Global Citizenship Study Tour

We invite you to register your interest in members of your school’s student body joining the inaugural St Margaret’s Berwick Grammar Global Citizenship Study Week Program.

 

Vision

Our future sits in the hands of our children. As the world becomes ever more globally connected and arguably fractious, we believe that bringing our future leaders together to work on global issues together in an environment that promotes cultural understanding, engagement and finding consensus is critical.

 

The Experience

The Global Citizenship Study Week Program aims to bring students aged between 12 – 15 years old, from different backgrounds and cultures, together for a week that will focus on global citizenship. The idea is that students from different parts of the world work in groups on a range of problems the world needs to solve, for example reducing plastics in the ocean.

The week will consist of lectures, seminars, activities and workshops that will facilitate group engagement to develop outcomes that draw together diversity of thought, demonstrate the cultural inclusion and the power of many.

All students who complete the program will receive a certificate, a pin and gift.

 

Students Who Should Attend

The Global Citizenship Study Week is for students in Years 7, 8 and 9 (ages 12 – 15). Students outside of these ages will not be accepted into the program.

Students will be working and collaborating in international groups, where the common language will be English, to research, develop ideas and present their findings and recommendations. It is, therefore, important that students attending have a good working knowledge of English so that they can contribute.

 

Australian Students

The international students will engage with St Margaret’s Berwick Grammar’s 115+ Year 8 students, as well as international students from other Schools.

 

Devices

Students should bring a device with them, ideally a computer or a tablet, but a smartphone will also suffice. Students will use these to research, collaborate and create their group presentation.

 

Pre-work

Two weeks before the start of the tour, students will be assigned to working groups and will be provided their group’s topic, which they will individually need to research before start of the program.

• Program dates: Monday 20 July – Friday 24 July 2026 (9.00am to 3.00pm)
• Program cost: $1,000 (AUD) per week per student.
• Lunches provided by the School.
• Students can only attend if their school has a group of students participating.
• The school must send teachers from their school to help manage their students during the day and all student welfare requirements outside of classroom hours.
• Student welfare is the responsibility of the student’s own school’s teacher.
• The school does not provide any accommodation assistance or management for these programs.
• Places on the tour are subject availability and are at the discretion of the school.
• The School reserves the right to alter pricing, program content or cancel without notice.
• Places must be booked by 4.00pm, 22 May 2026 including:
  • Student list form (completed for the whole tour group)
  • Student information form and code of conduct (completed by all students)
• Study tours are only booked when you have received a confirmation from the school and fees have been paid. All fees must be paid 60 days in advance of the study tour commencing.
• Programs and experiences are only a guide. While every effort will be made to deliver the program/experience as detailed, the school does reserve the right to change programs and experiences without notice.