Platinum Morning Tea

by Tara Waller

Last Thursday, I had the privilege of having Morning Tea with around 35 Primary Students, along with Mr Maynard and Mrs Marlow, who had achieved the Principal’s Platinum Award in the Norwest Challenge. In order to achieve this level students have shown a commitment to the academic, service and participation aspects of the life of the College. It...

13 December 2018

Year 6 Celebration Dinner

The Year 6 Celebration Dinner was a memorable, reflective and sentimental night filled with partying, eating and socialising — all elements which make for a fabulous party. With 30 excited students from Year 6 and a plethora of joyful teachers, the evening was a major success. The night acknowledged our 7-year journey of Primary schooling and reminded...

6 December 2018

We are learning... Stage 1 Bolivia

by Loren Copeman

This term we have continued to learn about what life would have looked like for families in the past and how it is similar or different to our lives now. We have made lots of comparisons between the past and the present. To begin with, we looked at different types of communication devices and ways people communicated in both the past and present....

6 December 2018

Vision & Direction

by Ian Maynard

Having already explained my reasons for leaving in a recent Directions article entitled Why?, when I was asked to write my final article I stopped and reflected on the name … Directions. I remember when we named the newsletter we thought it made sense given that the new name of the College contained a direction; Norwest. It also made sense since,...

5 December 2018

Stage 1 History Excursion

by Nicole Goudie

On Wednesday, 14 November the Stage 1 students were excited to travel back in time to the Arms of Australia Inn Museum in the Penrith Valley at Emu Plains. The inn was once a staging post for travellers making the trip from Sydney over the Blue Mountains to Bathurst and the goldfields. Built it two sections, the first in 1826, it is one of the oldest...

29 November 2018