The Academic Excellence Program allows students to fully explore their learning potential through a variety of activities. Students are empowered to collaborate with peers who share similar academic aspirations, fostering a supportive and positive learning environment conducive to enhancing their creativity, problem-solving abilities and preparation for real-world challenges beyond the classroom.
St Norbert College is committed to nurturing academic growth through a program that transcends classroom boundaries and the formal curriculum. Our strategy for differentiation emphasises the following components:
- Encouragement of intellectual depth and complexity.
- Cultivation of critical thinking skills.
- Promotion of self-directed learning with confidence.
- Fostering purposeful and analytical thinking processes.
Our comprehensive range of opportunities include subject-specific competitions (Mathematics, Geography, English, Science, Art and Languages) and problem-solving projects from a variety of disciplines. Regular group meetings afford students the opportunity to collaborate with teachers, peers and external organisations.
Our partnerships include:
- The University of Western Australia: Exploring Engineering Showcase and Australian Brain Bee Challenge
- Australian Mathematics Trust: Computational and Algorithmic Thinking
- The Mathematical Association of Western Australia: Have Sum Fun
- Australian Council for Educational Research: Assessment of Languages Competence (Italian and Japanese)
- Tournament of Minds
- The Royal Geographical Society of Queensland: Australia Geography Competition
- Australian Government: Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee
