SMITH'S HILL HIGH SCHOOL BYOD

Smith's Hill High School is a co-educational selective high school situated in central Wollongong. The school seeks to promote excellence in a spirit of trust and co-operation through providing a challenging broadly-based curriculum in a positive, safe and rewarding environment.

 

Our close proximity to the beach, Wollongong CBD, the University of Wollongong, the Illawarra Institute of Technology, Wollongong Entertainment Centre, Illawarra Performing Arts Centre and Beaton Park sporting complex allows us to provide a balanced curriculum in terms of academic pursuits, cultural and sporting experiences. The curriculum is supplemented by relevant excursions and extra-curricular activities which include camps and national competitions of an academic nature. Students are expected to participate in sport and are encouraged to pursue their strengths in all fields of endeavour.

 

Students who choose to attend the school do so from an area which stretches from the southern suburbs of Sydney to Bateman's Bay in the south. All students are encouraged to: become independent learners; make choices concerning their own learning paths; and to extend themselves through involvement in extra-curricular activities.

Entry in Year 7 is by a state administered examination.  The school has high expectations of our students and provides a positive, safe and rewarding learning environment.

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The core values of the school are expressed by the student representative council in the word EnRICH, representing Endeavour, Respect, Integrity, Compassion and Harmony, the essence of the school.

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To cater for the varying needs of our students the school runs a vertically unitised curriculum which facilitates acceleration across year groups and enables students to pursue their own learning pathways.  Our proximity to central Wollongong allows us to provide a balance curriculum in terms of academic pursuits and cultural and sporting experiences.

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All students are encouraged to become independent learners and to make choices concerning their own learning paths.  They are encouraged to extend themselves and develop their talents through participation in extra-curricular activities which include sport, camps, Rock Eisteddfod, debating, public speaking and drama and music performances where they have experienced great success.