On Wednesday 9 June the Department of Education and Training announced the return of face-to-face classes in schools as from Friday 11 June 2021.

In relation to the Centre Language classes of the Victorian School of Languages the arrangements are as follows:

1.  All classes (Prep –Year 12) will return to the normal scheduled dates in the week following the Queen’s Birthday long weekend. This means that the mid-week classes will commence as from Tuesday 15 June, while the majority of the Centre classes will recommence on Saturday 19 June.

2.  Saturday 26 June is now a rescheduled teaching session for all year levels, 

      Prep to Year 12 (VCE).

3.  All Distance Education classes will continue as usual with the only difference that the students will be based at their home school during the week.

Our school will follow the arrangements as communicated by the Department of Education and Training as they are released.

Important changes will continue to be placed and updated on the VSL website and the VSL Facebook page.

Apologies for the interruptions to the teaching calendar but these changes have been beyond our control.

We urge everyone to stay safe and to follow the DET guidelines on the use of face masks:

For additional information please contact the relevant VSL Centre.

Frank Merlino

Principal

Here is a stimulating video of Grade 3 & 4 class that comes alive with French Monuments. This is a project that our enthusiastic instructor Dolika Boodhun took a few lessons to create with her students! The class has more than 20 plus students attending weekly and this is a reflection of the strong preference for French that students have in both primary and secondary classes at our Centre, supported by our Area Manager, Kevin Ryan. Vive la France!

Every year, students in German classes all around Victoria participate in a range of competitions run by the AGTV (Association of German Teachers of Victoria).  These competitions include a short film competition, a writing competition, an art & poetry competition, just to name a few.  Last year, a number of students from the VSL Uni High Centre were successful in winning prizes, some of them in more than one competition.  Congratulations to these students whose achievements are a testament to their diligence and dedication to their language studies.

Every year, students in German classes all around Victoria participate in a range of competitions run by the AGTV (Association of German Teachers of Victoria).  These competitions include a short film competition, a writing competition, an art & poetry competition, just to name a few.  Last year, a number of students from the VSL Uni High Centre were successful in winning prizes, some of them in more than one competition.  Congratulations to these students whose achievements are a testament to their diligence and dedication to their language studies.

In our Distance Education program students and teachers generally communicate through technology, however, we are able to do face to face visits where sufficient students are clustered together. Such is the situation with our students from Meredith Primary School. Their teacher, Louise Smith, reports:

On Monday 17^th May I drove out to visit my Grade 5 & 6 class at Meredith Primary School. Meredith is situated just over 100km from Melbourne between Geelong and Ballarat. It’s a small town, with a well developed farming district, plus the giant windfarm you can see in one of the photos.

It’s a small school with just 3 composite level classrooms – preps & Grade 1s, Grade 2s, 3,s & 4s and then Grade 5 & 6s. The kids were so excited to see me, especially the Grade 5s who have only ever seen me on the screen. The Grade 6s at least saw me once last year before lockdown. Some of them commented that I am real and I have legs!

I took along some hands on activities for them to try out, something different to our lessons on screen. They played memory games and matching games using previously learned vocabulary. They also did a running dictation game and some students created role-plays. It was a quick hour and a half in their classroom, but it was fun all around. They want me to visit again later in the year. J