International Student Program

The International Student Program is going from strength to strength with enquiries and incoming International Students, this year is no different....

What an exciting start to Term 1 

Two new International Students have been welcomed to our College community, they are:

• Mehrnaz (Naz) MIRJALILLZADEH, Year 7 from Iran
• Ela YILDIRIM, Year 9 from Turkey

We hope both of these International Students enjoy Australia and the wonderful experiences during their studies at North Geelong Secondary College. They are both very focused on their studies, humble and look forward to what the future may bring them both with their studies.

Our College also has five Temporary / Short Study International Students joining our classes for a period of two to four weeks. The start that they had has been so welcoming and positive. The NGSC students have taken so much time to get to know them and making wonderful friendships. This is what our NGSC community is about, sharing diversity and friendships among others around them.

Excursion

Excursion 10/02/2026 - What an amazing day and experience for our Short Stay / Temporary International Students.

From feeding the Ausralian Wildlife, walking through the rainforests to see the picturesque waterfalls, experiencing sand between their toes and the waves crashing down on their feet making all their shoes wet, to finally relaxing and eating some well-deserved and delicious ice-cream, our International Students all experienced this today.

The weather didn’t disappoint either, bright sunshine, big smiles and the International Students showing their gratitude by writing beautiful messages in the sand. These were the most memorable experiences that our International Students can be a part of.

The descriptive words that the International Students used to describe the day were, wonderful, exciting, enjoyable, fantastic and not to mention FUN ! Good times with so many different activities that were new to them all.

Chess Club

Every Tuesday is Chess Day at NGSC. During lunch, students are invited to come to the Library to learn the game, play a friend or challenge a teacher. If students beat a teacher, they win a trophy.

The teachers who regularly attend and play to not give up a trophy are Mr Parker, Mr Cowen-Clark, Mr Doyle and Mr Scott.

This is a fun and friendly way to spend a lunch with friends and meet new students in the school, the games are not too serious (unless a teacher is not doing so well) all abilities are welcome, from beginners to those who the teachers are too scared to face.

In previous years, very few trophies were won, this year a trophy was won on the first day. I had a bad day last Tuesday. 

Encourage your children to come along for a game, either to learn or hone their skills.

“Every chess master was once a beginner” - Irving Chernev