Student Exchange Programme
A selected number of students receive the opportunity to participate in our student exchange programme during their 4th year at FGZ with a partner school in Australia.
The exchanges are reciprocal. Our students go to school and stay with a host family and in return our families agree to host the visiting student during his/her stay in Switzerland. At present, we offer exchanges with two partner schools in Sydney.
The purpose of these exchanges is not only to improve our students’ command of the English language, but they are also seen as an important personal and cultural experience.
The exchanges are open to both bilingual and monolingual students. However, it is important that FGZ hosting families speak German at home.
Cost
An administration fee of CHF 1'000 is charged by the school. Travel arrangements and possible extra-curricular activities organised by the school are billed directly to parents before the trip.
Procedure
Information will be given at the 3rd year parents evenings. Further information will be sent by the school to all 3rd year students in February, asking interested students to apply for a place. Places will be offered to candidates in May/June. The number of places available vary from year to year depending on the demand, also from our partner schools.
The exchanges then take place during 4th year.
Options
We are at present looking into options of extending our exchange programme to include other countries in 2024.