Lawn bowls program allows participants to learn English while they bowl
0:00:26.199,0:00:30.699
I’m originally from Iraq but I was
born and came from Iran.
0:00:30.699,0:00:34.960
Bowls is good sport because it’s very
inclusive. It doesn’t take very much to
0:00:34.960,0:00:40.300
adapt the sport. It’s something really
that anyone can play.
0:00:40.300,0:00:44.040
It’s wonderful to see how they
(AMES students) interact with other
0:00:44.040,0:00:46.120
people. The confidence they get.
0:00:46.120,0:00:52.699
It’s my favorite hobby. Sport is my
favorite hobby in my world and I love
0:00:52.699,0:00:53.339
it a lot.
0:00:53.339,0:00:56.010
They (AMES students) learn a lot
because they come from different
0:00:56.010,0:01:01.080
parts of the world and different
cultures as you know. They mix when
0:01:01.080,0:01:08.080
they come here (to the bowls sessions) too.
0:01:12.030,0:01:17.250
I found this program at AMES and I
love sport so I joined the program
0:01:17.250,0:01:18.409
and I love it now.
0:01:18.409,0:01:24.509
I guess the most important thing is
really establishing a partnership with
0:01:24.509,0:01:29.009
a specialist organisation that deals
with multicultural communities. For us
0:01:29.009,0:01:36.009
that’s been AMES to date. We’ve also
worked together with the Centre of
0:01:36.119,0:01:40.840
Multicultural Youth. They have done
inclusion training with our bowls clubs
0:01:40.840,0:01:45.810
before. It might be a case where the
club hasn’t really been exposed to
0:01:45.810,0:01:49.469
different multicultural groups before
so we want to prepare them for the
0:01:49.469,0:01:54.509
things that they might not be aware
of in the past.
0:01:54.509,0:02:00.209
I’ve got a youth class (a youth one class)
and we believe in learning English
0:02:00.209,0:02:05.459
through activities and sport when
possible. A lot of them (students) haven’t
0:02:05.459,0:02:12.459
had the freedom to play sport, especially
the women, so we thought this (playing bowls)
0:02:13.260,0:02:17.880
was a good idea.
0:02:17.880,0:02:23.840
It’s interesting because you meet other
people with different backgrounds,
0:02:23.840,0:02:27.610
religions and cultures. It’s interesting
because you are going to learn about
0:02:27.610,0:02:31.610
people and their religions. It’s great.
0:02:31.610,0:02:37.140
It’s very rewarding to see, I guess, what
happens beyond the program.It’s bigger than
0:02:37.140,0:02:43.579
bowls in a lot of aspects.There are
opportunities for them to get involved
0:02:43.579,0:02:47.689
with organising with the bowls clubs and
that can then flow on to them getting jobs.
0:02:47.689,0:02:54.689
There are opportunities to work within a
club. So it’s not just bowls, it’s broader
0:02:55.159,0:02:57.650
than that for them.
0:02:57.650,0:03:04.650
We have people from different cultures but
women who are not allowed to play any sport
0:03:14.760,0:03:21.000
at all. Some of our boys have still got a
lot of problems besides not being able to
0:03:21.000,0:03:27.629
play sport but family problems. They have
still got problems not settled overseas.
0:03:27.629,0:03:34.629
This (bowls) gets them out of the class, out
here – just look at them, and they feel
0:03:35.739,0:03:38.859
free.
They have this freedom that they didn’t
0:03:38.859,0:03:40.000
have
before.
0:03:40.000,0:03:41.900
One is to keep them engaged in the sport.
Two
0:03:41.900,0:03:48.900
is to get them to sign up as members and that
sort of thing. That’s a real challenge.
0:03:48.969,0:03:54.519
Engaging with these communities has been made
easier with our partnership with AMES in that
0:03:54.519,0:04:01.519
we have been given access within those communities.
They have brought the communities to us. I
0:04:01.609,0:04:04.379
know
with other sports that we’ve talked to,
0:04:04.379,0:04:08.219
who have
tried to start up programs, getting into the
0:04:08.219,0:04:12.060
communities they have found difficult.Our
link
0:04:12.060,0:04:19.060
with AMES has made it relatively easy I think.
