A week in Sydney!
The “terminales STMG” (year 12) class flew to Sydney from September 29, 2019 to October 5, 2019.
A quick tour of that week, which was full of « first times ».
Discovering museums
– MAAS (Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences) : MAAS (Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences): an exciting place for the variety of exhibitions it offers: photography, transportation, fashion, design, space, physics …
– Art Gallery of New South Wales : un The Art Gallery of New South Wales: A museum that houses an extensive collection of Australian art, including one of the country’s largest aboriginal art galleries, European masters, Asian treasures and local contemporary art and international leaders.
– Rock Discovery Museum: a museum dedicated to the history of The Rocks, from the pre-colonial era to the present day. It allowed us to discover those who were the first inhabitants of the region, how the English colony settled, how sailors, whalers and traders have made The Rocks their home and how, through protests led by the unions in the 1970s, the working class was able to defend its rights against promoters during the construction of the City’s high-rises.
Discovering the Opera House
Two memorable evenings at the Sydney Opera House.
– West Side Story: In the West Side, a poor neighborhood in New York, two youth gangs compete: the Sharks (with Bernardo) and the Jets (with Riff). An ex Jets, Tony, falls in love with Maria, Bernardo’s sister …
– The real thing: a comedy by acclaimed British playwright Tom Stoppard.
Discovering the professional world
Sydney Drinking Water Plant Tour. Commissioned in 1996, it was originally the largest water treatment plant in the world. Located about thirty kilometers west of Sydney it provides 85% of water consumption in this city. It runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and can process up to 3 million cubic meters of water a day.
Discovering Sydney University
Juliet was our guide and made us visit the campus (so big that it has its own zip code!) along with the courses offered in this university. It is ranked 42nd in the world but 5th in terms of employability. It has about 60 000 students of which 50% are foreign students.
A ride to the moon!
At the Sydney Observatory, after being explained the structure of the universe, the students were able to observe the moon and the sun by telescope.
A moment of relaxation at Taronga Zoo.
A boat ride through Sydney Bay and then a cable car took us to Taronga Zoo to discover its many plant and animal species.
Many of you have contributed to the success of this memorable trip.
- Thanks to the students and teachers who bought our “crêpes” and cakes day after day;
- Thanks to the parents for their financial participation and their involvement in this project;
- Thanks to the school board who agreed to this trip;
- Thanks to the FSE for its generosity and encouragement;
- Thank you to Mr. Georges Cumbo who this year again allowed us to hold a booth at the music festival;
- Thanks to Mr. Jean-Marie Wagner from Cellovila for his generosity;
- Thanks to Stephen Haimes and Andrew Castle from the Opera House;
- Thanks to Kaylee Hazell, Education Coordinator at the Sydney Theater Company;
- Thanks to Peter Slabber, director of Suez, who showed us around his plant;
- Thanks to Juliet Rayner from the Global Student Recruitment and Mobility Service at the University of Sydney who guided us and provided lots of information;
- Thanks to the entire school administrative team who very efficiently dealt with all the last minute details.
Joëlle Cornette et Maricke Gardais