Carey College
"In your light we see light." Psalm 36:9
Carey College is a year 1 to 13 family based Christian School in Auckland, New Zealand
helping parents nurture children in excellence and truth for Christ
We know it is a privilege to serve God and families in a ministry of teaching children in Christ. Children are a precious gift from God and at Carey College we have been blessed to see God at work here raising youngsters in faith and wisdom.
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Carey College
21 Domain Road, Panmure,
Auckland 1072,
New Zealand
E-Mail: enquiries@carey.school.nz
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Carey College
All Rights reserved
Carey College
21 Domain Road, Panmure,
Auckland 1072,
New Zealand
E-Mail: enquiries@carey.school.nz
Do not send unsolciited
commercial email
Nurture
The College’s safe family atmosphere ensures every child is nurtured with individual attention from teachers who know and pray for their pupils. Because our school and classes are small, teachers can shape lessons to meet pupil needs, avoiding the pressures and impersonal nature of larger schools.
Excellence
Carey College courses give children a solid foundation in basic knowledge and skill. A broad curriculum, incorporating the Cambridge International Curriculum, expands children’s minds and challenges them to achieve their best. We offer real choice across the full range of school subjects: all the subjects found in bigger schools are available with a flexibility those bigger schools can seldom offer. Senior College students graduate with the world’s premiere school qualifications from Cambridge International Examinations.
It is a mistake to think high standards means excellence for the academically able and everyone else struggles. Excellence the Carey College way means helping all pupils improve and extend skills and knowledge according to their own gifts and calling. Achivement in practical subjects such as woodwork and horticulture is valued as highly as achievement in science and the arts.
Because students are not streamed but have individualised goals and courses, each child's learning can be balanced to extend them according to their gifts.
Truth
Everything taught is shaped in the truth of the Bible, preparing students for life and further study in the real world God made and rules.
What children learn at school should be reliable and true. We teach courses rich in content, in a context of dependence upon the God of creaiton, to be used with the wisdom that God's Word gives.
In contrast, the New Zealand Curriculum (taught in all state and integrated schools) teaches children that the only knowledge they can rely on is what they have experienced. The Ministry of Education says it wants children to “create new knowledge” rather than learn what is known by anyone else. In this way true knowledge has been stripped from the curriculum and replaced by doing things.
Of course experience can help learning, but children need to learn what is true even if they haven't experienced it. And they need to learn to look at what they learn and know in a true context, one that sees facts as God sees them.
Our commitment at Carey College is to teach truth in content and context. We want children to know what is true, not what they make up.
The College’s safe family atmosphere ensures every child is nurtured with individual attention from teachers who know and pray for their pupils. Because our school and classes are small, teachers can shape lessons to meet pupil needs, avoiding the pressures and impersonal nature of larger schools.
Excellence
Carey College courses give children a solid foundation in basic knowledge and skill. A broad curriculum, incorporating the Cambridge International Curriculum, expands children’s minds and challenges them to achieve their best. We offer real choice across the full range of school subjects: all the subjects found in bigger schools are available with a flexibility those bigger schools can seldom offer. Senior College students graduate with the world’s premiere school qualifications from Cambridge International Examinations.
It is a mistake to think high standards means excellence for the academically able and everyone else struggles. Excellence the Carey College way means helping all pupils improve and extend skills and knowledge according to their own gifts and calling. Achivement in practical subjects such as woodwork and horticulture is valued as highly as achievement in science and the arts.
Because students are not streamed but have individualised goals and courses, each child's learning can be balanced to extend them according to their gifts.
Truth
Everything taught is shaped in the truth of the Bible, preparing students for life and further study in the real world God made and rules.
What children learn at school should be reliable and true. We teach courses rich in content, in a context of dependence upon the God of creaiton, to be used with the wisdom that God's Word gives.
In contrast, the New Zealand Curriculum (taught in all state and integrated schools) teaches children that the only knowledge they can rely on is what they have experienced. The Ministry of Education says it wants children to “create new knowledge” rather than learn what is known by anyone else. In this way true knowledge has been stripped from the curriculum and replaced by doing things.
Of course experience can help learning, but children need to learn what is true even if they haven't experienced it. And they need to learn to look at what they learn and know in a true context, one that sees facts as God sees them.
Our commitment at Carey College is to teach truth in content and context. We want children to know what is true, not what they make up.
Our calling is to help parents nurture their children in excellence and truth for Christ.
Carey College classes and courses are structured to impart the lasting treasures of truth, wisdom and excellence. We teach children the reliable foundation of Christian faith instead of conforming their values to unstable peer pressure or the shifting values of secular education.
God says, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge … the beginning of wisdom.” Proverbs 1:7 & 9:10
At Carey College we build on that principle, nurturing each student as an individual called into the service of God; working with parents, helping you raise your children in Christ; teaching to standards of lasting truth and biblical excellence.
Carey College classes and courses are structured to impart the lasting treasures of truth, wisdom and excellence. We teach children the reliable foundation of Christian faith instead of conforming their values to unstable peer pressure or the shifting values of secular education.
God says, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge … the beginning of wisdom.” Proverbs 1:7 & 9:10
At Carey College we build on that principle, nurturing each student as an individual called into the service of God; working with parents, helping you raise your children in Christ; teaching to standards of lasting truth and biblical excellence.
This pamphlet introduces the Carey College focus on Nurture, Excellence and Truth and explains how that is worked out in teaching at each level of the school.
