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Overseas GAP Placement

All Saints' College Bathurst has been sending students overseas on GAP placement for the last 19 years. It began as an offshoot of the Britain Australia Society (the GAP Scheme). Recently students from ASC have been given placements in schools in the UK, America and Zimbabwe. A GAP Placement provides students leaving Year 12 with the opportunities of working and travelling overseas before they begin their tertiary education. A GAP placement is provided over a 12 month period.

 Following is a list of schools linked with ASC in this programme.

Bruton College
www.brutonschool.co.uk

Kings School
www.kingsmac.co.uk

Lomond School
www.lomond-school.org

Lord Wandsworth College
www.lordwandsworth.org

Oswestry School
www.oswestryschool.org.uk

Swanbourne School
www.swanbourne.org

Wellington School
www.wellington-school.org.uk

Sexey's School
www.sexeys.somerset.sch.uk

Moira House School
www.moirahouse.e-sussex.sch.uk

Luckley Oakfield School
www.luckley.wokingham.sch.uk

Information for overseas students to participate in a GAP year at All Saints' College Bathurst

As a Gap Student, you are required to commit yourself to a year at All Saints' College Bathurst. The year for Gap students from the Northern Hemisphere starts in our third term, which commences in July and finishes at the end of the second term the following year, which is in June. Those from the Southern Hemisphere start at the commencement of the first term at the end of January and finish with Speech Day at the beginning of December.

While working at ASC your duties would be varied. You would spend much of your time in the Junior School as a Teacher's Assistant working with four to ten year olds. But there are other areas of the school where gappies work such as coaching sporting teams, supervising junior music practice, boarding house duties and some clerical duties. Whenever possible you would accompany excursions and camps throughout the year to let you see as much as possible of our part of Australia.

The College provides full board and lodgings during term time and a fortnightly wage throughout the year.

Applications for a gap position at ASC are invited from final year students who are fluent in English from any country in the world. These applications should include the following:

1. Your name and home address
2. Your school and it's address
3. The subjects you are studying
4. The positions of responsibility you hold in your present school
5. Your interests and strengths
6. Name and contact details of the Head of your school
7. The name, address and contact details of two referees

Please email your application to the Gap Coordinator, Mr Stewart Ross at: s.ross@saints.nsw.edu.au

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2012/2013 Gappies

Zachary Sherwani

NAME:  Zachary Sherwani
AGE: 18 years
PREVIOUS SCHOOL: Denstone College
A LEVELS: Business, Geography, Physical Education

INTERESTS:
My main interests revolve around sports. I have played hockey and cricket from a very young age and hope to play hockey at a high level in the years to come.
I also have a keen interest in coaching sports and enjoy helping others to improve.
Other interests include business which I will take up at university back in England next year.

WHAT I INTEND TO GAIN FROM THE YEAR:
The purpose of my Gap year was to spend a year to help me to decide whether teaching was a career prospect for me in the future.
I also wanted to continue playing hockey to see how the styles of play varied and improve my game.
Travelling around Australia would also be an amazing opportunity for me to not only see new places but become more independent and self sufficient.

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Julia Hermes

I am Julia Hermes and I have come from Framlingham College which is in the UK. 

I was born and raised in Germany and started being a boarder at Framlingham College when I was 12 years old and finished my A Levels in July 2012.

During the Day I work in Transition and I am part of the Girls' Boarding House. 

I am hoping to get some teaching experience out of this year because Primary teaching is something which I am looking to do later on.

After Gap I am hoping to go back to Germany and do a Primary Teaching Degree at university.

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Daniel Waldron

My name is Dan Waldron. I spent seven years at Loughborough Grammar School (UK) where I had an amazing time.

I played rugby, soccer and athletics for the school and came away with the grades I needed to go to university. I completed two of my three years at the University of Leeds studying Sociology and I then thought I was ready to have a Gap year to experience Australia.

Teaching has also been an option for me as a career so this year will give me the chance to experience whether the school environment is the place I want to pursue that.

I hope I will be a valued member of the team here at All Saints’ during my time and I am sure we’ll have fun in the process.

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Abigail Tennant-Bell

My name is Abee Tennant-Bell.

I went to Cirencester College where I studied a BTEC in health and social care and pre-nursing.

I play lacrosse and do cross country. My interests are sport and music.

I am enjoying my time at All Saints’ and after this year I intend to continue travelling and work in different countries around the world,

I have an A-Z of places to travel and Australia is my ‘A’.

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