Wednesday, 30 October 2019

Goodstart Early Learning

Mr DIMOPOULOS: That is not all we are doing in early childhood. We are doing a lot more. At nearby Goodstart Early Learning in Oakleigh we are now funding weekly tuition in Mandarin at no cost to parents. We are doing second-language teaching in 150 kindergarten centres around Victoria, and 10 kinders are actually totally bilingual. That is up to 5000 kids across Victoria benefiting from a second language. It was incredible to see the four-year-old kids getting involved, laughing, singing along, dancing and learning all the way from the very passionate Jing, their Mandarin teacher.