Regional Provision of Languages Programs From the beginning of 2013, the Victorian DEECD moved to deliver educational services through a four-region model. Regional data has been analysed based on the four new regions, which encompasses the former nine regions as follows: South-Western Victoria (SWV) – encompasses the Barwon South Western, Grampians and Western Metropolitan Regions North Western Victoria (NWV) – encompasses the Loddon Mallee and Northern Metropolitan Regions North-Eastern Victoria (NEV) – encompasses the Hume and Metropolitan Regions South-Eastern Victoria (SEV) – encompasses the Gippsland and Southern Metropolitan Regions. Although, 60.1% of government primary schools offered some form of Languages program in 2012, this varied across regions, as is indicated in Figure 3.10. Table 3.6, following, provides both school numbers and percentages for schools offering Languages programs at the primary level, across regions, in 2012. Figure 3.10: Percentage of primary schools providing a Languages program, by region, 2012 Table 3.6: Primary schools providing Languages programs, by region, 2012 Region Schools teaching Languages Total primary schools % of primary schools with Languages programs South-Western Victoria 197 316 62.3 North-Western Victoria 147 271 54.2 North-Eastern Victoria 221 314 70.4 South-Eastern Victoria 162 308 52.6 Total 727 1,209 60.1 Table 3.7 following provides primary enrolments in Languages programs across the four regions in 2012. Between 12 and 15 were offered in all four regions, with Italian the most-studied language in the South-Western and North-Western Victoria regions, and Japanese the most-studied language in the North-Eastern and South-Eastern Victoria regions. Table 3.7: Primary enrolments, by language and region, 2012 Language SWV NWV NEV SEV Total Italian 11,223 13,611 9,893 8,121 42,848 Indonesian 9,497 9,431 7,422 9,342 35,692 Japanese 8,995 1,641 12,554 11,860 35,050 Chinese (Mandarin) 3,733 1,380 10,512 3,743 19,368 French 1,934 2,185 4,346 6,236 14,701 Auslan 809 3,449 1,625 3,339 9,222
Note that there is a discrepancy between the number of government secondary school students enrolled in Year 12 studying a language, as reported by schools, in Table 4.2 (2,138 students) and the number of government secondary school students enrolled in Year 12 studying a language in Table 4.7 (2,724 students), as reported by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority. This discrepancy is due to the fact that some students, who are enrolled in a government secondary school during the day, studied a language through a community language school after hours or on the weekend while enrolled in Year 12. Contact Time The average contact time for Languages programs varied at each year level and across schools. At the Year 7 level, the average time allocated for Languages programs was 143.7 minutes per week, increasing across the year levels to an average of 230.2 minutes at Year 12. Average contact times at other year levels were Year 8, 152.5 minutes; Year 9, 163.4 minutes; Year 10, 203.2 minutes; and Year 11, 228.6 minutes (Figure 4.8). The time allocated to Languages study also varied from school to school. In 2012, 74.2% of Year 7 Languages students (slightly up from 70% in 2011) and 76.1% of Year 8 Languages students (up from 72.3% in 2010) were in programs of a minimum140 minutes per week. (The recommended minimum is 150 minutes per week, although many school timetables produce 140–145 minute allotments per week). At Years 11 and 12, 98.1% and 96.8% of students respectively, studied a language for more than 190 minutes per week. Figure 4.8: Average minutes per week for Languages programs, by year level, 2006–12 Program Types The range of Languages programs provided and the teaching methods used in secondary schools varied according to student needs and available resources. Individual Languages programs within schools can be divided into two types. A Languages program, which focuses on the teaching and learning of the target language and understanding the connections between language and culture.