0:04:24.420,0:04:27.120
During the program we have really got the
clubs
0:04:27.120,0:04:30.770
to interact with the local communities. We
try
0:04:30.770,0:04:34.110
and make it local so it’s easy access for
them
0:04:34.110,0:04:40.520
(the new arrivals) to play beyond our programs.
The future challenge for us, as we expose
0:04:40.520,0:04:44.150
more
clubs to the program - in the next 12 months
0:04:44.150,0:04:45.970
we
are looking to expand the program into regional
0:04:45.970,0:04:48.640
areas of Victoria- is for us to draw back
and
0:04:48.640,0:04:50.940
give clubs a package so that they can all
try
0:04:50.940,0:04:53.570
and deliver something similar to this. We
then
0:04:53.570,0:05:00.570
become the resource that gives them the resources
to run the program and make links to the
0:05:03.870,0:05:10.870
multicultural communities in their local areas.
I think that’s a key factor.
0:05:14.540,0:05:18.360
I think if they (coach/club representatives)
come over to the school itself to see how
0:05:18.360,0:05:21.490
they
(the students) behave and how they adjust
0:05:21.490,0:05:27.610
themselves, coming from different countries,
into the school environment and assimilate.Be
0:05:27.610,0:05:33.450
with them as they go from the unknown to the
known. Stay with them for a while and help
0:05:33.450,0:05:38.160
them with their studies first and then
helping them into sport.
0:05:38.160,0:05:42.560
A little bit more advertisement. We didn’t
know that (there were bowls programs) before.
0:05:42.560,0:05:48.560
This program, we didn’t know anything about
bowls or the clubs over here or in Dandenong.
0:05:48.560,0:05:55.560
A little bit of advertising and some programs
like this because it makes people interested.
0:05:57.810,0:06:02.270
If they love it they can join the club.So
I
0:06:02.270,0:06:08.730
think this program should, a little bit,
continue more to give opportunities to others
0:06:08.730,0:06:11.770
to bowl. If they love it they can join it.
0:06:11.770,0:06:16.300
The greatest success we’ve had with the
program is, on the final day of this gala
0:06:16.300,0:06:21.020
event, to invite the students to bring their
families along. Probably the most success
0:06:21.020,0:06:24.220
of
people joining up with clubs is when we have
0:06:24.220,0:06:31.220
been able to engage their communities. It
ight be in the beginning that we invite the
0:06:31.850,0:06:37.050
students from AMES but for people to stay
engaged in the sport, the biggest successes
0:06:37.050,0:06:42.080
have happened by inviting families and
communities to come along to the day (also).
0:06:42.080,0:06:49.080
The volunteers that help us are very supportive.
When we go back and talk about the bowls they
0:06:51.590,0:06:57.520
(the students) always talk about the volunteers.
(They say) ‘Oh we are learning English too
0:06:57.520,0:07:00.640
while
we are playing bowls’. I think they are
0:07:00.640,0:07:07.640
very happy.
0:07:10.490,0:07:15.820
We get bowls clubs contacting us all the
time concerned about the age of the members
0:07:15.820,0:07:21.460
dropping off and their membership starting
to dwindle a little bit. We are trying to
0:07:21.460,0:07:28.460
educate the clubs that this is a new community
that hasn’t been exposed to the sport before.
0:07:28.740,0:07:34.000
Given that there are about 47 countries that
are registered across the world that are
0:07:34.000,0:07:39.490
playing bowls, the demographic in Australia
is not very multicultural. There is some
0:07:39.490,0:07:44.120
multicultural background to it but we are
trying to expand on that and expose some
0:07:44.120,0:07:49.030
new people to bowls so that the communities
can share in playing bowls.
0:07:49.030,0:07:54.730
Programs like this, if it continues in
different AMES or any other places where
0:07:54.730,0:08:01.730
new students come, find it and know about,
it its good. They can know about it better.
0:08:04.830,0:08:09.570
If this program wasn’t (available) or we
didn’t know that this sport is going on
0:08:09.570,0:08:14.910
here
then nothing is going to change. Now we know
0:08:14.910,0:08:21.910
that the opportunity is there to join it,
even a club for one year, then it’s great.
