Chinese Explorations

Gong'an No1. Senior Middle School is now officially linked to St Kevin's College by a formal sister school agreement. The school is about three hours travel from Wuhan. The campus is barely one year old and has cost close to $300 million USD to construct. The 22 floor staff accommodation building and the Olympic size swimming pool will be completed by July. The school is a model school for the province and has 4,000 students, 3,000 of whom board at the attached hostels. There are over 360 staff, class size is about 80 students and the structure of the school day is considerably longer than our New Zealand students would be used to. Hopefully the students heading to China under the banner of the Confucius Institute will be able to go to the school and enjoy their hospitality. We are looking forward to a group reciprocating this visit in early term three.