Orchard Grove Primary School 5285 Point Lonsdale Primary School 3322 Regency Park Primary School 5131 Sherbrooke Community School 6252 Winchelsea Primary School 2015 Wooragee Primary School 653 Wooranna Park Primary School 4989 Turkish (5 schools) School no. Coburg Primary School 484 Coolaroo South Primary School 4952 Cranbourne Carlisle Primary School 5510 Dallas Brooks Community Primary School 5546 Meadow Heights Primary School 5227 Vietnamese (6 schools) School no. Abbotsford Primary School 1886 Debney Meadows Primary School 5068 Footscray Primary School 253 Richmond West Primary School 5044 Southmoor Primary School 4910 Sunshine North Primary School 4745
Appendix 3: Languages by Government Secondary Schools, 2012 Aboriginal Languages (4 schools) School no. Bright P-12 College 776 Heywood District Secondary College 7910 Two Rivers College 8877 Woolum Bellum College 8879 Arabic (4 schools) School no. Bayside P-12 College 8800 Pascoe Vale Girls Secondary College 8227 Preston Girls Secondary College 8240 Thomastown Secondary College 8383 Auslan (5 schools) School no. Bendigo Senior Secondary College 7595 Bendigo South East 7-10 Secondary College 7837 Charles La Trobe P-12 College 8890 Forest Hill College 8724 Shepparton High School 8320 Chinese (Mandarin) (47 schools) School no. Alkira Secondary College 8874 Ashwood Secondary College 8743 Bacchus Marsh College 8777 Balwyn High School 7550 Bendigo Senior Secondary College 7595 Bendigo South East 7-10 Secondary College 7837 Box Hill High School 7635 Brighton Secondary College 7650 Brunswick Secondary College 8807 Camberwell High School 7680 Charles La Trobe P-12 College 8890 Collingwood College 6212 Cranbourne East Secondary College 8898 Doncaster Secondary College 7776 East Doncaster Secondary College 7773 Elwood College 7810 Essendon East Keilor District College 8806 Forest Hill College 8724 Glen Eira College 8704 Glen Waverley Secondary College 8808 Hawkesdale P-12 College 5434 Hawthorn Secondary College 7934 Horsham College 8818 Kew High School 7950 Keysborough Secondary College 8867 Koonung Secondary College 7954 Kurnai College 8716 Lowanna College 8821 Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College 8022 Melbourne Girls College 8819 Merbein P-10 College 8886 Mount Clear College 7267 Mount Eliza Secondary College 8102 Neerim District Secondary College 8145 Northcote High School 8180 Preston Girls Secondary College 8240 Red Cliffs Secondary College 8260 Stawell Secondary College 8731 Suzanne Cory High School 8866 Templestowe College 8823 Thornbury High School 8797 Traralgon College 8803 Victoria University Secondary College 8891 Wantirna College 8428 Weeroona College Bendigo 7405 Werribee Secondary College 8465 Westall Secondary College 8470 Classical Greek (1 school) School no. Balwyn High School 7550 French (81 schools) School no. Albert Park College 8889 Ararat College 8753 Ashwood Secondary College 8743
Appendix 7: Schools without Languages programs, 2012 N/A = Information not available *indicates response based on 2011 data. School name Cultural awareness program? Ainslie Parklands Primary School Yes* Aitken Creek Primary School No Albanvale Primary School No Alberton Primary School No Albion Primary School No Aldercourt Primary School Yes Allansford and District Primary School N/A Altona Green Primary School N/A Altona Meadows Primary School Yes Altona North Primary School No Apsley Primary School No Araluen Primary School No Ardeer Primary School No Ardmona Primary School Yes Ashburton Primary School Yes Athol Road Primary School Yes Avenel Primary School Yes Avoca Primary School Yes Avondale Primary School Yes Axedale Primary School No Badger Creek Primary School No Ballan Primary School Yes Ballarat North Primary School Yes Bannockburn Primary School No Banyule Primary School Yes Baringhup Primary School No Barnawartha Primary School Yes Bass Valley Primary School Yes Baxter Primary School Yes Beeac Primary School Yes Belgrave South Primary School Yes Bellbridge Primary School Yes Belle Vue Park Primary School Yes Belmont Primary School Yes Belvedere Park Primary School Yes Benalla West Primary School Yes Bendigo Primary School Yes Berwick Fields Primary School No Berwick Lodge Primary School Yes Bethal Primary School No Beulah Primary School N/A Beverford District Primary School No