When The Best Way Ahead is Through
The Sydney Morning Herald article How Schools Have It Wrong on Kids’ Anxiety outlines some schools’ approach to anxiety. But at NBCS we help our students face their fears and develop the resourcefulness and understanding to overcome them.
In Praise of Year 12
After over 100 conversations with Year 12 students I am impressed by who Year 12 are and how they are approaching their final year of school.
Connecting and Growing, Together
In Term 1 we released our 2026-2028 Strategic Plan, adding a seventh strategic priority to our previous six. That seventh priority: Community.
When Things Do Not Go as Planned
An Australia-wide outage for the NAPLAN test saw our students sit a different test: a test of character – and they passed with flying colours.
A Principal’s Reflections on the HSC
There are different ways to measure school performance around the HSC. I suggest a better, more effective measure that could be used.