Tours Camps and Exchanges

The Modern Languages Department has for many years conducted exchange programmes with partner schools in France, Switzerland, Italy and Germany. 2024 will also see the first exchange with our new partner school in China. The programmes vary in length between three and twelve weeks, and the availability of places each year depends on the level of interest at our partner schools.

Learn more about our Exchange Programmes.

In recent years there have been rugby, football, cricket and basketball tours to England, Ireland, South America, France, Japan, Italy, New Zealand and the United States as well as regular interstate tours. The History Department has taken tours to the WWI battlefields in France and Belgium, Indochina, as well as Russia and the Eastern Front. In recent years, there have been several Indigenous immersions to the Northern Territory and North Queensland. Every alternate year a large group of boys and parents walk the Kokoda Track. Our musicians have toured Europe and the USA on occasion and, more recently, wind bands have toured rural NSW giving recitals and conducting workshops with children at local primary schools. Science Beyond the Curriculum has taken boys and parents to New Zealand and the Galapagos Islands.

Form I Camp aims to provide boys with the opportunity to foster new friendships and engage in a range of outdoor activities including sailing, canoeing, abseiling and archery. Qualified instructors are supported by masters from the School and Form V Peer Support leaders. Accommodation is in dormitory-style bunk beds.

All Form IV boys not involved in the Cadet Promotions Course attend a camp on the Colo River in the last week of Term IV when more challenging outdoor activities such as trekking, kayaking and abseiling are undertaken. Boys share tents and cook for themselves. Housemasters and some Form IV Tutors accompany the boys where possible.

Both Air Force and Army Cadets conduct additional camps and bivouacs for boys throughout the year.