‘Soong-Duk girls’ middle & high school’ (Soong-Duk) in Incheon, Republic of Korea, and ‘Tyndale Christian School’ (Tyndale) in Sydney, Australia, are sister schools.
This year, on the 15th to 27th of January, twenty six students and three teachers from Soong-Duk visited and were integrated into Tyndale Christian School for thirteen days as part of Coram Deo’s International Academic Exchange.
Tyndale, in co-operation with Coram Deo, organised homestay families to get all students involved in Australian life as a reality. The families welcomed all the students from Soong-Duk into their homes. It was a valuable experience for all involved having students immersed into home life with their host families. In addition to this, students were able to make the most of the successful exchange program experience through the local education system as well as the school integration program implemented by Coram Deo.
This exchange program gave all students the opportunity to make new friends 8,000km away and share many unforgettable memories together. The students from Soong-Duk were also able to visit a number of well recognised Sydney landmarks such as the Opera house, The University of Sydney and the Blue Mountains.
The exchange was only 2 weeks, but during that time the students experienced and participated in numerous activities that were socially and academically beneficial.
Coram Deo extends the best of wishes to the 23 students who travelled from Soong-Duk to Australia and hope that the experience will help them to be more globally aware for the future.
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Forty seven Korean students have ended their 55 day Exchange Program organised by the Jeon Buk Global Human Resource Program in South Korea. The students visited Norwest Christian College from 5th January – 28th February and were homestayed by families from the school and community. The students were able to learn and pick up English and Australian culture as they interacted with their homestay families.

Norwest Christian College welcomed the Korean students, teaching them English and matching them with buddies to allow them to learn more about Australian way of life. The students went to excursions every Wednesday and Saturday. They were able to visited many landmarks and experience centres such as the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Opera House, Blue Mountains, Port Stephen, Kiama, the Zoo and many more. On the 14th February a farewell BBQ Party was organised where all the students with their homestay families were invited to have Korean beef and pork bulgogi. Every homestay brought a dish of food which gave the party cuisine more variety.

The Korean students had difficulties at the beginning as they came from parts of Korean where it snowed heavily in winter, to experience hot Australia summers and eating different food, were hard but they are now well adjusted. The students would like to give an appreciative thankyou to their homestay families who have assisted them in every way possible and to Norwest Christian College for organising, planning and looking after them during this cultural experience.

At the beginning of the trip, many students thought that 8 weeks would be too long, but by the last day they all agreed that the time went by too fast and wanted to learn more. This Exchange Program has given all the students memories and experiences that will last a lifetime and they feel more open and ready to embrace any future overseas opportunities that come their way.
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On Saturday, 31st January Coram Deo Education successfully hosted The First 2015 International Youth Robot Competition: Australian Soccer Robot Preliminary Round.

We would like to give a thankyou to the students who presented and demonstrated their robots during the event including: Line Tracer, Catapult Robot, Forceps Robot, Golf Robot, and My Creative Robot for Human Being.

There were a total of 16 Players who registered in the competition and they were grouped into 8 different teams. Every match was interesting and they were all very closes games. The final game was especially dramatic, ending in a draw at full time. Extra time was given and the match was won by 1 point at the end of the game.

The winners of The First 2015 International Youth Robot Competition: Australian Soccer Robot Preliminary Round were Ian Jang and Matthew Kim.

We would like to thank everyone for their enthusiastic support and interest within the event. We hope that the future competitions that we host will be as successful as the first and that it will expand to include competitors from all over the world.

We would like to give a special thanks to Tyndale Christian School for providing us with the school premises to host our completion.

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Tyndale Christian School visited South Korea as part of an Exchange Program trip in 2014 from 14th November – 28th November. They visited the Jeon Buk Provincial Office and Sister schools; Incheon Soong Duk Girls’ Middle & High School and Yeoju Dae Shin Middle & High School. The group was led by Tyndale Principal Jack Joyce, teachers Steven Millard, Lynne Wood and accompanied by 9 students.

The Tyndale students were able to participate in Korean Christian School classes and experience the difference between the Australian schooling systems as well as meet many other students. Together, they visited various historical sites and experience centres to learn more about the Korean culture. In return, the Tyndale students learnt how to sing the Korean National Anthem with clear accents and voices and were applauded by everyone, every time they performed.

The Tyndale school group were kept busy for the whole 14 nights and 15 days in the cold Korean weather which they have never experienced in Australia. Travelling to Incheon, Yeoju, Jeonju and then back to Incheon is very tiring but the people they met and talked to were great and greeted them with warm hospitality. Also, tasting different Korean cuisines from the different regions was another big enjoyment for them.

We hope the Tyndale students are more experienced and knowledgeable about different cultures other than Australia through participating in this Exchange Program and have gained an understanding not only with Korea but also with other countries they will visit and learn about in the future.
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During the 8th October – 18th October 2014, Dae Shin Middle & High School from South Korea had the opportunity to visit its Sister School Tyndale Christian School in Sydney as part of a 10 night and 11 day Exchange Program.

The Dae Shin teachers; Ick Kyoum Kim and Suk Hun Choi, lead 13 students to Australia where they were invited into the homes of families from Tyndale Christian School to be homestayed by the school community. Through their stay the students and teachers were able to experience Australian Culture and way of life inside a typical Australian home. They were also able to meet with Mr. Kwang Hwa Park, a retired Vice Principle of Dae Shin Middle & High school who immigrated to Australia.

The students were also buddied up with students from Tyndale and were able to go to classes together to experience the Australian curriculum. Having buddies was a great way for the student to build friendships and many of the buddies from Tyndale also planned to travel to Korea for an exchange program so they would be able to see their new friends again soon.

The teachers and students also had the opportunity to visit many famous Australian Landmarks including the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Opera House, the Blue Mountains and many other attractions.

The students had a lot of activities to get through during just a short time in Australia. They have been able to experience Australian culture, and gained new found appreciation and understandings from the Exchange Program that will help them to become better people in the future.

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