เมือง: Victoria (Melbourne)

CRICOS Provider Number : 00143G

Address : 50 Biddlecombe Avenue, Corio, VIC 3214, AUSTRALIA

Website : www.ggs.vic.edu.au

School Type : Co-educational, Boarding School

Geelong Grammar School has earned a reputation as a pioneer of modern education, a community that makes a positive difference and a home of exceptional opportunities.

The School is Australia’s largest co-educational boarding school, with more than 1,500 students spread across four specialist campuses.  Located on the edge of Corio Bay, students at the Corio Campus enjoy a thriving, well-resourced learning environment equipped with a chapel, specialist Art, Science, Music, Design and Technology centres, wellbeing centre (Handbury Centre for Wellbeing) featuring fitness centre, sports hall and dance studio, medical centre, cafe, and 25- metre swimming pool, a modern School for Performing Arts and Creative Education (SPACE) complex for drama, music and dance, multiple sporting ovals, libraries, dining halls, all-weather tennis/hockey courts, sailing and rowing facilities, as well as a world-class equestrian centre.

 

Our focus

At Geelong Grammar School, our focus every day, week, month and year, is to inspire all who comprise our living and learning community with the mindset and competencies to flourish.  We do this by enabling a holistic education, which prioritises learning and academic skills, as well as the values of compassion, curiosity, creativity, leadership, authenticity and perseverance.

 

Academic Development

Our rigorous academic programmes and supportive learning culture encourages our students to discover their academic gifts within the framework of developing skills, confidence and the capacity for lifelong learning.

 

Positive Education

Developed in collaboration with Professor Martin Seligman and the University of Pennsylvania, our pioneering programme focuses on cultivating positive emotions and character traits, encouraging students to lead purposeful and meaningful lives. Positive Education is taught at each year level, at every campus and across all aspects of school life.

 

Timbertop®

Timbertop is our unique campus nestled in the foothills of the Victorian Alps. All Year 9 students must attend the Timbertop programme.  This provides a transformational year of challenge and adventure, enabling students to develop personal skills and qualities beyond those possible in a traditional school environment.

 

Creative Education

We are a community of learners who collaborate, experiment and explore – where the curiosity of our students is more powerful than any inhibitions of fear or failure.  The Creative Education framework is designed to nurture inquiry, build ‘student agency’ and ultimately enable students to be agile and adaptive in a changing world.

 

Curriculum and Qualification

Geelong Grammar School offers flexibility in the Year 11 and Year 12 curriculum:

• IB Diploma Program
• VCE Program

 

Accommodation

Students without parents or guardians in Australia must board at the school. The school does not allow nor provide homestay services. Each Boarding House has six academic staff: Head of House, Assistant Head of House and four other academic staff. Two of the academic staff live in apartments within the house, as does the House Assistant.  Every student has an academic tutor.

 

Location

Geelong Grammar School has four campuses: Corio Campus, Timbertop Campus, Bostock House and Toorak Campus.  All campuses are located in Victoria, Australia,

Website : www.gippslandgs.vic.edu.au

Address : Princes Highway, Sale, 3850

Philosophy : Special Features, Brief History

Gippsland Grammar School is a coeducational Anglican school was founded in 1971 from the merging of two schools; St. Anne’s Church of England Girls’ Grammar School and Gippsland Grammar School. The school was one of the first schools to be established in the state of Victoria. Presently, the school accepts students from Kindergarten through high school; age 3 to Year 12. Students can board from middle school onwards.

The school is focused on developing each student’s unique skills in academia, health, personal and social spheres under Christian guidance to become valuable members of society. The school has a special program for students in Year 9 to help them effectively prepare for high school

Students in Year 10 are required to take core subjects and will have the option to choose electives of their interest. Subjects offered by the school aim to provide an important foundation for students to prepare for the future onwards.
Subjects include:

• Drama 1 และ 2
• Mathematical Methods 1 และ 2
• Music 1 และ 2
• Information Technology 1 และ 2
• Business Management 1 และ 2
• History 1 และ 2
• Geography 1 และ 2

Students in Year 11 and 12 can choose from a wide range of VCE subjects and VET subjects taught by the school’s expert teachers.

Academic Achievement

In 2013, students scored an average score of 76.06 and 27.5% of students scored ATAR over 90%, positioning the students from the school in the Top 10 scorers of the state of Victoria. The curriculum taught by Gippsland Grammar School is based on the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE). However, the school adapts the subjects to suit the interests and needs of all students by providing the basic foundation for each student. These subjects include Mathematics, Languages, Social Studies and IT. The courses aim to develop the student’s talents and abilities from an early age and additionally, to create a strong bond between teachers and students. High school students are expected to follow the school’s curriculums closely and uphold their individual responsibilities at the school. There are special programmes at the school to help the student identify and build up his or her own special talent. Additionally, the school collaborates with Monash University in a special programme aimed at students with exceptional grades. Students meeting this criterion will be included in the project and continue their studies at Monash University after graduation.

Accommodation

Students will be boarding at the Blackwood House, which is a modern and spacious dormitory separating the boys and girls. Each dorm has an on-site staff and tutor to help students with their studies in the evening and on weekends. Each dormitory is equipped with a lounge area, recreation room and a living room.

Gippsland Grammar School Curriculum

There are a variety of course choices for students including:

• Performing Arts (Music and Acting)
• Off-site Studying
• Sports (The school provides students with a modern indoor sports centre and heated swimming pool)

 

Kardinia International College

CRICOS Provider Number: 01502C

Website : www.kardinia.vic.edu.au

Type : Co-educational, Day school

Philosophy

Kardinia International College is a top private school, located in Geelong, State of Victoria, away from Melbourne CBD only one hour. School has boundary area of 130 acres with modern school building and big sports center in good environment. The school also has IB diploma and English language courses for international students. There are 1,400 students including 70 International students. There is a policy to limit the amount of international students from the same country. So the school allows only 16 students for one country.

Location

205 Ballarat Road, Bell Post Hill 3215

Curriculum and Qualification

The students who have studied in Kardinia International College can have their own timetable. The students can choose the subject by themselves as the students can learn in specific subject to continue in major at University. In one classroom, there are only 17 students. Every year, the students will have the opportunity to travel to Japan and for students in Years 9 the student will live in Chiang Mai, Thailand for eight weeks. Also the school have a lot of activities for the students to join too.

Pathways to University 

The students who study in Kardinia International College have the good result that everyone can intake to University. The school also promise to ensure all students to develop their skills and knowledge for access to University. In each year, the Year 12 students from Kardinia International College have higher test scores than average scores in the same states.

Accommodation

International students and students from other regions in Australia stay with Australian families provided by the school. Students who stay with Australian families can learn Australian culture and practice English faster than staying in a boarding school as the students can use only English language in the homestay to communicate. The school has the service for the student to coordinate with housing problem. All students live in a safe, warm and well cared environment. Also, all the students have their own bedroom. The host family will prepare all meals and laundry for the students and provide Internet in the house.

Intensive English Support

When the international students arrive at school. The Student will sit English Proficiency Test and compare in level. The Students will learn English in small classes with teachers who have specialized in teaching English. Normally, the international students will start studying English from level 2 or 3 to level 7 to be passed to regular classes.

Support Services for International Students

The authorities of International Students is responsible for the well-being of each international student at the school. Their roles is to coordinate, manage orientation and monitor each student, ensuring each student is well cared during their stays. The authorities will advise the new student how to open bank account and purchase uniforms.