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Penrith Christian School honors the privilege entrusted to educate the next generation – our leaders of tomorrow – and welcomes the opportunity to partner with you to equip, inspire, and empower your child with foundations for life. Penrith Christian School is a vibrant Preschool to Year 12 educational facility registered and accredited with the NSW Board of Studies. We are a distinctive Christian school with a unique four-tiered school structure reflecting the critical stages in the life of a child Early Childhood Services, Junior School, Middle School, and Senior School. Our Christian staff believes that caring for your child is as important as teaching them. Alongside our rigorous academic program, we provide a range of pastoral care, anti-bullying, and personal development programs that build each child's self-esteem and sense of belonging. We are renowned for our all-roundedness, catering to students' vast needs with diverse learning styles, course subjects, and facilities, equipping them to face life's challenges. Penrith Christian School is not merely about providing an education to enable students to enter university. It is about equipping them to lead fulfilling lives no matter which career path they choose. Penrith Christian School values each student for who they are and endeavor to foster an atmosphere of ''family'' with love and discipline where children feel accepted, secure, supported, and empowered to be all God created them to be. We focus on cultivating a love of learning and lifelong friendships. We pride ourselves on offering affordable, quality, Christ-centred education based on Truth, Integrity, and Excellence – equipping your child for life! We believe students develop best within a caring and close-knit community. By working in close collaboration with parents, we strive to realize their children's dreams and open the doors to each student'sstudent's future. Penrith Christian School has an intimate community that sets us apart. We believe each student is unique and what is best for each child forms the foundation of every decision made at Penrith Christian School. We rigorously pursue excellence and are a forward-thinking and ever-expanding educational facility. We have a strong commitment to the ongoing professional development of our staff and advancements in digital technology. We boast a 1:1 computer to student ratio with a wireless network enabling ''anywhere anytime'' access to the online school curriculum and intranet. Priority is given to small class sizes, with a strong emphasis placed on building literacy and numeracy skills. An education at Penrith Christian School fosters Truth, Integrity, and Excellence, enabling students to graduate as well-rounded leaders with a distinct desire to go into the world to make a difference. Our history began with a vision from God to our founding forefather Ps Gordon Gibbs calling parents to bring their children up ''in the discipline and instruction of the Lord'Lord' Ephesians 6:4b (RSV). As seeds of promise and provision took root, God watered, and they grew into individuals whom today bear much good fruit. Penrith Christian School – with Christ central to all that we are and do – was birthed in faith in 1981 as Heritage Christian School from Penrith Christian Life Centre, known today as ImagineNations Church. In 1985 the school became known as Penrith Christian Community School with twenty-two students, one teacher, and one teaching Principal. In 1989 the school moved into Secondary education with the establishment of Year 7 and in 1995 graduated its first Year 12 in the Higher School Certificate. We introduced a double-stream in 1997 and, in 2006, became known as Penrith Christian School. Since our humble beginnings, we have grown to a Preschool to Year 12 School with an enviable reputation of achieving excellence in a wide range of curriculum areas, including academia, performing arts, trades, and sport. The mission of Penrith Christian School is to equip students to fulfill God'sGod's purpose for their lives through the provision of innovative, excellent, and Christ-centered education based on Biblical values. The vision of Penrith Christian School is to provide a Christ-centered education for significant and abundant living that gives glory to God, acknowledging Him as the One from whom and for whom all knowledge exists. Our vision is united with that of ImagineNations Church in providing a ministry that ultimately identifies and encourages the expression of each individual's place in the Kingdom of God. We seek to work in partnership with Christian families to foster students' development so that they will ''grow up into Christ'Christ' as mature Christian adults, having an intimate knowledge of God through His Son Jesus Christ and a confident understanding of the purposes for which God has created them. Penrith Christian School acknowledges each student to be the specific creation of a loving God with strengths, weaknesses, gifts, and talents. We seek to identify these characteristics and nurture individual growth in the context of a loving and caring Christian community. Christian education is far more than merely teaching Biblical Studies in the classroom. It is the constant modeling, teaching, and reinforcing of the Christian lifestyle to effectively shape our lives. The quality of education does not rest with what a person knows, but who a person is and what they become. View full school

One of the challenges parents face when deciding where to send their children to school is 'How do we choose?' Education today has changed, and parents should not use the learning experiences and methods they had as students to measure what they believe is the best today. Today's global, digital, and collaborative world is what students are already engaged in and need to be prepared for. Penrith Anglican College prepares students for a bright future, from the inquiry-based, student-centered learning in Pre-K classrooms through to the various academic and co-curricular opportunities offered throughout the Primary and Senior years, including our impressive Music and Performing Arts programs. Our Year 11 and 12 students have the opportunity to choose between the Higher School Certificate or the globally recognized. The Anglican Schools Corporation established Penrith Anglican College with a clear vision: to encourage students to live with purpose and develop a personal faith in Christ. That founding vision remains at the heart of our College. In 1994, John Lambert, the NSW Assistant Director-General of Education, recognized a need in the rapidly growing Penrith area for a low fee, academically excellent Christian school, and felt the Anglican Church could fill this gap. To educate students to become informed and responsible global citizens who follow Christ and serve others. Penrith Anglican College was established in 1998 with a clear vision – to educate students to live with purpose and develop a personal faith in Christ. The College seeks to provide an innovative, rigorous, and Christ-centred education that encourages a culture of personal excellence through inquiry, learning, and achievement. Penrith Anglican College provides a broadly inclusive and nurturing community, where students are encouraged to participate fully in the life of the College. Many opportunities are available to students to develop their unique talents to serve the College and broader communities – now and in the future. The College stands for personal excellence and a progressive approach to learning, preparing students for the future, and a life of purpose through Christ. At Penrith Anglican College, every student is encouraged to strive for personal excellence and grow as a forwarding thinker. As an International Baccalaureate (IB) College, we adhere to the IB Learner Profile. We believe these values help our students become responsible and active participants in our local, national, and global communities. Penrith Anglican College offers a range of activities and opportunities to develop these characteristics. As IB Learners, we encourage students to be inquirers, knowledgeable, thinkers, communicators, principled, open-minded, caring, risk-takers, balanced, and reflective. At Penrith Anglican College, we believe that caring for and developing the whole child within an environment of Christian care is essential. As well as nurturing excellence in academia, sports, the performing, and creative arts, the College highly values the well-being of its students. The College believes that humans are made in God's image, and so all human life is valuable, deserving of care and respect. Motivated by the example of Jesus Christ, students are encouraged to value themselves, relationships with others, and God. We believe the most effective way we can equip our students to strengthen their well-being is through implementing an evidence-based Pre K-12 Positive Education framework. Positive Education encompasses the science of Positive Psychology in conjunction with the best practice in teaching and learning within an educational setting (Green, Oades & Robinson, 2011). It encourages educators to look at the whole child, helping students to develop holistically through a proactive approach (Waters, 2011), building on the capabilities God has given humans. View full school