Overseas Immersion Program

THE SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM - ARGENTINA

Waverley College is excited to offer for the first time an overseas language immersion program. Please use the side bar to access each section of this site. Each page covers different and important aspects of the the Immersion.

WHY GET INVOLVED?

This experience focuses on holistic language skill development and intercultural experience. It provides opportunities for selected current or future language students to travel internationally to live and study abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

This is the perfect platform for students to hone their linguistic skills in authentic, real-life settings and to strengthen their global perspective. It has the capacity to enrich their personal life and empower them in their future academic and professional endeavours.

Through this unique international experience, students have the chance to enhance their language fluency while forging new connections and long lasting friendships. Students will gain a deeper understanding of Argentina's way of life and acquire greater self confidence, maturity, autonomy, and resilience.

KEY INFORMATION

This immersion is reciprocal. It involves visiting and living abroad with a student and their family in Buenos Aires and also hosting them in your family for the duration of 4 weeks in Term 3 2026. Students will live and study abroad with their host family attending school, do extra curricular school activities and attend family holidays and events just as if they were with their own family here at home.

This opportunity is available to students in Year 9 and 10 (2026) studying Spanish at Waverley OR students who plan to study Spanish in year 11.

Acceptance into this program will be highly selective and dependent on student suitability in personality, wellbeing and academic record, and up to date tuition fees.

Selection Process for Students

Step 1

Parents/Carers and the student should discuss the program in detail. Read through all pages of this mini-site.

Step 2

Things that will be considered for students who apply. Students will display the following qualities:

positivity
independence
flexibility
self-assuredness
willingness to contribute and participate in the school community.

Students must have a good wellbeing and academic record and be confident that they can catch up on all work they may miss on their return. This is students’ responsibility. Students must be willing to work independently while away.

Students must submit all application documents in the 'Documents and Forms' page by the due dates noted on the 'Schedule page'.

In your application, please consider the following ideas:

What are we looking for?

An authentic application about who you are, what this immersion means to you, and why you are applying.
What do you hope to gain personally from this opportunity?
What qualities can you bring to a program like this?
How will you cope with difficulties (language barriers, culture shock, missing home, setbacks, etc.)

Useful links to School's pages

About our Partner School

Name: St Philip the Apostle College

Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina (located approximately 1 hour outside the CBD in a quiet, wealthy and safe suburban neighbourhood). This is a small and extremely tight knit school community that have undertaken immersions and exchanges worldwide for many years. They have a long standing partnership with Pymble Ladies College and St Catherine's School.

Length of Exchange: 4 weeks

Hosting dates: Beginning of Term 3, 2026 (Waverley families would host first)

Travel dates: End of Term 3, 2026 (After 1 week break in between, Waverley students would then travel to Argentina).

St. Philip the Apostle College is a co-education school for kindergarten to Secondary school students. They are a small prestigious private school in Don Torcuato, Province of Buenos Aires. They have a long standing overseas immersion partnership with St Catherine's School and Pymble Ladies' College and other schools around the world.

St Philip as it is a bilingual school, students will be able to speak both English and Spanish whilst abroad.

Please note: Argentina does not have a national child safeguarding screening system (the equivalent to the Working With Children Check).

We do however work closely with our Exchange Partner to ensure strong internal safeguarding processes are in place, such as Informed Consent documentation, Police Checks, Relationship building and strong communication lines developed pre-departure with hosting family.

The reciprocal design of this language immersion helps foster trust among families.