The NSW Bilingual Schools Program is an innovative strategy set to achieve a far greater levels of fluency in priority Asian languages among a cohort of students at four government primary schools.
Students learn the targeted Asian language from an early age through language immersion for up to one and a half hours every school day.
The program commenced in 2010 with Kindergarten and Year 1 classes and has expanded each year to include additional classes as the cohort progressed through the primary school pathway.
The four schools involved in the program and their targeted languages are:
• Rouse Hill Public School – Chinese (Mandarin)
• Scotts Head Public School - Indonesian
• Murray Farm Public School - Japanese
• Campsie Public School - Korean
The Program comprises both direct language teaching and language teaching integrated into selected Key Learning Areas, such as Human Society and its Environment, Health and Physical Education, Creative Arts and Science and Technology.