We seek to set the whole school life in a spiritual framework. There are weekly full-school assemblies. Every day begins with a time of devotion, which sets the context for the rest of the day, so that whether in a Socials or a P.E. class, students and teachers express their devotion to God in their thinking and their behaviour. The desire of the school is that students learn in an integrated manner, in terms of both applying what is learned from one subject to another, and also developing a biblical world view that shapes the students’ attitudes to their whole school life.

The school day begins at 8.20 am, and concludes at 2.55pm.

We value the opportunity to have students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 all enjoying life as part of an integrated community. Among the many reasons why we have adopted a Uniform Policy, one is the desire to create a sense of community identity. Students young and old alike share in this sense of family. Whether in lunch-time group activities or a buddy system (in which older students are paired up with children in lower grades) we make every effort to foster a community spirit.

The same is true in our relationships with parents and staff. Parents are welcome in the school at all times (many opportunities for voluntary service exist); and regular Parents meetings are held. We seek to engage in frequent communication with weekly parents’ letters, regular report cards and parent / teacher interviews. But beyond such formal means, we desire to create a genuine sense of community and a number of social activities, work parties and a regular mother’s prayer meeting are among the ways in which we seek to do this.

One of the advantages of a smaller school is the opportunity for community as all the students know one another, and parents and teachers are all well acquainted. At each of the government inspections we have had, the inspection team has always commended us, among other strengths, on a remarkable sense of community in the school.