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An independent Anglican co-educational boarding and day school, Geelong Grammar School boasts a reputation as a pioneer of modern education. From its origins in 1855, the School has always had a distinctive character. After outgrowing several Geelong locations the School moved to a 245-hectare site on the edge of Corio Bay in 1914, creating the unique learning and living environment that exists today. In 1953 it established Timbertop, a remote campus in the foothills of the Victorian Alps inspired by the philosophies of German educator Kurt Hahn. Timbertop exposes the School’s Year 9 students to intellectual, physical, and emotional challenges under demanding environmental conditions, where they connect to their strengths, develop confidence, and learn the value of cooperative endeavor. The School became co-educational in the early 1970s, preparing students for the dynamic of the modern world through enabling boys and girls to live and learn alongside each other. It is now Australia’s largest co-educational boarding school. Spread across four campuses, it has a non-selective enrolment policy and approximately 1,500 students from Early Learning to Year 12, including more than 800 boarders. The School introduced its transformational Positive Education program in 2009. Developed from the science of Positive Psychology in collaboration with Professor Martin Seligman and his team from the University of Pennsylvania, Positive Education focuses on cultivating positive emotions and character traits, encouraging students to find purpose and lead engaged and meaningful lives. More than 300 Geelong Grammar School staff have taken part in intensive residential training courses and Positive Education is taught at each year level, at every campus, and across all aspects of school life. Explicit teaching is delivered in Years 7, 8, 9, and 10 through specific Positive Psychology programs written by the world’s leading research psychologists and developed in collaboration with experienced classroom teachers. Studies over the past 20 years suggest that these explicit Positive Psychology programs lead students to have increased levels of creativity, better critical thinking skills, and increased levels of positive emotion. They also have significant impacts on depression, anxiety, and adjustment disorders. Umberto Private Mail Bag, Mansfield, Victoria, Australia, 3722 Tel: +61 3 5733 6777 Fax: +61 3 5777 5772 [email protected] Middle School, Corio Campus 50 Biddlecombe Avenue, Corio, Victoria, Australia, 3214 Tel: +61 3 5273 9231 Fax: +61 3 5273 [email protected] Toorak Campus 14 Douglas Street, Toorak, Victoria, Australia, 3142 Tel: +61 3 9829 1444 Fax: +61 3 9826 [email protected] Bostock House Campus 139 Noble Street, Newtown, Victoria, Australia, 3220 Tel: +61 3 5221 7760 Fax: +61 3 5221 [email protected] View full school

Playgroups are held each week and provide a warm and welcoming space for carers and children. Two playgroups are offered and cater to children from birth to pre-kindergarten. Both playgroups flow to a gentle rhythm that incorporates kneading dough for honey buns, craft, indoor and outdoor free-play, singing, storytelling and fingerplays, and a shared morning tea and lunch (depending on the length of the session).'Stepping Stones' (for 3+yo) offers a longer session and is run as a Rostered Playgroup, enabling parents to leave their child if they are ready, in the care of Playgroup Leader Kelli and rostered parents. This provides an opportunity for the child to experience more independence in a nurturing environment, in preparation for kindergarten. Of course, parents may stay with their children for the duration of the session if they wish. Freshwater Creek Steiner School is an independent non-denominational Primary School, Kindergarten, and Playgroup. We are a small, rural school situated on 12 acres within a farming community close to the tiny township of Freshwater Creek and surf coast beaches. The purpose of Freshwater Creek Steiner School (FCSS) is to provide high-quality child-centered education in the light of the College of Teachers' interpretation of Rudolf Steiner's philosophy of pedagogy. In essence, Rudolf Steiner's education recognizes the soul faculties of the human being which emerge and develop during childhood. Our education is based on engaging the whole child working with the “head”, “heart”, and “hands”. Our curriculum and methodology use these faculties in the teaching of each subject area. In doing so, the faculties themselves are strengthened. Here at Freshwater Creek Steiner School, we aim to provide an education of the highest quality so that our students become balanced adult individuals, having developed a clarity of thinking, the sensitivity of feeling, and strength of will to enable children to participate fully and constructively in contemporary Australian society. Our Mission Inspire within the children a love of learning, a morality that strives for goodness, an appreciation of beauty, and a pursuit of truth. Inspire a sense of wonder and a healthy positive connection to the world, arising from a knowledge of and responsibility toward the individuality of themselves and each other. Inspire a sense of the spiritual dimension for life as well as a healthy respect for the physical. Provide an education of the highest quality so that our students become balanced adult individuals, having developed a clarity of thinking, the sensitivity of feeling, and strength of will. Provide our students with the knowledge, skills and values, and strength which will enable them to work competently in the world and to participate fully and constructively in the society contemporary Australia. Develop in our students a desire to extend learning throughout their lives and values which will enable them to find a path in life. View full school

