scholarship
Jun 25th 2007, 2:31 pm
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scholarship
Dear all,
Got to know that there is a scholarship program for kids to qualify for private schools, can i know some info about it.
TIA
Got to know that there is a scholarship program for kids to qualify for private schools, can i know some info about it.
TIA
Jun 25th 2007, 11:40 pm
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Re: scholarship
What state are you moving to ?
I know in NSW as long as you are PR your children can get the chance to sit examinations for some of the State Selective schools which are top notch. But there is very very stiff competition. Many parents get coaches and crammer classes for their children. Some of the independant privates school have scholarships for some of the fees for areas such as art or music but you need to contact the individual schools.
Example of private is SGS with some scholarship progammes
http://www.sydgram.nsw.edu.au/Colleg...olarships.html
Another example of type of school in NSW is the state run selectives
http://www.sydneyboyshigh.com/
But the state high schools are not all bad many have selective classes for academic and gifted children. Sometimes called T or GAT classes to start.
http://www.sihs.nsw.edu.au/content.asp?id=33
Again this is for NSW I do not know the systems well in other states.
Good luck
I know in NSW as long as you are PR your children can get the chance to sit examinations for some of the State Selective schools which are top notch. But there is very very stiff competition. Many parents get coaches and crammer classes for their children. Some of the independant privates school have scholarships for some of the fees for areas such as art or music but you need to contact the individual schools.
Example of private is SGS with some scholarship progammes
http://www.sydgram.nsw.edu.au/Colleg...olarships.html
Another example of type of school in NSW is the state run selectives
http://www.sydneyboyshigh.com/
But the state high schools are not all bad many have selective classes for academic and gifted children. Sometimes called T or GAT classes to start.
http://www.sihs.nsw.edu.au/content.asp?id=33
Again this is for NSW I do not know the systems well in other states.
Good luck
Jun 26th 2007, 12:21 am
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Re: scholarship
ACER administers most of the private school scholarships tests. Their website lists all the private schools that participate in the scheme. http://www.acer.edu.au/tests/scholarships-schools.html
You don't apply to ACER for testing, you have to apply to the school concerned but ACER administer the tests on behalf of the schools in a central location.
Be aware that the kids that get these scholarships are extremely bright. The competition for places is horrendous and many of the kids have been coached for years beforehand.
You don't apply to ACER for testing, you have to apply to the school concerned but ACER administer the tests on behalf of the schools in a central location.
Be aware that the kids that get these scholarships are extremely bright. The competition for places is horrendous and many of the kids have been coached for years beforehand.
Jun 28th 2007, 9:51 pm
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Re: scholarship
WOW,
overwhelming responses. Thanks! folks. Well, planning to go to mel as it's to be the 2nd best city for living and known to be the educational capital of aust. Any contradictory opinion?. I found these quotes in wikipedia.
overwhelming responses. Thanks! folks. Well, planning to go to mel as it's to be the 2nd best city for living and known to be the educational capital of aust. Any contradictory opinion?. I found these quotes in wikipedia.
Jun 28th 2007, 11:25 pm
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Re: scholarship
I am in melbourne. As others have stated scholarships are very difficult to obtain as lots of those kids are coached from birth. Amazing but true!
If your kids are exceptional at a musical instrument or a sport you can apply for those type of scholarship rather than general excellence. Certain schools tend to offer sport or music scholarships if they want to improve their teams/bands. One school here was in the news last year for poaching whole sporting teams from state schools by offering scholarships! Also scholarships tend to be offered at set entry levels ie year 7, year 10
Another thing to be aware of is that the waiting lists for private school can be very long. Lots of locals put their childrens names down at birth. You can queue jump if you have been at private school in the UK or can show that you had your name down to start (might be worth doing that if private is the way you want to go).
Also its much easier to get scholarships and school places for girls than boys. The co-ed schools in particular need girls to keep their ratios up.
There are some exceptional state (free government) schools here so you may want to look at them and settle in the right catchment area.
If your kids are exceptional at a musical instrument or a sport you can apply for those type of scholarship rather than general excellence. Certain schools tend to offer sport or music scholarships if they want to improve their teams/bands. One school here was in the news last year for poaching whole sporting teams from state schools by offering scholarships! Also scholarships tend to be offered at set entry levels ie year 7, year 10
Another thing to be aware of is that the waiting lists for private school can be very long. Lots of locals put their childrens names down at birth. You can queue jump if you have been at private school in the UK or can show that you had your name down to start (might be worth doing that if private is the way you want to go).
Also its much easier to get scholarships and school places for girls than boys. The co-ed schools in particular need girls to keep their ratios up.
