The students of Years 7-9 undertook an exciting journey to Malaysia in September 2009. A fun packed week included, rapid shooting, paint ball games, mini-waterfall swim, fire-fly viewing, jungle trekking, silver-leafed monkey feeding, exploring the Batu Caves, pond fishing and more.

The students created lasting friendships and experienced teamwork, responsibility and independence.

Overall, this expedition served as a thrilling and memorable trip to all! 

This has been secondary’s second day-trip to Mt. Bromo, situated in Tengger. After a long journey on the bus and a packed lunch at a small restaurant, children were eager to explore the volcano. Students rode on horseback to reach the site and then climbed 249 steps to arrive at the rim of the crater. A spectacular view just on the crater was witnessed, and soon students were throwing in offerings. An exciting trip indeed!

SES’s third expedition to Bali, was yet another exciting trip. Students from years 5 and 6 enjoyed their action packed days, which were occupied doing a number of different activities. These included: Having fun at Water Boom Park, snorkeling in Padang Bai, a refreshing walk and lunch in a paddy field, a visit to Bali Safari, Marine Park, Monkey Forest and an afternoon learning how to carve wood and sketch.

The students in year 3 and 4 spent an exciting day at the Pines. All activities were set in a lush outdoor environment amongst tall trees. Highlights were the Flying Fox and the Tarzan Jump (with children crawling on spider web like ropes to make their way to a long rope from which they swung down).

Children found out that having confidence in yourself and teamwork were very important.

The exhausting day eventually came to and end and the children walked onto the bus with smiles on their faces.

Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ was presented by students of SES, a performance which was applauded by parents and siblings. Lead roles were undertaken by the students in secondary, who performed with great style and enthusiasm. The primary children’s charming singing and dances impressed our guests and was extremely entertaining.

Special thanks to the backstage crew, who spent many hours painting the impressive settings.

A great congratulations to everyone, you all worked very hard!

An exciting day was held at SES’ Summer Fair which was organized by our Student Council. Students made a variety of different types of games and hand-made toys. Numbers of stalls were opened selling items ranging from snacks to accessories. The ‘Lucky Draw’ must have been the top event of the day, raising the most money. This fun afternoon turned out to be very successful one too, raising 42 million rupiah! The money was donated to a ‘mobile school unit’ which caters to cancer patients in a government hospital and to Tulip (Cleft Lip Foundation). We are very much looking forward to hosting our next summer fair very soon!

As community service is a very important part of school life, secondary students go on regular visits to a local orphanage.

There, they read, work on puzzles with elementary children, play with toddlers and take care of babies.