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Sunshine College
Administration
Address: Graham Street, Suburb: Sunshine State: Victoria Postcode: 3020 Click HERE for map of our location
Principal: Mr Tim Blunt International Student Coordinator: Mr Graeme Newman
Email: newman.graeme.r@edumail.vic.edu.au
Contact details for all enrolment details, support and advice. School Telephone: (03) 8311 5200 Fax: (03) 8311 5209 Email: sunshine.co@edumail.vic.edu.au
School Type: Multi Campus Secondary College (Five campuses)
The school operates a VCE campus for students in years 11 & 12 from Graham Street Sunshine as well as the Harvester Technical College for students interested in becoming high quality trades persons from Suffolk Road North Sunshine. Three junior campuses for students in years 7 to 10 operate from~
Lachlan Road, West Sunshine
Northumberland Road, North Sunshine
Allison Street, Ardeer
Web: http://www.sunshine.vic.edu.au
International Student CRICOS Provider Code: 00861K Number of Students: 1000 Average Class Size: 18 Gender: Coeducational Uniform: Compulsory Cost of uniform (approx.): $225 (not including optional School Blazer@ $185)
Languages taught: Vietnamese and Italian, plus Victorian School of Languages operates on Saturdays from Senior Campus in Graham Street Sunshine.
Sunshine College is a multicultural and co-educational college located in the inner west of Melbourne, Victoria.
International Students at Sunshine College:
We are a multi-campus college with three junior campuses and a senior campus offering a wide range of courses.
All of our campuses are well served by public transport, especially the senior campus which is very near the
Sunshine train and bus station
Our college has strong academic and welfare values. We pride ourselves on our academic achievement and welfare support.
Our college community is a diverse one and we run a range of programs at all levels to support this.
Our motto is Creating Futures and we aim to provide successful pathways for all students.
We are well known across Victoria for our programs to develop literacy skills and mathematics.
Our senior program in supporting students gain tertiary courses has also won awards.
Our International Students are an important part of our college.
We have a very experienced team managing the program, with an experienced coordinator supported by two assistant coordinators; both Vietnamese speakers who work very closely with students and their families.
Sunshine College supports students at all stages of their time in the College.
Homestay students are met and welcomed at the airport and helped to settle into their new support family.
Students are met once they have started at our college or on first attending the English language centre.
Families of the students are contacted, both those in Australia supporting students and the families living overseas.
Student progress at the English language centre is regularly monitored.
The program manager, Mr Graeme Newman, has close relations with teachers at language centres and the assistant coordinators, Ms Anh Le and Ms Bao Le, maintain close relations with families and guardians.
Once students start they are supported with an orientation program to settle in to our college. As part of our college all International Students are supported by class teachers, homeroom teachers, student support coordinators and welfare and pathways coordinators. Having four separate campuses students become known to all teachers. We promote our college and see ourselves as a very large family, where all are welcome and respected for their different contributions.
The following are examples of how students are supported:
- A literacy program well known across the state and acknowledged by the Department of Education
- Extra English classes
- A unique and award winning mathematics program in the junior years, shown on national TV.
- Experienced staff at all levels
- Senior programs that achieve outstanding results in placing students into tertiary courses
- Three dedicated staff who work very closely with all International students and their families
- Dinners to welcome new students and to celebrate those students who have graduated.
- Yearly visits overseas to visit families of students and to report on student progress.
VCE campus, deaf facility, gymnasiums, special teaching unit, VCE cafeteria, computer pods & ICT classrooms, studio arts facility, drama studio, music complex, information resource centres, libraries, Harvester Technical College campus-winner of the World Architecture News award "Educational Building 2009"
Breakfast Club operates at junior campuses.
Homework club and VCE Tutorial Classes.