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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