International Opportunities

Internationalism is important to the school – it is an expression of our Christian brotherhood and, given the changing face of international relations, cross-cultural understanding is seen as essential. Such an international perspective is integrated into all curriculum areas.

Dynamic sister school connections are being forged with SISU Experimental High School Shanghai China (a joint venture IB - affiliated program); Datong High School Shanghai China (the pre-eminent state school in Shanghai, with many teacher exchanges since 1990); Harbin No 3 School Harbin China (the pre-eminent ‘show’ school in northern China); The York School Toronto Canada (regular student exchanges, particularly for the learning of French); Teda No 1 High School Tianjin China (many staff exchanges); Nanjing Experimental International School; and Jinling School, Nanjing.

A number of international students are enrolled in the senior High School, with the majority from mainland China. Students live with local Australian families in homestay, organised amongst the school community. Learn how to enrol international students »

As a demonstration of the importance of internationalism, the school offers Mandarin Chinese as a compulsory language to all Kindergarten to Year 7 students, and Mandarin Chinese, Latin, French and Spanish as electives in the High School. Tours are from time to time arranged for language students to such destinations as New Caledonia, China, Spain and the Nicholson Museum. Many students participate successfully in the National Chinese Eisteddfod, and a Chinese Day is organised annually which aims to expose our students to the various aspects of Chinese culture and includes on its guest list.