REDEEMER BAPTIST SCHOOL
Address: 2-12 Masons Dr
North Parramatta, NSW 2151
Phone: +612 9630 6311
After School Care: +612 8838 6868
Those enquiring about the School are encouraged to ring and arrange a date for an interview. You could also enquire by filling the form on the enquiries tab. Please leave your name and number and we will respond as soon as possible.
Interviews will consist of answering any questions you may have, will provide the neccessary details and requirements for students in Redeemer Baptist School and may include a walk through the school to get a taste and understanding of school life and culture. We welcome all enquires and seek to provide your student with the very best education we can offer.
The Hills Regional Skills Centre
THRSC offers a range of VET in school courses in Business, Construction, Electrotechnology, Hospitality, and Information Digital Media & Technology. THRSC also offers courses to train teachers, teacher aides, parents and health professionals in literacy, including WRAP (A Writing Approach to Reading). Exclusive licence has been granted to the Australian Literacy & Numeracy Foundation (ALNF) for delivery of the following courses by The Hills Regional Skills Centre (THRSC) and/or nominated alternative registered training organisation: Coding Aboriginal Languages for Indigenous Literacy, and Early Language & Literacy.
WRAP
Wrap is a training course designed to develop instructional skills for the teaching of Spelling, Writing and Reading. It develops foundational literacy skills through multisensory perceptual work and develops application of those skills in meaningful contexts for practice.
The School of Music - (application form)
The School of Music offers tuition for: Cello, Clarinet, Flute, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Recorder, Saxophone, Trumpet and Violin. Students are prepared for AMEB examinations.
The School of Special Tuition - (application form)
Some students may seek extra assistance with their studies. Special tuition is available for Primary and Secondary students in all major subject areas.
After School Care - (application form)
The After School Care program assists parents who would like their children cared for after school. Children are provided with afternoon tea and supervision in homework or play activities until 6 pm.
Pre-Kindergarten (K1)
A half-day, educationally-based structured program for students aged four years with After School Care from midday if required. Children can be enrolled for five mornings, or less, as desired.
Residency
Selected students, both local and overseas, are referred to Redeemer Baptist Church with an offer to board in family homes. Residency with church families includes full board and specific tutorial programs.
After School Study Hall
Study Hall provides for students to remain after school to do homework and study under the supervision of staff.
Royal Lifesaving Award Scheme
All students are involved, with senior students having the opportunity to obtain Royal Life Saving swimming awards. Special learn-to-swim classes are also available.
Athletics Club
The Athletics Club provides the opportunity for students to develop their general fitness levels as well as gain skills in field events.
Ladies' Tuesday Bible Study
All ladies are welcome to join in this lunchtime fellowship — Phone the School Office for further details.
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The main campus is located on 9 hectares of parklands in North Parramatta, about 30kms from the centre of Sydney. Its elevated position offers excellent views to the city and there is easy access to public transport. The School is noted for its magnificent historic buildings together with the hi-tech Science and Technology Centre and the grand new School Library.
Term 1 (2015)
January
| 19th-23rd | Bookstore and Uniform Shop open |
| 26th | Australia day |
| 29th | 2015 Semester 1 Begins |
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"Commited to a Christian Worldview in Education"
Redeemer Baptist School caters for a diversity of skills, abilities and backgrounds. It has a distinctive Christian worldview and is renowned for its academic standards. The School has a Preparatory School (K1 to Year 4), a Middle School (Years 5–8) and a Senior School (Years 9–12).
Established in 1981, Redeemer Baptist School is coeducational. The main campus is located on 9 hectares of parklands in North Parramatta, about 30kms from the centre of Sydney. Its elevated position offers excellent views to the city and there is easy access to public transport. The School is noted for its magnificent historic buildings together with the hi-tech Science and Technology Centre and the grand new School Library.
Redeemer Baptist School's teaching excellence was highlighted in the Fedual Government Education Minister's Review Committee Report 2003 which described the school's learning environment as "thoughtful, free, sharing and respectful."
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The School crest emerged during 1991 as a recognition of ten years of God’s continuing presence in the ministry of the School. The formation of its design sought to embody the original vision of the School and to incorporate the ethos of its life.
The appropriate central imagery of the flames of fire reminds us that the Lord appeared to Moses in such flames from within a bush which burned "yet was not consumed". Turning aside in wonder, Moses was reminded by God that He was the God of his forefathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and now the God of Moses.