Florida Prep is a premier day and boarding school in Melbourne, Florida. We are a coeducational college-prep school for grades 5-12. Florida Prep values integrity, community, and scholarship at every level. Set in 11 acres of lush tropical landscape, the Florida Prep campus boasts a full-sized sports field, baseball nets, gymnasium, outdoor concert area, tennis courts, landscaped gardens, and many locations to gather, chat, or seek solitude. Our campus features a large, open grassy play area that allows for unstructured fun and activities, such as playing ball or tag and lots of space in which to enjoy the company of their peers and develop social and language skills. In 1925, Ernest Kouwen-Hoven erected the first building on what is now the Florida Preparatory Academy campus. It was a magnificent Spanish Mediterranean-style mansion, complete with an authentic Art Deco interior. He used the mansion as his home for only one year before selling it in 1926 to A.S. Widrig, who added extra rooms to it and renamed the property "The Lincoln Hotel." In 1957, The Lincoln Hotel was sold to August J. Rimer, the original owner of the Green Bay Packers. He renamed the hotel "The Barcelona." In 1961, Mr. Rimer sold The Barcelona Hotel to Mr. Jonathan Dwight, an educator and aviation enthusiast from New Jersey. Several months later, with his wife Emmy Dwight, he founded Florida Air Academy, a military-style college preparatory school for young men. In the fall of 2005, the Academy began accepting female students in both boarding and day capacities. The girls made an excellent contribution to the school and raised the bar academically. There have been five female valedictorians since the school became coeducational. In 2011, Florida Air Academy celebrated its 50th Anniversary year. Four years later in June of 2015, FAA became Florida Preparatory Academy (Florida Prep) to more accurately reflect its college preparatory identity. The AFJROTC program became an optional elective instead of a requirement. The flight program continues to offer students the opportunity to study to obtain their private pilot's license at age 16! The Academy is now undergoing another change in identity. In 2017 the school was purchased by a California-based investment company, New open USA. As a result, major investment in campus technology, the expansion of the campus footprint, and dormitory refurbishment is currently underway. Several new support programs, including SAT and ACT prep, are being introduced, and a new academic STEAM-focused curriculum, designed to utilize our new campus facilities, is in the pipeline. An active faculty recruitment drive is yielding top-class talent from within the USA and beyond. Academics, leadership, character, and preparing students for college and a global business environment continue to be our primary focus. The mission of Florida Prep is to prepare each student for college success and beyond in a way that leads to personal wisdom and integrity, cross-cultural partnerships and a global vision, and service to others, society, and the environment. View full school

Strengthening young people’s senses of civic engagement and community, assisting them to achieve their educational, developmental, and social goals. Throughout its short history (the School opened in 2008), Esperance Anglican Community School (EACS) has developed a reputation for sound academic achievement, nurturing pastoral care, a long-established Anglican tradition, and a wide diversity of co-curricular activities. This demonstrates our endeavor to provide the best all-around education for our students by fully supporting them in their intellectual, emotional, psychological, physical, social, and spiritual development. Our objective is for EACS students to be the architects of their lives looking beyond the ordinary to achieve the extraordinary, in making a difference to the world in which they live. In encouraging our students to achieve their potential, we place a major emphasis on the creation of a dynamic teaching and learning environment, both within and outside the classroom. At EACS, we work in partnership with you and your family in a supportive Christian community to nurture, stimulate and challenge your child. Our highly professional, innovative, and caring staff have been individually chosen to cater to the wide-ranging talents of each student and to offer a broad array of co-curricular activities. Working together, we can help your child reach their potential through a balanced involvement in the many facets of the life of the School. At Esperance Anglican Community School our staff has invested many hours in the further development of our curriculum, and the implementation of these programs across the School. We are delighted in the achievements of our students in all areas of School life – academic, spiritual, cultural, and sporting. We aim to work in partnership with parents to provide a well-rounded, balanced education that lays the foundation for a successful life. View full school

