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ESL 2 class: Traditional Food 2Tulip Farm excursion 3ESL 3: Stories, Past and Present 4People working at CNLC 5Opinions / Meftihe says goodbye 6Sewing and African fundraiser 7Wordfind: Kitchen Garden 8

Inside this issue: CONTENTSIssue 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

Terms 3 and 4 at CNLC

Hello EveryoneIt has been a great year at CNLC. Here are some Highlightsof the Year.Soup on MondaysDenises class made soup every Monday in Term 2. It wasdelicious.

The Annual General MeetingThis was in May when Steve and Hamdi spoke about EstateComputers and the COOL project. Did you know you can buya refurbished computer for $55 at 510 Lygon Street?

East Africa Fundraiser

In September Janes class organised a barbecue and cakestall to raise money for the East Africa famine appeal.

The GardenThe garden has grown and flourished with all the students help.Thanks to Panayota and all her team who planted so manythings.

We look forward to working with you all again next year andhave a good break.

Sarah and Mary

Important Dates

End of year excursion Tuesday December 13th

End of year Certificatespresentation and party

Thursday December 15th

End of term Friday December 16th

Term 1 2012 Monday February 7th

Hello from Mary and SarahHello from Mary and Sarah

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

Julia.

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Injera

This food is injera it is special Ethiopian and Eritrean food.

Injera is made with teff, a tiny, round grain. Here inAustralia people using S. R. flour, mashla flour and ricefour. Put the teff flour in the bottom of a mixing bowl, andsift in the all-purpose flour. Slowly add the water, stirring toavoid lumps.

Heat a nonstick pan or lightly oiled cast-iron skillet until a

water drop dances on the surface. Make sure the surfaceof the pan is smooth: otherwise, yourinjera might fall apartwhen you try to remove it. Put the batter aside for a day ormore (up to three days) to allow it to ferment. In this time,yourinjera 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 bethicker than a crpe, but not as thick as a traditionalpancake. It will rise slightly when it heats. This food is hard

to make so people often buy from Ethiopian restaurant. Fora family it is better to do at home because it is expensive.In Ethiopia and Eritrea, this spongy, sour flatbread is usedto scoop up meat and vegetable stews.

This traditional food is eaten every day and on everyoccasion. Injera was made before the time of Christ.

By Almaz

Traditional Iranian food

One of the most delicious traditional food in Iran isShirin polo, which means sweet rice. It is a very oldfood and we use it in wedding celebrations and someparties.

The ingredients are rice, chicken, some sliveredalmond, 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 foodbecause it is very rich. Although we have manytraditional foods which are very popular but this is

enough for now . By Soroor Fani

Fried RiceIn Vietnamese it is called Com chien.

It is not only popular in Vietnam, but also in otherAsian countries like China and Thailand.

Vietnamese Fried Rice is a Traditional dish. Fried Riceis made by frying cooked rice ,prawns ,eggs , onion,

garlic and spring onion together in a Wok.

Vietnamese people use a pan (like a wok) calledchao.

Fried Rice is prepared for special times, such aschildrens birthday party .

Also people go out to restaurants to eat Fried Rice.

Khuyen Pham Thi

The students talkedto their class aboutspecial food from

their countries. Then

they wrote aboutthe food for us all to

share.Try cooking somenew recipes!!!!

In September, Jane and

her students went on anexcusion around thecity.

Pathways profile: Letay TesfayCongratulations to Letay in our Level 2 class.

She has just completed her Certificate 111 inHealth 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!

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In the term holidays, our school went onan excursion to the Tesselaar TulipFestival. We hired a bus to the field,

about an hours drive from Melbourne.We all enjoyed driving through thehills, passed the small valley and sawthe mountains and the land thicklycovered with trees along the roadside,some large and small, with wonderfulviews of countryside scenery I neverimagined such perfect scenery innature.

When we were reached the Tulip farm,

there was an unbelievable display ofover half a million tulips made up ofmore than a hundred differentdreamily coloured flowers. There was asort of peace amongst all the veryamazing flowers.

We enjoyed the scenery in the tulip fieldand walking alongside the display oftulips, and we took many photos. It wasalso sunny blue sky. The weather wasquite warm and everyone was excited.

