Languages
A most international STAFF
Among the 4 of us we speak more than 11 languages:
Cherry Andrews -Japanese, Spanish and Tagalog
Andrea Morrison - Te Reo and French
Emily Betterhorn - English
Susan Grimm – Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, German, French
‘Speaking English is like watching black and white TV- it does the job but it is outmoded, and you’re missing out on a lot of colour’
Faculty Staff
HOF Susan Grimm, BA, Celta, Dip.Teach - sgrimm@rghs.school.nz,
07 3480156 and the extention number is 605
Cherry Andrews, Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, Dip Teach - candrews@rghs.school.nz
Andrea Morrison Bachelor of Arts, Master of Education, Diploma in Teaching - amorrison@rghs.school.nz
Emily Betterton, ESOL assistant
Curriculum areas
French yr9-12
German yr9-13
Japanese yr9-13
Year 9 students are introduced to 4 languages: French, German, Japanese and Te Reo. Each rotation lasts one term.
In year 10 students taking French, Japanese and German are encouraged to enter the Australian Language Competency Examinations, Certificate 1. Students also have the opportunity to participate in the regional speech competitions for these languages.
In the senior language classes we offer all 6 Achievement Standards (3 internals and 3 externals), total credits: 24.
The students have the opportunity to enter the Australian Language Competency Examinations, Certificate 2 in yr11 and Certificate 3 in yr12/13.
The German students are invited to enter the international language exam ‘Fit in Deutsch 1’ in yr11 and ‘Fit in Deutsch 2’ in yr12/13.
ESOL yr9-13:
The multicultural make-up of our school is well represented in the two ESOL classes and support groups: Thai, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Zambian, Tokelauan, Korean and Fijian.
In the ESOL classes Unit Standards at level 2 and 3 are offered in the listening, reading and speaking modes.
9 Cultural Studies:
A new yr9 rotation subject was introduced this year: Intercultural Studies. The course content is twofold: - to look at the multicultural facets of not only our school, our city, our country but also our part of the Pacific
- and to learn literacy strategies for unlocking language and increasing both active and passive vocabulary.