An Early Learning to Year 12 campus, Encounter was established in 2001 and is fortunate to benefit from a vibrant, pioneering spirit that enables us to meet change and challenge with enthusiasm. Being a school of the Lutheran Church, our faith inspires us to care, to lead learning with passion, and to strive above and beyond for your child and their welfare. We are conscious of the changing nature of education and seek to provide a truly unique pathway for each child, as well as a perspective that will allow them to embrace their future with an open heart and mind to others and their world. That’s our commitment to you as families of Encounter, as we seek to be the best we can be while striving to offer the same for your child. The Encounter Lutheran Community exists to: Share the peace of Jesus, make a real impact on the lives and learning of students and nurture dynamic partnerships. Our Vision is To be a connected community where innovative teaching inspires action and where God’s love is shared and celebrated. Encounter Lutheran College invites prospective families to book a personal tour of our College with Principal Kelvin Grivell. This is an informative way of experiencing “first-hand” what we offer our students and families and the “community-feel” of our College. We have major intakes into our Early Learning Centre, Reception, Years 7, 8, and 10 with limited vacancies available in all other year levels. Applications to enroll your child at Encounter can be submitted at any time. We encourage early applications to increase the likelihood of securing a place for your child in your preferred entry year. This will incur a $50 application fee. Upon the receipt of your child’s application, an interview will be arranged with the Principal or relevant Head of School. A formal written offer of enrolment will occur and will only be confirmed upon receipt of the application completed documentation and the payment of a $250 enrolment deposit. View full school

The Church, the Board, the Administration team, and Staff desire that each student will grow into their destiny in Christ. I thank God that our students and families are an integral part of Dale Christian School! This book of guidelines provides information about life at Dale Christian School. DCS is not just a school with a set of policies. It is a spirit and a people. However, policies and regulations are necessary to maintain the spirit and order we desire. Realizing you may not agree with every policy, we expect that you will respect and respond properly to the authority of DCS. We trust that these guidelines will help maintain a positive and God-honouring environment for you and your child. My prayer for our students & families is that you come to know what it means to love and live for Jesus Christ. We at DCS want to help our students succeed. Our desire is for our students & families to experience joy and satisfaction from achieving excellence at school and in all facets of life. We believe God is honored by our diligent efforts. We are committed to working with our students and families to see that God is honored in their lives and our school. At Dale Christian School we offer affordable, quality Christ-centred education as we strive to equip our students with skills and strong values that encourage them to pursue excellence in all areas. Every student who attends Dale Christian School will bear the claims of Christ in their life through management, curriculum, and teaching practices and see the love of God at work in the school community. ale Christian School is part of a wider movement of Christian schools that actively promote Christ-centred education. The effect of these schools on Australian education over the past 20 years has been significant, but the greatest benefit to families comes from active involvement in their local Christian schools. Dale Christian School is an outreach activity of the Armadale Congregational Church Inc. and is affiliated with Christian Schools Australia. The school is managed on a day-to-day basis by the Principal, who is responsible to a duly elected Board. The Board is responsible to the Church. In 2013 Dale celebrated 30 years of providing Christian Education. Dale Christian School opened in July 1983, utilizing the hall and Manse of the old Armadale Congregational Church with two classes totaling 21 students. The school rapidly outgrew the original site and in late 1985 the Church purchased the former Dale Drive-In located on Forrest Road. In 2002 we saw the commencement of Dale's Middle School with 38 students in Year 7 & 8. At the beginning of 2015, we moved into the new secondary school, where we are today. The Dale Christian School Board believes that God's grace and love have built the school to all that it is today and look forward to what God has planned for it in the future. View full school

A warm & welcoming experience, playgroup activities include indoor play, art, and craft, reading stories together, music, and movement. Each week will be interesting and exciting, with new things to experience. View full school

