International exchange
CURTURAL LEARNING: Staff and students from Public Junior Highschool 1 – Probolinggo, East Java , with some of their hosts from Young High
Scholl
Indonesian students experience country life
Eleven students and three staff
members from a scholl in East java ,
Indonesia , have visited Young for a
week.
The school is one of three
Indonesian sister schools to Young High
Scholl and the first to visit on curtular
exchange.
The students and teacher
were billeted with the families of
students and staff from Young High
School.
Budi , the principal from
Indonesia , and Steve Harvey , principal
of Young High School were very grateful
to the host families for their hospitality
The group arrived in Young
on Tuesday , July 27 . They made a trip
to the Indonesian embassy in Canberra
on Monday and also visited Melbourne
before flying home.
As well as fostering a cultural
exchange the trip will allow the
Indonesian teachers to learn from local
teachers about the Australian
curriculum , their teaching methods and
their use of information and
communication technology
“Young is cool.” Said
principal Budi , smiling . “Because it is
not my first time in Australia I chose
winter , for my students to get get every
new experience
“People here are very
friendly and helpful . they are open
minded and outgoing
“The fact that Steve Harvey
and the staff admitted us as a sister
scholl opens the gates to a more fruitful
relation , not only for our school but for
the whole community
Most of the Indonesian
students , aged 14 and 15 , have never
been out of the city in their lives
“Imagine if you’re from a different
country , from an urban situation .”said
Young High School teacher , Craig
Watson . “and you go out on 160 acres
where there’s no noise and no traffic
“One little girl , who went
out on a fram. Had to do some sheep
work before school. She’d never seen a
sheep before”