ALSTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

NSW GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

Alstonville High School is a comprehensive, co-educational high school that achieves excellent student outcomes. Our school is located amongst rainforest ADDRESS Cawley Close on the Alstonville Plateau. Beaches, the Gold Coast and delighful North Coast Alstonville NSW 2477 villages are all close by. Our experienced staff are dedicated to ensuring that each student achieves WEBSITE personal best results. We are committed to innovative, student centered www.alstonvill-h.schools.nsw. teaching practices. Our school offers a broad program of activities catering to edu.au the social, academic, creative and athletic interests of our students. We offer a

ESTABLISHED 1986 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES REASONS TO CHOOSE • Carees guidance SCHOOL MOTTO THIS SCHOOL Integrity • Anti-racism contact officers 3 SCHOOL POPULATION • Student wellbeing team 1 Learn from experienced, friendly 870 • Gift and talented students program staff in a beautiful natural learning environment DISTANCE TO LANGUAGES TAUGHT SYDNEY CENTRE 2 Engage with friendly and 739km • Indonesian • French welcoming students

SPECIAL PROGRAMS 3 Experience a wide range of learning opportunities in excellent • High Performance class - accelerated facilities learning • Practical Courses such as Hospitality, design and Technology, Multi media NSW. Top ATAR score 98.55. Twelve students achieved ATAR score more than 90. 42% of • Advanced Maths and English our students received 80% for one or more • Creative and performing Arts - including subject and 14% of students received 80% or Drama, Visual Arts and Music higher for all subjects. 31% of our students • A broad suite of Science courses were offered a place at university.

SPECIAL FACILITIES LOCAL AREA FEATURES • Drama Shed Alstonville High School is located in the lovely village of Alstonville on a plateau overlooking • Tiered learning Space the eastern coast of Australia. The North

ALSTONVILLE • Agriculture Area Coast is one of Australia’s most popular • Hospitality kitchens tourist locations because of our wonderful • Computer laboratories beaches, pristine rainforests and picturesque NSW villages. Alstonville is centrally located to all of these things, and is only a short drive away SYDNEY ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS from the Gold Coast and Brisbane. Alstonville The school was listed for the eleventh year High School is located within the lands of the in a row in the top 200 schools in NSW Bundjalung nation and enjoys very strong and is considered to be one of the highest support from our local community. performing comprehensive High Schools in

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BYRON BAY HIGH SCHOOL 1 Learn in an incredible natural setting

ADDRESS High School is a comprehensive, 2 Dedicated staff 2 Arakwal Place co-educational high school that achieves Byron Bay NSW 2481 excellent student outcomes. Our school 3 Wide range of offers high quality facilities in a beautiful sporting and creative WEBSITE bushland and beach setting. opportunities www.byronbay-h.schools. nsw.edu.au Experienced, dedicated staff members provide innovative, quality teaching which supports students to YEAR ESTABLISHED achieve their potential. Our students’ learning is enriched 1987 by an exceptional creative and performing arts program, and athletes across a range of sports are encouraged and SCHOOL POPULATION 900 supported to succeed.

SCHOOL MOTTO SPECIAL SUBJECTS LANGUAGES Ballina airport is located The Future Is Ours • Integrated science, • Japanese within 30 minutes from REGION INFORMATION technology, engineering Byron Bay. The Gold Coast www.visitnsw.com/ • Indonesian and mathematics (STEM) and Brisbane are one destinations/north-coast/ and project based hour and two hours by car byron-bay-area LOCAL AREA FEATURES learning (PBL) programs respectively. • Accelerated mathematics Byron Bay is one of Australia’s famous and program BYRON BAY SPORTS OFFERED cosmopolitan destinations. • Creative and performing ALL YEAR ROUND Shared ideas and arts program creativity match a lifestyle • Aerobics • AFL • Athletics • Creative writing unsurpassed in the range of • Aqua aerobics • Basketball activities available. In Byron • Circus skills • Cricket NSW • Cross country • Dance SPECIAL FACILITIES Bay you can surf, swim, watch whales or relax. SYDNEY • Golf • Gymnastics • Performing arts centre • Hockey • Lacrosse Our stunning coastline is • Lawn bowls • Netball • Sports centre backed by the beautiful • Pilates • Power walking • Wireless internet access rainforest and hills of • Rugby league • Football across the school • Skateboarding • Soccer our hinterland. Byron • Softball • Surfing • Photography darkroom Bay is a place of culture • Surf survival • Fully sound-proofed which is situated on the music studio traditional Aboriginal land • Our buildings are of the Arakwal people of the designed in the shape Bundjalung nation. of a nautilus shell

