Viviane Gerardu Award, 2020
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.
2020 Viviane Gerardu Award Winner
A sensitively written story of a young person reflecting on her life, challenges and relationships.
The judges commended the narrative structure, description, imagery and effective use of repetition, all contributing to the lexical cohesion of the piece.
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.