Making Connections with Curriculum and Resources in WA

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Western Australian Public School Students Participating in Language Studies 2008(a)

        Total no Total Students Student %

Year Level Chinese Indonesian Japanese   Public Doing Asian Lang

K 18 6 82 106 19223 1%

P 20 138 244 402 19593 2%

1 21 1398 951 2370 19877 12%

2 107 2235 1385 3727 19842 19%

3 271 4818 4040 9129 20179 45%

4 311 4979 4097 9387 20746 45%

5 346 4833 3885 9064 19677 46%

6 167 2756 2235 5158 11295 46%

7 339 4582 3910 8831 19633 45%

8 353 2273 3255 5881 16820 35%

9 260 1736 2304 4300 17227 25%

10 149 386 658 1193 17562 7%

11 51 25 174 250 16267 2%

12 39 22 97 158 11663 1%

             

             

TOTAL 2452 30187 27317 59956 249604 24%

Western Australian context

2009, 25% of Year 9 students study an Asian Language

2008,1% of Year 12 students studied an Asian language 39 students studied Chinese 22 students studied Indonesian 97 students studied Japanese

BRIDGE Projects (Building Relationships through Intercultural Dialogue and Growing Engagement)

Australia -Indonesia BRIDGE Project 2008-9 (30 schools nationally) Margaret River SHS Tranby College Australia -Indonesia BRIDGE Project 2010 Scotch College Guildford Grammar Secret Harbour Primary School Cooinda Primary School

Australia-Korea BRIDGE Project 2010 (8 schools nationally) Como SC

Access Asia

Offers extensive Professional Development opportunities conducted by Greg Harper and Pauline O’Brien;

These include: Asia themed Visual Arts Workshops; Asian Cuisine Workshops; the Wild Ways Banners Art Conservation Project; travel and Study Tours; and Asian Inspired Art Displays.In total 723 individuals from 339 WA schools participated

in these PD sessions in 2009. 221 people were new to AA.

2008 Banners were widely displayed with interpretive signage.

Access Asia

Online Access Asia newsletter. Monthly publication which contains information about current state/national projects and issues, grants, competitions, tours and resources (text, online, community groups).

Emailed to over 650 educators on the Access Asia data base then further disseminated through WASSEA, WAPPA and the Secondary Bulletin.

Changes in 2010.

Language Assistants Program

O/S graduate teachers attached to public schools, in partnership with The Japan Foundation, Confucious Institute and Han Ban; and the Indonesian Consulate.

Japanese placements at Shenton College, Rossmoyne SHS, Leeming SHS, Willeton SHS.

Indonesian placements at Margaret River SHS, Cowaramup PS, Margaret River PS, SIDE, John Willcock College, Mt Tarcoola PS, Geraldton PS, Melville SHS, Palmyra PS, Attadale PS.

Chinese placements planned for later in 2010.

Leading 21st Century Schools: Engage with Asia Grants

Round 1, 8 schools: Woodvale SHS Morley SHS Broomehill PS Sacred Heart College Tranby College Lance Holt School Willeton PS Cooinda PS

Round 2, 16 schools: Creaney PS Cooinda PS Woodvale SHS Woodvale PS Halidan PS Waggrakine PS Bunbury Cathedral Grammar Shenton College Bluff Point PS Kingston PS Leeman PS Duncraig SHS Mount Lawley SHS Shelley PS Allendale PS Oberthur PS

Asian Language Hubs - Centres of Excellence

2009 - Phase 1 Australind SHS+ PPS Japanese Mt Lawley SHS + PPS Chinese Shenton College +PPS Japanese Rossmoyne SHS +PPS Chinese Willetton SHS+ PPS Japanese Schools of Isolated Indonesian

Distance Education

Asian Language Hubs: Intended outcomes

Increase demand for an Asian language program beyond Year 9

Provide continuous quality Asian language pathways from partner primary schools through to Year 12

Ensure more students are engaged in cumulative language learning enabling the attainment of fluency in the Asian language

Provided sufficient time-on-task to provide students with the opportunity to complete Stage 3 Courses

Increase student knowledge and understanding of Asian cultures

Intended outcomes (cont’d)

Promote Asia literacy across the school curriculum to increase student knowledge of Asian cultures

Establish a leadership pathway for language teachers Provide professional learning support for Asian language

teachers 2010 Phase 2 - expression of interest.

Contacts; Wendy.Hewitt@det.wa.edu.au Vie.Foster@det.wa.edu.au Alison.Turner@det.wa.edu.au

NALSSPNational Asian Languages and Studies in Schools Project: Becoming Asia Literate Grants to Schools, Round 1, 2009

Harvey SHS; Como SC, Curtin PS; Kalamunda SHS; Kingston PS, Australind SHS, Clifton PS, Parkfield PS; Leeming SHS; Schools of Isolated and Distance Education; Shelley PS; Woodvale SHS, North Woodvale PS and Mater Dei College.

NALSSP Round 2.

Online application in May 2010.

Department of Education PD on

Monday, 8 March 4.30pm – 6pm, Room 20. Register online at

www.apps.det.wa.edu.au/pd/secondary/public/courseCalendar.do

The Department of Education is currently appointing a NALSSP officer.

Language Ambassadors

WA University graduates available to visit schools. CD available.

Contact;

Alison.Turner@det.wa.edu.au

Other Opportunities

The Angkor Project, Children Helping to Rebuild the Schools of Cambodia eg Morley SHS.

One World Centre. Education officers and resources. Community groups eg Chung Wah Association. Sister School relationships. Professional Organisations eg Japanese Language Teachers’

Association of Western Australia. Supporting schools in East Timor eg Wilson Primary School. Supporting Bali orphanages and schools eg Beaconsfield

Primary School. More ideas in the K-10 Syllabus, especially in the Society and

Environment scope and sequence documents.