Viviane Gerardu Award, 2021
The Viviane Gerardu Writing Encouragement Award commemorates Viviane Gerardu, a member of the ACTATE community who passed away in 2020. The award honours her contribution to the teaching of English in the ACT and her championing of young writers.
2021 Viviane Gerardu Award Winner
Matilda has been adventurous in creating a narrative made up of a series of conversations between a range of workers trapped in a lift and a mysterious time traveller who provides each one with a future scenario which will alter their lives.
The final paragraph graphically reveals that the predicted scenarios will happen.
Remembering Viviane
Viviane Gerardu was an inspirational teacher who made a difference in the lives of her students and her colleagues.
Viviane presented regularly at ACTATE professional learning events and at national conferences. Teachers always left her workshops with practical strategies and interesting resources to use with their students. She developed the Language for Understanding Across the Curriculum (LUAC) resources and presented workshops to ACT teachers from all learning areas. She has also been published widely through books such as the English Quest series and articles in ACTATE’s journal, Activate.