Japanese, Chinese and French
Languages other than English are a means of communicating across cultures and promoting socio-cultural understanding and competence. At Bray Park SHS, we believe that Languages prepare learners for meaningful, productive lives in a culturally and linguistically diverse society and world and help learners relate positively to the richness of human diversity.
Foreign languages have an important place in our school curriculum because of Australia's location in the Asia-Pacific region.
For Queenslanders, the study of Japanese and Chinese is especially important given the strong cultural, economic, tourism and commercial links between Australia, Japan and China.
French, a spoken language of our Polynesian neighbours, is regarded as the language of International Relations. French being the official language of The United Nations, the Olympic movement and many countries around the world, allows our students to explore a wide range of future possibilities.
Each year we welcome students from International Schools to visit our school. We have plans in place to take our students abroad to enhance their love of culture and language.
Junior
secondary
Year 7 and 8 students study either Japanese, Chinese or French for three lessons per week for a Semester.
In Year 9, Chinese and Japanese are currently offered as an elective. French will be added as an option in 2025. They study their choice of language for 3 lessons a week for a semester.
They will then have the opportunity to continue their studies of a language through to Senior secondary.
Senior secondary
Currently we offer Japanese through Year 10 to Year 12.
Chinese is offered in Year 10 will be an option for Year 11 in 2025
French will be offered in Year 10 in 2026.