1993 School Magazine

EXCHANGE PROGRAMME The ties that this school has made with sister schools in both Japan and Europe have continued to strengthen throughout the year, and we have welcomed many visitors and eXchange students into the school 10 share perspectives. While the eXchange program is largely designed to cater for students in language courses, many other students in the school benefit from the social and classroom contact with visiting students and school groups lily, ,11 3/1 . I + \ :^:^^.. . ^. { i? \ *; * :! I* ':1'~ F1f, ,. - ~ * in the June-July holidays, 111e students who went 10 Germany with Mis Kiolle and Mr Miles spent lime in their sister school, Maria-Wachiler Schule in Essen, as well as visiting Salem which we hope will give us another point of contact for our students of German. in July we welcomed two girls from Essen, Manon Link and SImone Gr6ger, who will study at BGGS until API'il next year and live with families in the school community. We had hoped to have two students visit from our sister school in France, Lycee Saint-Paul, but at the last moment because of study commitments they were unable to come However, many students from our Year 10 and 11 French classes are participating in a study trip to the school in the December-January holidays where they will be hosted by families of the school. There was nevertheless the French connection with the visit of 011vier Bigouden from the International School in Nice, who stayed with Sally Porter and her family during her northern hemisphere summer vaca- lion With two sister schools in Japan, visits from this country make up a large part of OUT program. No fewer than 3 schools from Japan visited BGGS in the July-August period. These included Fujimi Girls' High in Tokyo who brought 50 girls for a half-day visit, a smaller group sponsored through the Tonichi Tour Group who entertained our Year 8 students of Japanese with a presentation of song and dance, and of course our sister school Matsusaka who came for their annual visit of one hour en route to other destinations. It's always a plea- sure 10 welcome Matsusaka teachers and students, each year accompanied by Mr Kusagawa who plays such an important role in managing visits of OUT students to Matsusaka. This year he arranged for Ingrid Hadgraft (Year 12,1992) to spend 9 months in the school where she has been hosted by fami- ^,* I:' 41 I A ,~ lit, ,- I'd^ ^ I~i: (L-R): Mrs S. Hadgraft, Mrs Y. Takizawa and Mrs L. Thornquist with visitors from Matsusaka

lies. She has integrated well and is contributing to the English program. This year in December, 13 Year 11 students of Japanese will take part in the study trip of 6 weeks to Japan, with half going to Matsusaka and the others going to our sister school in Nagoya, Tsushima Girls' High. in July-August, 6 students came from Matsusaka for a six week visit which proved a positive experience for students and families concerned. We also welcomed Mainik0 110 from Tsushima Girls' High, here for a short-term visit. in April we sadly farewelled four of our year-long eXchange students, Sagiri Fukaya from Matsusaka Girls' High, Hiromi Satoh and ETika Yamauchi from Tsushima, and Kohori Hornma who came to us through the Kobe-Japan Australia society. All exclTaiige students this year have made a wonderful effort to become part of the school and share their lives with us. We currently have two Rotary EXchange students with us - Sayaka Kikuia from Namiki High School in Japan, and Britt Dugan from Ontario, Canada Yumi Fujio-Seez from Shinjuku High in Tokyo is continuing the family tradition of spending a year with us, 10 improve her English and learn about the Australian way of life

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There are many parties to thank for their part in the program, including the families who support the program with their hosting, a challenging but often most rewarding I'espoiisibili- ty, Mrs Lazar for her work both as a special English teacher to the eXchange students as well as her personal suppori for the girls, and Mrs Lauritz from the parent body foi' her organ- is allon of host families for Japanese students. Lastly, and most importantly, we are grateful to Mrs Hancock for her encouragement of language learning and the eXchange PIO- gram in the school. Lorraine Thornquist, Head of Languages FRENCH TRIP During the Christmas holidays, 1992/1993, seven Grammai' girls, Tammy Brock, Annaliisa Paige, Holly Marshall, Bellnda Chappell, Belinda Woodhead, Rachel Grierson and ISObel Royston, went on a study trip to Angouleme, which is a small town in the Cognac region of France After spending twenty-seven hours in a plane, we arrived in Paris, exhausted; however, our spirits rose as we boarded the

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