Our School had its beginnings in May, 1981 within the church and precincts of St David’s Presbyterian and later St David’s Uniting Church at Thornleigh. The centre window of that church was a stained glass featuring the burning bush, which was subsequently given to our School. It is a reminder of our roots as a School and also is an inspiration for our life of faith. It contains the rich symbolism of the holiness of life and vocational calling that comes from God to each man; for it signifies the encounter—a living encounter—of one man with God. An encounter we can all experience today.
At the heart of Moses’ response that day, lay his Hebrew understanding of "hearing" being inseparable from "obedience". "To Hear is to Obey". And, in that obedience, not as the shepherd of the flocks, nor the prince of Egypt, but the prophet of God emerged from that burning desert in obedience, to lead his people from captivity to the land of God’s promise. Likewise, when we hear God, it is not an issue of having to decide to obey but rather one of just responding in obedience.
The motif of the boat—without sails—takes us to the New Testament apostle, Simon Peter the fisherman, who in obedience to the Galilean Jesus, discovered in the miracle of the haul of fish the Christ of Jew and Gentile alike—Jesus Christ the Saviour of the world. Like Moses, awed by the living encounter with God, Peter with his brother fishermen, heard the call to follow; and in obedience ... "They Left Their Nets".
To the Galilean fishermen, it was an abandonment of all their security; of all their roots, of town, of livelihood, of friends, of family. One day, on the hill of Calvary, they would see the supreme abandonment of Jesus Christ to the will of His Father: "Father, remove this cup from me; yet, not what I will, but what You will". We, too, can know that singular call in our lives.
The boat is also a reminder that a part of our history lies in the ministry of the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Houston, Texas (USA) from whence comes our name, Redeemer Baptist Church. The Rector of the Church of the Redeemer, Graham Pulkingham, recorded that church’s remarkable encounter with God, in a book, "They Left Their Nets". The obedience of the congregation to that encounter saw many of them emerge as the Community of Celebration and the worship ministry of the "Fisherfolk", which continued to make a formative impact on the lifestyle and ministry of our Church.
The crest is surmounted by the crown, symbolizing the sovereign rule of God and His Lordship of our lives. Like Moses and Peter, we hear the call of God revealed in the life, the death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the obedience of faith, we too follow our Redeemer.
At the centre of the crown is the Church logo reminding us of the centrality of the cross of Jesus Christ. That cross is surrounded by the circle of fellowship of those who bow to the Christ of that cross, and whose lives appear as the fruits of that discipleship. The Church logo reminds us that the School is an expression of the ministry of the Church.
Beautifully portrayed in the original stained glass is the white heat intensity of the centre of the flames. The light was in the bush. And the light was the Presence of the Lord. Men of old were undone and transformed by the Presence of God. The prophet Isaiah cried, "Woe is me! I am a man of unclean lips, yet with these eyes I have seen the King". The disciples’ hearts burned within them as He talked with them on the Emmaus road. Saul of Tarsus fell to the ground, as the light of heaven flashed about him and in response to his cry, "Who are you, Lord?" he heard the voice say, "I am Jesus, whom you persecute".
For each of these people, their knowledge of God by hearsay, became a knowledge of Him by experience. Each recognised that they had been in the presence of the Living God and Ruler of lives; someone whom they could acknowledge was their Lord. When Moses walked down the mountain, he and God walked together, the earlier glow of that bush now transformed by the Fire of God’s Presence. Fearful disciples believed; and the Christ_hating Saul became the God_loving Paul. Henceforth each would walk daily in the Light, seen in the Pentecostal tongues of fire of the outpoured Holy Spirit or through eyes from which the scales had fallen.
This crest has been fashioned to remind the School Community that the education of our children will be founded on certain, clear assurances that:
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Redeemer Baptist School offers a free bus service driven by School staff on School vehicles to a wide ranging number of suburbs including: Glenwood; Toongabbie; Pemulway; Fairfield; Guildford; Merrylands; and Westmead.
The bus runs are separated into four routes. Further details on these routes can be found on the following links ...
For more detail on these services please contact the school on +612 9630 6311.
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Castle Hill House
Castle Hill House is a building burnt down in ???? and completed restored by 2003. Today, Castle Hill House is used for courses for The Hills Regional Skills Centre as well as for Carols on Christmas Eve. The Campas is also used for uniforms ulterations and is where parents can collect uniforms from the Uniform Shop. The campas is located at 215 Old Northern Road, Castle Hill.
