Weeroona College is located in the city of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. The school was established in 1999, and as one of the five public high schools in Bendigo, it provides Year 7 to Year 10 secondary education to around 800 students.
The school takes LOTE program as their curriculum priority and develops as a specialist program. Weeroona College is one of the earliest schools that set up Chinese learning program in the Great Bendigo Region. The curriculum and program structure of Chinese learning is well developed. All new Year 7 students have to choose either Chinese or French as their compulsory subject. Other year levels are all having corresponding level of Chinese subject for those who want to further develop their Chinese. Weeroona College is one of the 3 public high school partners with Confucius Classroom of Bendigo Senior Secondary College, having a friendly and strong partnership with it. From 2013, Confucius Classroom of Bendigo Senior Secondary College began to support the Chinese teaching in Weeroona College. From 2016, they agreed to continue strengthening their existing partnership. The school has employed the Chinese teacher from Confucius Classroom as their new Year 7 students’ Chinese teacher. The number of students taking Chinese as their second language learning has increased by 50% compared to the figure in the previous year. This excellent result has strongly linked to the effort that made by the college leadership team and local Confucius Classroom promoting Chinese language learning in the local community. During the Spring Festival, Chinese Classroom in Weeroona College organized a series of Spring Festival activities, including Chinese new year introduction, Chinese paper cutting, sticking window decorations and hanging lanterns. The activities were well supported by the Principal Ms. Leanne Peace and the school leadership team. The passion for and interests on learning Chinese have been promoted among students, and have also deepened the students’understanding of Chinese language and culture. In 2016, many initiatives are going to be set up between Confucius Classroom in Bendigo Senior Secondary College and Weeroona College. They will improve the students’ second language skills, and strengthen the bridge of friendship between China and Australia. Weeroona 中学位于澳大利亚维多利亚州本迪戈市,建立于1999年。该校作为本迪戈市五所公立中学之一,为约800名当地学生提供七到十年级的中学教育。 第二语言教学一直是该校的教学重点和特色,它是本迪戈市较早开展汉语教学的学校之一,其汉语教学的课程框架以及项目发展均较为成熟。新入学的七年级学生需要在汉语和法语中选择一门语言作为其必修课,并在其余年级均开设相应的汉语课程可让学生继续学习汉语。 该校是本迪戈孔子课堂汉语教学和文化传播项目三所合作中学之一,与本迪戈高中孔子课堂有着友好而深入的合作伙伴关系。2013年起,本迪戈高中孔子课堂就开始派出汉语老师对该校进行汉语课程的支持。2016年起,双方进一步深化合作,该校聘请了由孔子课堂委任的汉语老师作为其七年级新生的汉语课程的专职任课教师,选择汉语作为第二语言课程的学生数量较去年增加了百分之五十。这与该校对汉语教学的重视以及本迪戈高中孔子课堂的全力支持密不可分。 新春佳节期间,Weeroona 中学汉语课堂开展了一系列关于新春佳节的活动,包含中国新年习俗,中国剪纸,贴窗花以及挂灯笼。该系列活动得到了学校校长Leanne Peace女士以及各校方领导团队的支持。这次活动激发和提高了学生学习汉语的热情和兴趣,进一步加深了学生对中国语言和文化的理解。 2016年,该校将与本迪戈高中孔子课堂开展多方面合作,这将有助于该校学生汉语技能的发展,也有助于搭建中国与澳大利亚的友谊之桥。 Comments are closed.
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