Chatswood High School and Chatswood Intensive English Centre怎么样 校园生活

　　ChatswoodIntensiveEnglishCentreisthefirststepforhighschoolstudentsarrivingfromoverseasandwishingtocontinuetheireducationinNewSouthWales.

　　TheCentre'ssupportivemulticulturallearningenvironmentencouragesallstudentstofeelateaseintheirnewcountryandtoquicklyacquireEnglishlanguageskills,beforemovingontothewiderexperienceofasecondaryschool.

　　TheCentre

　　ChatswoodIntensiveEnglishCentre(IEC)ispartofthenetworkofIntensiveEnglishCentresprovidedbytheNSWDepartmentofEducationandTraining.

　　NewlyarrivedstudentswhoseEnglishskillsareassessedasbeinginsufficientforsuccessfulplacementinhighschoolclassesattendtheCentretodeveloptheirlanguageskillsandpreparethemforattendanceathighschool.Studentsattendfivedaysaweekduringschoolterms.

　　TheCentreissituatedinthegroundsofChatswoodHighSchoolinCentennialAvenue,afewminuteswalkfromChatswoodRailwayStation,busstopsandthePacificHighway.

　　Programme

　　ThebasicfunctionofthecentreistoteachtheEnglishskillsnecessarytosuccessfullystudythehighschoolcurriculum.Aswellaslanguageclasses,theprogrammeincludeslanguageacrossthecurriculuminthemainhighschoolsubjects:Science,Maths,Geography,History,LivingSkills,Art,etc.sothatthesubjectlanguageandconceptsaredeveloped.TheprogrammealsoincludesPE,Sport,ComputerSkills,MusicandLibrary.Excursionstoplacesofeducationalbenefitandinterestareorganisedeachtermtohelpstudentssettleintotheirnewcommunity.

　　Somestudentsfromrefugeebackgroundshaveinterruptedorlittleschoolingandmaybeilliterateintheirownlanguage.Wherenecessary,remedialprogrammessuchasbasicreading,scriptwritingandnumeracyareprovidedbythestaffattheCentre,andaresupportedbybilingualteachers'aides.

　　EnrolmentProcedure

　　Allnon-EnglishspeakingstudentswishingtoenrolingovernmenthighschoolsinthenorthernSydneyarea(i.e.studentslivinginsuburbsnorthofSydneytotheCentralCoastandasfarwestasVictoriaRoad,Ryde)needtotelephonetheCentre(9411-5288)foranassessmentappointment.BilingualstaffcanassistparentswithenquiriesinMandarin,Cantonese,Korean,Japanese,Thai,etc.Attheassessmentthestudent'svisawillbecheckedtoensurethatthestudentiseligibletoenrolandthestudent'sskillsinreading,writing,listeningandspeakingEnglishwillbeassessed.

　　AftertheassessmentthosewiththeappropriateEnglishskillsarereferredtotherelevanthighschoolforenrolment.MoststudentsassessedasneedingtoattendtheCentremaycommenceclassesattheIECthenextday.

　　StudentswhoaretemporaryvisaholderswillneedtohaveanAuthoritytoEnrolissuedbytheInternationalBusinessUnit(IBU)beforetheycancommenceattendance.MostofthesestudentswillalsoneedtopayafeetotheIBU.TheIECwillprovidesuchstudentswiththenecessaryforms,informationanddocumentation.

　　Attheassessment,thefunctioningoftheCentreisexplainedtothestudent'sfamilyandinformationaboutuniformrequirementsandtravelarrangementsisgiven.BasicinformationabouttheNSWeducationsystemisalsoprovided.Parentsorguardiansareaskedtogiveinformationaboutthestudent'seducationalbackground,abilitylevel,specialinterestsandgoalstoassisttheteachersastheyworkwiththestudents.

　　CentreOrganisation

　　Basedontheassessmentoftheirlanguageskills,studentsareplacedinoneoffourlevels:Foundation,Level1,Level2andLevel3.StudentsareexpectedtocompleteLevel3beforetheytransfertohighschool.Eachlevelcoversaterm'swork(eachtermisapproximatelytenweeks).Withineachlevelthestudentsaredividedintoclasses-usuallytherearebetween10to18studentsineachgroup.Theclassesineachlevelarebasedonthestudents'ages.

　　Theaveragelengthofstayisapproximatelythree(3)terms,althoughsomestudentswhoencounterdifficultylearningEnglish(possiblybecauseofpreviouslyinterruptedschooling,nopreviousknowledgeofEnglish,etc.)mayneedalongertimetobenefitfromtheprogrammesattheCentre.theCentrecatersforindividualdifferencesandadaptstheprogrammetotheneedsofeachgroupand/orindividual.

　　Attheendofeachtermagroupofstudents,havingcompletedLevel3,leavestheCentretogotohighschool.Studentsintheotherlevelsarepromotedatthebeginningofthenexttermprovidedtheyhavesuccessfullydevelopedthenecessaryskills.Theprogressofstudentsismonitoredatweeklystaffmeetings.

　　TheStaff

　　TeachersarequalifiedandexperiencedEnglishasaSecondLanguogeteachers,manywithqualificationsandexperienceteachinginhighschoolcurriculumareas.Maths,Science,HistoryandGeographyofAustraliaandLiteraturearetaughtwitheachstudent'slanguagedifficultiesbeingcateredfor.Bi-lingualsupportisgivenbyTeachers'Aides.

　　Aboveallthestaffrespondtotheneedsofindividualstudentsinadaptingrelevantprogrammesrelatedtotheirfutureaswellaspresentrequirements.Aschoolcounsellorisavailableeverydaytoassistanystudentorparenttodealwithdifficultiesarisingfromthedemandsofresettlement.

　　ParentInvolvement

　　Parent/TeachernightsareheldattheendofTerms1and3.Atthese,teachersarrangeappointmentstotalkwithparentsindividuallyabouttheirchild.AwrittenreportisissuedtoparentsattheendofTerms2and4.Inaddition,parentscanatanytimerequestaninterviewwithstafftodiscusstheirchild'sprogress.parentsarewelcometovisittheCentreatanytimebutareparticularlyinvitedtoattendspecialactivitiessuchassportscarnivals,Graduationceremoniesandexcursions,etc.

　　TransfertoHighSchool

　　Duringthestudent'sfinaltermattheIEC,thecounsellorarrangesplacementforeachstudentinahighschoolinthelocalarea.Mosthighschoolswillonlytakestudentslivingintheirlocalarea-specialapplicationsmustbelodgedforplacementatnon-localhighschools.TheIECwillassistfamilieswhowishtomakesuchapplications.Studentsareenrolledintheyearlevelappropriatetotheirpreviouseducation.

　　Tohelpthestudentmakeasuccessfuladaptationtohighschool,theIECarrangesforeachstudenttoattendclassesattheirfuturehighschoolforthreeconsecutivedaysmidwaythroughtheirfinaltermattheCentre.ThisisknownastheSET(SchoolExperienceTransition)programmeandallowsstudentstodeveloptheirconfidencebygivingthemtheopportunitytobecomefamiliarwiththeirnewschool'sphysicalenvironmentandorganisationalstructure.Theyalsomeetsomeoftheirfutureteachersandclassmatesaswellasmakingdecisionsaboutsubjectchoiceswherenecessary.

　　Awrittenreportoutliningthestudent'slanguageabilityandknowledgeincoresubjectsisgiventokeypersonnelatthereceivinghighschoolwhenthestudenttransfersfromtheIEC.