Homestay Families Required - PGHS

Parafield Gardens High School is looking for people to join their homestay program. We host two regular study tours each year, and our next one will be from March 9-16, 2019. Students are from our sister school in Yokohama, and all participating homestays will receive a small reimbursement to cover living costs during their stay.

For full requirements please click here.

If you are interested in joining the homestay program or would like more information, please contact Glenda Grande at Parafield Gardens High School on 8258 9855 from 9am-4pm on weekdays, or send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. stating your interest.

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2018 World Tea Gathering - Adelaide

The Art Gallery of South Australia will host the 2018 World Tea Gathering this November as part of the OzAsia Festival. Tea artists from Australia, France, Japan, Brazil and Germany will assemble from the 2nd to 9th of November, presenting a week of pop-up events and performances celebrating the art of tea.

During the week-long gathering, members of the public are invited to discover pop-up tea performances at the Art Gallery of SA and select venues across the city. From large-scale, participatory performances, to unique one-on-one tea encounters, members of the public are invited to take part in contemporary tea practices.

For more information, visit worldteagathering.com or click here to view event details at the Art Gallery of South Australia.

Loving People, Loving the Earth & Loving Oneself - Art Exhibition by Hiroko Kimura

Hiroko Kimura is a woman with an extraordinary and courageous spirit who has repeatedly "risen" beyond the limitations of her physical disability to produce beautiful art and poetry which embody her greater vision of "peace" among the people of the world.

Until Tuesday 16 October, her artworks will be on display in Hahndorf.

When: 10 October - 16 October 2018
Time: 10:00am - 5:00pm
Where: Aterlier Yui - 1 Strempel Avenue, Hahndorf SA 5245
Entry: Free
Enquiries can be made to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The full flyer can be found on our Facebook page.

2019 Japan Exchange & Teaching (JET) Programme

The JET Programme aims to promote mutual understanding between Japan and other nations, foster international exchange at the local level and enhance foreign language education in Japan.

JET Programme information sessions will be held in Adelaide on Friday 19 October 2018:

1-2pm - University of Adelaide, Napier G04
3-4pm - University of Adelaide, Hughes Building Room 309
6-7:30pm - Mercure Grosvenor Hotel, 125 North Terrace

For more information, please visit www.jetprogramme.org

The full flyer can be viewed here.

Spring Picnic 2018

Spring is upon us and we'll be welcoming the season with a Spring Picnic on Sunday 14th October in Hazelwood Park. It's a bring-your-own food and drinks event and we'll be meeting near the playground from 12 noon. Everyone is welcome!

If coming by bus, alight at stop 13 on Greenhill Road and walk about 500m to the picnic spot.

The park has spacious grassed areas, BBQs, playground, duck pond, walking trails and toilets.

Click here to share the Facebook event with your friends or click here for the event flyer.

For a map of the park, please click here.

Contact details of the organisers, Kate and Emiko, can be found on the flyer.

We hope to see you there!