To tie in with Anzac Day, read this great article in the Central Coast Express Advocate about our new LCF Manager Nathalie Roy! 

IN April 1918 during World War I, the small town of Villers-Bretonneux in the north of France was the site of the world’s first battle between two tank forces - the British against the Germans.

The Germans took the town but that night and the next day it was recaptured by the 4th and 5th Division of the Australian Imperial Force at a cost of more than 1200 Australian lives.

The people of Villers-Bretonneux remain indebted to Australia and a memorial was established in their honour in 1919.

The Villers-Bretonneux school was rebuilt with donations from school children of Victoria and the Anzac Day is celebrated in the village every year.

Now while the children of Viller-Bretonneux are rehearsing the Australian national anthem for this Anzac Day, Central Coast children are getting closer to bridging the gap between the two cultures thanks to the new LCF Fun Language Club. “When I travelled to the town of Villers-Bretonneux with my husband some years ago, I witnessed how languages were able to create the great partnership between the different cultures,” Central Coast LCF Fun Languages Club manager Nathalie Roy said.

“I decided to create the same potential here on the Central Coast by giving young children the opportunity to learn about other languages and cultures.”

Ms Roy visited Australia 10 years ago from France and fell in love with more than just the country.

She now has an Australian husband, three children and calls Terrigal home.

LCF Fun Languages has been teaching languages to 2-12-year-old children across the world for 25 years.