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Bayside Christian College

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Bayside Christian College
Bayside Christian College Hervey Bay is a Christian School — one in which we deliver a student-centred, creative, and engaging education of the highest standard, founded in a Christian worldview.

We offer the care that others only dream of.
171 Pantlins Lane
Urraween
QLD
4655
PO Box 692 Hervey Bay QLD 4655
Fraser Coast & Wide Bay
07 4124 4417
Hervey Bay
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We have vacancies in Kindy to Year 12. Please email for details or phone 07 4124 4417
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Brian Grimes
  • Early Learning
  • Primary School
  • Secondary School
  • Primary through Secondary
  • Single School Location
  • Kindergarten
  • P-12 Campus
  • Independent
  • Non-denominational
  • Christian
Kindy and P–12
Non-Denominational
See our website
No
Co-ed
400-500
Gifted & Talented Program
  • Academic Achievement
  • Co-curricular Activities
  • Creative Arts
  • Digital Technologies
  • Early Learning Fundamentals
  • Educational Support
  • Employment Pathways
  • Faith / Religion
  • Food Technology
  • Gifted and Talented
  • Information Technology
  • Music
  • Numeracy / Literacy
  • Pastoral Care / Guidance
  • Performing Arts
  • Personal Values
  • Robotics
  • Science/Technology
  • Social & Emotional Learning
  • Sport
  • Visual Art
  • Auslan (sign language)
  • Basketball
  • Cross Country Running
  • Rugby League
  • Swimming
  • Triathlon

Welcome to Bayside Christian College. Our College goal is to work in partnership with parents and carers to develop in our students, an understanding of God’s word, an appreciation for the gifts He has given each one of us, the capacity to become independent life-long learners and to equip them with the skills and knowledge to pursue their goals in the wider world, and to be passionate about inspiring Christian character in all they do.

Bayside Christian College values and respects learning. We believe all children can achieve to a high level given time, support, and effort. We deliver a quality, diverse curriculum that inspires lifelong learning and prepares our students to meet the challenges of both personal and community life. Our students are supported by caring, highly dedicated, and professional staff who work tirelessly to ensure that our student’s safety, enjoyment, and success is achieved every day.

Our College is known for providing quality education within a caring, student-centred, Christian environment. We achieve this through the skills and dedication of our staff, our research-based approach to Teaching and Learning, Pastoral Care and Leadership, the provision of a diverse, engaging, and challenging curriculum, the development of character and the various disciplines of leadership, and the individualised level of support of our students.

Every student at Bayside Christian College is a valued member of a Pastoral Care Homeroom. Our College continues to support students beyond their academics through comprehensive Leadership, Chaplaincy, Arts and Sporting programs developed specifically to meet the needs of adolescents.

Based in the community of Hervey Bay, our College offers a holistic and immersive learning environment, beginning from Prep to Year 12. Our College has created an original and unique learning environment that encompasses the natural surrounds of the Wide Bay region. Our College is an independent private co-education school of the Christian faith, committed to positive, supportive, and professional relationships.


A Place where We All Belong – is it time for you to join our Community?

Choosing a school is perhaps the most important decision that a parent will ever make. Every child and young adult deserves the highest standard of education to support and encourage them to achieve their personal best; to develop the essential qualities that enable them to act with purpose and character; and to possess those much needed values to operate within the moral framework of an ethical community.

Our College is a thriving and dynamic environment, one with an assortment of outstanding educational opportunities and offerings. Despite these key programs, it is the nature of the staff who give so freely of themselves that makes the Bayside difference.

CO-CURRICULAR – THE ARTS

There is a growing body of research that participation in The Arts can have enormous positive impacts on a young person’s self-esteem, creativity, and both their academic and personal success. It is for this reason that an Arts-rich education from an early age into adolescence is most important for development and self-expression.

Due to the content-laden nature of the Australian Curriculum, students do not often get the time in the study of The Arts to develop the many skills that enable high level achievement. Further, some students due to the nature of the academic subjects they wish to pursue cannot include some of the many wonderful offerings of The Arts into their course program.

Bayside Christian College aims to promote The Arts as a vital vehicle for self-expression, personal narrative, cultural awareness and storytelling, fitness, resilience and teamwork. Students are therefore given broad opportunities to participate in a variety of Co-curricular Arts programs including Instrumental, Band, Choir, Visual Arts and Dance.

The College offers Scholarships for both The Arts and our Marching Drumline!

 

CO-CURRICULAR – SPORT

Sport has long been an important part of Australian culture and society. It is a means for community gathering, unity and connectivity, as well as vital for our general health, wellbeing and fitness.

Students often are not introduced to specific sports unless a family member is active in that sport. This is one of the reasons school sport is so important.

Bayside Christian College aims to promote Sport as an important means for the development of a large number of character traits, soft skills, leadership, teamwork and personal fitness. The opportunity to participate in a team-based sport is a wonderful opportunity for young people to realise the role they play in the success of others, and how others assist in their success.

The College offers a range of Sporting options for students. These are selected according to student interest.

 

CO-CURRICULAR – CLUBS & PROGRAMS

Bayside Christian College has developed a range of Clubs and Activities to enable young people to explore their interests, socialise with each other and to apply the many skills they develop from their academic classes.

