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Welcome to the Mountains Christian College. We trust that you will enjoy reading about the College and all it can offer you and your children. Blackheath on 16 beautiful hectares overlooking the magnificent Kanimbla Valley is an absolute haven for children! MCC is a low fee school drawing students from Woodford in the east to Wallerawang in the west. An education at Mountains Christian College could be the greatest gift you ever give your children. Mountains Christian College is a non-denominational school committed to providing a comprehensive education for students from Pre-Kindergarten to Year 12. Our students feel valued, encouraged, and supported by passionate and dedicated teachers. The College was established by Christian parents to see that its graduates. Parents' choice of school will have a lasting impact on their child's life journey. Years spent at school can be rich and exciting, involving some of life's most memorable experiences and meaningful relationships. Each school has a unique culture and set of priorities and will introduce students to particular ways of looking at what is right, what is real, what is good, and what is worthy. In considering their children's education, parents must choose a school that shares their fundamental beliefs and values and understands what is most important in life. Mountains Christian College seeks to provide a Christian education for children from Kindergarten to Year 12 in which children feel valued and safe, Jesus is honored, and where the role of parents is respected. The College believes that schooling should be a celebration of God's goodness in Christ and provide a stimulating environment in which students develop a love of learning, personal responsibility, and resilience, and awareness of the needs of others, and a desire to use their various gifts to serve God and others. The College's motto – "My Best for God's Glory" is realized through a comprehensive curriculum that includes: An outdoor education program for senior school students. A well-resourced computer laboratory The utilization of technology throughout the school A student-focused pastoral care program An ongoing focus on supporting those in need through charitable organizations such as World Vision and Samaritan's Purse A rich classroom environment with a differentiated curriculum that caters to the needs of all children. The natural setting of Mountains Christian College, which overlooks the Kanimbla Valley, is a beautiful backdrop to enhance an educational program that is purposeful, rigorous, and informed by faith in Christ. Teachers of Christian character and commitment, who can support this program and encourage students to flourish academically, is a significant priority. Mountains Christian College affirms every child's value and works in partnership with parents to provide quality Christian schooling for all its students. Our school strives to be a place where children feel valued, loved, listened to, and secure. We believe that by working hard to be a community that strives to live and relate according to Jesus' example and direction, we go a long way to achieving that aim. As the school is also owned and operated by its parents, all policies and procedures have been designed by the parents, creating a strong sense of ownership and ensuring strong cohesion between parents, staff, and students. Christian faith also gives us a unity of direction and shared values and aspirations. We strive to be connected with our community and are open to all families who desire an education that is purposeful, rigorous, and informed by faith. We accept students of all ability levels and assist low-income families in ensuring that the school is open to anyone who values the benefits of a Christian Education for their family. View full school

Thank you for your interest in our dynamic school located in the pristine Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales. Our mission to work with families to develop well-rounded individuals stems from our belief in a holistic education underpinned by strong values and character-based education. Indeed, it does take a village to raise a child, and a strong sense of community is a core feature of Snowy Mountains Grammar School. We have a responsibility to educate the hearts and minds of those most precious in our community, where they, in turn, will make meaningful contributions to the broader community now and into the future. Our moral imperative is to inspire the next generation of citizens and leaders to act ethically, to have empathy for others less fortunate, and to make a difference by achieving excellence in their chosen pathway in life. We have a responsibility to educate the hearts and minds of those most precious in our community, where they, in turn, will make meaningful contributions to the broader community now and into the future. The chosen career paths of so many of our alumni are inspiring to us all. Careers are a rapidly-evolving construct in society, with an appetite for disruption now firmly embedded in globally connected economies. As a provider of modern education, our attitude is to remain open and agile, innovate to improve the experience for students, and prepare them for the world they are entering, not the one that we, as adults, experienced when we were at school. A lively and determined attitude is fundamental to embracing lifelong learning, achieving personal success, and experiencing fulfillment in life. Critically, this process begins at a very young age. The sooner young individuals are immersed in positive, productive, and caring environments, the better – this is our gift to our children. Our dedicated staff cares deeply about our students, and this makes all the difference. As a provider of modern education, our attitude is to remain open and agile, innovate to improve the experience for students, and prepare them for the world they are entering, not the one that we, as adults, experienced when we were at school. Now is an exciting time to be part of Snowy Mountains Grammar School, with so many different opportunities being created in a wide range of learning areas and co-curricular interests. A high-quality and well-rounded education is offered right here in the Snowy Mountains, where every student can find their path in life – or create their own. Our learning environment, methodology, programs, and physical spaces are continually evolving to meet the needs of various learner types, and we do not believe in a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to learning. Our website provides insight into what we offer our students, and we hope you find this appealing. If it does, there is nothing like visiting our campus and experiencing first-hand the ‘feel’ of who we are and what we might offer your children for their future. Our mission is to work with families to develop well-rounded young people with active and creative minds who understand and compassion for others, a passion for life-long learning, and the courage and confidence to act on their beliefs. Snowy Mountains Grammar School will be recognized as a premier day and boarding school community, offering a diverse range of opportunities, leading to the development of outstanding citizens equipped for an ever-changing world. Snowy Mountains Grammar School commenced operations in 1996 in response to a direct request from the local community to Redlands to inception independent local secondary education in Jindabyne. Premises for the school were found in the former Snowy Mountains Authority Headquarters on the Kosciuszko Road in Jindabyne, transformed into a well-appointed educational center, with a unique industrial edge, highlighting the facility’s history. The school opened on the first day with 11 students, with enrolments up to 15 by the end of the day. Since then, the school has continued to expand and now educates over 250 students. As well as offering affordable independent education to a small but vibrant and growing rural community, the school offers a unique alpine boarding experience, with 46 beds available in the boarding house. Although founded by Redlands, the school has always operated as a separate entity and has created firm foundations in the local community. The school finalized its separation from Redlands in 2009 and now operates as an independent entity. The school is proud of its history and the impression it has made on the local community, offering the parents of high school-age children an alternative to boarding school or moving to a new community to complete their children’s education. View full school

