Empowering Students to Excel Through Christ-Centered Education
At Newstead Christian School, we believe in providing a Christ-centred educational framework that fosters academic excellence and personal growth. Our dedicated faculty and staff are committed to nurturing students' spiritual, intellectual, and emotional development, preparing them to be curious and courageous learners who love and enjoy God's world.
Holistic Development
Formational learning focuses on the whole person: physical, intellectual, spiritual, social, and emotional. It involves and impacts a student's head, heart, and hands.
Structured Literacy
Structured Literacy encapsulates our bold vision to make sure that by 2028, every students that has been with us since Year 7, leaves our school functionally literate.
Community Engagement
NCS is a community of parents, students and staff, working together to raise the next generations of children. We want students to be comfortable interacting with and serving each other and the wider community.
Global Awareness
This world belongs to Jesus and He has made it to reflect His power and majesty. We seek to celebrate this by encouraging students to love the people and places that God has made.
Health and Wellbeing
Each of us is a unique human being, created and loved by God. Each of us brings who we are to our classrooms - our personality, heritage, life experience, expressions of faith and qualities that make us who we are. We seek to help every child grow into who God has made them to be.
Spiritual Formation
Christian education has a central and clear intention to contribute to students forming vibrant, living and active faiths. Our deep hope is that we will see our students as precious image-bearers of God, with distinctive gifts and full of potential for learning, faith, and being responsive disciples of the Lord Jesus both now and in the future.
A Comprehensive Journey From Kinder to High School
At Newstead Christian School, we offer a seamless educational journey from Junior to High School, emphasising growth, creativity, and Christian values. Our vibrant and engaging learning environments inspire students to explore, learn, and grow.
- Personalised Learning Paths: Tailored educational experiences meet the unique needs of each student, fostering personal and academic development.
- Creative and Critical Thinking: Encouraging innovation and critical analysis through hands-on learning and problem-solving activities.
- Values-Based Education: Integrating Christian principles throughout our curriculum to guide students in moral and ethical growth.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Answers on all the questions you may have about learning at Newstead Christian School. Can’t find the answer to your question? Contact us with any queries.
What is the Importance of Outdoor Education at NCS?
Outdoor Education begins as Bush Discovery in Kinder and continues until Year 10.
How does NCS prepare students for their future?
We believe that each child has God given skills, passions and talents. Our aim is to help each student discover their innate abilities and develop them to become Equipped and Empowered to Serve God and their community in adult life.
We aim to build resilience in all our students, powerfully literate and sure in who they were created to be.
What support systems are in place for students at NCS?
Our learning environment is nurturing, Christ-centered, and encourages academic excellence. We provide a Learning Support Coordinator, Teacher Assistants and a Chaplain who all are focussed on being available for Specialist Learning needs or an ear for students struggling with daily life.
What extracurricular opportunities are available at NCS?
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How does NCS integrate Christian values into education?
NCS's teachers introduce Biblical values and ethics in all classes as they implement the Australian Curriculum. Daily School life includes devotions and prayer, as well as Bible Studies. Christian values instruct all our activities at school and is from where we develop our community and respect for each other. All our staff are role models who live out their own Christian Faith in the class and playground.
What is Structured Literacy and why is it important at NCS?
Structured literacy employs systematic and explicit instruction that integrates listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It addresses all the essential components that are highlighted in the word recognition and language comprehension.
NCS has been at the forefront of implementing the Orton Gillingham approach to Structured Literacy that provides a framework to include both the principles (how we should teach) and the elements (what we should teach). We are committed to improving the literacy of all out students so they are well prepared for achieving their best after school.