Newcastle Grammar School

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Newcastle Grammar School offers a positive education approach to student wellbeing and personal growth for K-12, an academic environment that fosters personal achievement and encourages each student to reach his or her potential, a K-12 Learning Framework, an innovative approach to STEM curriculum, excellent facilities and resources, vast opportunities in co-curricular areas (sports, music, outdoor education, intellectual pursuits, and service-learning), a strong values-based culture based on Christian principles, in the tradition of the Anglican Church and a history of success for close to 100 years with a forward-looking vision.

At the heart of our approach to teaching and learning is the fundamental belief that all students can succeed at school. We know that the quality of teaching is the most significant school-based factor affecting student outcomes. Therefore, we aim to provide students with a consistently high education standard based on evidence-based research into effective teaching and current learning theory.

We provide a holistic curriculum designed to support and empower students in their pursuit of excellence. Student wellbeing is at the core of academic success and an intrinsic aspect of the school’s ethos. Therefore, underpinning our academic curriculum is a progressive wellbeing program based on the principles of Positive Psychology.

Our staff is supported in their endeavors to enhance student learning and educational outcomes through high-quality professional development. The overarching goal of our approach to teaching and learning is to foster the development of crucial learning attributes that will prepare our students to lead lives of purpose and success. A graduate of Newcastle Grammar School is cognizant of shared humanity through the complementary elements of the Heart, Head & Hand. Students of Newcastle Grammar School are encouraged to be:

• Knowledgeable
• Communicators
• Critical Thinkers
• Ethical
• Entrepreneurial
• Reflective
• Curious
• Collaborative
• Creative
• Compassionate
• Independent
• Happy

Newcastle Boys’ Grammar School opened on the present site in 1859 in Berkeley House and operated until 1902. Newcastle Church of England Girls’ Grammar School was officially opened on 22 July 1918 with fifty-six girls. While the school was briefly relocated away from the Coast in World War II, Newcastle Girls’ Grammar School’s opening marks our school’s historically significant birth today. Each year, we mark the Founders’ Day as a celebration of our heritage.

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