Blessed with Bilingual Brains©
Waka Aotearoa Education Ltd ©
Blessed with Bilingual Brains©
© Waka Aotearoa Education Ltd
Kia orana, Kia ora, Noa’ia, Talofa lava, Mauri, Mālō e lelei, Tālofa, Ni Sa Bula Vinaka, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Mālō ni and warm Pacific greetings.
Vaka Leo Voices Consortium (VLVC) is a formal social enterprise grouping of independent Pacific language organisations. This includes trusts and companies, school-based Pasifika bilingual units, Early Learning Centres, churches, families, communities, academics, researchers and COMET Auckland.
We pledge to work together to support each other to develop and enhance high quality knowledge and expertise in Bilingual Education for all in Pasifika education and for all our Pasifika communities.
The Consortium was formed in 2021 to implement formal government policy supporting Bilingual Immersion Education arising from the 2019-2020 Budgets. Our directors with many of our Bilingual Education members however have successful track records in supporting bilingualism and implementing Bilingual Education programmes for over twenty years.
Our Mission
VLVC Community PLD and Fono Mangere East
Our mission is to support quality, evidence-based teaching and learning in Pasifika bilingual programmes. Our vision is that all Pasifika learners whose families wish them to become bilingual and biliterate are able to do so.
Why Bilingualism is valued?
Bilingualism is the ability to understand and speak two or more languages to at least a conversational ability to understand and be understood by others. Learn more here
Bilingual Immersion Education is the use of two or more languages for teaching and learning curriculum knowledge in educational institutions from children’s early childhood to tertiary education journey.
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