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Welcome to Languages 2016

On behalf of the Languages team I hope that you all had a safe and happy holidays.  Welcome back to the 2016 school year! There are many exciting things in store for Languages this year and we hope that all of our students make the most of these wonderful opportunities.

The Languages team this year consists of the following staff:

French –

Julie Gleeson

Rosemary Devereux

Mink Schapper

Annie Van Eeden

Caitlin May

Indonesian –

Jessica Lundie

Virginia Martin

We are also welcoming Pak Ery Primaskara to the Indonesian team. Pak Ery is our Indonesian language assistant in 2016 and will be working in classes across years 7-9. He will work predominantly with students on oral competencies but will also work with students on Indonesian cultural activities.

On February 9th Ringwood SC will become host to 5 year 8 Indonesian students and the school principal from Sekolah Tunas Unggul in Bandung West Java.  These students will be at Ringwood for two weeks. We are excited about the experiences that this opportunity will bring for both schools and we thank the five RSC families that are hosting our Indonesian visitors.

In January I was lucky enough to visit Sekolah Tunas Unggul and meet with our visitors (see photo above). The school is a very impressive global interactive school. They are also a bilingual school meaning they teach many of their subjects in English. I feel very blessed to be in partnership with this wonderful school and I hope one day that some of our RSC Indonesian students will be able to visit and participate in the immersion program that they offer.

Salam/Regards,

Jessica Lundie

Head of Languages