The transition to high school is an important time for our Year 6 students and a group boarded a bus to visit St Columba’s Springwood to check out the “big school”.
The move from primary to high school may be considered a key ‘rite of passage’ as students move from one level of schooling to another.
Such a move generally requires a change of school, mixing with a new and different peer group, learning new forms of school organisation and having many more teachers – with each perhaps having a different teaching style.
High schools are, in most cases, significantly larger than primary schools and students are required to move to different locations throughout the day for their various classes.
That’s why Our Lady of Nativity takes extra care with its students in the transition to high school.
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📚✨ BIG NEWS ✨📚 We are beyond proud to have been recognised by The Sydney Morning Herald as one of the top NSW schools achieving the biggest gains in maths and literacy growth! 🎉 #olnlawson #windowintolearning #cspd2026 #belongtosomethinggreater #bluemountainsprimaryschool
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How fortunate are we at OLN to witness such a wonderful diversity of play during our lunchtimes. From imaginative games and creative collaboration to sport, conversation, problem-solving and quiet moments of connection. Play is where friendships grow, confidence develops, and learning comes alive.😊 “We used to believe that schools built brains. Now we know that it is play that builds the brains that school can then use.” — Dr. Gordon Neufeld At OLN, we celebrate the joy, creativity and belonging that play brings to our community each day.
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