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Australia, Melbourne
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French is taught from Prep and students are immersed in French in the Junior School. In the Middle School, students choose Mandarin Chinese, French or Latin as their language. The Junior School delivers the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP).
French is taught from Prep and students are immersed in the language. Timetabled formal French classes are introduced from Year 2. Year 5 students (and possibly some Year 4 and 6 students) may participate in a French language exchange program with James Cook International School in Noumea.
Ballarat Grammar is a boarding school in Australia with a history dating to 1876 and a campus strategy spanning Wendouree, Mount Rowan Farm, and City Cite for Year 9. The Senior School offers multiple Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority pathways, including the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) and the VCE Vocational Major, with VET options in Years 10–12 as part of VCE pathways, VCE VM, or School Based Apprenticeships/Traineeships. Languages can be studied by Distance Education through the Victorian School of Languages. The school combines heritage buildings with modern learning spaces, a science wing, libraries, performing arts venues, and specialist arts facilities, plus sports facilities, a 25m indoor pool, and a rowing and sailing centre on Lake Wendouree. Co-curriculars emphasize Outdoor Education, the Arts, Service and Wellbeing, with a Round Square program guiding leadership, international exchanges, and global projects. A strong service ethos sits alongside pastoral support and boarding houses.
