Post on 16-Jan-2016
Multicultural Vic
At the 2006 Census, Victorians were born in over 200 countries, spoke over 200 languages and dialects, followed more than 130 religions and were identified with over 200 ancestries; 43.8 per cent of Victorians were either born overseas or have at least one parent born overseas.
Chaffey studentsThere are over 100 students at Chaffey who have at least one parent who speaks a language other than English at home.
38 of these are funded in the ESL program
A “How to” of ESL
DEECD guidelines for running ESL programs in schools are set out in this book.
ESL – What is it?A program funded by the Govt.
It provides: Language Centres
Extra teachers Multicultural Education
Aides
ESL – What is it cont?
It provides assistance to students
in their first 5 years at an English speaking school.
Where have our kids come from?Afghanistan
IraqVietnam PhilippinesTongaThailand
SudanTanzania
IndiaChinaSamoaUkraine
Have they been educated in schools like this ?
or this?
Immigration status
Some are here on visa sub- class:
200 – refugee202 - global special
humanitarianother
Where can this info be found?Enrolment forms in each students’ folders in the Admin area.
Staff shared folders - ESL folder – on the LAN
KI’s Wiki if interested
Screen shot of types of files available
Types of files
Lists showing country of origin, languages spoken,
arrival date in Australia,visa codes etc
Sample student list
Cultural information
Customs, lifestyleCelebrations – eg
RamadanRefugee information
Classroom help
Teaching strategiesClassroom activities
Blackline masters on a variety of topics - PDF
files
Classroom help cont
Units of work on issues of a multicultural nature
egRefugee related units
Citizenship
ResourcesLinks to resources -
videos, Books, web sites at
Chaffey.
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