HOMESTAY FAMILIES
Why host an international student?
As a homestay family, you will:
- Learn about different cultures, customs, and traditions
- Build lifelong friendships with your student and their family
- Join a community of other host families through shared activities
When you host an international student, they will become a member of your family. Your student will be a long way from home and in your care. You will be expected to provide them with a safe, supportive and welcoming home environment. As a homestay family, you will be required to:
- Provide a furnished bedroom inside the family home
- Provide three meals a day along with snacks
- Provide internet access
- Provide support to your student in their studies
- Monitor your student’s health and wellbeing
- Accept duty of care for your student outside of school hours
- Negotiate reasonable expectations of behaviour inside and outside of the home
HOMESTAY FAMILIES
Become a homestay family
Open your home. Share your culture. Make lifelong connections.
Hosting an international student is a meaningful way to welcome the world into your home. It is a chance for your family to experience new cultures, build lasting friendships, and support a young person during their time in Australia.
As a regional school, we recruit and support our own homestay families.
Homestay families provide international students with a safe, welcoming, and culturally enriching experience. Families come in all forms; we welcome single parents, retirees, blended families, and adults with or without children.