Category: Sister Schools

Does your school connect with a school overseas?

19/2/2021

If you work in a NSW public school and your school has a connection with a school overseas, please read this important SchoolBiz article: https://beta.dec.nsw.gov.au/schoolbiz/issues/year-2021-issue4/schools-with-foreign-arrangements

Examples of a connection with an overseas school include:

- sister school agreements
- any arrangements with foreign government schools
- student study tours
- student or staff exchange arrangements
- arrangements with a foreign university
- sponsorship from a foreign government entity.

Please check with your principal to make sure they're aware of the survey which needs completing.

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Apply for the BRIDGE School Partnership Program 2018

19/10/2017

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Applications for the 2018 ASEAN and Indonesia BRIDGE School Partnerships Program close on Monday 30 October, 2017.

The Australia-Asia BRIDGE School Partnerships Program, established in 2008, is an international program that establishes partnerships between students, teachers and school communities. BRIDGE students collaborate on projects, practice language skills and develop life-long friendships with students at partner schools.

Building Relationships through Intercultural Dialogue and Growing Engagement (BRIDGE)

The BRIDGE programs helps to develop critical global citizens, and research has shown that of the students who have participated in BRIDGE:

- 67% strengthened their ICT skills
- 90% strengthened intercultural understanding
- 92% expanded their knowledge and awareness of the histories, geographies, literature, arts, and cultures of their partner country
- 68% strengthened their language skills and had real life applications for use and practice.

BRIDGE uses a blended model of teacher professional learning, combining face-to-face and online learning with a partner school home stay program. BRIDGE focuses on building teacher capability in the following areas:

- strengthening intercultural understanding and values
- building new technology skills for teaching and learning
- developing sustainable school partnerships; and
- establishing and supporting a community of learners.

The professional learning element is focused on identifying ways in which BRIDGE collaboration can be built into current teaching practice, and doesn't require extra-curricular commitment.

In 2018 BRIDGE will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Australia-Asia schools' partnerships program. To mark this occasion, the Asia Education Foundation will be working with the Australian Government to host a series of special events and workshops for 2018 BRIDGE participants.

You will find information about the program in the flyer and brochure below, and the Asia Education foundation website has the information that you need to apply. Should you wish to discuss the program or require additional information you can contact Emeline Gillingham via email or on (03) 9035 6766

Don't forget - applications for the 2018 Indonesian (fully funded) and ASEAN (partly funded) programs close on Monday 30 October, 2017.

Read the vignettes to find out more about how schools across Australia have benefited from the BRIDGE School Partnership Program.

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Applications for the Australia-Indonesia and Australia-ASEAN BRIDGE School Partnerships Projects

31/10/2016

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The BRIDGE School Partnerships Project focuses on building teacher capability in the following areas:

- strengthening intercultural understanding and values
- building technology skills for teaching and learning
- developing sustainable school partnerships
- establishing and supporting a community of learners

It’s a regionally-acclaimed initiative that fosters intercultural capability, understanding about Australia’s place in the world, and where applicable, language learning (although language ability is not a requirement to participate in either of the programs).

Click on the links below to find out more about each of the programs currently available:
ASEAN BRIDGE program (Partially Funded)
Indonesia BRIDGE program (Fully Funded)

Applications close on the 6th of November 2016.

Explore a range of short videos of what school partnerships are undertaking:

- Kangaroo Island Community Education school – Two Rivers, Two Islands - https://youtu.be/KeFfFCrXQpI
- Lansdowne Crescent Primary School – Environmental QR code walk - http://www.aitsl.edu.au/australian-professional-standards-for-teachers/illustrations-of-practice/detail?id=IOP00327

A YouTube channel provides additional examples (13) of schools work across the region: http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au/programmes/aef-videos/bridge-school-partnerships

In addition to this, a range of written vignettes that schools have provided on their collaboration can be viewed here: http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au/programmes/school-partnerships/bridge-vignettes

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Important information about study tours - a message from DE International

20/7/2016

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Study tours and sister schools
All study tours into NSW government schools are centrally booked through DE International. Learn more by visiting www.studytours.nsw.edu.au

If you are contacted directly by an agent, organisation or overseas group (student or adult) wishing to visit your school (unless through your school's sister school relationship), please forward the request to the Study Tours team.

Sister school visits are reciprocal and non-commercial, and do not need to go through DE International. However, if your school is offered payment for hosting a group, contact the Study Tours team. Where the sister-school relationship includes mostly hosting the overseas school, then the visit by the overseas group should also be arranged as a study tour through DE International.

The policy and guidelines for overseas student and group visits, as well as a sample MOU for sister schools can be found at:
https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/policies/student_admin/enrolment/overseas-student-prog/implementation_1_PD20130457_i.shtml?query=overseas+groups

Hosting
DE International is always looking for new schools to host overseas groups, particularly homestay programs. Please contact the Study Tours team if you'd like to be involved.

Contact
Senior Study Tours Officer (Melissa Ong)
ph. 8293 6910
email melissa.ong@det.nsw.edu.au

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Does your school connect with a school overseas?

Apply for the BRIDGE School Partnership Program 2018

Applications for the Australia-Indonesia and Australia-ASEAN BRIDGE School Partnerships Projects

Important information about study tours - a message from DE International

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