High school in Turkey
A student graduates having covered the Turkish curriculum in full. They enter high school with the study routine and the academic writing skills built up through middle school.
The middle school stage at CLLC Turkey covers grades 5, 6, 7 and 8. At our private middle school in Beykoz, these are the four years in which a child becomes a student: learning to manage their own study, to research a subject in depth, and to defend an argument.
Middle school is not primary school scaled up. Expectations rise, subjects become specialised, and at the same time the child enters adolescence. Our programme was built taking all three of those changes into account together.
The most valuable thing a student can take from these four years is not a high mark, but the ability to manage their own learning. We group it under four headings.
How to study, how to plan time and how to decide what comes first are skills in their own right, and they have to be taught. We work on this openly from grade 5 onwards; a student is not left at the point of "I studied, but it didn't work".
Academic writing is the most neglected area of middle school. We teach, step by step, how to build an argument, how to cite a source, and how to go back over a text and correct it. This turns out to be the skill that serves students most in high school.
At these ages the reason behind an academic dip is usually not academic. Our teachers work to notice early a change in mood, a break in a friendship, or a student pulling back.
A student can reach information at any moment; the question is not reaching it but telling good from bad. Judging sources, digital footprint and online conduct are part of the programme — discussed, not handed down as a list of bans.
Each year has a focus of its own. We have set out each grade separately.
The year of moving up from primary school: a changed routine, subject teachers, and how to study.
The academic writing process and digital responsibility. A student builds a piece of writing from start to finish.
Community service projects, and guidance through adolescence. Learning moves outside the classroom.
Preparing for high school, and two routes: Turkey or Canada. The year the decision is made together with the student.
Every subject in the Turkish curriculum is taught, with English, project work and guidance added alongside them.
In middle school English stops being a language subject and becomes a tool: students read English sources, prepare presentations and hold discussions. This is where CLLC's twenty years and more of teaching experience in Canada pays off most at this stage.
At the end of grade 8 a student has two options in front of them. Both are sound, and no student is pushed towards one over the other.
A student graduates having covered the Turkish curriculum in full. They enter high school with the study routine and the academic writing skills built up through middle school.
CLLC's presence in Canada is what keeps this route open. It is not imposed as a goal; for families who want it, the preparation, the process and the timing are planned together.
Grades 5, 6, 7 and 8. Before it comes the primary stage covering grades 1 to 4, and before that kindergarten. All three stages are on the same campus in Beykoz.
We assess this depending on places available. With a student joining mid-way we look at two things: the academic level they are at, and where they stand in English. We establish both at the meeting and prepare a settling-in plan if one is needed.
The first term is a period of adjustment. Our programme takes the difference in level into account and supports the student without leaving them behind the class. CLLC's experience in language teaching is well suited to exactly this kind of transition.
No. The Canadian route is an option, not a goal. Some of our students go on to high school in Turkey, and the programme is built to support both with equal seriousness.
Yes, we recommend it. With a middle school decision it matters that the student sees the school too — at this age a child's own impression should be part of the decision. To arrange a visit, fill in the application form or call us.
Walk through the classrooms, talk to the teachers, and bring your child along. Asking your questions face to face beats any brochure.