Key Points
- As the fifth largest migrant community in Australia, with over 310,000 Filipino-born residents living in the country as of the 2021 Census, Filipino is among the most common languages spoken across Australia.
- For younger Filipino Australian generations, learning Filipino provides a deeper connection to Filipino culture, history, and community.
- A group of Filipino parents on the Central Coast, along with the Filipino Class in Gosford, create fun learning activities to keep their children engaged in learning the Filipino language and culture.
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Fun activities, music and arts: How these Aussie kids in Central Coast learn Filipino language and culture
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Run by volunteers and supported by the New South Wales Department of Education, the Saturday learning Filipino class is headed by Vavette Castro, a former teacher in the Philippines whose passion is teaching her mother language to kids on the Central Coast.
Students and members of the community enjoyed a Filipino Story Time held at the Erina Library on the Central Coast in celebration of Filipino Language Month. Credit: Filipino Class (Facebook)
