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Learning Support

The Learning Support Department and the English Language Learning Department combine leading-edge educational practice, and a caring philosophy, to help students integrate and succeed academically at Sacred Heart College.

Learning Support Department

The Learning Support Department works in collaboration with students, parents and staff. We provide individual programmes of work to meet diverse needs. Our services are available to any student who cannot access the mainstream curriculum, for whatever reason.

Our services include:

Academic assessments.
Sacred Sols (digital tools).
Assistive technology for examinations.
Computer tutoring – Lucid, Lexia and Mathemagic.
In-classroom support for teachers and students.
Individualised behaviour management.
Individualised education planning.
Individualised tutoring for literacy skills.
Learning style analysis.
New Zealand Correspondence School liaison.
Outside service co-ordination.
PAT administration and analysis.
• Programme adaptation.
Supported Assessment Service.
Small group tutoring in English and Mathematics.
Study skills and time management.
Support for parents and caregivers.
Support in planning assignments and research projects.
Student advocacy.

English Language Learner Department

Our philosophy and goal with the ELL department is to have every international and migrant student participating in every College event and having them become a part of the community.

HOW IT WORKS

Year 9 and 10 students attend their mainstream English classes and come to our department during their Social Studies and Religious Education lessons. We teach them the necessary content to ensure they are able to rejoin the mainstream classes at any time, but we focus on teaching the language needed to be successful scholars in New Zealand and also to become confident in communicating with teachers and students in their classes.

Year 11-13 follow the same programme as local students in the Communication English course which at SHC we call Thematic Studies. This is an excellent way for the students to gain confidence in their linguistic skills and to make a link with the New Zealand curriculum. At the same time, they gain vital literacy credits for their tertiary futures.

Mr Jason Renau, HOD English Language Learner Department

SACRED HEART COLLEGE, 250 WEST TAMAKI ROAD, GLENDOWIE, AUCKLAND 1071, NEW ZEALAND
admin@sacredheart.school.nz . TEL: 09 529 3660, FAX: 09 529 3661