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3D's Self-Portraits
General School News
01 March 2021
God has made each of us unique and in His image! Year 3 have been talking about our character traits and values in Health, with the realisation that we all have strengths and are special. During Art we created self-portraits, using oil pastels with a watercolour wash in the background. Our focus wa...
K-6 ‘Bounce Back!’ PDHPE Unit
General School News
28 February 2021
In Term 1, Kindergarten to Year 6 students participate in a program called ‘Bounce Back!’ in Personal Development and Health lessons. Where possible, the knowledge, skills and concepts are also integrated into other Key Learning Areas; teachers then continue to refer to the Bounce Back! concepts th...
Year 4 Science
General School News
28 February 2021
Year 4 have been enjoying learning all about plants in our unit ‘Plants In Action.’ We have put our observation skills to the test as we examined seeds and what’s inside them, and by looking at different flowers and leaves of plants. Students have learnt about conditions for germination and the lif...
Watch it Grow with the Guinea Pigs
General School News
28 February 2021
The Year 2 Guinea Pigs are loving our ‘Watch it Grow’ Science topic. We had a fantastic hands-on science lesson as we explored plants, seeds, and their life cycles! We took a walk around the school and examined the root system of a spider plant and replanted it in our classroom to watch it g...
Years 7-12 Swimming Carnival
General School News
28 February 2021
On Monday 22 February, Years 7-12 students participated in our annual school 7-12 Swimming Carnival. We were blessed with an absolutely amazing day at Ripples Penrith with students competing in a range of events throughout the day. There were a number of students who achieved personal bests ...
Congratulations Coco!
General School News
28 February 2021
A huge congratulations to Year 5 student Coco Purcell. Last year she trialled and successfully made the CSSA Tennis Team, and on Monday competed at the CIS Tennis Trials. Coco represented CSSA (and PCS) excellently, winning THREE of her matches! We are extremely proud of Coco and her efforts. ...
Summer Reading Challenge
General School News
28 February 2021
Our Summer Reading Challenge was a great success for our second year running. It is great to see so many students continuing to read through summer. This is so important as research shows that on average, students drop in their reading level over long holiday breaks. We also had some great photos s...
We want our parents to tell us what they think!
General School News
28 February 2021
We are conducting a survey to better understand the reasons why parents choose to send their children to our school. An email will be sent to K-12 school families on Monday 8 March inviting your participation. The Christian Schools Community Profile: WHY PARENTS CHOOSE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS surv...
Primary Zone Swimming Carnival 2021
General School News
22 February 2021
On Thursday 18 February, 27 students represented Penrith Christian School at the Nepean Zone Swimming Carnival at Glenbrook Pool. All the students were exceptionally well behaved and swam competitively to the best of their abilities. Congratulations to the following students for their outsta...
New Pick-Up Routines from this Week – Kiss & Go
General School News
22 February 2021
Our routines at the end of the day have been much improved with your patience and changes to procedure. We continue to ask the following to make this time as safe and efficient as possible: All students K-12 will now be dismissed at the normal time of 2.55 pm . If you have older students, we...
Ensembles 2021
General School News
21 February 2021
We are excited to begin our co-curricular music ensembles for 2021! We are also excited to offer our Intermediate Band students a place in our Concert Band! This year we will be learning some new repertoire and continuing our journey through existing material. Ensembles return this week (Wee...
Learning with Year 3
General School News
21 February 2021
Is it living? Is it non-living, or was it once living? These are the important questions the budding scientists in 3D have been trying to determine! Then there are those tricky things like ugg boots that are made from sheep’s wool, but put through a process. 3D have been working together to ...
Year 2 Science Mealworms
General School News
21 February 2021
Year 2 Scientists have been busy exploring our new Science topic - Watch it Grow! This topic is all about investigating the life stories of people and animals, capturing student’s interest about the way living things grow. We are excitedly observing some mealworms in our classrooms! T...
Years 3-6 Swimming Carnival 2021
General School News
15 February 2021
On Monday 8 February 2021, students participated in our annual Years 3-6 Swimming Carnival. We were blessed with an absolutely amazing day at Ripples Penrith, with students competing in a range of events throughout the day. There were a number of students who achieved personal bests on the d...
CSSA Primary Sport Cricket
General School News
15 February 2021
On Wednesday, some students from Years 5 and 6 competed in a CSSA Primary Sport Cricket Gala day. With limited training, the boys were nervous yet ready for the competition. Congratulations to the boys for being runners up in the competition! We are very proud of their efforts. A big thank y...
