working at CNLC Opinions / Meftihe says goodbye Sewing and African fundraiser Wordfind: Kitchen Garden

The staff farewelled Julia and gave her some flowers and a little gift of money to use on her trip. Here is Anne presenting the flowers to Julia.

Important Dates
End of year excursion End of year Certificates presentation and party End of term Term 1 2012 Tuesday December 13th Thursday December 15th Friday December 16th Monday February 7th

Injera This food is injera it is special Ethiopian and Eritrean food. Injera is made with teff, a tiny, round grain. Here in Australia people using S. R. flour, mashla flour and rice four. Put the teff flour in the bottom of a mixing bowl, and sift in the all-purpose flour. Slowly add the water, stirring to avoid lumps. Heat a nonstick pan or lightly oiled cast-iron skillet until a water drop dances on the surface. Make sure the surface of the pan is smooth: otherwise, your injera might fall apart when you try to remove it. Put the batter aside for a day or more (up to three days) to allow it to ferment. In this time, your injera batter will start to bubble and acquire the slight tanginess for which its known. Coat the pan with a thin layer of batter. Injera should be thicker than a crpe, but not as thick as a traditional pancake. It will rise slightly when it heats. This food is hard to make so people often buy from Ethiopian restaurant. For a family it is better to do at home because it is expensive. In Ethiopia and Eritrea, this spongy, sour flatbread is used to scoop up meat and vegetable stews. This traditional food is eaten every day and on every occasion. Injera was made before the time of Christ. By Almaz

Traditional Iranian food

One of the most delicious traditional food in Iran is Shirin polo, which means sweet rice. It is a very old food and we use it in wedding celebrations and some parties. The ingredients are rice, chicken, some slivered almond, slivered pistachio, grated orange peel butter, and safran. It is takes a long time to cook and it is expensive food. We cook it for annual celebrations and parties. Some people who are in a diet dont eat this food because it is very rich. Although we have many traditional foods which are very popular but this is enough for now . By Soroor Fani
The students talked to their class about special food from their countries. Then they wrote about the food for us all to share. Try cooking some

new recipes!!!!

Pathways profile: Letay Tesfay

Congratulations to Letay in our Level 2 class. She has just completed her Certificate 111 in Health Services Assistance at NMIT Collinwood. This included a work experience placement at St Vincents Hospital for 160 hours. She found it very interesting to work under a Buddy system in Emergency, ICU and Theatre. She learned about cleaning, delivering blood and moving patients. Now she is looking for part-time work in a hospital. Her English has improved on the job, too. Well done, Letay!

Fried Rice
In Vietnamese it is called Com chien. It is not only popular in Vietnam, but also in other Asian countries like China and Thailand. Vietnamese Fried Rice is a Traditional dish. Fried Rice is made by frying cooked rice ,prawns ,eggs , onion, garlic and spring onion together in a Wok. Vietnamese people use a pan (like a wok) called chao. Fried Rice is prepared for special times, such as childrens birthday party . Also people go out to restaurants to eat Fried Rice. Khuyen Pham Thi

In September, Jane and her students went on an excusion around the city.

The Tulip Farm Excursion

In the term holidays, our school went on an excursion to the Tesselaar Tulip Festival. We hired a bus to the field, about an hours drive from Melbourne. We all enjoyed driving through the hills, passed the small valley and saw the mountains and the land thickly covered with trees along the roadside, some large and small, with wonderful views of countryside scenery I never imagined such perfect scenery in nature. When we were reached the Tulip farm, there was an unbelievable display of over half a million tulips made up of more than a hundred different dreamily coloured flowers. There was a sort of peace amongst all the very amazing flowers. We enjoyed the scenery in the tulip field and walking alongside the display of tulips, and we took many photos. It was also sunny blue sky. The weather was quite warm and everyone was excited. By Sue Pham

Arranged Marriage
In China about 60 years ago traditionally the family of young women, 14 to 20 years old, started arranging their marriages. When my mother was 16 years old her parents started an arranged marriage for her and my father, but my mother never saw my father before and also my father was living in XinJiang. My mother lived in HeNan. It takes about 4 days and 2 nights traveling by train from HeNan to XinJiang, its a long way to go. About a year later when my mother was 17 years old, her family wanted her to marry. So my mother's grandfather took her to XinJiang to meet my father and prepare for her marriage. But during the trip my mother had a terrible experience. My mother's grandfather got sick during the trip and died on the train station and she had to wait two days for my father to pick her up but he didnt come. My mother was shocked and afraid. She said to me: My father didnt get any information about her because he was at work a long way from home. At the time they didnt had any telephones only telegraph. My parents had to send a telegraph to your father. Anyway fortunately the security staff at the train station helped my mother a lot. Finally they found someone who knew my father and worked with him and he took her to his home and a week later they were married. By Sofia

