The English Language Learning (ELL) department caters mostly for extra English language needs of students with migrant and/or refugee backgrounds. ELL courses are needs based and all students who have arrived in New Zealand in the last 5 years are assessed and placed in the most appropriate course for them. Depending on the NZ English Language Learning Progression (ELLP), even NZ born students may qualify for this support and they fit the criteria.
Junior students attend ELL as a quasi-option subject. This means that, it is labeled as "option subject" but is actually compulsory for those who do not meet yet the required benchmark. Currently, the Year 9ELL class offers only two periods per week and the Year 10ELL, three periods/week.
The English Language Learning senior classes for Years 11 and 12 (NCEA L1ELL and L2ELL) are double options and offer NCEA credits. Students who take this subject are offered assessments and credits from ELL Unit Standards between levels 1 and 3. They also have the opportunity to gain some University Entrance Literacy credits in Year 12 through a few mainstream Level 2 English Achievement Standards. The Year 13 ELL programme or NCEA L3ELL offers level 3 NCEA credits and the reading and writing university entrance credits through the Level 4 reading and writing assessments for English for Academic Purposes (EAP).
Junior students attend ELL as a quasi-option subject. This means that, it is labeled as "option subject" but is actually compulsory for those who do not meet yet the required benchmark. Currently, the Year 9ELL class offers only two periods per week and the Year 10ELL, three periods/week.
The English Language Learning senior classes for Years 11 and 12 (NCEA L1ELL and L2ELL) are double options and offer NCEA credits. Students who take this subject are offered assessments and credits from ELL Unit Standards between levels 1 and 3. They also have the opportunity to gain some University Entrance Literacy credits in Year 12 through a few mainstream Level 2 English Achievement Standards. The Year 13 ELL programme or NCEA L3ELL offers level 3 NCEA credits and the reading and writing university entrance credits through the Level 4 reading and writing assessments for English for Academic Purposes (EAP).