1st to 10th Grades

Our English as an Additional language (EAL) programme is designed to help students whose native language is not English. EAL teachers work closely with their students in the classroom, and one-on-one or in small groups outside the classroom, to support speaking, listening, reading and writing needs.

• The EAL programme is structured around two principles based on research findings:
• Children learn languages most effectively through immersion
• Children’s native language skills influence their rate of learning and proficiency in a second language.

In 9th and 10th Grades, EAL students participate in specially designed EAL transition English, social studies, and science classes to strength their English skills, with the goal to mainstream them into the High School curriculum as quickly as possible.

The High School does not offer an EAL programme for beginners. Students in 11th and 12th Grades are required to have strong English skills in order to enrol.