By Sue Pham

The Tulip Farm ExcursionThe Tulip Farm ExcursionThe Tulip Farm Excursion

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What a great way to travelWhat a great way to travel --

Janjeela on her motorbikeJanjeela on her motorbike

My First Footy GameMy First Footy Game

Last Sunday, my daughter and I went to watchfooty at Etihad. It was the first time we wentthere, also the first time that we watched a footygame in Australia. It was very interesting.

When we went inside somepeople gave out some supportT-shirts. We supported theNorth Melbourne team so wetook those shirts and worethem. At the same time, thegame started. At first I didntknow how the game was won,so I watched more and morethen I understood. When ourteam was winning, we werehappy and laughing. And mydaughter and her friends were holding the flag

waving and jumping. It was so exciting!

At the end, the North Melbourne team won andthen we happily went home.

By Yaping

A word of adviceA word of adviceWhen I was 15 years old my father advised me tobe very careful and not to drive his motorbike toofast because the roads are dangerous in Thailand.Many people use the motorbikes and many peoplehave accidents on motorbikes that are defective. Iwas very lucky it never happened to me because Itook my father's advice.

Now I plan to buy a motorbike. My husband gaveme the advice to be very careful and not drive toofast.

When we went to the motorbike shop, we sawmotorbikes in five different colours. I told myhusband that I like red. My daughter said: No,mum, not red. Do you remember the monk said redis bad luck for you? Im scared of an accident. Myhusband started to worry about that too. He said: I

know you believe what the monk says, I dont needyou to hurt yourself.

My husband and my daughter liked the blue bike sothats why I got the blue motorbike and we are veryhappy about it.

Arranged MarriageArranged Marriage

In China about 60 years ago traditionally thefamily of young women, 14 to 20 years old,started arranging their marriages.

When my mother was 16 years old her parentsstarted an arranged marriage for her and myfather, but my mother never saw my father before

and also my father was living in XinJiang. Mymother lived in HeNan. It takes about 4 days and2 nights traveling by train from HeNan toXinJiang, its a long way to go.

About a year later when my mother was 17 yearsold, her family wanted her to marry. So mymother's grandfather took her to XinJiang to meetmy father and prepare for her marriage. Butduring the trip my mother had a terribleexperience.

My mother's grandfather got sick during the trip

and died on the train station and she had to waittwo days for my father to pick her up but he didntcome. My mother was shocked and afraid.

She said to me: My father didnt get anyinformation about her because he was at work along way from home. At the time they didnt hadany telephones only telegraph. My parents had tosend a telegraph to your father.

Anyway fortunately the security staff at the trainstation helped my mother a lot. Finally they foundsomeone who knew my father and worked with

him and he took her to his home and a week laterthey were married.

By Sofia

Report after seeing the movie Red DogReport after seeing the movie Red Dog

by Khanya

Yesterday we went to see RedDog at Nova Cinema inCarlton, it was a very goodfilm, with a very clever dog. Itwas a bit sad and happy at thesame time. There were a lot of Australian actors and it isfilmed in Australia in small town. I think it was set in amining town, where lots of people from differentcountries come to work.

It was lovely to go to the cinema with the teachers and

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People at CNLCWe have had lots of staff changes at CNLC thisyear. We said goodbye to Meftihe and Julia andwelcomed Christina, Kathy, Jodi, and Robert.

New Staff

Christina is our new community developmentcoordinator at CNLC for 3 days per week. Shehas just moved to Melbourne from Sydney. Sheworks as a filmmaker as well.

Kathy is our office manager for 4 days a week.She is a keen cyclist and works with environ-mental groups in Northcote

Jodi has just started as an administration assis-tant in the office. She is also a part time teacherand she has just come back to Melbourne afterliving in Italy for 2 years

Robert is our business manager. He is an ac-

countant and lives in Carlton.Volunteers

Abby helps with the Monday computer class.Abby is chef and she would like to do some morework in the community.

Liz works in the Everyday Literacy class withLinno. She is an experienced teacher and shespeaks French and Spanish.

Chervolunteers every week in the Numeracyclass Cher was a Numeracy teacher for many

years at Victoria University.Gina did some office administration work experi-ence with us. She is now studying at the CAEand looking for paid work

Anne is the chairperson of our Committee ofManagement. She also helps on the office everyMonday.

NICK works in the gardenweeding, pruning, cleaningand preparing the compost.He has a very busy dayevery Thursday at CNLC.He also washes a mountainof dishes after the

community lunch.Nick says cheerfully thatwork is his life.

