Belmore Boys High School - South Western Sydney Region

Principal Mr Allan Young International Student Coordinators Mrs Sandra Robinson and Mrs Judith Middleton

Address

210 Burwood Road Belmore NSW 2192

Website Address

bel moreboy- h -school@det.nsw.edu.au

School Motto A Leader in Sports Education Established 1927

School Population

Total number of students: 430 Average class size: 20

General School Introduction

Belmore Boys High School is a comprehensive, culturally diverse High School in the inner west of Sydney. The clear focus of the school is on teaching and learning with continued academic improvement reflected bythe school being chosen by the Minister of Education in 1999 as the venue for the media launch of the state-wide English Language and Literacy Assessment (ELLA) results. In the same year, the school was the recipient of a Director-General of Education School Achievement Award for Establishing a Strong Learning Culture.

As well as having access to a wide academic curriculum, students are afforded opportunities in a full range of extracurricular activities including dance groups, debating, a variety of sports, camps, drama, field studies, and youth rock.

English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs

· An ESL and academic languages unit delivers targeted coaching to all international students.

Languages Taught

· Arabic, Chinese for background speakers (Years 11 to 12), and French

Special Programs

· Fully-equipped computer rooms for the teaching of high-level computer skills across all curriculum areas and all year groups

· Free, after-hours HSC and preliminary course tutoring across all subject areas

· Free, junior (Years 7 to 10), after-hours homework centre supervised by trained teachers

· lnterschool junior and senior debating

· Drama club

· Targeted sports programs in rugby league, touch football, and volleyball for talented athletes

· Extension classes for academically able students

· National mathematics, science, English, and computing competitions

· Merit awards system to reward positive academic endeavours

Student Support Service and Programs

· Learning support team that monitors individual programs

· School counsellor, year advisors, and careers advisor

· Peer mediation and peer tutoring programs

· Prefects and Student Representative Council

· Mentoring program and 'links to

learning' program

Special Facilities

· Well-equipped science laboratories

· Three computer laboratories

· School-wide Internet access

· Fully-equipped, state-of-the-art recording/audio studios

· Multipurpose hall

· Industry-standard commercial kitchen for vocational education

· Art areas with graphics, photography,

and darkroom facilities

· Gymnasium and fitness room

· Modern library

· Canteen

HSC Results and Year 12 UniversitylTAFE Placements

· Over 50% of students gain entrance to tertiary courses including university and TAFE.

· In recent years, the courses gaining the highest academic results have been extension mathematics, physics, information processes and technology (IPT), chemistry, and Arabic.

Features of Local Area

· Belmore is a multicultural suburb in the inner west of Sydney. It is 20 minutes by train from the centre of Sydney.

· The school is a five-minute walk from Belmore Railway Station and is well serviced by government buses, with a bus stop at the school.

· Burwood Road, Belmore offers a variety of services including many shopping facilities.

Student Testimonial

Belmore Boys High School has excellent teachers who are caring and dedicated. They especially assist the international students by having ongoing meetings to see how we are progressing. It is excellent that we can study Chinese as part of our HSC at the school.

Shao Bo Li and Ming Chen, Year 12, 2004, China