Northern Beaches Christian School

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Northern Beaches Christian School
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"Wisdom and Stature and Favour with God" (Luke 2:52)
Established 1981
School Type Independent, Co-educational, Day school
Denomination Non-denominational
Key People Mr. Stephen Harris (Principal)
Mr. Peter King (Chairman)
School Fees AU$5,150 p.a - AU$7,460 p.a[1]
Location Terrey Hills, New South Wales, Australia Flag of Australia
Enrolment 980 (P-12)[2]
Employees 76[2]
Colours Navy Blue, White
Homepage www.nbcs.nsw.edu.au

Northern Beaches Christian School is an independent, co-educational, non-denominational christian, day school located in Terrey Hills, a suburb on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1981, it is a member of Christian Schools Australia and a partner school of Macquarie University.

The School caters for students from pre-school to Year 12, and is divided into Primary and Secondary school sections. The school is composed of eight buildings labeled A-H and O block, with an oval currently under restoration following its alteration as part of a larger construction project. The current Principal is Stephen Harris and the current school captains are Clara McCrindle and Sam Williams with Deputy Vice Captains Luke Exton and Gracie DiMarzo. The school also has an active chaplaincy team who is lead by Mr Tim Barret and assisted by Student chaplains Luke Exton and Katie Pritchard. The school also provides various Language courses offering mainly European languages and Music Tutors which teach main instruments.


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[edit] SCIL

The school provides distance education courses to students throughout NSW through the Sydney Centre for Innovation in LearningHSC Online. A plethora of subjects are provided from English to programming.[1] Courses are also held at the school for teaches to learn about specific computer software, such as Solid Edge.


[edit] Building Project

Northern Beaches Christian School is in the process of completing a new building project. Many new facilities are being built most notably; a new library, SCIL building [2] and a new hall. For more information, download a map with explanations of specific areas. [3] Currently their is excavation and building work occurring both out the front of the school and on the oval to make way for a new entrance and sports centre respectively. S block is soon to be demolished to make way for the new SCIL and Resource Centre building and will be replaced temporarily by newer demountables named O block because of their proximity to the oval.


[edit] References

  1. ^ Fee Schedule 2007 (PDF). Northern Beaches Christian School (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-24.
  2. ^ a b Northern Beaches Christian School. SchoolSeek (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-24.

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