These activities are highly varied and developed according to staff and student interest, and include such activities as Coding, Robotics, Drones, Chess, Public Speaking, Debating, and a range of Clubs, such as Book Club, Homework Club, Arts Club, Eco Club, Minecraft and Lego Club (to name but a few).

As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: Peter 4:10

As a fundamental belief, Bayside Christian College holds that every person is the recipient of a number of spiritual gifts and that it is our obligation to use these in a positive, inspiring and caring manner for the benefit of others. The College provides many opportunities for our students to explore their gifts and then to use these to assist others through Service Activities and Christian Outreach.

*Compassion
*Humility
*Resourcefulness
*Integrity
*Service
*Tenacity

This year has seen a growth in families utilising the bus service provided by Bayside. Our five buses are currently transporting over 150 students per day and have runs servicing everywhere from Urangan to Toogoom and out to Walligan.

In addition to the daily trips to and from school, our buses are also used for all of our sporting events, including carnivals and swimming lessons, excursions and camps to far-flung destinations as well as transporting our students to off-site locations for electives such as woodwork.

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Welcome to Bayside Christian College

Bayside Christian College is indeed a very special place, and it is my great pleasure to welcome you to our website and our College. Following 15 years of leading schools in Queensland and Western Australia, and nearly three decades as an educator, I have gained significant experience, and have developed informed opinions about schools, education and what makes a school … a great school.

I have had a long-held belief that it is the quality of the human relationships, the beliefs that exist within a school and the observable Values that define its character, its feel and the essential teaching and learning relationships that are formed. I have seen many organisations make claims about ‘excellence’ in what they do, about their standard of ‘care’ for all, or about their stated Values or Beliefs, only to see these limited to but a few individuals within the organisation, and these are sadly, more-often than not, short-lived.

In order for a School to be truly effective, to provide a quality education for children, and be a place in which all thrive, the school must indeed have these Values embedded in all they say and expressed in all they do; staff and students should not only be aware of these Values and Beliefs but be guided by them; and finally, they should be found in all activities of the Board in their Governance and in the direction they travel.

Schools promote themselves in a variety of ways, and sadly many seek superficial benchmarks. Great schools are those of true substance and are defined by the quality of relationships that exist between students, parents, and staff. At Bayside Christian College, we value these essential partnerships and regard them as essential in the education of each and every child. Students take educational risks, dare to challenge themselves and aim to succeed, when they feel supported in a caring and nurturing environment with dedicated and highly experienced teachers. This is of the greatest importance at Bayside Christian College, as we continue our journey to be the school of choice on the beautiful Fraser Coast.

Our College is a Christian School – one in which we deliver a student-centred, creative, and engaging education of the highest standard, founded in a Christian worldview. Our Christian beliefs permeate and inform our engagement, support our calling as educators, and give us the higher purpose of educating and supporting the young lives entrusted to us. These beliefs help us to make sense of the complexity of life and draw us to understand God’s design and purpose for us.

There is a peace and wonderful strength in putting our trust in God, in recognising that Christ walks with us every day, and this is so evident within our College.

International research indicates that it is the collective efficacy of teachers that has the greatest impact on student achievement. At Bayside Christian College we base our teaching and learning strategies on leading international research in education and positive psychology within a Christ-centred environment. This enables our students from Prep to Year 12 to think creatively, develop a strong moral and ethical framework, and be ever mindful of their God given gifts, as they learn to apply their skills and knowledge to new and real-life situations.

We aim to make our learning intentions clear, highly visible, and accessible to all students. This leading approach to teaching and learning focuses on the individual student, thereby better providing for their individual needs and enables them to grow and develop academically, emotionally, spiritually, and personally.

Whilst proud of the academic record that Bayside Christian College has achieved over its short lifespan, our greatest achievements are found in the development of the young men and women who grow to become ‘The Bayside Graduate’ and our ability to inspire Christian character in all. The College strives to achieve this by challenging students to develop an understanding of God’s plan for them, developing the intellectual and spiritual character necessary to become passionate about the ongoing pursuit of learning; to have the skills and confidence to succeed in an increasingly complex world; and to become committed to creating positive futures for the good of all, through faith, leadership, and active service in their communities.

The College caters for students with a diverse range of talents, interests, needs and academic abilities, through its comprehensive academic program, our learning enrichment program, diverse co-curricular activities, and our strong pastoral care system which has a foundation in educational research, positive psychology, and Biblical perspectives.

Our College boasts leading educators, who truly care and are committed to continuous improvement and the belief that ‘every child comes first’. Our Non-Teaching staff, Administration Staff and Grounds/Maintenance staff provide outstanding support, facilities, and opportunities for our students.

I have long believed that choosing a school is perhaps the most important decision that a parent will ever make. Every child and young adult deserves the highest standard of education to support and encourage them to achieve their personal best; to develop the essential qualities that enable them to act with purpose and character; to possess those much-needed values to operate within the moral framework of an ethical community, and the spiritual awareness to see God’s plan for their life.

Our College is a young, but thriving and dynamic environment, one with an assortment of outstanding educational opportunities and offerings. While websites are useful for the dissemination of information, they do not enable the unique essence of a school, its values, character or feel to be understood, appreciated, or experienced and so, while I encourage you to peruse our site, I invite you to visit our campus for a personal tour, and an opportunity to see how our community can help in the education and growth of your child.

I look forward to meeting you and welcoming you to our community at Bayside Christian College.

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