The St George & Sutherland Shire Leader has written an article about our school. We’ve reproduced the article below:
Chinese language school honoured for long service
AN ASIAN languages school that has taught children for 32 years has won an award for community service.
Sutherland Shire Chinese Language School received a certificate of commendation from the NSW Federation of Community Language Schools.
One of the longest-serving community language schools in NSW, the non-profit organisation operates at Port Hacking High School on Saturday afternoons.
It teaches Mandarin to primary and high school students who are either native or non-native speakers.
The school was founded in 1981 by Chinese migrant and businessman Albert Cummins, who wanted to maintain Chinese culture in Australia and established the school to teach children about the importance of tradition and heritage.
Classes started in a Sylvania church, but after an influx of migrants from Hong Kong, the school moved to larger premises at Sylvania Heights Public School.
The school was handed over to the parents’ committee about 13 years ago and has since been subsidised by the government.
School representative Vera Au said students learned to read, write, speak and understand Mandarin.
“Our aims are to encourage students to actively participate in a small class,” she said.
“They learn from excursions and multi-media resources. Our teaching strategies for younger students are to use songs, games and role play.
“We are open to any student who wants to learn a new language.”
— Eva Tejszerski
Source: Eva Tejszerski (25 Jul 2013). “Chinese language school honoured for long service”, The Leader. Extracted from http://www.theleader.com.au/story/1659836/chinese-language-school-honoured-for-long-service/?cs=1507 on 25th July 2013.
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