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Huntingdale Primary School
Huntingdale Primary School is a vibrant place that encourages learning, laughter and play in a friendly and warm environment.
Our mission is to be a lighthouse school for language acquisition through providing a quality Japanese-English bilingual education for Primary School aged children in Victoria
Come and see for yourself how Huntingdale Primary School is equipping every student for a bright future!
PROMOTING A BILINGUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AT HUNTINGDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL
We are transitioning from a 30/70 model where we deliver 70% of the curriculum in English and 30% in Japanese (still in use in grades 3 to 6) to a 50/50 model where students learn 50% of the curriculum in English and 50% in Japanese. Grades Foundation to 2 have already transitioned to the new model
JAPANESE AND ENGLISH LITERACY (CLIL) APPROACH AT HUNTINGDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL
The school promotes bilingual collaboration between the English teacher and the Japanese teacher using CLIL – Content and Language Integrated Learning – approach to enhance the productive language of students.
Four Core Values
At Huntingdale Primary School we have four core values which inform our interactions with the children, staff, parents and the broader community. They are:
Courage
Courage depicted by a grade 1 student
Kindness
Kindness depicted by a grade 1 student
Creativity
Creativity depicted by a Grade 1 student
Personal Best
FIND MY SCHOOL
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Please contact the school for any enrolment / school zone questions
Phone: +61 3 9544 2318 – Email: huntingdale.ps@education.vic.gov.au