I did the footy tipping this year being the thirdyear in a row.I enjoyed doing the footy tipping as everybodyparticipatingThey didnt whether they won or came last, it wasthe opportunity to participate.Thank you too everyone who participated and theteachers who helped me with the marking.

By EMMA

Julia always had patience.Being office manager is avery big job. She was verybusy, but with a gentlesmile, she helped us all students and teachers and

co-ordinators.

She answered questionsand fixed computerproblems.

A word from Christina, our new CommunityDevelopment Coordinator

My role includes coordinating the community

development programs at the Centre and in theCarlton community. Some of the programs are:

CNLCs Creative and Well Being Classes, ourThursday programs for people of all abilities, theCarlton Community Shed Project and variousHorn of Africa programs.

GOODBYEGOODBYEJULIAJULIA

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News from Meftihe:

Saying Goodbye to VictoriaSaying Goodbye to Victoria

Last week I drove up the Great Ocean Road inVictoria with my friend Chloe and our giantteddy bear Lewis.

I had been meaning to do this for many yearsbut never found the right time. Since I would beleaving Australia soon, we decided to maketime.

We headed off on Sunday afternoon and stayed2 nights. Chloe is still learning to drive andneeds some practice, so I drove past Geelongand Lorne until we hit the Great Ocean Road,then she drove until Apollo Bay. The drive ismostly one lane and curves around many cliffs,so we drove very slowly and carefully. She was

terrified the entire time, but kept going anddrove for almost two hours.

The next day we got up early to drive to PortCampbell and see the Twelve Apostles, one ofAustralias greatest landmarks. Along the waywe saw many cattle and farm animals, and evenpulled over to take a few pictures. We drovethrough the National Park and saw dozens ofKoalas lined up in the trees beside the road.

When we reached the Twelve Apostles, we

walked down to the lookout (with our teddy bearLewis) to take some pictures. We got quite afew weird looks from the tourists, and a fewchildren tried to steal him!

We spent the rest of the day driving along theroad, taking pictures at lookouts and visitingdifferent sites. The coastline was breathtaking,even in the cold weather and we had a greattime. It was a terrific way to say good-bye toVictoria..

Meftihe has now gone to the USA to live.

My experience at CNLCI first came to CNLC in the third term. I wasgoing to Tafe before but needed to work andsaw 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 moreEnglish classes.I like how the classes are small. It is morerelaxed and I never get stressed in class. Linnohas time to spend time with students that needhelp in class. I have never felt pushed in herclasses. I like how Linno is calm, as that makesme feel calm.The other students are all nice; I enjoyspending time with them. Everyone at CNLC iskind. Sarah is most welcoming.

I plan to go to classes as long as I can. I havetold my friends at my old Tafe how good CNLCis and how happy I am here.Amanda Noble

At first when I started learning at CNLC School Iwas 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 becausethe teachers and the staff are very polite andsmart. I like them. They understand the problemof students. Even when they saw the studentsmistakes 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 willnever forget CNLC all my life, even when I get ajob, 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 andthe place behind is beautiful and tidy.The other students they were very kind and myteacher too.When I come to class I was nervous because I dontspeak very good English but now I feel verycomfortableIoannis katergaris

What students say about CNLCWhat students say about CNLC

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WATTLE WALLWATTLE WALL--HANGINGHANGING

The Thursday afternoon Hands on English Class talkedabout the Australian Coat of Arms. We saw Wattle, theAustralian plant with yellow flowers behind the emuand kangaroo. It is wattle. The students sewed thesewattle plants with yellow and green cotton. Everyone

has a different design. Now we have a beautiful wall-hanging to decorate the house

Mary, Hawa and Bussad showed us their sewing. Ourstudents have mademany useful thingsfor their homes

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bedspreads and

This is Hawas weaving. Shedid weaving in the refugeecamp..

This is Bussads flower designon her bedspread.

This is Hawas bedspread.Hawa and Bussad made

their bedspreads and pillow-cases many years ago andbrought them all the way toAustralia.

Level 2 Fund raiser for AfricaLevel 2 Fund raiser for AfricaThe 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. Itshows how we can all work together to help others!

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CATERPILLAR DIG FLOWERS

GARDENER GLOVES GROW

HERBS HOSE INSECT

LEAF LEAVES PLANTS

SEED SNAIL SOIL

SPADE TREE VEGETABLES

WATER WEEDS WORM

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

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