Castle Hill House, circa 1844, is a landmark in authentic restoration of a heritage building in the Hills Shire. After ten years and over 170,000 hours of voluntary labour, this building now stands as a testimony and inspiration to what dedicated work can achieve in adaptive restoration. Castle Hill House was the winner of two awards in the 2003 Master Builders Association of NSW annual "Excellence in Construction Awards". These included: winner of the award for "Restoration / Renovation of an Historic Building under $5,000,000" and winner of the award for "Best Use of Timber." The following article was written in the Sydney Morning Herald after it's completion in 2003.
Community Spirit
On hearing of the building’s likely fate, three parishioners of the Redeemer Baptist Church sold their houses to kick-start fundraising for a complete restoration. The Redeemer Baptist Services placed one of its own people – conservation architect Jonathan Cannon – at the helm of the project. Jonathan and his father Noel were the driving force behind hundreds of volunteers who not only aided the restoration project, but learnt valuable construction skills in the process. "The place was so damaged even the plaster had peeled back off the walls, so the task was a blend of both restoration and reconstruction," says Cannon.
A project plan detailed the scope of works: first the existing fabric of the building would be catalogued and recorded. "We spent the first three months documenting what was there, then we had an open day," Cannon says. "We had the public come in, and people who had an association with the project said ‘I’ve got this document, so and so has photos of this’ and so on. Even at the Land Titles Office they went out of their way to help us, and came up with the original 1817 Governor Macquarie land grant. We’ve got 40 volumes of documents associated with the project."
Next, the building was stabilised to preserve the remaining walls and windows, flooring and the rusting Wunderlich pressed-metal ceiling. Extensive research unearthed original handwritten specifications for the veranda and dairy, as well as letters that would enable the faithful restoration of the main timber stairwell. Geoffrey Seaman, master builder and Redeemer teacher, was charged with leading the teams of volunteers, helping them to develop skills in working with sandstone, mortar, bricks and timbers. "The biggest challenge was not to compromise during the entire project," Cannon says. "There was rising damp, mildew, collapsing walls. After four years, at a very tiring point we wanted to say forget it. But my father made it clear that we had to finish it. The local community was supportive and we didn’t want to let them down – we had an enormous amount of goodwill with people. They have ownership in it as much as we do."
The floor structure required special attention, with much of the original timber burnt out. The Redeemer Baptist Service put its networking skills into action in a state-wide search for second-hand timber. "We jacked up the floor and relaid it with recycled timber from around the state," says Cannon. "We got ironbark from the Breville Factory at Pyrmont, blackbutt flooring from Cockatoo Island dockyards, golden red ironbark from Goulburn woolstores and timber from the railway sheds at Bathurst and the wharves at Newcastle."
The service’s extensive use of recycled timber has earned the project a second award for the Best Use of Timber. MBA judges described the tradesmanship as first-class. All of the flooring, architraves, skirtings and sash material were milled to match the original. Redeemer Baptist Services repaired and renewed utilities and added some modern conveniences – strategically located air-conditioning, fibre-optics for phone lines and telecommununications.
For Noel and Jonathan Cannon, one of the best outcomes of the project was the forging of links with educational institutions whose young students developed enthusiasm for a heritage restoration venture. And now Castle Hill House’s Regional Skills Centre provides an additional link to heritage skills – alongside Australian National Training Authority supported courses in hospitality, electronics, early childhood, IT and office procedure are others focused on building and construction techniques.
Article written by Kate Farrelly.
Copyright Sydney Morning Herald © 12th November, 2003, permission granted.
The Academic program culminates with the Higher School Certificate (HSC) in Year 12. Subject selections are built around the Board of Studies requirements with an implementation of the Australian curriculum commencing implementation in 2014.
Preparatory School
Pre-Kingergarten to Year 4
There is a core curriculum:
Middle School
Years 5 and 6 (Module O)
There is a core curriculum:
Years 7 and 8 (Module 1)
There is a core curriculum.
The Languages other than English elective:
Senior School
Years 9 and 10 (Module 2)
There is a core curriculum.
Students choose to enrol in electives as per the...
Subject Selection Form for 2014, Module 2: Years 9 & 10
Preliminary (Year 11)
There is a core curriculum, with choices of courses to be studied in:
Students choose to enrol in electives as per the...
Subject Selection Form for 2014, Module 3: Preliminary
A minimum of twelve units must be chosen.
HSC (Year 12)
There is a core curriculum, with choices of courses to be studied in:
Students choose to enrol in electives as per the...
Subject Selection Form for 2014, Module 4: HSC
A minimum of ten units must be chosen.
Address: 2-12 Masons Dr
North Parramatta, NSW 2151
Phone: +612 9630 6311
After School Care: +612 8838 6868
