Northern+Beaches+Christian+School

= [|Northern Beaches Christian School] =
 * Stephen Harris - Principal
 * Anne Knock Director od SCIL

This is a K-12 co-ed private school. (Middle level fees)
 * Points of Interest:**
 * Brand new SCIL (Sydney Centre for Innovative Learning) Buiding
 * Great architecture.
 * Learning spaces
 * Excellent use of technology
 * Creative furniture
 * Middle School Program
 * "Matrix" model blended learning- Year 7 & 8 are in "traditional class groups for most of the time but in several blocks the Year group comes together with several teachers, in an "Open Plan" area to work on units from a Project Based, Integrated model . They see this as giving them "the best of both worlds".
 * Transition program for studetns new to Year 7 (about half of 140)
 * Year 9 and 10
 * Significant efforts to involve technology in pedagogy. Led by Stephen Collis, innovative use of "Second Life", Twitter, Skype etc.
 * Varied learning patterns in Primary
 * Extraordinary Creative Arts Building
 * Strong emphasis on Technology throughout school
 * External HSC (online) Courses for external students.

Mick Prest's reflections (March 2010)