12 Issue 53 – June 2015 – QUEEN MARGARET CALLING
At the same time International Director, Laura Davison,
accompanied eight girls to Beijing National Day School
(BNDS). The trip was arranged together with Scots College.
BNDS is an International Baccalaureate (IB) School with a school
roll of 5500 students. It was a former military school but now runs
as a normal high school with an international section for students
from around the world.
“Their mission statement sums up the reason we went: A
harmonious school which is a spiritual home and growth paradise for
both students and teachers,” Laura Davison explains.
The trip gave the girls the opportunity of experiencing both a
boarding school and a homestay in China. Trips to places such as the
Forbidden City and the Great Wall really gave them an appreciation
of this very old and sophisticated society.
“Our students were also very touched with the generosity and
warmth of all the people we met, and the dynamism and diversity of
one of the world’s most important countries”, added Laura Davison.
In the April holidays Queen Margaret College students adventured around the world. Sophie
Stewart and Lauren Hansen completed an eleven day trek in the Himalayas. Jessica Mellsop
and Kaia Holborow were the lucky Middle School students selected to travel to Melbourne as
part of the St Margaret’s School Berwick exchange and six students travelled to Chile to
attend another Margaret School.
International News
Above: Students in Chile.
Below: Kaia Holborow and Jessica Mellsop in Melbourne.
Queen Margaret College and Scots College students in Beijing.
Sophie Stewart and Lauren Hansen in the
Himalayas.