Report after seeing the movie Red Dog

by Khanya Yesterday we went to see Red Dog at Nova Cinema in Carlton, it was a very good film, with a very clever dog. It was a bit sad and happy at the same time. There were a lot of Australian actors and it is filmed in Australia in small town. I think it was set in a mining town, where lots of people from different countries come to work. It was lovely to go to the cinema with the teachers and

What a great way to travel Janjeela on her motorbike

A word of advice
When I was 15 years old my father advised me to be very careful and not to drive his motorbike too fast because the roads are dangerous in Thailand. Many people use the motorbikes and many people have accidents on motorbikes that are defective. I was very lucky it never happened to me because I took my father's advice. Now I plan to buy a motorbike. My husband gave me the advice to be very careful and not drive too fast.

My First Footy Game

Last Sunday, my daughter and I went to watch footy at Etihad. It was the first time we went there, also the first time that we watched a footy game in Australia. It was very interesting. When we went inside some people gave out some support T-shirts. We supported the North Melbourne team so we took those shirts and wore them. At the same time, the game started. At first I didnt know how the game was won, so I watched more and more then I understood. When our team was winning, we were happy and laughing. And my daughter and her friends were holding the flag waving and jumping. It was so exciting! At the end, the North Melbourne team won and then we happily went home. By Yaping
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When we went to the motorbike shop, we saw motorbikes in five different colours. I told my husband that I like red. My daughter said: No, mum, not red. Do you remember the monk said red is bad luck for you? Im scared of an accident. My husband started to worry about that too. He said: I know you believe what the monk says, I dont need you to hurt yourself. My husband and my daughter liked the blue bike so thats why I got the blue motorbike and we are very happy about it.

People at CNLC
We have had lots of staff changes at CNLC this year. We said goodbye to Meftihe and Julia and welcomed Christina, Kathy, Jodi, and Robert. New Staff Christina is our new community development coordinator at CNLC for 3 days per week. She has just moved to Melbourne from Sydney. She works as a filmmaker as well. Kathy is our office manager for 4 days a week. She is a keen cyclist and works with environmental groups in Northcote Jodi has just started as an administration assistant in the office. She is also a part time teacher and she has just come back to Melbourne after living in Italy for 2 years Robert is our business manager. He is an accountant and lives in Carlton. Volunteers Abby helps with the Monday computer class. Abby is chef and she would like to do some more work in the community. Liz works in the Everyday Literacy class with Linno. She is an experienced teacher and she speaks French and Spanish. Cher volunteers every week in the Numeracy class Cher was a Numeracy teacher for many years at Victoria University. Gina did some office administration work experience with us. She is now studying at the CAE and looking for paid work Anne is the chairperson of our Committee of Management. She also helps on the office every Monday. A word from Christina, our new Community Development Coordinator My role includes coordinating the community development programs at the Centre and in the Carlton community. Some of the programs are: CNLCs Creative and Well Being Classes, our Thursday programs for people of all abilities, the Carlton Community Shed Project and various Horn of Africa programs.

NICK works in the garden weeding, pruning, cleaning and preparing the compost. He has a very busy day every Thursday at CNLC. He also washes a mountain of dishes after the community lunch. Nick says cheerfully that work is his life.

I did the footy tipping this year being the third year in a row. I enjoyed doing the footy tipping as everybody participating They didnt whether they won or came last, it was the opportunity to participate. Thank you too everyone who participated and the teachers who helped me with the marking.