I’m originally from Iraq but I was
born and came from Iran.
0:00:30.699,0:00:34.960
Bowls is good sport because it’s very
inclusive. It doesn’t take very much to
0:00:34.960,0:00:40.300
adapt the sport. It’s something really
that anyone can play.
0:00:40.300,0:00:44.040
It’s wonderful to see how they
(AMES students) interact with other
0:00:44.040,0:00:46.120
people. The confidence they get.
0:00:46.120,0:00:52.699
It’s my favorite hobby. Sport is my
favorite hobby in my world and I love
0:00:52.699,0:00:53.339
it a lot.
0:00:53.339,0:00:56.010
They (AMES students) learn a lot
because they come from different
0:00:56.010,0:01:01.080
parts of the world and different
cultures as you know. They mix when
0:01:01.080,0:01:08.080
they come here (to the bowls sessions) too.
0:01:12.030,0:01:17.250
I found this program at AMES and I
love sport so I joined the program
0:01:17.250,0:01:18.409
and I love it now.
0:01:18.409,0:01:24.509
I guess the most important thing is
really establishing a partnership with
0:01:24.509,0:01:29.009
a specialist organisation that deals
with multicultural communities. For us
0:01:29.009,0:01:36.009
that’s been AMES to date. We’ve also
worked together with the Centre of
0:01:36.119,0:01:40.840
Multicultural Youth. They have done
inclusion training with our bowls clubs
0:01:40.840,0:01:45.810
before. It might be a case where the
club hasn’t really been exposed to
0:01:45.810,0:01:49.469
different multicultural groups before
so we want to prepare them for the
0:01:49.469,0:01:54.509
things that they might not be aware
of in the past.
0:01:54.509,0:02:00.209
I’ve got a youth class (a youth one class)
and we believe in learning English
0:02:00.209,0:02:05.459
through activities and sport when
possible. A lot of them (students) haven’t
0:02:05.459,0:02:12.459
had the freedom to play sport, especially
the women, so we thought this (playing bowls)
0:02:13.260,0:02:17.880
was a good idea.
0:02:17.880,0:02:23.840
It’s interesting because you meet other
people with different backgrounds,
0:02:23.840,0:02:27.610
religions and cultures. It’s interesting
because you are going to learn about
0:02:27.610,0:02:31.610
people and their religions. It’s great.
0:02:31.610,0:02:37.140
It’s very rewarding to see, I guess, what
happens beyond the program.It’s bigger than
0:02:37.140,0:02:43.579
bowls in a lot of aspects.There are
opportunities for them to get involved
0:02:43.579,0:02:47.689
with organising with the bowls clubs and
that can then flow on to them getting jobs.
0:02:47.689,0:02:54.689
There are opportunities to work within a
club. So it’s not just bowls, it’s broader
0:02:55.159,0:02:57.650
than that for them.
0:02:57.650,0:03:04.650
We have people from different cultures but
women who are not allowed to play any sport
0:03:14.760,0:03:21.000
at all. Some of our boys have still got a
lot of problems besides not being able to
0:03:21.000,0:03:27.629
play sport but family problems. They have
still got problems not settled overseas.
0:03:27.629,0:03:34.629
This (bowls) gets them out of the class, out
here – just look at them, and they feel
0:03:35.739,0:03:38.859
free.
They have this freedom that they didn’t
0:03:38.859,0:03:40.000
have
before.
0:03:40.000,0:03:41.900
One is to keep them engaged in the sport.
Two
0:03:41.900,0:03:48.900
is to get them to sign up as members and that
sort of thing. That’s a real challenge.
0:03:48.969,0:03:54.519
Engaging with these communities has been made
easier with our partnership with AMES in that
0:03:54.519,0:04:01.519
we have been given access within those communities.
They have brought the communities to us. I
0:04:01.609,0:04:04.379
know
with other sports that we’ve talked to,
0:04:04.379,0:04:08.219
who have
tried to start up programs, getting into the
0:04:08.219,0:04:12.060
communities they have found difficult.Our
link
0:04:12.060,0:04:19.060
with AMES has made it relatively easy I think.
