Beyond the classroom
Our Thrive Program allows students the choice to participate in an extracurricular interest group for an hour each week.
Parent volunteers and teachers run the groups in a diverse range of activities including floristry, cooking, origami, card making, team sports and many more.
The sports program at Tweed Valley Adventist College is taught by College staff and specialist teachers (e.g. swimming, gymnastics, AFL, dance).
Our students have the opportunity to represent TVAC in various carnival days.
From competing alongside other private schools (ASSA) through to North Coast Institute of Sports (NCIS) events.
Music teachers provide on-campus private music lessons for those wishing to learn the piano/ guitar. Students also have the opportunity to play their musical instruments or sing in school bands that perform in Chapel (an assembly of the entire Primary Campus) every Thursday.
The students also have opportunities to use their talents at different community events held at the College and the surrounding churches. For more information please contact the Admin Office on 02 6672 2922.
Students at Tweed Valley Adventist College are involved in the unique experiences of working as a class in the TVAC garden. In a garden, children are surrounded by teaching moments – the life cycle of various plants, the importance of worms and certain insects, even human activities that can help or harm plant growth. Without the necessity of a textbook or a computer, children can learn many things about the world by watching, investigating and experiencing in the garden.
The innumerable benefits for students working in the Tweed Valley Adventist College garden include:
- improved readiness to learn
- encouragement to become more active in solving problems
- boosting numeracy and literacy skills
- opportunity to translate academic subjects into practical, real world experiences
- increased active, inquisitive approach to learning
- flexible and better able to think on their feet and solve problems
- aerobic, isotonic and isometric exercise, strength, endurance and flexibility
- increased interest in including fresh fruit and vegetables in their diet
Each year the Primary campus holds a themed concert. For example, in 2015 the students performed a musical called “The Rip Roaring Tale” based on the Bible character, Daniel. The dramas, tap dancing, music and costumes were outstanding. Since then, the Primary School has run many concerts including an Olympics themed concert, a Mothers Day concert and multiple Primary Christmas concerts.
The classes work hard to perform fantastic and entertaining musical items and dramas. The concerts will continue to be an annual event for the Primary campus at TVAC, as they provide a great opportunity for students to excel on stage. Unfortunately due to Covid, we haven’t been able to hold our annual Primary concerts for the last couple of years, however, we look forward to recommencing these concerts as soon as possible.
Our College Chaplaincy team provides classroom visits and small group Bible studies in the Primary Campus each week. The Bible studies provide the students with a unique opportunity to learn more about Jesus and the Bible in a smaller and more intimate group setting.
These smaller groups enable them to be able to ask more questions and learn through group discussions. The Bible studies have been a huge hit, with the majority of students from Year 3-6 choosing to participate. It is, however, not compulsory to participate in these small group Bible studies.