Mission Boys educated to know, to do, to live with others, and to be. Our mission underpins all that we do at Christ Church Grammar School. It encapsulates the energy, diversity, and rigor of the School’s programs while highlighting the importance of community and the spiritual side of humanity. Adapted from the International Commission on Education for the Twenty-First Century, UNESCO, 1996. Vision A school renowned for building good men to make a positive difference in their world. 899 William McClemans arrived in Perth and was immediately appointed a deacon of the Perth diocese. In the following year, he was ordained as a Church of England priest. During the early years of his professional life, he succeeded the Reverend Canon Charles Lefroy as the fifth rector of Christ Church in Claremont and became a Canon of St George’s Cathedral, the first clergyman ordained in Western Australia to be so appointed. McClemans is fondly remembered as a man with a vision and the person solely responsible for conceiving a school on the grounds where Christ Church campus now resides. In August 1909, McClemans asked the Diocesan Trustees of Western Australia to purchase a block of land for a preparatory school, arguing that ‘at the present time there is no boys’ preparatory school in the state and that if the church does not do something soon, some other religious body will step in, and we shall lose our opportunity. On 7 February 1910 the Reverend William McClemans, the rector of Christ Church, Claremont opened the doors of a small, preparatory school. Christ Church Grammar School is an Anglican school and as part of the Anglican Church of Australia Christ Church is committed to building good men in the Christian faith. At Christ Church, we take a holistic perspective and focus on influencing and inspiring a new generation of boys to make informed decisions regarding their physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. The Christ Church LW Parry Preparatory School carries an enrolment of 500 boys from Pre-Primary through to Year 6. There are two classes at each level from Pre-Primary to Year 3 and four classes at each level from Year 4 to Year 6. The boys begin their journey through six Phases of Learning from Pre-Primary onwards. The developmental phases center on motivating your son to discover and realize the best in himself and others. In 2019, as part of our new Preparatory School build, Christ Church will open its exciting new Early Learning Community (ELC). The Community will cater for Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten boys as well as our Pre-Primary boys and will feature state-of-the-art learning facilities and access to an environment full of discovery. The Christ Church Senior School carries an enrolment of 1160 boys from Year 7 through to Year 12. In Senior School, your son will continue the journey through the Phases of Learning, which center on motivating him to discover and realize the best in himself and others. Boys are challenged to extend themselves during these vital transition years in the Senior School, both in and outside the classroom. This phase aims to expand their view of themselves, explore their abilities in the different subject disciplines, and continue their exploration of the world outside the School. Boys have a greater choice over a range of academic and co-curricular subjects in which they can explore their skills and talents. This phase of learning is the next step towards discovering the men they hope to become as well as helping them to shape their future dreams into achievable goals. In his final two years of schooling, each student takes on the challenge of mastering the skills necessary for his chosen pathway. He is encouraged to take full responsibility for his learning as he focuses on developing excellence and expertise in his six chosen subjects. View full school

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Our vision is to enable Jewish continuity, through the knowledge, identification, and connectedness that is taught and modeled in the school. We uphold the vision of Am Yisrael Chai the eternal nation and Jewish continuity. The Carmel experience is empathetic, academically rigorous, of high quality, and grounded within the practices and traditions of Modern Orthodox Judaism and Zionism. Students benefit from a stimulating academic environment while being simultaneously encouraged to delve deeply into their faith and culture, thereby understanding themselves and their potential. A revival of Jewish consciousness became apparent all over the world in the 1950s following the destruction of the Central European Jewish communities during World War II. This was reflected in Perth with the establishment in February 1957 of the Seeligson Kindergarten, with 17 pupils. The success of this undertaking led to a meeting of parents in 1958 resolving to start a day school. Carmel School opened in 1959 with 11 pupils, housed in premises adjoining the Shule in Brisbane Street. In 1962 the School moved to new premises on the Maccabean Grounds in Yokine. The JN Shohet Junior High School was established in 1974, followed by the JJ & N Krasnostein Senior High School in February 1978, allowing the school to cater for all levels from kindergarten to Year 12. View full school

