Lindfield Learning Village

Collaborate - Thrive - Inspire

Telephone02 9415 8006

Emaillindfieldlearningvillage@det.nsw.edu.au

About our school

Welcome to our inaugural year at Lindfield Learning Village in 2019. As a brand new group of students, staff, parents and community members, we are thrilled to be working together to establish our new school, build our sense of belonging and identity, and explore new contemporary approaches to education and learning.

 

My 27 years as an educator and recent roles as both Deputy Principal and Principal at Turramurra High School have continued to shape my vision for the future of education in NSW. My passion is to shift the “default position” of education from a 19th century model to one which not only meets but excels in meeting the needs of the young people of today as they head out into a future which requires them to be agile, flexible and adaptable learners.

 

I am very excited to have been appointed Principal of the new Lindfield Learning Village and to be leading a school of the future in a very strong and supportive community. It is an extraordinary opportunity and an enormous privilege to build a flagship school for the children and young people of Lindfield.

SCHOOL VISION AND EDUCATIONAL MODEL

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A flexible school environment conducive to individualised learning is an integral part of our new educational model. Replacing the traditional classroom, LLV’s open-plan design features a series of flexible, open learning spaces. Our students can move around and furniture can be arranged in different ways to enable students to work together in smaller and larger groups as needed. Our school draws on concepts from Futurist David Tornburg who identifies three archetypal learning spaces—the campfire, cave, and watering hole—that schools can use as physical spaces and virtual spaces for student learning. Our approach is designed to create independent, resilient learners who possess the learning dispositions required for success in their life within and beyond school. We are responding to a key priority identified in the Australian Government’s review which is to ‘Equip every student to be a creative, connected and engaged learner in a rapidly changing world’.

SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE

Work is ongoing with the Department of Education’s school infrastructure project to refurbish the former University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Ku-ring-gai site and construct our new school. The project includes:  

  • three new homebase schools within the existing buildings  
  • upgrade to the existing theatre  
  • upgrade to the existing sports hall  
  • provision of a 40 space child care facility  
  • high-quality technical spaces for science, engineering, hospitality, visual and performing arts, as well as music and film.  

The project is being delivered in two stages to allow the school to grow while meeting the needs of increasing enrolments. Stage 1 – completed for the start of Term 1, 2019 This stage involved construction of learning spaces and school facilities for up to 350 students. Stage 2 - to be completed by early 2021 This stage will involve the expansion of the school facilities to provide additional capacity for Term 1, 2020. Final works will involve construction of further administration facilities and completing any finishing touches on the school facilities and classrooms, forecast to be completed by early 2021. For further information see the NSW Department of Education School Infrastructure site at https://www.schoolinfrastructure.nsw.gov.au/projects/l/lindfield-learning-village.html

 

Meet our Principal