Back in June, 14 RPCS students headed out to the Sydney International Equestrian Centre to compete in the CSSA Secondary State X-Country alongside a large number of fellow Christian schools. In the open-air and challenging natural terrain, our students tested their cardiovascular endurance and showed determination as they persevered through the challenging course. Despite the …
Creative Ministry – The Art of Kintsugi
A talented group of students each year come together to form the Creative Ministry Team. This year the team spent a week creating sculptural artworks to install in the school. They learnt the ancient Japanese art of Kintsugi that involves repairing broken pottery and, instead of hiding the cracks, gold is placed into the seam …
Touch Football Representative Teams
The CSSA South Metro Zone Touch Football Gala Day was unfortunately washed out in term 1 due to the persistent wet weather. In lieu of this day, a CSSA South Metro Touch Football Trial was held, seeing 5 students from Regents Park Christian School selected into the Zone teams to play in the CSSA State …
Stage 2 Excursion to Royal Botanic Gardens
Students in Stage 2 have been learning about the First Contacts between Indigenous Australians and British Settlers. They have been asking themselves, “Who were Australia’s First Peoples? How did they live? What was important to them?” To help them in their learning, they have been exploring how Indigenous Australians lived before Captain Cook claimed Australia …
Girl Geeks
A group of girls from Stage 1 went for a trip into the city to have a day learning about computer coding. The day began learning about Cyber Safety, creating and using passwords, and navigating webpages. They learnt what an algorithm was and practised making them. Then they had a go at sequencing coding blocks. …
Western Sydney U day Visit
Tuesday 30 May, 30 year 11 & 12 students spent the day at Western Sydney University, Parramatta campus – ‘U DAY’ with 1600 other students from high schools in Sydney’s greater west. The purpose of U day is to introduce senior students to the wide world of tertiary study and the many options and pathways …
Testing History Knowledge
Last week at RPCS, we had 20 promising History students from grades 7 through to 10 join thousands of students across the nation in the Australian History Competition. From the World Wars, to the Middle Ages and to ancient Japan, this competition was an excellent opportunity for our RPCS students to expand their understanding and …
Kindergarten Gardening
In our Science and Technology unit, Kindergarten have been learning about “How does a garden grow?”. We received a letter from Mary, Mary Quite Contrary asking us to learn about gardens so we can teach her how to plant a garden. Our learning included how to plant seeds and plants, what do seeds need …