| Arden Anglican School (Pre-School & Primary School)39-43 Wongala Crescent Beecroft NSW2119 Tel: 02 9484 1146 Email: enrolments@arden.nsw.edu.au Website: www.arden.nsw.edu.au Key Details Type: Independent Level: Combined Gender: Coed Religious Affiliation: Anglican Scholarships: Yes Early Learning: Yes Learning Extension: Yes Arden Pre-School and Primary School Arden is a vibrant Christian-based pre-School to Year 12 school providing a positive learning environment that inspires girls and boys to thrive. Arden is small enough to care Yet big enough to challenge. We’re small enough to provide for each child individually nurture them and help them become well-educated young people. We’re also big enough that our dedicated staff has the resources to help your child develop into a capable well-rounded individual with an emphasis on Christian values. Our Approach To Education Since the Beecroft campus opening in 1922 we remain committed to being a child-centred parent-friendly school. From Pre-School through to Year 6 and right through to Year 12 girls and boys are encouraged to do their best while they are cared for in a nurturing environment with our devoted staff ensuring each child gets the attention they need. We provide quality programs in Gifted and Talented education as well as Learning Support and Enrichment. There are many opportunities for enriched learning experiences for instance aviolin program in Year 2 and programs designed to explore creativity and develop leadership potential. We also offer a wide range of sports as well as co-curricular activities including debating french Club dance groups bands and choirs. How We Care For Our Students Our pastoral system creates a nurturing environment for social development and academic growth. It also emphasises what is special about each child and shows them that their contributions to the school community really matter. Our ethos aims to develop children who are not just well-educated but are also well-rounded young people who are ready to serve and to lead. Specialist Teachers Our emphasis on specialist teachers in Primary School enhances students' progression onto Secondary school. Specialist teachers work with the children in Sport music art french library computers & Technology as well as Gifted and Talented. Primary School Sport Basketball softball soccer rugby Union Hockey and Netball. Learning Beyond The Classroom. Bands choirs debating public Speaking nZ Tour chess christian Groups gardening Club french Club and Tournament of Minds Highlights Our School has had outstanding HSC results every year since our first HSC cohort graduated in 2008. We are very proud of our 2012 HSC results with 25% of our students achieving ATARs over 90 including a top ATAR of 99. 35 and 1st in the State in Geography. This success begins right from our Primary School level with our strong NAPLAN testing system as well as the external testing systems we apply. Our Primary School has had a number of children who have competed at Combined Independent Schools competitions in athletics swimming and cross country running in the past few years. We have had many outstanding athletes represent at State national and International level on both an individual level and as a school. We are also very proud of our children’s participation rates in sports on Saturdays. Each term anumber of teams compete well against other schools in a range of sports. All these pursuits help us to help parents nurture and develop children who are not just well-educated but are also well-rounded young people who are ready to serve and to lead. | ||||||||||||||||||
