RETURNING TO SOUTH HOUSE

Providing a unique learning experience for Year 4 students, our South House program turns 10 in 2023.

Officially opened in 2014, the South House program provides an immersive educational experience for our Year 4 students. Situated on campus in a purpose-built facility, South House provides a treasured 'gap year' in which students engage in a unique educational journey and understand themselves as both learners and as responsible members of the Ruyton community. With its own vegetable garden and kitchen based on Stephanie Alexander’s Kitchen Garden Program, and a full schedule of community-based learning experiences, our Year 4 girls become increasingly aware of themselves as global citizens, as they take on greater responsibility and effect action. The Kitchen Garden Program is also integrated into the curriculum with possibilities to reinforce literacy, numeracy, STEM and environmental sustainability.

The first ever Year 4 class to experience South House, graduated Year 12 in 2022. To celebrate, the current Year 4 students invited the Year 12 girls back to South House for a homemade pizza picnic. A wonderful time was spent with the Year 12 students reminiscing about their time spent in South House. Equally, the Year 4 girls were thrilled to be able to cook for and entertain the Year 12 students prior to their VCE exams. Due to the success of the homemade pizza picnic in 2022, this reunion event will continue in 2023 and beyond.