Excellent highschool in western sydney
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10 top tips for researching a high school for your child
10 top tips for researching a high school
1. Visiting on an open day outside school hours gives an insight into facilities and resources but, in my opinion, doesn’t give you a feel for the school on a working day. Make an appointment for a walk ‘n’ talk tour of the school during a break so you can see student behaviour, litter, graffiti etc. Then, make an appointment to see the Principal. (Do they make the time to see you or do they delegate?)
2. Ask about support or specialist personnel for students – learning support, year co-ordinators, teacher-librarians, deputies, school nurse, chaplain, career pathways support, counsellors etc.
3. Libraries – many education departments have sounded the death knell for school libraries turning them into soulless IT centres with rows of black silent sentinels but in fact they should
be colourful lively hubs of activity headed by a qualified teacher-librarian!
4. How long are the lessons? If your boy is energetic making him sit for 40 minutes is different to 70 minutes!
5. What sports / recreational activities / lunchtime activities are offered?
6. Look at resource lists – are the novels for English still what you read as a student (excluding the
classics) or are they up-to-date and interesting?
7. Does the school have a plagiarism detecting system in place – if your child painstakingly researches while another copies and pastes from Wikipedia, how is that dealt with?
8. Are classes “streamed”? Core, intermediate and advanced – is there an opportunity for your child to move up or down?
9. Technology - how is it used creatively in the classroom?
10. How are disruptive students in the classroom dealt with? Is there a ‘time
out’ system in place and support from administration or is it up to individual teachers?
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Comment by Wyomie Robertson on February 25, 2011 at 8:40pm -
Great tips! Thanks
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Comment by rod dungan on January 11, 2011 at 5:24pm
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I reckon this is a good list.
I asked comments from over 200 students!
If you were going to tell parent and students about to begin year 7 (next year),what would you tell them.
Here are their Top 10:
1.Talk to your kids. What are they looking for and what's important to them.
2.Which school is the place that they will have fun? Will any of their friends bethere?
3.Will the teachers help them get the best out of classes, acknowledging their effort as well as their marks
4.Will the school offer them other opportunities outside of normal classes around sport, art, music, dance, fun with computers, and alternative learning for theless academic students
5.How will the school care for them, and their individual needs?
6.How will this be shown in their subject options and be relevant to their future?
7.What support is available for them and their friends, will this be what they need?
8.If they make mistakes or don’t understand, will they be helped to improve or will teachers just say bad luck
9.If they break a school rule will teachers focus on the rule or helping them learn to value the rules?
10.How will they be assessed? Is their effort the most valued part of their learning or are marks and if it’s their effort, how is this shown in their grades on their report?
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Comment by Deb on June 19, 2010 at 9:46pm
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Well covered. I am sure many parents would appreciate this. Thanks.
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