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      Adelaide Perry Gallery

      Open to the public, the Gallery has an annual calendar of events comprising exhibitions of student work and exhibitions featuring professional Australian artists.

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      Ex-Students

      Our vibrant Ex-Students community supports lasting friendships that connect ‘PLC Sydney girls’ across the country and around the world. Stay connected with events, professional networks, read other graduate stories and more.

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      The Futures Centre

      Maximising your child's learning potential with our student extension, enrichment and support program⁠—one of the longest running in Australia. Your children will build their self-confidence, resilience, engagement and academic performance.

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      PLC Sydney Preschools

      Designed to support your child’s transition to school, we aim to ignite your child’s curiosity, extend their unique interests and build on the foundations for their love of learning. View our beautiful, purpose-built centre—indoor and outdoor environments designed and adapted to strengthen a child’s natural curiosity and excite inquisitive minds.

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      Giving you the latest insights from industry experts, staff, parents and students to help navigate education and parenting.

      Christian Faith
      The good in education.

      Shore was pleased to host the 17th Annual Armitage lecture, with this year’s lecture by Dr Paul Burgis, Principal at PLC Sydney who discussed some ideas from his upcoming book “AND, NOT, OR, WITH: the good in education”. The Armitage lecture series aims to encourage thinking on matters to do with Anglican Schooling.

      Single Sex Education
      The Consistent Strength and Joy in Schools for Girls

      The strengths of a single-sex education, in particular, one for girls.

      Well-being
      Mental Health Matters

      The Mental Health Matters series developed by PLC Sydney in consultation with Nic Newling, a public speaker and advocate for mental health and suicide prevention, is one way to teach young people the skills and knowledge they need to support their peers who are going through mental health challenges.

      Teaching and Learning
      Classroom Conversations - Lesson Design

      Dr Sarah Golsby-Smith brings together Maths teachers from Kindergarten all the way through to top levels in the HSC to discuss lesson design.

      STEM
      Getting creative with STEM

      To allow our students to thrive in this increasingly uncertain environment, they will require not only digital technology skills but the ability to apply both analytical and creative thinking to solve complex problems.

      Academic
      AI and the Impact on Cognitive Development

      There is an abundance of writings speculating on what Artificial intelligence (AI) will mean for the human race and our way of life.

      Overseas Experiences
      The importance of service learning in a PLC Sydney education

      Service Learning is a huge part of the culture at PLC Sydney and is integral to the Christian faith of our College.

      Academic
      AI and the purpose of school

      AI - a friend of foe? Dr Sarah Golsby-Smith talks about AI and the purpose of school and education.

      Junior School
      Trust: URStrong's Friendship Fact #3

      Friendship Fact #3 reminds students that Trust & Respect are the two most important qualities of a friendship.

      Academic
      Learning how to disagree better

      The previous Vice-chancellor of Sydney University, Michael Spence, states of his time at the university: 'We need in western civilisation to learn how to disagree better.’

      Cambridge
      Cambridge: in conversation with Dr Paul Burgis

      The Cambridge offer at PLC Sydney has grown significantly over the past ten years, both in popularity and breadth of subject, with the College soon to further introduce a selection of Cambridge International A Level Courses.

      Academic
      Classrooms benefit from support.

      Great classrooms often foster great conversations but sometime they also benefit from support.

      Career Education
      University Offers for the Class of 2022

      The Class of 2022 cohort receives some outstanding offers from universities.

      Well-being
      Well-being a top priority at PLC Sydney

      Fostering positive mental and physical health is essential if you want to achieve excellent school results.

      Well-being
      Mental Fitness Ambassador - Lizi Simms

      Congratulation Lizi, who was recently selected as a Mental Fitness Ambassador, on behalf of the Australian Institute of Sport and the Black Dog Institute.

      COVID-19
      Boarding houses a bastion of calm and safety in pandemic

      With many overseas and interstate students unable to return home during lockdown periods and when borders slammed shut, boarding houses and...

      Remote Learning
      Pandemic Perspectives: Alexandra Cain

      With classrooms eerily empty and playgrounds deserted, school principals are looking forward to a time when children can return to their schools.

      Well-being
      Students call for better sex education on consent

      Students call for better sex education on consent, while the debate still rages about the power of social media and how to make Big Tech accountable.

      Overseas Experiences
      World Service

      It is the job of all schools to prepare students for life after education. At Presbyterian Ladies’ College (PLC Sydney), their entrée into the world begins well before graduation.

      Remote Learning
      Silver linings: How PLC Sydney made the most of remote learning

      How PLC Sydney made the most of remote learning.

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