Special Learning

Learning Support

The NCC Learning Support department assists students with acknowledged special needs from Prep to Year 12. This support is offered in a variety of ways depending on the student’s level of need, the College resources and places available.

Students may be referred for Learning Support at enrolment, at any time by parents, or when teachers identify difficulties. A comprehensive consultation process, including learning difficulty assessment, is worked through before the students are provided with specialised support. The process involves parents, teachers, the Learning Support teachers and teacher aides.

Gifted and Talented

Nambour Christian College acknowledges that all children have special gifts and the initiatives implemented in the Gifted and Talented program have been tailored in a way that allows all students to be involved.

The College also provides opportunities for our more able students to be enriched and extended through a variety of activities and competitions. These include:

• Debating
• Days of Excellence
• Maths, Science and English competitions
• Subject related workshops
• Chess competitions and workshops
• Opti-MINDS challenge

Teachers also extend students in the regular classroom through varying assignment topics and expectations and by allowing students to research topics in their personal interest areas.

Students who display giftedness are encouraged to fully develop their potential and may be accelerated to higher year levels if deemed appropriate. There is also the opportunity for senior students to study a University subject concurrently with their Year 12 studies via the University of the Sunshine Coast ‘Headstart’ program.