Private Schools Guide Queensland 2021/22

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Choose St Joseph’s Nudgee College in Brisbane for an
outstanding academic, cultural, and sporting education
that will ensure your son develops his unique strengths
and is given every opportunity to excel.
Apply now for Year 5 in 2024 and Year 7 in 2025.
For information visit nudgee.com/admissions
Tel: 07 3865 0422
YEARS: Year 5 to Year 12
AFFILIATION: Catholic
St Joseph’s Nudgee College
Today, 1700 day and boarding students from Years 5 to 12 call
St Joseph’s Nudgee College their school. As boarders, 300
of these students also call Nudgee College their home. All our
boys are passionate about their school, about their learning
and about making the most of the many opportunities that
Nudgee College provides.
As a leading Catholic school in the Edmund Rice Tradition, we
have a strong school culture that is based upon clear values and
high expectations. Over the past 130 years Nudgee College has
developed a proud reputation as a school in which fi ne young
boys grow and develop into outstanding young gentlemen.
Nudgee College is a boarding school, not just a school with
boarders. The boarding community has been at the heart of
the College since its founding in 1891 and has been providing
outstanding care for boarding students from around Australia
and beyond.
The Bathersby Boarding Village is a contemporary and inviting
home away from home for boarders from Years 5 to 12. Each boy
has his own individual room within one of the four Boarding Houses,
with a large green space at the centre of the Boarding Village used
for many planned and impromptu social gatherings throughout the
year. Boarders are supported academically by the ‘Reach for the
Stars’ tutoring program, during which teachers from many subjects
help our boys with homework, assignments and preparation for
exams. Registered Nurses staff the 24-hour on campus Health
Centre, in addition to weekly visiting GPs and specialists.
The holistic education and all round development of each boy
remains the key focus of the College. Nudgee College off ers a
rich diversity of educational opportunities in the classroom, in the
pastoral care program, in extensive co-curricular pursuits as well as
in faith development and social justice activities.
This is complemented by the world-class facilities across the 136
hectare campus, including playing fi elds, an Olympic-standard
athletics track, two heated swimming pools, a recently refurbished
gymnasium, modern music and art studios, a 400-seat auditorium
and an onsite agricultural centre.
Academically, every student at Nudgee College is catered for
through the rich and diverse nature of our subject off erings, our
state of the art learning facilities, our Learning Support Department,
our Enrichment Program and our Vocational Education and Training
Program (RTO code: 30498). As a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
College, we have implemented technology to enhance and
improve student learning, while explicitly instructing students on
how to be critical consumers and producers of information; to be
responsible digital citizens. With a focus on 21st century skills, all
boys are encouraged and taught to be critical thinkers, problem
solvers, to create and innovate and to be able to communicate
and collaborate.
As a member of the Great Public Schools (GPS) Association of
Queensland, the College provides a healthy and social opportunity
for large numbers of boys to take part in a wide range of sporting
and cultural activities. These include Cricket, Debating, Rowing,
Swimming, Volleyball, Cross Country, Football, Tennis, Basketball,
Chess, Rugby and Track and Field. There are many other clubs and
teams that students can be part of, including Theatresports, various
music ensembles and bands, and Cattle Club.
We strive to develop young men of big hearts and good character.
Ultimately, Nudgee College boys are called to live out our College
motto Signum Fidei to be ‘a sign of faith’ to all.
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