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Each part of our school is independent, but we provide a combined impulse to provide an authentic and comprehensive Steiner education for children aged from 0 to 12 years in the Blue Mountains. We are a member school of Steiner Education Australia and teach according to the Australian Steiner Curriculum Framework, which has gained recognition as an alternative curriculum framework to the Australian Curriculum. We are registered with BOSTES and meet and exceed the standards required by all NSW and Federal educational regulatory bodies. Your school was founded in 1983 when a group of parents, teachers, and professionals talked about creating the first Steiner School in the Blue Mountains. All were deeply committed to Steiner education and wanted to build a school from the ground up, surrounded by the Blue Mountains wilderness, and uphold the values of Steiner Education. The group quickly settled into a core team with diverse backgrounds, including teaching, project management, social work, and legal. Throughout the foundation year, the core group of six families met regularly and began to search for the right property, eventually finding our current site at 83 Clearview Parade. They decided to fund the purchase of the property together by acting as co-guarantors, and the first-class began in 1983 with seven children. We aim to receive our students in warmth, understand, and respect them and prepare them for their future. We strive to assist them in developing skills necessary for a harmonious social life, so their social relationships flourish. We aspire to provide a learning experience that is informed, sequential, appropriate, whole, and inspiring. In order to achieve this, our approach is to work creatively to provide a balance between thinking, feeling, and willing. We believe that the life-extended learning of all members of the school is to be fostered. We recognize the importance of all staff member’s ongoing professional development. We recognize and welcome parents as an integral part of the school community and aim to provide opportunities for them to learn and share their gifts. We strive for a working environment that is healthy, sustainable, and educational, where the school’s Steiner ethos and Curriculum are upheld and respected. We recognize the importance of a good working relationship with relevant Government bodies. We aim to ensure that our students are provided with the best teaching practice and high educational standards to meet or exceed the Board of Studies requirements. The school’s executive team, comprising of the Principal and the School Council, aims to work co-operatively to ensure that the school is a well managed educational organization where leadership is highly respected and serves the school pedagogically, financially, and spiritually. Our environment is filled with rich experiences that focus on imaginative, creative, and organically driven play. Our learning environments are a unique combination of balanced open-ended child-led play experiences and intentional teaching experiences that are thoughtful and deliberate to meet all children's individual needs. Children’s development is enriched through imaginative and creative play, bush exploration, artistic activities, crafts, verses and songs, puppetry, and fairy tales. Our days are filled with outdoor nature play, circle time, meal times, indoor play, craft, rest, storytelling, music, and movement. The week has its rhythms and seasonal activities. These include gathering autumn leaves and planting seeds to deepen the child’s awareness and understanding of the natural world around them and the cycle of the seasons. In the natural, rhythmical and creative environment of our Early Learning programs, children are given the freedom, confidence, independence, and security to prepare for the next phase of their school life. View full school

For close to 100 years, Blue Mountains Grammar School has given the gift of outstanding young graduates to the Blue Mountains region, to this nation and the world. At BMGS, we believe that the most critical factors are teaching and learning, student wellbeing, and building a sense of community. Our focus is on the need for students to be able to make personal meaning from study and learning, to develop their thinking dispositions and to appreciate that learning is a life-long process while at the same time sharing their unique humanity with others and forming healthy relationships both at School, locally and further afield. Our students have opportunities to experience success, enjoy themselves, make friends, be involved in a myriad of co-curricular opportunities, be nurtured, and learn in a safe and caring Christian environment. While an education that prepares our young people for examinations is central to what we do, we focus on broader skills so that our students are equipped with outcomes for life and work as they strive to do their best. The result is to produce capable, considerate, creative, courageous, and responsible young men and women, equipped with the skills to face confidently the challenges that lie ahead of them. At Blue Mountains Grammar School, our students are at the heart of all we do. We acknowledge that every child is an individual with unique learning potential, and we encourage them to embrace learning and explore their strengths. Our curriculum process is dynamic, practical, innovative, and ever-changing, continually striving to ensure that the learning undertaken is meaningful, developmental, and purposeful. This ensures our students enjoy and are engaged and challenged by their 21st-century education. Our educational practice is underpinned by the need to ensure our students develop future-ready capabilities, so they: are globally aware and engaged have a capacity to learn, relearn and unlearn accept responsibility for their learning are flexible, energetic, creative, critical and in-depth thinkers have a strong sense of self-worth and personal identity have healthy self-esteem and are not be afraid to take a risk or to make a mistake can collaborate and communicate with one another and can form connections with others All of this occurs in a safe, stimulating, creative, supportive, and caring Christian environment. Our staff continuously review both “best” and “next practice” to provide the very best learning environment. For this reason, BMGS is a partner with the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Cultures of Thinking Project as an effective strategy for maximizing student outcomes. View full school