Thursday, May 14, 2009

School of the air

School of the air
In Australia, many families live along way from a town, so the nearest school is often very from away. For this reason, many children attend Avery different kind of school. It is called the school of the air because the students have lessons over the radio. Most Areas have school like this for children between 4 and 12 years old. They study at home, but they still members of a class. The children have radio lessons with their class three times a week. Each lesson is about 30 minutes. Students also have a20 mint private lesson with their teacher once aweek. The school provides the radio, books, videos and other resources. The children send their work to the teacher once a week. The teachers prepare the lessons and the children's parents help them to do their work at home. Teachers and students also communicate by phone, fax and email and the teacher visits children at home at least once a year. The school of the air may sound like a strange idea. For the is olated students of Australia it's the only way to learn........