ELIP Social Studies

The ELIP Foundation programme has 3 levels:

Foundation 1: Reading, Language Studies, Maths, Science and Social Studies plus PHE and options.
For students with an ELLP score of less than 4

Foundation 2: Reading, English, Language Studies, Social Studies plus core Maths, PHE and options
For students with an ELLP score of 4-6

Foundation 3: Reading and English, and the rest of the programme in non-Foundation classes.
For students with an ELLP score of 7-8

These programmes include the skills in the English Language Learning Progressions.  For more able students, modified units from the Junior English curriculum will be included. Some of the themes for units of work will be integrated with the Social Studies, Science and Mathematics programmes. Students develop basic writing, listening, speaking and reading skills in narrative, description and explanation. These form the basis of the skills set in the NCEA ESOL writing and reading standards, which students will require later.

The ELIP Social Studies course is designed for English Language Students with a total ELLP score of less than 7. This course combines aspects of the junior mainstream Social Studies curriculum with language intensive exercises to improve grammar, vocabulary, reading and writing, mapping and understanding of New Zealand society, geography and history.

Some of the themes for units of work will be integrated with the ELIP English and Science programmes. 

The skills learned in Social Studies combine with those in rest of the ELIP Programme, to provide students with the language to move into the mainstream.