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School Guidelines - Translation |
These guidelines outline the simple expectations we have for our school.
Click on the selection below for Korean, English or Chinese versions.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
The Ministry of Education has provided some information about National Standards in different languages:
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The ESOL programme runs on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. On these days the ESOL teacher, Julie McCabe, takes children in small groups or individually for specific English Language skill learning. The programme covers English listening, speaking, writing and reading. Presentation and visual language skills are also incorporated into the sessions.
The numbers of ESOL children on the programme can range from 25 to 40. The New Zealand government support ESOL learners by giving funding for these children until they reach the required English language skill benchmark.
Foreign Fee Paying or International students may also attend ESOL sessions. These students may be enrolled at school for as little as one term up to their full primary school experience. Their fees contribute to a wide range of school funding.
The students who attend ESOL lessons come from a multitude of different countries and cultures. Not all the ESOL students are born overseas. Some are New Zealand born but their home language may not be English.
The children’s ages range from 5 to 11 years. Sessions are from 30 to 40 minutes. Most of the children have two or three sessions a week.
Timetabling has been developed to fit with their busy classroom schedules, but is flexible enough to allow for group and skill changes.
As well as the special ESOL sessions and the language learning skills practiced daily in the home classrooms, there are many other specialised classes within the school that are particularly good for ESOL children. These include PE, Drama, Music and IT. The successful listening and understanding of instructions is reinforced by almost immediate practical application. These subjects are very much hands on subjects. Having specialist teachers allows the children to experience different adult voices and greater subject vocabulary.
At V.A.S we offer extra literacy support for our ESOL students with Rainbow Reading, Reading Recovery, and online programmes such as, Lexia and Spellodrome. These programmes give our ESOL students extra literacy skills that support their individual literacy needs.
VAS has a huge range of clubs that run in the lunch hour. All children are encouraged to pursue their personal interests whether it is, chess, sport, art or music. Being involved in these clubs is a good way for ESOL students to improve English skills and make new friends.
We hold special meetings in the staffroom each term for our Korean and Chinese parents. At these meetings we discuss how we can help you and your children at VAS. Korean and Chinese translators are available for these meetings and for regular parent teacher interviews.
Please do not hesitate to arrange an appointment with your child’s class teacher, Jane Cameron (Deputy Principal) or myself if you have concerns or wish to share more information about your child.
Kind regards
Julie McCabe
ESOL Teacher
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Latest presentations from our ESOL students! |
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