With 73 purpose-built rooms, state-of-the-art digital tools, and flexible environments, students can engage deeply, explore boldly and work together meaningfully. Here, every space supports a young man’s journey toward becoming something greater.

All rooms have data projectors and screens as well as docking stations to enable teachers to connect their notebooks to the College network.

Individual faculties have their own resources including dedicated software and equipment to enhance learning.

Our refurbished Science laboratories:

All classrooms have a data projector and screen, together with a docking station to enable teachers to connect their notebooks to the College network.

All teachers have a notebook for this purpose. Each room accommodates up to 32 students. For the comfort of staff and students, air conditioning is available in many general rooms, in all visual art rooms, in all computer rooms, in the food technology room, the music rooms, music practice rooms, drama room, in the tiered theatre, canteen, library and in the ERC Foyer.

Individual faculties have their own resources including dedicated software to enhance learning. All faculties have access to equipment to aid in teaching and learning.

Drama and Entertainment facilities and equipment include:

• Rear Projector and screen for film and performance
• Video cameras and tripods
• Portable lighting desks
• Theatrical lighting both tungsten and LED
• 32 point patch panel and dedicated lighting bars
• 240 degree theatrical curtaining for flexible performance spaces
• Stage blocks
• A large range of props and costumes
• Audio mixing console and PA
• Two dedicated storage areas
• Vision switcher and associated cue monitors

The Drama Department also has the use of the large stage area in the Edmund Rice Centre as well as the Theatre.

The kitchen and practical area has the following facilities for six groups of four students:

• 6 colour-coded bays
• 3 gas and 3 electric stovetops and ovens
• Microwave
• Cutlery drawers
• Crockery
• Cake tins
• Saucepans
• Glass bowls
• Measuring jugs
• Cooking accessories
• Cleaning cupboard

The demonstration and preparation areas have the following:

• Commercial stainless steel work bench
• Gas stainless steel oven and stovetop
• Electric stove top and oven
• Salamander
• Deep fryer
• Fridge
• Microwave
• Washing machine
• Dryer
• Dishwasher
• Ironing station
• Small appliances including bamix, food processor, dehydrator, beaters, blenders, electric knives
• Change room with pigeon holes for toolkit storage
• Dedicated walk-in pantry and dry storage areas

• 2 dedicated music classrooms with large rehearsal stage areas and instruments for in class performance and demonstration.
• A third music/general purpose classroom to be utilised a large rehearsal space for concert band rehearsals (containing a full band setup – including guitar/bass/keyboard instruments/amps and acoustic drum kit).

Each of the dedicated music rooms contain the following equipment:

• 26 Computers connected to MIDI keyboards to be utilised with our notation software (Finale and Sibelius), as well as industry standard sequencing software (Acid Music). Musition 5 and Auralia 5 are utilised for theory based work.
• Sound recording equipment (to record performances/compositions).
• 2 Flat screen televisions to display lesson information and demonstrate software applications.
• LED lighting to make practical lessons even more dynamic.
• 26 Acoustic guitars to cater for every student.
• 6 rehearsal rooms containing: PA (mixer desk and speakers), practice amplifiers, electric/acoustic guitars, bass guitars, keyboards, electric drum kits.
• Brass, woodwind and various string instruments (available for concert band students participating in school musical concerts and productions on a loan basis).
• Access to 190 seat theatre for large group lessons (e.g. guitar and djembe drums) and performance based activities.

Music classes also have access to the 190 seat theatre for large group lessons (e.g. guitar and djembe drums) and performance based activities.

Equipment in the Science block includes:

• Smartboard
• pH meters
• Dissolved ion meters
• Data logger including pH, temperature, lux, motion etc sensors
• Computer simulation programs for evolution, nuclear radiation, interactive Periodic Table etc
• Clickview videos
• DVD’s & videos (TV with both DVD & VHS facilities in all classrooms)

The rooms are as follows:

Stage 6 Industrial Technology

• Extraction system
• PPE
• Hand tools
• Work benches
• Lathe
• Drill press
• Jointer
• Router table
• Disc sander
• Compound slide saw
• Panel saw
• Mortising Drill
• Wall clamp
• Thicknesser
• