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
E leven 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
“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
and helpful . they are open minded and “One little girl , who went out
outgoing on a fram. Had to do some sheep work
“The fact that Steve Harvey before school. She’d never seen a sheep
and the staff admitted us as a sister before”
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