The Christian beliefs of the school are set out in the first 20 chapters of the Westminster Confession of Faith. The school believes that these chapters faithfully reflect what the Bible teaches about God and His plan for salvation through the death of His Son, Jesus Christ. Because the Bible is God’s word, it forms the basis for thinking and understanding in every area of the curriculum. Because the Bible speaks about all of life, so does the school. Therefore, at Carinya, children are not sheltered inappropriately, from what is ugly or unpleasant in the world. Instead, at an age-appropriate time, they are taught about the world they will need to confront for Christ, as they grow to maturity. The school takes this approach because Carinya is not a school where religious activities are an additional part of the academic curriculum. On the contrary, the school seeks to acknowledge Jesus Christ in every area of school life. He is integral to everything we do. Subjects in the curriculum are taught to reflect how God sees the world He has created and how the world which is examined in the curriculum reflects His character and mind. Christian values are taught in the school with intent, even passion, but always within a framework where firstly the Creator of those values is loved and honored by those who teach our students. Our first aim for every child is that they know and love the Lord Jesus Christ and serve Him in their learning and their life. The essential elements of the educational process the home, the learner, the curriculum, and the teacher are interpreted in a framework based on an understanding of the person and authority of Jesus Christ. At Carinya, we believe in every child has been personally and individually created by Jesus Christ, to know Him and follow Him. Therefore, each child is to be taught and valued as an individual, made in the image of God each child receives all their talents and abilities from Jesus each child is to develop, use and enjoy their talents and abilities for Jesus the talents and abilities of each child are to be valued equally in the classroom and the school community. Jesus is therefore central to the way Carinya understands the child as a learner in the educational process. The curriculum of the school examines the world that Jesus has made and our place in it. As children experience the curriculum they also learn what Jesus thinks about His world and how He wants us to respond to it. That is why we can say that the curriculum is “centered” on Christ. He created what we learn about and He helps us understand how to live obediently in that world. Carinya is therefore a school where, like the case, the curriculum is centered on Jesus Christ. Teachers at Carinya are obliged to: To treat a child as an individual because they are made by Jesus in His image, a teacher must believe that to be true about the child and himself. To teach a child that everything they learn about in the curriculum has come from the mind and hand of Jesus, a teacher must believe that to be true To respond to a child’s learning in a way that points them to Jesus as the source of all their opportunities and abilities, a teacher must believe that to be true. Teaching children honestly and effectively is not just about giving them information or “values”, or leading them to conclusions. These all matter, but context and personal conviction matter much more. A teacher cannot point children to Jesus Christ in their learning if they are not personally committed to Jesus Christ in their teaching. At Carinya our teaching methods are based on an understanding of the learner, the curriculum, and the teaching process, informed by what we know about Jesus Christ. Therefore students are encouraged: to appreciate themselves as an individual, created on purpose and for a purpose to think of themselves as learners, studying and enjoying the world created by Jesus to see all of their abilities as gifts from Jesus to them to seek delight in the abilities they have been given and enjoy what they can achieve with those abilities (to “seek the reward in the task”) to always do their best in whatever they do (to “be faithful”) At Carinya, students are encouraged to thankfully enjoy and use their skills and abilities to bring glory to the Lord Jesus, and not seek that glory for themselves. Students are taught in an atmosphere of community and co-operation, not rivalry and competition. Students are taught that “coming first” and “beating” classmates is not the goal of their learning. Rather, the joy and reward of learning itself and the privilege of sharing their gifts as they help others are encouraged. We believe that rivalry in the classroom, established by artificial methods of “rewards”, is counterproductive both to the child’s learning and to the broader aims of the school. Because we reject rivalry and competition in the classroom students are encouraged to “seek the reward in the task”. That means students are to look for any “reward” in faithfully completing all tasks to the best of their abilities. In other words, the “reward” for learning mathematics is that they now know more mathematics. The “reward” for learning to read is that they can read. In educational terms, students are taught to seek “intrinsic” rather than “extrinsic” rewards. View full school

Calvary Christian College is continually expanding and launching new initiatives that provide an excellent environment in which young people can succeed by finding and pursuing God’s unique purpose for their life. View full school

559 Beenleigh Redland Bay Rd, Carbrook QLD 4130Phone +61 7 30302957 View full school