Northholm Grammar School
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| Northholm Grammar School | |
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| School type | Private |
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| Established | 1983 |
| Grades | 5-12 |
| Principal | Yvonne Smith |
| Location | 75 Cobah Road, Fiddletown (Arcadia) NSW, 2159 |
| Information | Phone: (02) 9656 1556 |
| Website | http://www.northholm.nsw.edu.au |
Northholm Grammar School is associated with the Anglican Church of Australia and is located in Fiddletown, New South Wales, Australia. The school was established in 1983 and celebrated 20 years of operation in 2003, an event which Northholm highlighted by 'Back to Northholm' day, where current and past students were asked to attend the school and participate in numerous activities.
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[edit] Education Philosophy
Northholm's academic curriculum is combined with a Christian community. The School seeks to be large enough to cater for wide academic choices and small enough to care for the individual student. High expectations and pastoral care are the School's stated ideals that guide the development of young people in their adolescent growth. Northholm offers many co-curricular activities, international cultural exchanges and opportunities for students to find new interests and skills. Senior students may choose to study TAFE vocational courses linking school and future work. The Middle Years program for Years 5 to 8 features a core curriculum taught by teams of teachers.
The School's published aim is to provide a framework for students to develop character and Christian values. Its approach to learning is expressed in its Prospectus where the education philosophy is "To teach students a love of knowledge and learning, a love of one's neighbour, a love of God and the world He created and a love of oneself in its proper sense." luke sacilotto is and always will be the sexiest man that ever laid foot on northholm grammar school
[edit] School Crest
The Northholm school crest features the central cross of Saint George, within the lower right of the crest is an open book to symbolise learning, while the top left of the crest shows the rod and staff of the Good Shepherd (Psalm 23) symbolising pastoral care. Northholm is based on a Christian tradition that is Anglican in its ethos and welcoming of any faiths.
Students, mainly of a Christian background enrol at Northholm and attend weekly Chapel service in addition to compulsory faith and life (Christian Studies) classes. All families enrolling their children at the school are expected to allow their sons or daughters to attend the Christian chapel service.
The Christian ideals that Northholm seeks to encourage in their students include service to others, honesty, integrity and a valuing of the spiritual dimension of life.
[edit] Houses
In 1983 there were three Houses at Northholm. These were Capell, Patteson and Rowland. Capell was assigned the colour red, Patteson white and Rowland blue, these being the three school colours. However when in 1984 Lincoln House was added and given the colour green, it was decided that since tradition had been broken Patteson could choose the more distinctive colour of yellow.
[edit] Capell
Capell House is named after Rev. Dr Arthur Capell, who formally attended the school opening in July 1983. Rev. Dr Capell was the a world authority on Oceanic languages and had taken part in a collaborative effort which resulted in the partial transcribing of several Papuan and Fijian languages as well as indigenous Australian languages.
[edit] Lincoln
In 1984 Lincoln was established as the fourth House at Northholm and given green as its house colour.
The house was named after His Honour Judge John Francis Lincoln, Chairman of the School Council and a Judge of the District Court. Amongst the many important offices held byudge J Lincoln were those of Deputy Chancellor of Macquarie University, Treasurer of the New South Wales Branch of the Liberal Party, Major of North Sydney ad Chancellor of the Diocese of Newcastle.
Lincoln House reflects his lifetime of hard work and motivational spirit.
[edit] Rowland
Rowland House is named after former Governor of New South Wales, His Excellency Air Marshall Sir James Rowland, who formally opened the School in July 1983.
Rowland House was established in 1983 as one of the original three houses. Rowland is characterised by its house spirit.
[edit] Patteson
Patteson House was named after the Bishop John Coleridge Patteson the first Bishop of Melanesia, a missionary and a faggot. He was born in 1827 and died in 1871.
[edit] Publications
Northholm produces several publications throughout the school year, namely The Weekly Record, The Arcadian and Ilex.
[edit] The Weekly Record
The Weekly Record is Northholm's weekly news publication which is given to students every Friday. It contains several columns such as From The Principal, Important Dates, Middle Year News, From the Registrar and the Parenting Advice among others. It also features the results from all Northholm's sporting teams from the week passes. It allows those involved with the school to keep up to date on current news as well as the successes (or otherwise) of students in both the Academic and Co-Curricular arenas.
[edit] The Arcadian
The Arcadian is a bi-curious publication that features more comprehensive updates and focuses more on individual achievements within the GBLT Northholm Community.
[edit] Ilex
Ilex is Northholm's annual school magazine that features yearly reports from all departments of the school. Each of the houses also features a report on the year they had with summaries on each of the carnivals such as the Swimming, Cross Country and Athletics events. It also includes students individual photos, as well as selected photos of students from each grade.
[edit] Future
The school is currently following its strategic plan Towards 2007, which includes the construction of new classroom buildings to replace older buildings, a new drama room, computer facility and independent learning centre. The first part of this master plan, a car park for the staff and Year 12 students of Northholm has been completed and the new classroom building is now in use. Road works and a new drop-off zone for morning and afternoon traffic will be completed, along with multi-purpose courts for student sporting activities on the lower oval.