Beveridge Primary School No Birralee Primary School Yes* Bittern Primary School No Boisdale Consolidated School N/A Boolarra Primary School Yes Boronia West Primary School N/A Boroondara Park Primary School Yes* Box Hill Senior Secondary College No Brentwood Park Primary School No Broadmeadows Primary School N/A Broadmeadows Valley Primary School Yes Brunswick North West Primary School Yes Brunswick South Primary School Yes* Bruthen Primary School No Buchan Primary School No Bullarto Primary School No Bundalaguah Primary School N/A Bundarra Primary School Yes* Bundoora Primary School Yes Burwood Heights Primary School Yes Buxton Primary School No California Gully Primary School Yes Cambridge Primary School No Campbellfield Heights Primary School Yes
Myrrhee Primary School No Nagambie Primary School No Nambrok Denison Primary School Yes Nar Nar Goon Primary School Yes Nathalia Primary School Yes Natimuk Primary School No Newborough Primary School N/A Newcomb Park Primary School Yes Newhaven Primary School N/A Newlands Primary School N/A Newlyn Primary School No Newmerella Primary School Yes Nichols Point Primary School No Nicholson Primary School Yes Noble Park Primary School Yes Noorat Primary School Yes Noorinbee Primary School No Northcote Primary School Yes* Northern Bay P-12 College No Northern College of the Arts and Technology No Nowa Nowa Primary School Yes Nullawarre and District Primary School Yes Nullawil Primary School Yes Nungurner Primary School Yes Nyah District Primary School No Oberon Primary School Yes Oberon South Primary School Yes Old Orchard Primary School No Omeo Primary School No Orbost North Primary School Yes Orbost Primary School No Osborne Primary School No Ouyen P-12 College No Pakenham Hills Primary School No Pakenham Lakeside Primary School No Pakenham Springs Primary School No Panmure Primary School No Parkdale Primary School Yes Parkwood Green Primary School No Pascoe Vale North Primary School N/A Payika College Yes Pearcedale Primary School Yes Pembroke Primary School Yes Penshurst Primary School Yes Perseverance Primary School Yes Peter Lalor Secondary College No Piangil Primary School No Point Cook Senior Secondary College N/A Port Fairy Consolidated School Yes* Portarlington Primary School No Powlett River Primary School N/A Puckapunyal Primary School No Pyalong Primary School No Quambatook Group School Yes Queenscliff Primary School No Ranfurly Primary School Yes Rawson Primary School Yes Raywood Primary School No Research Primary School Yes* Reservoir East Primary School No Reservoir Primary School No Reservoir Views Primary School No Riddells Creek Primary School Yes River Gum Primary School N/A Robinvale P-12 College No Rockbank Primary School No Romsey Primary School Yes Rosebud Primary School Yes Rosedale Primary School Yes Roslyn Primary School Yes Roxburgh Park Primary School Yes Rushworth P-12 College No Rye Primary School Yes San Remo Primary School Yes Seaford North Primary School Yes Seaholme Primary School Yes Seaspray Primary School Yes
Appendix 8: Victorian government schools that did not provide data, 2012* *2011 data was utilised in the report for all schools in this list. School name School no. Ainslie Parklands Primary School 4879 Alkira Secondary College 8874 Allansford and District Primary School 3 Altona Green Primary School 5287 Apollo Bay P-12 College 6203 Bacchus Marsh College 8777 Ballarat Secondary College 8828 Balmoral K-12 Community College 8872 Balnarring Primary School 1698 Bayswater South Primary School 4973 Beechworth Secondary College 7575 Bell Primary School 4309 Berwick Secondary College 7603 Beulah Primary School 3109 Beverford District Primary School 5407 Birralee Primary School 4991 Black Rock Primary School 3631 Blackburn High School 7610 Blackburn Lake Primary School 4860 Boisdale Consolidated School 6207 Boronia West Primary School 4908 Boroondara Park Primary School 5288 Broadford Secondary College 7655 Broadmeadows Primary School 4875 Brunswick South Primary School 2743 Brunswick South West Primary School 4304 Bundalaguah Primary School 5392 Bundarra Primary School 5228 Bundoora Secondary College 7874 Bungaree Primary School 1960 Canterbury Girls Secondary College 7690 Canterbury Primary School 3572 Cape Clear Primary School 1484 Carrington Primary School 5426 Castlemaine Secondary College 8824 Chelsea Heights Primary School 3341 Clifton Creek Primary School 3684 Clifton Hill Primary School 1360 Clifton Springs Primary School 5280 Cobram Secondary College 7725 Coburg North Primary School 4543 Coburg Primary School 484 Coburg West Primary School 3941 Cockatoo Primary School 3535 Colac West Primary School 4064 Coldstream Primary School 5127 Coolaroo South Primary School 4952 Cranbourne West Primary School 5189 Creswick North Primary School 2041 Croydon Community School 7757 Dandenong West Primary School 4217 Deans Marsh Primary School 1642 Derrinallum P-12 College 5375 Dimboola Memorial Secondary College 7770
