Learning through experience

Experiential learning is a key feature of a Kristin education. It means providing a variety of challenging opportunities for students to grow and develop, alongside their academic learning.
Taking students outside the comfort of their traditional classroom encourages them to embrace situations and challenges that promote personal growth and development, as well as team building.

VALUING PEOPLE AND PLACES

From the Junior School to the Senior School, students take part in a huge variety of experiences to build their confidence, learning, determination and independence. 

We offer:

  • Annual camps for all age groups
  • Excursions and field trips to places relevant to the topic of learning, across all subject categories
  • Opportunities to serve the community as part of our Service Learning programmes
  • Leadership programmes
  • Overseas experiences and school exchanges

BEYOND THE CURRICULUM

Whatever their age, students have the opportunity to be involved in clubs, groups and committees which deepen their experience of school, socially and academically. Here are some of the opportunities our students participate in:
Camp Week
Odyssey 21
Steinlager 2
Year 13 Kayaking Camp
Alpine Experience
Year 9 Outdoor Education Programme

OVERSEAS EXPERIENCES

Language, cultural and service trips offer students from all three schools the opportunity to experience life in a new and challenging environment.

Year 6 Expedition to Beijing

DOVETAIL INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME

Encouraged by the success of Kristin’s first exchange established in 1999 with Carey Baptist Grammar, Melbourne, the Dovetail International Exchange Programme was created to build a range of overseas opportunities for our Year 9-13 students.

Further schools in Australia, Europe, Asia and the Americas were steadily added, so that over the last 10 years, 250 of our students have benefitted from these enriching and life-changing experiences.

Due to the consequent immersion in school and family life in another culture, and often in a second language, the students develop independence, and the confidence to respond to different ways of thinking and practices, while establishing life-long connections. The Dovetail Exchange Programme enables our students to build skills enabling them to confidently collaborate and interact across cultural boundaries.

GAIL

Kristin School is part of the Global Alliance for Innovative Learning (GAIL), a community of schools that are geographically dispersed (Australia, India, China, South Africa, Scotland, USA and Peru), but share a common vision for school education in the 21st Century. All of the members of the Global Alliance are independent, not for profit, co-educational schools committed to fostering understanding and authentic, purposeful friendship around the world.

GAIL CONVENTION

Every year, ten students (from Year 11 and 12) are given the opportunity to connect and form lifelong friendships through an annual GAIL convention. Students from each school gather together, working on a meaningful global challenge, sharing their culture and perspectives on important issues. Past themes have included energy, ethical leadership, life balance and building community. Each year the location moves to a different school.  

COME AND VISIT KRISTIN

Step inside our gates and see for yourself what makes Kristin so unique. We invite you to take a tour and observe a typical school day. Take the opportunity to engage personally with student guides and staff.