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COFFS HARBOUR SENIOR COLLEGE 1 Close to beaches 2 Specialist HSC ADDRESS Senior experience Hogbin Drive College provides Coffs Harbour NSW 2456 a comprehensive 3 Unique learning educational opportunity for students to study in environment WEBSITE an adult learning environment. A main function of www.seniorcollege.com.au the College is to be a tertiary preparation centre for YEAR ESTABLISHED students. Students have access to computer laboratories, 1995 library facilities, commercial kitchens and a student learning centre with the latest technologies. SCHOOL POPULATION 450 The College is a partner with TAFE NSW North Coast Institute and Southern Cross University. We cater for Years SCHOOL MOTTO 11 and 12 only with a focus on preparing students for the COFFS HARBOUR Harmony and Progress Higher School Certificate. REGION INFORMATION www.visitnsw.com/ SPECIAL SUBJECTS LOCAL AREA FEATURES destinations/north-coast/ • Extension courses in NSW coffs-harbour-area Coffs Harbour is a major Mathematics, English, regional city. It has three SYDNEY History and Music major shopping precincts, SPORTS OFFERED • Marine studies regular flights from Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. • Photography ALL YEAR ROUND According to the CSIRO, • Athletics • Dance • Vocational courses Coffs Harbour has the most programs • Fishing liveable climate in Australia, • Football • Ice skating SPECIAL FACILITIES and it is nestled between • Swimming • Tenpin bowling • Student Learning Centre, a high mountain backdrop a dedicated student and dozens of unspoiled support area beaches. • University-standard library • Student Sport and Function Centre incorporating a state of the art Gymnasium • Wireless internet access across the school

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KINGSCLIFF HIGH SCHOOL 1 Beautiful far north coast of NSW

ADDRESS is a 2 Diverse curriculum Oxford Street co-educational comprehensive Kingscliff NSW 2487 secondary school with close 3 English as a Second ties with the adjoining Kingscliff WEBSITE Language (ESL) Institute of TAFE, a vocational www.kingscliff-h. support college. schools.nsw.edu.au Our school seeks to: achieve excellence in all areas YEAR ESTABLISHED of school life; provide opportunities for all students 1986 through a flexible, adaptive and inclusive curriculum; develop knowledge and competencies appropriate SCHOOL POPULATION KINGSCLIFF 1015 for employment, leisure and lifelong learning; develop individual student self esteem, self discipline and SCHOOL MOTTO responsibility; and provide a safe, co-operative learning SYDNEY Achievement Through environment. Endeavour The school enjoys an enviable reputation in the local and REGION INFORMATION wider community. NSW www.visitnsw.com/ SYDNEY destinations/north-coast/ SPECIAL SUBJECTS LOCAL AREA FEATURES the-tweed-area/kingscliff • Marine Studies Kingscliff is a coastal town in • Sport Science the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales and is SPORTS OFFERED • Creative and part of Tweed Shire. ALL YEAR ROUND Performing Arts • Basketball • Beach • International Studies The area is surrounded by activities • Cricket stunning and pristine natural • Photography • Gym/Fitness • Kayaking beauty, with the Pacific • Kite flying • Soccer Ocean on one side and the SPECIAL FACILITIES • Surfing • OzTag Border Ranges National • Volleyball • Extensive sporting Park on the other. The area SUMMER: TERM 1 + 4 facilities boasts many surf beaches, JAN–APR • OCT–DEC • Dance studio walking trails and cycling • Archery • Athletics routes. • Cricket • Cross country • Aquaculture laboratories running • Swimming • Computer labs In addition to the stunning WINTER: TERM 2 + 3 environment Kingscliff MAY–SEPT LANGUAGES is located within easy Futsal • Hockey • Netball commute of the tourist • Japanese • Rugby League centres of Byron Bay • Rugby Union • Soccer and the Gold Coast, with • Table Tennis Brisbane a 75 minute drive away.