By EMMA GOODBYE JULIA

Julia always had patience. Being office manager is a very big job. She was very busy, but with a gentle smile, she helped us all students and teachers and co-ordinators. She answered questions and fixed computer problems.
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What students say about CNLC

At first when I started learning at CNLC School I was worried about the centre because the buildings and the gardens are very small. Also, I think, how many students enrol in one class? Later on I learned about all things about students, teachers and staff. All of them are good. I am really happy because the teachers and the staff are very polite and smart. I like them. They understand the problem of students. Even when they saw the students mistakes they never talk bad language and feel angry. This is why I volunteer in the garden, to make the environment of the school beautiful. I will never forget CNLC all my life, even when I get a job, I would like to visit CNLC. I have never seen a school like CNLC. Thanks, Mohammed.
This is my first day in CLNC. I like the building and the place behind is beautiful and tidy. The other students they were very kind and my teacher too. When I come to class I was nervous because I dont speak very good English but now I feel very comfortable Ioannis katergaris

News from Meftihe:

Saying Goodbye to Victoria

Last week I drove up the Great Ocean Road in Victoria with my friend Chloe and our giant teddy bear Lewis.

I had been meaning to do this for many years but never found the right time. Since I would be leaving Australia soon, we decided to make time. We headed off on Sunday afternoon and stayed 2 nights. Chloe is still learning to drive and needs some practice, so I drove past Geelong and Lorne until we hit the Great Ocean Road, then she drove until Apollo Bay. The drive is mostly one lane and curves around many cliffs, so we drove very slowly and carefully. She was terrified the entire time, but kept going and drove for almost two hours. The next day we got up early to drive to Port Campbell and see the Twelve Apostles, one of Australias greatest landmarks. Along the way we saw many cattle and farm animals, and even pulled over to take a few pictures. We drove through the National Park and saw dozens of Koalas lined up in the trees beside the road. When we reached the Twelve Apostles, we walked down to the lookout (with our teddy bear Lewis) to take some pictures. We got quite a few weird looks from the tourists, and a few children tried to steal him! We spent the rest of the day driving along the road, taking pictures at lookouts and visiting different sites. The coastline was breathtaking, even in the cold weather and we had a great time. It was a terrific way to say good-bye to Victoria. . Meftihe has now gone to the USA to live.

My experience at CNLC
I first came to CNLC in the third term. I was going to Tafe before but needed to work and saw that CNLC was doing a class once a week. I have really enjoyed the classes. I am always happy to go, and would like it if there was more English classes. I like how the classes are small. It is more relaxed and I never get stressed in class. Linno has time to spend time with students that need help in class. I have never felt pushed in her classes. I like how Linno is calm, as that makes me feel calm. The other students are all nice; I enjoy spending time with them. Everyone at CNLC is kind. Sarah is most welcoming. I plan to go to classes as long as I can. I have told my friends at my old Tafe how good CNLC is and how happy I am here. Amanda Noble

WATTLE WALL-HANGING
The Thursday afternoon Hands on English Class talked about the Australian Coat of Arms. We saw Wattle, the Australian plant with yellow flowers behind the emu and kangaroo. It is wattle. The students sewed these wattle plants with yellow and green cotton. Everyone has a different design. Now we have a beautiful wallhanging to decorate the house

Mary, Hawa and Bussad showed us their sewing. Our students have made many useful things for their homesbedspreads and

This is Hawas bedspread. Hawa and Bussad made their bedspreads and pillowcases many years ago and brought them all the way to Australia.
This is Hawas weaving. She This is Bussads flower design did weaving in the refugee on her bedspread. camp..

The Level 2 class had a very successful fund-raiser to help people in Africa. They have suffered because of the famine. We gave talks and showed photos of the famine. Then we cooked a BBQ and sold food and drinks. We raised $346 to donate to Red Cross and UNICEF. It shows how we can all work together to help others!

Level 2 Fund raiser for Africa

Kitchen Garden
N S W W S Q Q K K L E J Y D A K Q R B O L V E R I S F Z M J S I R E E R E A E N O G W D U I E X A W R M S N S H T N A L H S V S T O O I E E G D K Z H I E E D J I L L D C E G I D J S L J E L M B F R T X B H T K W A T E R A I O A U R C I C Z R E G W T O G Z G V G C P Z X C A T E R P I L L A R N E S Z Z H G L Q U D F O S T C G T H L E W B I D F E W V R Z R Q G V B E J F A F E E J E S O X I S T N A L P N X U S A S W O E E D A P S U P S L E A F J P Q

CATERPILLAR GARDENER HERBS LEAF SEED SPADE WATER

DIG GLOVES HOSE LEAVES SNAIL TREE WEEDS

FLOWERS GROW INSECT PLANTS SOIL VEGETABLES WORM

Guess the compound words from these pictures.

This issue of RAW has been written by students and teachers...and produced by Toni.