2002 School Magazine

overseas co nestions eXchange students

Sister Schools

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The Sister School Program has been an important component of the curriculum for twenty-four years and it continued to flourish in 2002 While 00 overseas study tours were organised this Year, the School welcomed students and staff from four of our five Sister Schools Our long-term eXchange student from Seirinkan High School in Japan, Azusa Sato, arrived in April. Azusa has made an enthusiastic contribution to the life of the School, and girls will remember her performance in an amusing skit during an Assembly run by the Centre for Language and Literscies in July Azusa will stay in Brisbane until next March In Term 3, six students from Mie High School, Japan, nineteen students and two teachers from Lycee Saint-Paul, France and seven students and two teachers from Maria Wechtler-Schule, Germany visited the School. As well as attending lessons, the students enjoyed an excursion to the Sunshine Coast, Underwater World and Yandina Ginger Factory, which helped to broaden their experience of the Australian culture and lifestyle The success of the program depends, to a significant extent. on the families who host these visiting students Host family co- Dadinator, Heather Walker, did a wonderful job in assisting with the organisation of the homestays The patience and commitment of the host families enabled the visiting students to have a rewarding and enjoyable time in Brisbane. Many host sisters also benefited considerably from the experience and the responsibility it entailed

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Japanese-Australian EXchange - A to Z Australia is wonderful, especially Brisbane Barbeque is yummy City Cat is exciting Driving icence we can get if we live here English is very hard Fish at the Great Barr'er Reef are very pretty Girls Grammar is a n re school High buildings made my neck sore I'm glad to see You Japan. Our Mie High Schoo s nice, too Koalas and kangaroos are very cute Learn a lot of things Mt Coot-tha has a very pretty night view Nature remains beautiful Oh my goodness, how huge Australia is People in Australia are very friendly Queensland is lovely River in Brisbane is long and wide Students at Girls Grammar are really kind and cute Thank you for taking care of us Underwater World has a long tunnel which is beautiful Vegemite is liked by Australians We love Australia !

Back Row it-Rj: Azusa Sato. Mrs L Lainr, Nozomi Be 55ho Front Row IL-Ri: 15a Okano. Mari Konishi. Yayoi Mizutani. Ayumi Yoshida Absent: Hiromi Nishi

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Yay ! We enjoyed staying here Zoo h Australia has many kinds of fascinating anima s

150 Okono, Nozomi' Be55ho, Hiromi' NiShi, Yoyoi M, zutoni. Ayumi Yoshido rind Mori Konishi from Mie High School Ih Jupon