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 …
Athletics Carnival 2017
The sun was high over The Crest on Monday and what a great day we had at the Athletics Carnival. The day begun with our students tackling Javelin and discus in great numbers. It was very pleasing to see such high rates of participation from all our students and a willingness to help with any …
Kings Army 2017
King’s Army was an incredible night where all the young men of the school could gather together, have fun and learn more about God. The night kicked off with a game of Sardines and a Scavenger Hunt where the boys worked together and against each other to find the hiding person or to complete the …
Beloved 2017
What an incredible night! For the first time ever we had an inflatable gladiator colosseum where the girls got to compete against each other in a tournament to find out which grade had what it takes to win! This was followed by some free time where they got to hang out, enjoying activities including basketball, …