Eaglehawk Primary School 210 Eltham High School 7805 Epping Primary School 5551 Epping Secondary College 7813 Essendon East Keilor District College 8806 Fleetwood Primary School 4407 Footscray City College 8836 Footscray West Primary School 3890 Foster Primary School 6221 Gilmore College for Girls 7841 Gladysdale Primary School 3982 Glenroy Central Primary School 5542 Grasmere Primary School 5381 Guthridge Primary School 4853 Hallam Senior Secondary College 8868 Heidelberg Primary School 294 Horsham West - Haven Primary School 4697 Hurstbridge Primary School 3939 Ivanhoe East Primary School 4386 Kensington Primary School 2374 Kingston Heath Primary School 5101 Koonung Secondary College 7954 Korumburra Primary School 3077 Kurunjang Secondary College 8718 Lalor Primary School 4709 Langwarrin Park Primary School 5257 Langwarrin Primary School 3531 Lardner and District Primary School 5393 Laurimar Primary School 5497 Lilydale Heights College 7219 Lorne - Aireys Inlet P-12 College 2162 Lucknow Primary School 1231 Mackellar Primary School 5297 Maffra Primary School 861 Manchester Primary School 5009 Marong Primary School 400 Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College 8022 Meadowglen Primary School 5286 Meadows Primary School 5524 Meerlieu Primary School 2535 Mentone Girls Secondary College 8030 Mentone Park Primary School 4955 Merri Creek Primary School 3110 Merrivale Primary School 4215 Middle Indigo Primary School 1115 Millwarra Primary School 5441 Miners Rest Primary School 1739 Mirboo North Secondary College 8050 Montmorency Primary School 4112 Moonee Ponds Central School 3987 Mordialloc Beach Primary School 846 Moreland Primary School 2837 Mount Alexander 7-12 College 7763 Mount Eliza North Primary School 5140 Murrayville Community College 5433 Narre Warren South P-12 College 8839 Neerim District Secondary College 8145 Newborough Primary School 4650 Newhaven Primary School 3053 Newlands Primary School 4646 Newport Lakes Primary School 113 Newstead Primary School 452 Noorinbee Primary School 3372 Northcote Primary School 1401 Parkwood Secondary College 8226
Point Cook Senior Secondary College 8847 Port Fairy Consolidated School 6247 Powlett River Primary School 5423 Princes Hill Secondary College 8245 Research Primary School 2959 Reservoir High School 8708 Richmond Primary School 5269 Rosanna Golf Links Primary School 4753 Rosanna Primary School 4568 Roxburgh College 8407 Sebastopol Primary School 1167 Sherbrooke Community School 6252 Smeaton Primary School 552 South Yarra Primary School 583 St Arnaud Secondary College 8335 Stratford Primary School 596 Sunbury College 8350 Swan Hill Primary School 1142 Swan Reach Primary School 1631 Tarwin Lower Primary School 4275 The Lakes South Morang School 8846 Thomas Chirnside Primary School 5343 Thomastown East Primary School 4827 Thomastown Secondary College 8383 Thomastown West Primary School 4999 Thornbury Primary School 3889 Toorloo Arm Primary School 3968 Traralgon College 8803 Tungamah Primary School 2225 Viewbank Primary School 4892 Warracknabeal Primary School 1334 Warrandyte High School 8437 Warranwood Primary School 3476 Warrnambool East Primary School 4773 Warrnambool Primary School 1743 Watsonia North Primary School 4988 Westall Secondary College 8470 Western Heights Secondary College 8820 Western Port Secondary College 7893 Westmeadows Primary School 982 William Ruthven Secondary College 8895 Wonthaggi North Primary School 3716 Wonthaggi Primary School 3650 Woodford Primary School 648 Woolum Bellum College 8879 Yackandandah Primary School 1103 Yarra Hills Secondary College 8815 Yarra Junction Primary School 3216 Yarra Primary School 5271 Yarraman Oaks Primary School 4807