Year 11 Seminar Week 2021
General School News
15 February 2021
Last week our Year 11 students had Seminar Week, under the theme of SOAR – Strive, Opportunity, Attitude and Resilience. On Tuesday we were blessed with a seminar from an exceptional motivational and study skills speaker, Mr Glen Gerreyn, under the banner of ‘Brilliant Young Minds’. Students...
2021 – New beginnings for K-2
General School News
15 February 2021
Week 1 was a busy week for K-2 students. So much to learn with new drop off and pick up routines, new bell times, and a new playground! The children amazed me with their ability to adapt and embrace the changes. Naturally for some, this was more daunting than for others but parents, they did you pr...
HSIE Happenings
General School News
15 February 2021
Human Society in Its Environment (HSIE) is the study of Geography and History, along with other disciplines of Social Science in Years 10, 11 and 12, such as Commerce, Business Studies, Legal Studies, Studies of Religion, and Society and Culture. In Years 7-10, it is mandatory for students to study...
‘Useful Chemistry’ for Year 9 Science
General School News
15 February 2021
Last week, Year 9 Science students conducted flame tests as part of the ‘Useful Chemistry’ unit. They discovered that some metallic salts burn with distinct colours (e.g. Strontium turns the flame colour to red, Copper to blue/green and Potassium to purple). They then discussed the real life applic...
Learning at PCS – Term 1, Week 1
General School News
15 February 2021
It is my privilege and delight to be sharing with you about Learning at PCS. We will be communicating with you each week from various teaching areas across our school, and my focus is outlining our philosophy and priorities for learning under our transition to being One School, a Whole School, Our ...
Welcome to Penrith Christian School
... a place of education where your child is genuinely loved and nurtured; safe and secure to revel in the challenge of lifelong learning! Penrith Christian School honours the privilege entrusted to educate the next generation – our leaders of tomorrow – and welcomes the opportunity to partner with you to equip, inspire and empower your child with foundations for life.
Penrith Christian School is a vibrant Toddler to Year 12 educational facility registered and accredited with the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
3D's Self-Portraits
General School News
01 March 2021
God has made each of us unique and in His image! Year 3 have been talking about our character traits and values in Health, with the realisation that we all have strengths and are special. During Art we created self-portraits, using oil pastels with a watercolour wash in the background. Our focus wa...
K-6 ‘Bounce Back!’ PDHPE Unit
General School News
28 February 2021
In Term 1, Kindergarten to Year 6 students participate in a program called ‘Bounce Back!’ in Personal Development and Health lessons. Where possible, the knowledge, skills and concepts are also integrated into other Key Learning Areas; teachers then continue to refer to the Bounce Back! concepts th...
Year 4 Science
General School News
28 February 2021
Year 4 have been enjoying learning all about plants in our unit ‘Plants In Action.’ We have put our observation skills to the test as we examined seeds and what’s inside them, and by looking at different flowers and leaves of plants. Students have learnt about conditions for germination and the lif...
Watch it Grow with the Guinea Pigs
General School News
28 February 2021
The Year 2 Guinea Pigs are loving our ‘Watch it Grow’ Science topic. We had a fantastic hands-on science lesson as we explored plants, seeds, and their life cycles! We took a walk around the school and examined the root system of a spider plant and replanted it in our classroom to watch it g...
Years 7-12 Swimming Carnival
General School News
28 February 2021
On Monday 22 February, Years 7-12 students participated in our annual school 7-12 Swimming Carnival. We were blessed with an absolutely amazing day at Ripples Penrith with students competing in a range of events throughout the day. There were a number of students who achieved personal bests ...
Congratulations Coco!
General School News
28 February 2021
A huge congratulations to Year 5 student Coco Purcell. Last year she trialled and successfully made the CSSA Tennis Team, and on Monday competed at the CIS Tennis Trials. Coco represented CSSA (and PCS) excellently, winning THREE of her matches! We are extremely proud of Coco and her efforts. ...
Summer Reading Challenge
General School News
28 February 2021
Our Summer Reading Challenge was a great success for our second year running. It is great to see so many students continuing to read through summer. This is so important as research shows that on average, students drop in their reading level over long holiday breaks. We also had some great photos s...
We want our parents to tell us what they think!
