Apple Distinguished School
Mount Sinai College is pleased to announce that for its fourth designation, we’ve been recognised as an Apple Distinguished School for 2021-2024. Apple Distinguished Schools are centres of innovation, leadership, and educational excellence. They use Apple technology to connect students to the world, fuel creativity, deepen collaboration and make learning personal.
Mount Sinai College creates learners for life! Guided by the College’s strong vision, learning is relevant, personalised, inquisitive and fun! Our College has a continuing commitment to an effective technology program, with award-winning learning spaces that support flexible, innovative teaching practices.
All staff and K-6 students have an iPad and have access to Windows and Mac computers. Our students are taught to think critically, creatively and through a lens of empathy.
Learning with technology
Our K-2 teachers use Apple technology to inspire our students to access their innate creativity and spark their sense of wonder. In these early years, we also focus on developing our students’ foundational technology skills.
Our teachers selectively integrate technology into their lessons in ways that enhance and redefine the learning experiences of our youngest learners.
Teachers at our College design learning activities that take our Year 3-6 children beyond the classroom. These experiences promote collaboration amongst students, inspires them with real-world learning, and develops entrepreneurial and problem-solving skills.
Apple technology allows our students to easily create their own songs, movies, books, podcasts, games, 3D models, Augmented Reality experiences, animations and digital artworks.
Teaching with technology
Mount Sinai College’s teachers provide an innovative and compelling learning environment that engages students and provides tangible evidence of academic accomplishment. Our expert teachers are passionate and innovative leaders in the education world and we pride ourselves on continuous improvement through evaluation, research and Professional Development. Mount Sinai College has developed a culture of innovation, where staff take risks with their teaching while emphasising the need for ongoing refinement of their teaching craft.
Apple technology has been a vital part of this process by enabling staff to personalise learning, make learning engaging and relevant.
Learning spaces
The College has recently redeveloped the entire campus - developing new, award-winning learning spaces featuring flexible classroom layouts, furniture and breakout areas for collaboration. These are complemented by the online learning tools that are used across the College that provide live feedback and online collaboration, in the College and at home.