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MULLUMBIMBY HIGH SCHOOL 1 Diverse school community

ADDRESS Mullumbimby High is a comprehensive 2 Outstanding teachers Jubilee Avenue high school that caters for students Mullumbimby NSW 2482 from a diverse and vibrant local 3 Excellent facilities community. We pride ourselves WEBSITE on a tradition of both outstanding www.mullumbimb-h. academics, cultural creativity and schools.nsw.edu.au sporting success. YEAR ESTABLISHED Our recent building program offers our students state 1940 of the art facilities, comfortable classrooms and plenty of outdoor recreational spaces. SCHOOL POPULATION 630 Student well being programs, mentoring programs, MULLUMBIMBY recognition and reward systems ensure students feel cared SCHOOL MOTTO for and valued in this school. Play The Game

REGION INFORMATION SPECIAL SUBJECTS LOCAL AREA FEATURES www.visitnsw.com/ NSW destinations/north- • Film and Video The attractive town of SYDNEY coast/byron-bay-area/ • Software and Mullumbimby is located mullumbimby Development near Byron Bay in the north coast region of New South • Design and Technology Wales. Situated next to the SPORTS OFFERED • Entertainment splendid Brunswick River,

ALL YEAR ROUND the town offers a rich and SPECIAL FACILITIES vibrant arts and cultural • Football • Gym • Gym scene, local markets and • Netball • Softball popular community events. • Tennis • Multi-media room SUMMER: TERM 1 + 4 • Dark room The area boasts lush JAN–APR • OCT–DEC rainforests, hinterland • Workshops • Cricket • Surfing with rivers and waterfalls • Swimming • Agriculture farm and beautiful unspoilt surf WINTER: TERM 2 + 3 beaches. Mullumbimby is MAY–SEPT LANGUAGES situated 30 minutes from • Rugby League • Indonesian the Gold Coast. • Rugby Union

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TOORMINA HIGH SCHOOL 1 Academic excellence 2 Diverse and welcoming ADDRESS Toormina High School is school community Armstrong Street situated on the mid-north Toormina NSW 2452 coast of New South Wales, 3 School Values: eight kilometres south of Coffs Safety, Achievement, WEBSITE Harbour. It is a comprehensive Tolerance, Respect www.toormina-h.schools. co-educational school operating together with a nsw.edu.au Learning Support faculty. YEAR ESTABLISHED We enjoy an excellent environment and facilities, and 1980 a fine reputation within the local and wider community. We aim to use all our resources to support the intellectual, SCHOOL POPULATION 700 social, physical and moral growth of our students as they develop towards becoming responsible adults. Community

SCHOOL MOTTO service and personal growth are encapsulated in our motto TOORMINA Creating Our Future Creating our Future.

REGION INFORMATION www.visitnsw.com/ SPECIAL SUBJECTS LOCAL AREA FEATURES NSW destinations/north-coast/ • Agriculture Few visitors know of the SYDNEY coffs-harbour-area • Engineering Studies rich diversity of landscapes of the Coffs Coast. From • Marine Studies mountain escarpments and SPORTS OFFERED • Photography World Heritage rainforests ALL YEAR ROUND • Sport Lifestyle and through lush green Recreation Studies hinterlands to golden sandy • Board games • Gym activities • Ice skating beaches and the 71,000 ha • Indoor Games • Kegal SPECIAL FACILITIES Solitary Islands Marine Park flooded with marine life, • Soccer • Tennis • Technology and applied • Walking/Beach Games Coffs Harbour offers it all. studies facilities SUMMER: TERM 1 + 4 JAN–APR • OCT–DEC • Creative and performing Nowhere else in Australia does sub-alpine, sub- • Aboriginal Dance arts spaces tropical and sub-marine • Field games • Learn To Surf • Personal Development, environments all co-exist in • Surfing Health and Physical the one place quite like it. • Theatre Sports Education You can be snorkelling or WINTER: TERM 2 + 3 MAY–SEPT • Human Society and its sailing in the morning and Environment (HSIE) • Australian Rules rafting on the Nymboida • Basketball • Fishing • English as a Second River through deep granite • Gymnastics Language (ESL) gorges in the afternoon.

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WARNERS BAY HIGH SCHOOL 1 Beautiful area 2 Excellent student ADDRESS is a welfare support 1 Myles Ave comprehensive school in the beautiful Warners Bay NSW 2282 Lake Macquarie City Council area. 3 High quality extra- WEBSITE The school enjoys an excellent reputation curricular activities www.warnersbay-h.schools. for consistently high academic outcomes, nsw.edu.au combined with extensive, high quality extracurricular activities which extend and enrich our music, art, YEAR ESTABLISHED drama, sports and languages programs. Comprehensive 1966 student welfare programs support and encourage all students to achieve their personal best. SCHOOL POPULATION 1,371 SPECIAL SUBJECTS LOCAL AREA FEATURES SCHOOL MOTTO Quality Education for All • Photography Warners Bay is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie. • Industrial Technology NEWCASTLE REGION INFORMATION It is located 15 kilometres • Information Processes www.sydney.com/ from Newcastle’s central NSW destinations/north-coast/ and Technology business district and within SYDNEY newcastle-area • Visual Arts 20 minutes of Newcastle University and Newcastle SPECIAL FACILITIES TAFE NSW Institute. SPORTS OFFERED • Gym The lakeshore has become SUMMER: TERM 1 + 4 JAN–APR • OCT–DEC • Multi-media room a hub for recreational