General School News
28 February 2021
We are conducting a survey to better understand the reasons why parents choose to send their children to our school. An email will be sent to K-12 school families on Monday 8 March inviting your participation. The Christian Schools Community Profile: WHY PARENTS CHOOSE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS surv...
Primary Zone Swimming Carnival 2021
General School News
22 February 2021
On Thursday 18 February, 27 students represented Penrith Christian School at the Nepean Zone Swimming Carnival at Glenbrook Pool. All the students were exceptionally well behaved and swam competitively to the best of their abilities. Congratulations to the following students for their outsta...
New Pick-Up Routines from this Week – Kiss & Go
General School News
22 February 2021
Our routines at the end of the day have been much improved with your patience and changes to procedure. We continue to ask the following to make this time as safe and efficient as possible: All students K-12 will now be dismissed at the normal time of 2.55 pm . If you have older students, we...
Ensembles 2021
General School News
21 February 2021
We are excited to begin our co-curricular music ensembles for 2021! We are also excited to offer our Intermediate Band students a place in our Concert Band! This year we will be learning some new repertoire and continuing our journey through existing material. Ensembles return this week (Wee...
Learning with Year 3
General School News
21 February 2021
Is it living? Is it non-living, or was it once living? These are the important questions the budding scientists in 3D have been trying to determine! Then there are those tricky things like ugg boots that are made from sheep’s wool, but put through a process. 3D have been working together to ...
Year 2 Science Mealworms
General School News
21 February 2021
Year 2 Scientists have been busy exploring our new Science topic - Watch it Grow! This topic is all about investigating the life stories of people and animals, capturing student’s interest about the way living things grow. We are excitedly observing some mealworms in our classrooms! T...
Years 3-6 Swimming Carnival 2021
General School News
15 February 2021
On Monday 8 February 2021, students participated in our annual Years 3-6 Swimming Carnival. We were blessed with an absolutely amazing day at Ripples Penrith, with students competing in a range of events throughout the day. There were a number of students who achieved personal bests on the d...
CSSA Primary Sport Cricket
General School News
15 February 2021
On Wednesday, some students from Years 5 and 6 competed in a CSSA Primary Sport Cricket Gala day. With limited training, the boys were nervous yet ready for the competition. Congratulations to the boys for being runners up in the competition! We are very proud of their efforts. A big thank y...
Year 11 Seminar Week 2021
General School News
15 February 2021
Last week our Year 11 students had Seminar Week, under the theme of SOAR – Strive, Opportunity, Attitude and Resilience. On Tuesday we were blessed with a seminar from an exceptional motivational and study skills speaker, Mr Glen Gerreyn, under the banner of ‘Brilliant Young Minds’. Students...
2021 – New beginnings for K-2
General School News
15 February 2021
Week 1 was a busy week for K-2 students. So much to learn with new drop off and pick up routines, new bell times, and a new playground! The children amazed me with their ability to adapt and embrace the changes. Naturally for some, this was more daunting than for others but parents, they did you pr...
HSIE Happenings
General School News
15 February 2021
Human Society in Its Environment (HSIE) is the study of Geography and History, along with other disciplines of Social Science in Years 10, 11 and 12, such as Commerce, Business Studies, Legal Studies, Studies of Religion, and Society and Culture. In Years 7-10, it is mandatory for students to study...
‘Useful Chemistry’ for Year 9 Science
General School News
15 February 2021
Last week, Year 9 Science students conducted flame tests as part of the ‘Useful Chemistry’ unit. They discovered that some metallic salts burn with distinct colours (e.g. Strontium turns the flame colour to red, Copper to blue/green and Potassium to purple). They then discussed the real life applic...
Learning at PCS – Term 1, Week 1
General School News
15 February 2021
It is my privilege and delight to be sharing with you about Learning at PCS. We will be communicating with you each week from various teaching areas across our school, and my focus is outlining our philosophy and priorities for learning under our transition to being One School, a Whole School, Our ...
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Term Dates
2021
Term 1: 1 Feb to 1 Apr
Term 2: 19 Apr to 25 Jun
Term 3: 19 Jul to 17 Sep
Term 4: 5 Oct to 7 Dec
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Term Dates 2021
Term 1: 1 Feb to 1 Apr
Term 2: 19 Apr to 25 Jun
Term 3: 19 Jul to 17 Sep
Term 4: 5 Oct to 7 Dec
