STAWELL Secondary College has welcomed two new exchange students from New Zealand as part of Rotary’s Short Term Youth Exchange Program
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Jack Hartley, from Christchurch, and Brie Davidson, from Alexandra , are both 14 years old and arrived in Melbourne late last month for a tour of Victoria.
The exchange students will be in Australia until September and have been hosted by Rotary Club members.
Miss Davidson had never been to Australia before and Mr Hartley had been to Australia a few years ago.
Both students started their classes a week ago for term three after seeing a few sights and taking the long way to Stawell.
Stawell Rotary member Kimberley Gehan said the students would raise funds for community groups.
Miss Davidson said she enjoyed maths classes and hoped to join a Netball team and a gym.
She was also looking into playing volleyball and rugby while in Australia.
Mr Hartley said he had enjoyed humanities classes so far.
He said he was interested in rugby and that his new classmates had offered to teach him how to play Australian Rules Football.
“They don’t want to learn how to play rugby,” he said.
“They think it’s really weird how you can’t bounce the ball.”
Mr Hartley said the Grampians looked pretty good.
There has also been a debate in class whether pavlova was invented in Australia or New Zealand.
Students will travel to the Grampians, Great Ocean Road, Naracoorte Caves, Melbourne and Sydney as part of their exchange.
The short term Rotary Youth Exchange Program to New Zealand is a family-to-family exchange lasting three months.
Students are matched with a student in New Zealand and they spend three months in each country with their matched student and their families.