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A Uniting Church independent day and boarding school, Ravenswood caters for girls from kindergarten to Year 12 on one North Shore campus, close to Gordon station and bus interchange. Established in 1901, Ravenswood encourages academic and personal excellence in a caring, Christian environment. As one of Australia’s leading independent schools, Ravenswood delivers a broad-based curriculum providing students with extensive choices for their future.
Facilities: The school has a centenary centre including a performing arts auditorium, classrooms and exhibition areas. Attractive grounds feature landscaped garden areas and courtyards, an athletics field, an extensive multi-purpose complex with a heated pool, a flexible gymnasium, and a strength and conditioning centre. Ravenswood also has a purpose designed kindergarten cottage, Junior School Centre, boarding house, computer laboratories, and networked computers and wireless notebooks in classrooms.
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Electives Years 9 and 10: Commerce, Design and Technology, Drama, Food Technology, French, German, Information and Software Technology, Japanese, Latin, Music, Physical Activity & Sports Studies (PASS), Textiles Technology and Visual Arts.
Electives Years 11 and 12: Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Community and Family Studies, Design and Technology, Economics, English (Advanced, Standard, Extension I and II), English as a Second Language, Ancient and Modern History, Drama, Latin, Food Technology, French, German, Geography, Hospitality Operations, Information Processes and Technology, Japanese, Legal Studies, Mathematics Extension I and II, General Mathematics, PD/Health/PE, Physics, Software Design and Development, Senior Science, Studies of Religion 1 and 2, Music 1 and 2, Visual Arts, Visual Design. Students’ diverse needs are further catered for by enabling them to access courses taught through outside providers such as The Whitehouse Institute of Design, The Open High School, Colleges of TAFE, The Saturday School of Community Languages, and The University of Sydney.
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The IB Diploma Programme, offered for Years 11 and 12 at Ravenswood is a two year rigorous course which is recognised internationally as university matriculation, providing access to tertiary education worldwide. The programme is assessed both internally and externally, culminating in examinations taken at the end of the second year. IB subjects include Biology, Chemistry, Economics, English, French, German, Japanese, Latin, History, Mathematics, Mathematical Studies, Physics, Psychology, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Spanish ab initio, Theatre Arts, and Visual Arts. |
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Ravenswood offers Academic, Music and Best All Rounder Scholarships for entry into Years 7 and 11. Examinations and auditions are carried out in March each year for entry in the following year. |
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Tennis, softball, basketball, hockey, netball, cricket, swimming, athletics, gymnastics, diving, trampolining, water polo, rhythmics. Elective sports include aerobics, jazz dance, life-saving, indoor rock climbing, aqua aerobics, surf awareness, ice-skating, Latin American dancing, football, social tennis, driver education, sports injury and oxy-resuscitation, and tenpin bowling.
Extracurricular activities: Crusaders, drama, debating, public speaking, Mock Trial, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme, Year 11 community involvement, theatre technical team, chess club, orchestra, concert band, choirs, madrigal groups, chamber orchestra, ensembles.
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Integrated kindergarten to Year 12 Personal Development programme, tutor groups, student network support scheme, Year 10 community service, Years 5 and 7 transition program, camps program, work experience. Discipline and dress policy is consistent with the tradition of the school.
Enrolment: Kindergarten to Year 6 320 students, Years 7 to 12, 800 students
Annual fees: For tuition and boarding fees please consult the school.
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