• Athletics • Bike Riding • Dark room activity and picnics, sailing and paddle boating are all • Canoeing • Golf • Workshops • Orienteering • Swimming popular activities. • Agriculture farm • Tennis WINTER: TERM 2 + 3 MAY–SEPT LANGUAGES • Netball • Rugby league • Japanese Continuers and Extension • French Continuers and Extension • Chinese Beginners

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WOLLONGONG HIGH SCHOOL 1 Close to the beach OF THE PERFORMING ARTS 2 Excellence in the performing arts

ADDRESS Located in Fairy Meadow, Strong sports Lysaght Street 3 Wollongong High School of the programs Fairy Meadow NSW 2519 Performing Arts has a proud record of achievement. WEBSITE www.wollongong-h.schools. The school motto Whatever you do, nsw.edu.au do well characterises the school’s focus of academic excellence and excellence in the Performing Arts. YEAR ESTABLISHED 1916 Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts has been offering exceptional educational opportunities to SCHOOL POPULATION students across the Illawarra for almost one hundred years. 1170 Academic results are consistently above state average and performance standards are excellent. SCHOOL MOTTO Age Quod Agis SPECIAL SUBJECTS LOCAL AREA FEATURES NSW REGION INFORMATION • Auditioned performing www.visitnsw.com/ Situated in Wollongong in SYDNEY arts subjects the Illawarra, Wollongong destinations/south-coast/ WOLLONGONG wollongong-and-surrounds/ • Visual arts collective High School of the Performing Arts is close to wollongong • Sports programs all public transport links. • Innovative student Boasting an incredible SPORTS OFFERED representative council coastline, the area offers ALL YEAR ROUND SPECIAL FACILITIES a wide range of shopping, • AFL • Football cultural, sporting and leisure • Specialist performing arts • Rugby League facilities. facilities SUMMER: TERM 1 + 4 JAN–APR • OCT–DEC • Attractive environment The area is in close proximity from Sydney, • Cricket • Swimming for students approximately one hour WINTER: TERM 2 + 3 • Excellent sporting MAY–SEPT away. The natural beauty facilities of the area draws a large • Athletics number of tourists each LANGUAGES year. Wollongong is also • French, Italian home to the internationally recognised University of Wollongong.

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WOOLGOOLGA HIGH SCHOOL 1 Beautiful bush and beach setting

ADDRESS is a school that 2 Emphasis on Centenary Drive focuses on achieving excellent student technology in learning Woolgoolga NSW 2456 outcomes. We enjoy high quality facilities in a beautiful rainforest and WEBSITE Relaxed coastal beach setting and our students’ learning 3 www.woolgoolga-h.schools. lifestyle is enhanced by exemplary student welfare nsw.edu.au programs including a nationally acclaimed student YEAR ESTABLISHED mentoring program. 1981

SCHOOL POPULATION SPECIAL SUBJECTS LANGUAGES WOOLGOOLGA 900 • Creative and Performing • Gumbaynggirr Arts Programs (Indigenous) language SCHOOL MOTTO program Success Crowns Effort • Visual Arts, Music, Dance and Photography • Other languages offered REGION INFORMATION • Physics, Chemistry, through the Open High www.visitnsw.com/ NSW Biology, Environmental School destinations/north-coast/ SYDNEY coffs-harbour-area Earth Sciences • Literacy and numeracy LOCAL AREA FEATURES support programs Woolgoolga is on the mid SPORTS OFFERED • Vocational education North Coast where the mountains meet the sea. It ALL YEAR ROUND courses is 20 minutes north of Coffs • Engineering Studies • AFL • Athletics Harbour, a large regional • Basketball • Beach sports • Multimedia Studies centre with an airport and • Beach walking • Circus skills • Marine Studies a number of flights daily to • Cricket • Cross country Sydney. • • • SPECIAL FACILITIES Dance Fishing Golf It enjoys a temperate • Gymnastics • Hockey • All classrooms have climate in a sub-tropical • Lacrosse • Laser tag interactive technology location and is acclaimed • Lawn bowls • Netball for its beaches and relaxed • Pilates • Rugby league • Computer rooms coastal lifestyle. • Soccer (Football) • Multi-purpose indoor • Softball • Surfing sports hall In Woolgoolga you can surf, swim, fish, watch whales as well as participate in a wide range of sporting activities. It is situated on the traditional Aboriginal land of the Gumbaynggirr people.

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