There are some exceptional state (free government) schools here so you may want to look at them and settle in the right catchment area.
Jun 29th 2007, 8:03 pm
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Re: scholarship
Yes.to follow up...seashell's, any suggestions of places to be?
Jul 13th 2007, 5:38 am
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Re: scholarship
Sorry forgot to look on this topic and just found your question. Here is an article from the Age (Melbourne newspaper) that gives you some info.:
The schools that push up Melbourne's property prices
Author: Jenny Brown
Date: June 27, 2007
Publication: The Age (subscribe)
In the real estate lexicon, and in certain pockets of Melbourne, there is a powerful, almost magical, phrase that can be included in the advertising to increase the price of a residential property.
The golden words are: "In the zone".
If a property happens to be in the zone in Glen Waverley, Mount Waverley, in McKinnon or in Balwyn, it can mean a much higher price than for similar houses in the street, sometimes right next door to each other.
"In the zone" defines residences that put the children of the householders in the Education Department-determined "designated neighbourhood area" of some of the state's top government-run secondary schools.
Victoria's pre-eminent girls' state secondary school, MacRobertson Girls' High School and its sibling, the boys-only Melbourne High School, are selective schools that cream stellar students from throughout the state using a tough entrance exam.
Glen Waverley and McKinnon Secondary Colleges, Mount Waverley, University and Balwyn High are among a handful of non-selective state schools that routinely make the high VCE rankings alongside big-name private schools that charge up to $18,000 a year.
To get into the less costly but still academically renowned state schools, pupils must either pass entry exams or live in the neighbourhood zones. The zones are absolute.
On Glen Waverley College's website, a prominent disclaimer advises that "proof of residence must be demonstrated before enrolment can begin". The permanent residency requirement, which can include tenants as well as home owners, it adds, "will be monitored and enforced". Glen Waverley can accommodate 1850 students.
At Balwyn High and even with its capacity for 1880 pupils, according to assistant principal Bernadette Clayton, "we sometimes make home visits to . . . make sure people are who they say they are".
The top state schools have such good reputations that they knock back hundreds of hopeful students every year.
McKinnon High fields five to 10 calls a day, from as far away as China, from families begging for admittance for their children. For the yearly 220 year 7 places, the school invariably receives double that number of applications.
There is a flow-through effect on the value of "zone" real estate. Harold Laver, of Wentworth Real Estate Bentleigh, believes an address in the McKinnon College zone "can add 15 to 20 per cent to the value of a house compared to a property just out of the zone".
The schools that push up Melbourne's property prices
Author: Jenny Brown
Date: June 27, 2007
Publication: The Age (subscribe)
In the real estate lexicon, and in certain pockets of Melbourne, there is a powerful, almost magical, phrase that can be included in the advertising to increase the price of a residential property.
The golden words are: "In the zone".
If a property happens to be in the zone in Glen Waverley, Mount Waverley, in McKinnon or in Balwyn, it can mean a much higher price than for similar houses in the street, sometimes right next door to each other.
"In the zone" defines residences that put the children of the householders in the Education Department-determined "designated neighbourhood area" of some of the state's top government-run secondary schools.
Victoria's pre-eminent girls' state secondary school, MacRobertson Girls' High School and its sibling, the boys-only Melbourne High School, are selective schools that cream stellar students from throughout the state using a tough entrance exam.
Glen Waverley and McKinnon Secondary Colleges, Mount Waverley, University and Balwyn High are among a handful of non-selective state schools that routinely make the high VCE rankings alongside big-name private schools that charge up to $18,000 a year.
To get into the less costly but still academically renowned state schools, pupils must either pass entry exams or live in the neighbourhood zones. The zones are absolute.
On Glen Waverley College's website, a prominent disclaimer advises that "proof of residence must be demonstrated before enrolment can begin". The permanent residency requirement, which can include tenants as well as home owners, it adds, "will be monitored and enforced". Glen Waverley can accommodate 1850 students.
At Balwyn High and even with its capacity for 1880 pupils, according to assistant principal Bernadette Clayton, "we sometimes make home visits to . . . make sure people are who they say they are".
The top state schools have such good reputations that they knock back hundreds of hopeful students every year.
McKinnon High fields five to 10 calls a day, from as far away as China, from families begging for admittance for their children. For the yearly 220 year 7 places, the school invariably receives double that number of applications.
There is a flow-through effect on the value of "zone" real estate. Harold Laver, of Wentworth Real Estate Bentleigh, believes an address in the McKinnon College zone "can add 15 to 20 per cent to the value of a house compared to a property just out of the zone".
