Study Tours is a ‘boutique’ educational and cultural immersion program, designed for school groups that enjoy a strong reputation of excellence worldwide, with most groups re-booking return visits.
Experience Culture
The program duration is a short course of study generally ranging from one to eight weeks. Students participating in this program can engage in a range of classroom immersion, pastoral care, TESOL, extra-curricular, cultural programs and excursions. The program allows for international students to experience first-hand the culture, language and style of learning within an Australian school.
Study Tour Benefits
Sheldon College customises tours for each visiting school group. Benefits of the Sheldon College Study Tours include:
- First class Educational Programs based on the latest educational research delivered by highly skilled and specialist teachers through a range of digital tools and pedagogies.
- Sheldon College Teacher of English as a Second Language Teacher (TESOL) to assist students achieve maximum participation in all classroom activities, as well as providing targeted English immersion programs.
- Access to the Technology and Robotics Program. Students are introduced to programming and coding using Robots and Drones to Mixed Reality including Augmented and Virtual Reality.
- Pastoral Care Program to assist students in better understanding Australian culture and values to support immersion in a foreign culture.
- Workbook and Stationery Packs provided to students with tailor-made literacy and numeracy workbooks.
- Sporting Program accessing our international standard tennis centre, tartan track and sports stadium with our specialist coaches and teachers.
- Learn to Swim Program in our purpose-built, fully enclosed, Learn to Swim facility with our professional Austswim Accredited Coach. Our pool is heated so students can enjoy swimming all year round.
- Co-Curricular Arts Program tailored especially for International Study Tour Students. This program provides Master Classes in the areas of Visual Art, Music, Drama, Dance, Film and TV/Media delivered by Sheldon College teachers who are also industry specialists in these fields.
- Weekly Excursions to Queensland’s iconic tourist attractions.