Pre K-6
Junior School
Holistic Education at NEGS
Nurturing Growth from Pre-K Onwards
Innovative Learning
Innovative Learning
Inclusive Community
Inclusive Community
Student-Wellbeing
Student-Wellbeing
Future-Ready Education
Future-Ready Education
Start Their Learning Journey with NEGS
Diverse Learning Environments & Specialist Programs
Diverse Learning Spaces
Specialist Programs
Technology Integration
Physical Fitness
Diverse Learning Spaces
Our campus in NEGS Armidale is thoughtfully designed to provide students with diverse learning environments. In addition to formal classrooms, we have unique outdoor learning spaces that prioritise the development of fundamental skills. These rich and engaging spaces allow students’ hearts and minds to thrive, fostering creativity, imagination, and a genuine enthusiasm for learning. We also offer vast outdoor areas where children can immerse themselves in nature, cultivating a sense of wonder and connection to the world around them.
Specialist Programs
Our Junior School provides our students with a well-rounded education. That’s why we have specialist teaching staff in Music, Library, Languages, Agriculture, and Sport, who enrich our students’ educational journey. Through these specialist programs, our students have the opportunity to explore their interests and talents, fostering a holistic and balanced approach to their development.
Technology Integration
In line with our commitment to preparing students for the future, we embrace the ever-evolving world of technology. From the early years, we seamlessly integrate Information Technology into our classroom teaching, exposing students to the ways technology can enhance their learning. Our teachers work closely with parents to ensure a smooth and supportive transition into formalised learning, creating a collaborative environment for both students and parents.
Physical Fitness
Physical fitness is also a priority in NEGS Junior School. We provide daily fitness sessions and access to the Senior School’s Sporting Complex, giving students ample opportunities for outdoor play and utilisation of top-quality facilities. We believe that a healthy body contributes to a healthy mind, and our focus on physical fitness supports the overall well-being of our students.
Academic Skills & Personal Growth for High School Success
Holistic Development for High School Transition
Academic Skills for Year 3-6
Distance Education Programme
A Personalised Approach to Learning for Remote Students.
A Personalised Approach to Learning for Remote Students.
NEGS Online allows students from any location in Australia to participate and interact with teachers and fellow peers, with worksheets and information uploaded through specialised software. Imogen visits NEGS for at least one week a term for NAPLAN and end-of-year activities, as well as participating in camps, swimming, cross country, and athletics carnivals.
As the first Independent School to offer Distance Education via this model, the programme ensures distance is no longer a barrier to quality education. As a rural boarding school, we have wonderful connections with remote families and this programme allows us to offer these children the opportunity to experience the quality learning programmes that are available at NEGS.
Imogen’s Story
Nine-year-old Imogen Cadzow starts her day like any other NEGS Junior School student. She puts on her school uniform, grabs her books and her violin for her music lesson and gets ready for a full day of learning. The only difference? Imogen lives on her family’s remote cattle station some 200 kilometres north-east of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.
Imogen is the school’s first-ever distance education student, taking part in the innovative program first trialled in 2018 and formally rolled out in 2019. Unlike traditional Distance Education models which typically only have a maximum of 1.5 hours per day of direct contact with peers and teachers, Imogen takes part in a full day of education and activities via video conferencing and Google meetings, even attending assembly and the library through her laptop.
For Imogen’s mum, Bec Cadzow, the program has made an enormous impact. Not only does Imogen get to meet and interact with the cohort of girls she will one day board with at NEGS in senior years, but her daughter can learn independently without the need for full-time parent supervision or a hard-to-find expensive governess.
NEGS has brought the classroom to Imogen, she feels connected and independent giving her a real school experience from afar.
