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Ethnic families get to know their medicinesEthnic families get to know their medicines
- After-hours ethnic schools curriculum trial
- Portfolio competition awards night, 2007
- Portfolio competition finalists and winners, 2007
- Portfolio competition awards night photos, 2007
After hours ethnic schools curriculum trial
NPS in partnership with the Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia (FECCA), Community Languages Australia (CLA), the Ethnic Schools Association of Queensland and the Queensland Languages other than English Centre is bringing Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) into the curriculum of 10–16-year-old students and the kitchen-table discussions that students have with their parents and grandparents.
The Families get to know their medicines curriculum package is currently being trialled in Chinese, Greek and Vietnamese After Hours Ethnic Schooling Programs in Queensland.
For more information go to the Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Greek and Vietnamese 'families get to know their medicines' after hours ethnic schools trial information brochures and the FECCA website.
Further information will be available after the trial.
Portfolio competition awards night, 2007
Jane Poon, Hoang Nguyen Kim Ngan and Flora Varitimos won top honours at the Families get to know their medicines ethnic schools portfolio competition awards ceremony held 18 October 2007 in Brisbane.
More than 270 guests, including students and their families and teachers, attended the awards ceremony.
The Families get to know their medicines program was piloted in Term 3 with students aged 10–16 from Chinese, Vietnamese and Greek After Hours Ethnic Schools in Queensland.
The curriculum combined learning family language and culture with learning about medicines.
The portfolio competition was designed to encourage students to complete take-home activities with their families, and share information with them about the safe use of medicines.
The awards ceremony recognised the students' outstanding portfolios.
Also honoured at the awards ceremony were the winning schools, Tzu-Chi Academy Australia Brisbane, Lac Hong Vietnamese School and Greek School of St George, along with the 57 finalists.
Prizes were awarded to the winning Chinese, Vietnamese and Greek students and their schools. The winning students won a book of 10 movie vouchers donated by Birch Carroll and Coyle Cinemas. The winning schools received an $800 gift voucher for classroom resources.
Diversity Health Institute gave $2000 towards the evening.
In recognition of the wide age differences within each class and the complexity of the material, special merit prizes of a dinner at a local restaurant were also awarded. Yvonne Huang, Hoang Ngoc Diep and Maria Bellas, younger participants who had shown exceptional effort in their portfolios, won the special merit prizes.
The Families get to know their medicines program has been designed and implemented in partnership with the Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia (FECCA), the Queensland Languages Other Than English (LOTE) Centre, the Ethnic Schools Association Queensland Inc. (ESAQ) and Community Languages Australia (CLA).
A full list of finalists, winners and special merit students is available here.
Portfolio competition finalists and winners, 2007
Vietnamese finalists
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Hoang Nguyen Kim Ngan (1st) | Hoa Binh |
| Hoang Nguyen Truen An | Hoa Binh |
| Pham Thi Thu Ha | Hoa Binh |
| Lan Phuong Tran | Hoa Binh |
| Hoang Ngoc Diep (youngest) | Lac Hong |
| Nguyen Ngoc Kieu Diem | Trung Vuong |
| Nguyen Lu Ly | Lac Hong |
| Tran Kieu Nga | Hoa Binh |
| Nguyen H. Nam (Tom) | Lac Hong |
| Tran Thi Phuong Tam | Trung Vuong |
| Nguyen N Thien Duyen | Lac Hong |
| Hoang B Phuong Nam | Lac Hong |
| Huynh To (Martin) | Trung Vuong |
| Tran Y Nhi (Amy) | Hoa Binh |
| Huynh Thanh Thao | Lac Hong |
| Tran Thi Phuong | Lac Hong |
| Phan Tinh Quyen (Jessie) | Lac Hong |
| Nguyen Ngoc Hung | Lac Hong |
| Le T. Phnony Thanh | Lac Hong |
| Huynh Thanh Truyen | Lac Hong |
| Mach My Hang | Lac Hong |
| Nguyen Ngoc Khanh | Lac Hong |
| Pham Thi My Duyen | Trung Vuong |
| Nguyen Whn Y Linda | Lac Hong |
| First place | Hoang Nguyen Kim Ngan |
| Special merit | Hoang Ngoc Diep |
| Winning School | Lac Hong |
Greek finalists
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Flora Varitimos (1st) | Greek School of St George |
| Alexandra Gavriniotis | Greek School of St George |
| Maia Simonidis | Greek School of St George |
| Stamatia Bousias | Greek School of St George |
| Maria Bellas | Greek School of St George |
| Eleni Zambas | Greek School of St George |
| Valen Angelos | Greek School of St George |
| Panayrota Zambas | Greek School of St George |
| Sophia Amarandos | Greek School of St George |
| Telly Kapeleris | Greek School of St George |
| John Arapakis | Greek School of St George |
| Bianca Armenis | Greek Ethnic School of St Anna Gold Coast |
| First place | Flora Varitimos |
| Special merit | Maria Bellas |
| Winning School | Greek School of St George |
Chinese finalists
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Jane Poon (1st) | Logos Christian Church Learning Centre |
| Liang Wen Sheng | Shenzhou Chinese School |
| Yvonne Huang | Tzu-Chi Academy Australia Brisbane |
| Angela Yeung | Asian Language Centre of Queensland |
| Jessie Wong | Miao Miao Chinese School |
| Shannon Sia | Chung Tian Chinese School |
| Ben Sung | Tzu-Chi Academy Australia Brisbane |
| Marian Lien | Tzu-Chi Academy Australia Brisbane |
| Becky Chen | Logos Christian Church Learning Centre |
| Kathleen Poon | Logos Christian Church Learning Centre |
| Tina Chen | Tzu-Chi Academy Australia Brisbane |
| Racheal Wong | Shenzhou Chinese School |
| Joy Chen | Chung Tian Chinese School |
| Alice Huang | Tzu-Chi Academy Australia Brisbane |
| Wendy Pei | Shenzhou Chinese School |
| Catherine Wang | Chinese Language Centre of QLD |
| Penny Lin | Tzu-Chi Academy Australia Brisbane |
| Maggie Ting | Tzu-Chi Academy Australia Brisbane |
| Helen Xu | Miao Miao Chinese School |
| Kelly Chuang | Asian Language Centre of Queensland |
| Wendy Chua | Logos Christian Church Learning Centre |
| Joyce Lau | Shenzhou Chinese School |
| Jessie Tong | Miao Miao Chinese School |
| Leane Zhang | Chinese Language Centre of QLD |
| First place | Jane Poon |
| Special merit | Yvonne Huang |
| Winning School | Tzu-Chi Academy Australia Brisbane |
Date published: 2010-11-17 00:00:00
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