EDENZ Colleges makes it easy for overseas students to transition to NZ with our High School Preparation Program (HSP) thanks to its focus on Curriculum, Process and NZ Culture. Ask us how we can help your prospective international students make that leap.
Our international students are well prepared for New Zealand High Schools
Introducing The HIGH SCHOOL PREPARATION (HSP) PROGRAMME From EDENZ Colleges
To help your international students feel prepared, equipped and confident to face student life at New Zealand high schools we designed the High School Preparation (HSP) programme. This 10-week course provides students with a thorough understanding of what lies ahead: • New Zealand curriculum • New Zealand culture • New Zealand high schools’ expectations Classes consist of 2 two-hour sessions and a one-hour session with a one-hour lunch break. The following timetable outlines how these sessions divide the different subject areas.
Entry into the HSP programme will be subject to students passing our entrance test. For those students who might need additional English language assistance, we can suggest a short programme of General English classes.
HSP programme 2014 intakes: Term 1: 13 weeks 6th January - 4th April Term 2: 13 weeks 7th April - 4th July Term 3: 12 weeks 7th July - 26th September Term 4: 12 weeks 29th September - 19th December TIME 9:00am 11:00am TEXT BOOK BASED
MON Weekend Review TEXT BOOK aimed at entering English-speaking Secondary schools
TUE TEXT BOOK
aimed at entering English-speaking Secondary schools
STUDY SKILLS
this is an area in which students often struggle and require practice
an important skill to hone given the teacher-centred delivery of some classes
READING SKILLS
WRITING SKILLS students study the skills required to write creatively, formally and academically in areas such as reports, essays, research and reviews, and also the essential art of note-taking
LISTENING SKILLS students use listening resources, various media, each other, the teacher and pronunciation exercises to improve their listening strength
skimming and scanning, meaning from context, reading aloud and comprehension skills
FRI
TEXT BOOK
WEEKLY TEST and ANALYSIS
by the end of the week an entire unit will have been completed, aimed at entering English-speaking Secondary schools
tests will be based on coursebook contents
STUDY SKILLS
students often lack confidence with speaking and need authentic practice towards class discussions and drama
SPEAKING SKILLS speeches, debates and group brainstorming along with group discussions and presentations
COMBINATION SKILLS SESSION or CLASS OUTING or ACTIVITY
here students get the chance to focus on their own specific problem-areas, assignments and homework can be attended to. Students can discuss areas such as course selection and curriculum. Students will have the chance to visit schools and local cultural locations, such as Museums and Art Galleries
LUNCH Daily news review
CURRENT AFFAIRS and TOPIC CLASSES (according to National Curriculum)
STUDY SKILLS
in these sessions students become familiar with the four skills
12:45pm - 1:45pm
1:45pm 3:15pm
THU
MORNING SNACK BREAK STUDY SKILLS
SKILLS-BASED CLASS
TEXT BOOK
aimed at entering English-speaking Secondary schools
11:00am - 11:15am
11:15am 12:45pm
WED
Required study duration: minimum 25hrs per week, 30hrs recommended Maximum no. of students per course: 20 students Class time: 9:00am - 4:30 pm, Mon - Fri Programme Coordinator: Fiona O’Sullivan
Students will be exposed to television, print and web-news every day
ACADEMIC and LITERARY English review and report writing, discursive essays. poetry, fiction along with grammar and language focus
Daily news review
Daily news review
SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY and I.T. with a focus on the language and vocabulary and content of the subject, analysis of experiments and periodic chart and formulae
MATHEMATICS and GEOGRAPHY and ECONOMICS HISTORY (including with a focus on the NZ STUDIES) language and vofamiliarity with cabulary and conmaps, and terrain, tent of the subject, awareness of ANpractice of charts, ZAC day and Treaty graphs, equations of Waitangi with a focus on the language and vocabulary and content of the subject
Daily news review
3:15pm - 3:30pm
AFTERNOON TEA BREAK
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Self study, Current Affairs study, homework help, homestay information, seminars to introduce local culture
Daily news review MEDIA/CULTURAL STUDIES film studies, NZ studies, with a SOCIAL STUDIES element, also an element of the areas teenagers are interested in, such as sport, music, food, friends and leisure
Head Office: 85 Airedale Street, Auckland CBD 1010, New Zealand 0800 EDENZ NZ (0800 333 6969) Telephone: +64 9 309 5208 Fax: +64 9 309 8136
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