0:04:24.420,0:04:27.120
During the program we have really got the
clubs
0:04:27.120,0:04:30.770
to interact with the local communities. We
try
0:04:30.770,0:04:34.110
and make it local so it’s easy access for
them
0:04:34.110,0:04:40.520
(the new arrivals) to play beyond our programs.
The future challenge for us, as we expose
0:04:40.520,0:04:44.150
more
clubs to the program - in the next 12 months
0:04:44.150,0:04:45.970
we
are looking to expand the program into regional
0:04:45.970,0:04:48.640
areas of Victoria- is for us to draw back
and
0:04:48.640,0:04:50.940
give clubs a package so that they can all
try
0:04:50.940,0:04:53.570
and deliver something similar to this. We
then
0:04:53.570,0:05:00.570
become the resource that gives them the resources
to run the program and make links to the
0:05:03.870,0:05:10.870
multicultural communities in their local areas.
I think that’s a key factor.
0:05:14.540,0:05:18.360
I think if they (coach/club representatives)
come over to the school itself to see how
0:05:18.360,0:05:21.490
they
(the students) behave and how they adjust
0:05:21.490,0:05:27.610
themselves, coming from different countries,
into the school environment and assimilate.Be
0:05:27.610,0:05:33.450
with them as they go from the unknown to the
known. Stay with them for a while and help
0:05:33.450,0:05:38.160
them with their studies first and then
helping them into sport.
0:05:38.160,0:05:42.560
A little bit more advertisement. We didn’t
know that (there were bowls programs) before.
0:05:42.560,0:05:48.560
This program, we didn’t know anything about
bowls or the clubs over here or in Dandenong.
0:05:48.560,0:05:55.560
A little bit of advertising and some programs
like this because it makes people interested.
0:05:57.810,0:06:02.270
If they love it they can join the club.So
I
0:06:02.270,0:06:08.730
think this program should, a little bit,
continue more to give opportunities to others
0:06:08.730,0:06:11.770
to bowl. If they love it they can join it.
0:06:11.770,0:06:16.300
The greatest success we’ve had with the
program is, on the final day of this gala
0:06:16.300,0:06:21.020
event, to invite the students to bring their
families along. Probably the most success
0:06:21.020,0:06:24.220
of
people joining up with clubs is when we have
0:06:24.220,0:06:31.220
been able to engage their communities. It
ight be in the beginning that we invite the
0:06:31.850,0:06:37.050
students from AMES but for people to stay
engaged in the sport, the biggest successes
0:06:37.050,0:06:42.080
have happened by inviting families and
communities to come along to the day (also).
0:06:42.080,0:06:49.080
The volunteers that help us are very supportive.
When we go back and talk about the bowls they
0:06:51.590,0:06:57.520
(the students) always talk about the volunteers.
(They say) ‘Oh we are learning English too
0:06:57.520,0:07:00.640
while
we are playing bowls’. I think they are
0:07:00.640,0:07:07.640
very happy.
0:07:10.490,0:07:15.820
We get bowls clubs contacting us all the
time concerned about the age of the members
0:07:15.820,0:07:21.460
dropping off and their membership starting
to dwindle a little bit. We are trying to
0:07:21.460,0:07:28.460
educate the clubs that this is a new community
that hasn’t been exposed to the sport before.
0:07:28.740,0:07:34.000
Given that there are about 47 countries that
are registered across the world that are
0:07:34.000,0:07:39.490
playing bowls, the demographic in Australia
is not very multicultural. There is some
0:07:39.490,0:07:44.120
multicultural background to it but we are
trying to expand on that and expose some
0:07:44.120,0:07:49.030
new people to bowls so that the communities
can share in playing bowls.
0:07:49.030,0:07:54.730
Programs like this, if it continues in
different AMES or any other places where
0:07:54.730,0:08:01.730
new students come, find it and know about,
it its good. They can know about it better.
0:08:04.830,0:08:09.570
If this program wasn’t (available) or we
didn’t know that this sport is going on
0:08:09.570,0:08:14.910
here
then nothing is going to change. Now we know
0:08:14.910,0:08:21.910
that the opportunity is there to join it,
even a club for one year, then it’s great.