Jul 14th 2007, 6:34 am
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Re: scholarship
Sorry forgot to look on this topic and just found your question. Here is an article from the Age (Melbourne newspaper) that gives you some info.:
The schools that push up Melbourne's property prices
Author: Jenny Brown
Date: June 27, 2007
Publication: The Age (subscribe)
In the real estate lexicon, and in certain pockets of Melbourne, there is a powerful, almost magical, phrase that can be included in the advertising to increase the price of a residential property.
The golden words are: "In the zone".
If a property happens to be in the zone in Glen Waverley, Mount Waverley, in McKinnon or in Balwyn, it can mean a much higher price than for similar houses in the street, sometimes right next door to each other.
"In the zone" defines residences that put the children of the householders in the Education Department-determined "designated neighbourhood area" of some of the state's top government-run secondary schools.
Victoria's pre-eminent girls' state secondary school, MacRobertson Girls' High School and its sibling, the boys-only Melbourne High School, are selective schools that cream stellar students from throughout the state using a tough entrance exam.
Glen Waverley and McKinnon Secondary Colleges, Mount Waverley, University and Balwyn High are among a handful of non-selective state schools that routinely make the high VCE rankings alongside big-name private schools that charge up to $18,000 a year.
To get into the less costly but still academically renowned state schools, pupils must either pass entry exams or live in the neighbourhood zones. The zones are absolute.
On Glen Waverley College's website, a prominent disclaimer advises that "proof of residence must be demonstrated before enrolment can begin". The permanent residency requirement, which can include tenants as well as home owners, it adds, "will be monitored and enforced". Glen Waverley can accommodate 1850 students.
At Balwyn High and even with its capacity for 1880 pupils, according to assistant principal Bernadette Clayton, "we sometimes make home visits to . . . make sure people are who they say they are".
The top state schools have such good reputations that they knock back hundreds of hopeful students every year.
McKinnon High fields five to 10 calls a day, from as far away as China, from families begging for admittance for their children. For the yearly 220 year 7 places, the school invariably receives double that number of applications.
There is a flow-through effect on the value of "zone" real estate. Harold Laver, of Wentworth Real Estate Bentleigh, believes an address in the McKinnon College zone "can add 15 to 20 per cent to the value of a house compared to a property just out of the zone".
The schools that push up Melbourne's property prices
Author: Jenny Brown
Date: June 27, 2007
Publication: The Age (subscribe)
In the real estate lexicon, and in certain pockets of Melbourne, there is a powerful, almost magical, phrase that can be included in the advertising to increase the price of a residential property.
The golden words are: "In the zone".
If a property happens to be in the zone in Glen Waverley, Mount Waverley, in McKinnon or in Balwyn, it can mean a much higher price than for similar houses in the street, sometimes right next door to each other.
"In the zone" defines residences that put the children of the householders in the Education Department-determined "designated neighbourhood area" of some of the state's top government-run secondary schools.
Victoria's pre-eminent girls' state secondary school, MacRobertson Girls' High School and its sibling, the boys-only Melbourne High School, are selective schools that cream stellar students from throughout the state using a tough entrance exam.
Glen Waverley and McKinnon Secondary Colleges, Mount Waverley, University and Balwyn High are among a handful of non-selective state schools that routinely make the high VCE rankings alongside big-name private schools that charge up to $18,000 a year.
To get into the less costly but still academically renowned state schools, pupils must either pass entry exams or live in the neighbourhood zones. The zones are absolute.
On Glen Waverley College's website, a prominent disclaimer advises that "proof of residence must be demonstrated before enrolment can begin". The permanent residency requirement, which can include tenants as well as home owners, it adds, "will be monitored and enforced". Glen Waverley can accommodate 1850 students.
At Balwyn High and even with its capacity for 1880 pupils, according to assistant principal Bernadette Clayton, "we sometimes make home visits to . . . make sure people are who they say they are".
The top state schools have such good reputations that they knock back hundreds of hopeful students every year.
McKinnon High fields five to 10 calls a day, from as far away as China, from families begging for admittance for their children. For the yearly 220 year 7 places, the school invariably receives double that number of applications.
There is a flow-through effect on the value of "zone" real estate. Harold Laver, of Wentworth Real Estate Bentleigh, believes an address in the McKinnon College zone "can add 15 to 20 per cent to the value of a house compared to a property just out of the zone".
Thanks a million. U are such a nice person.
Jul 14th 2007, 7:03 am
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Re: scholarship
Hey folks,
My elder son just completed 4. How does registration to schools happen?. At what age do they have to start?.
Cheers!
My elder son just completed 4. How does registration to schools happen?. At what age do they have to start?.
Cheers!
