Deutsche Schule Melbourne
Deutsche Schule Melbourne (commonly referred to as 'DSM') is an independent co-educational school located in North Fitzroy, a northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[1]
Established in 2008, the school caters for students from Prep to year 6.
DSM is a member of Schools: Partners of the future, an initiative of the German Federal Foreign Office.
History
DSM was established in 2008 on the site of the former St. Joseph's College, which was the earliest founding school of Samaritan Catholic College.
School Model
Based on the highly successful Canadian early immersion primary school model, students at DSM are immersed in both English and German from their first day of school onwards. Similar to the acquisition of language from birth, they learn the two languages in a playful, secure and supportive environment. In Prep and Year 1, 80-90% of classes are taught in German. By Year 6, the proportion of English increases to 50%. This approach to literacy and early immersion education repeatedly results in near-native or native written, analytical and spoken competencies in both languages.
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The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) classifies the Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney Japanese schools as nihonjin gakkō (Japanese international schools) as they are operated by Japanese associations. The former South Queensland Academy was classified as a shiritsu zaigai kyōiku shisetsu (overseas branches of Japanese private schools) and was the only Japanese school in Australia to offer senior high school-level education. The Russian Embassy School only serves primary school. | |
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Several other schools in China have German students' sections in addition to the German schools in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Changchun: They are: British School of Beijing, Léman International School Chengdu, Fuzhou International School, Utahloy International School Guangzhou, Nanjing International School, the Northeast Yucai School German section, and Suzhou Singapore International School The Central Agency for German Schools Abroad (ZfA) does not include these schools in its list of schools in Mainland China. | |
Coordinates: 37°46′45″S 144°58′58″E / 37.77917°S 144.98278°E