Original sentence: A key element of the bilingual program is the bi-annual exchange program with a sister school in Inami, Japan.In 1997 Huntingdale Primary School was chosen by the Victorian Department of Education to be one of three trial schools to offer Japanese language education in an immersion program.In 1999, the school received a grant to expand our hardware and learning technologies capabilities - this has resulted in stronger application of learning technologies to support the immersion programme.The school operates in two languages - English and Japanese
Edited sentence: A key element of the bilingual program is the bi-annual exchange program with our sister school in Inami, Japan.By integrating content areas through creating meaningful situations based on a communicative approach in a partial-immersion context, students have the opportunity to maximise their learning of language and content.In 1997 Huntingdale Primary School was chosen by the Victorian Department of Employment, Victorian Department of Education and Victorian Department of Training to be one of three trial schools to offer Japanese language education in an immersion program.In 1999, we received a grant to expand our hardware and learning technologies capabilities - this has resulted in stronger application of learning technologies to support the immersion programme.Students do continue to achieve success in all areas of the curriculum.The Japanese immersion programme at Huntingdale Primary School offers other language teachers and educators the opportunity to observe and evaluate the success of this innovative language learning approach.The literacy and numeracy standards, particularly in the lower school showed marked improvement compared with prior to the implementation of the bilingual program.The planning and evaluation procedures in place ensure our program is delivered effectively, in line with the Victorian CSF curriculum guidelines.The school operates in two languages: English and Japanese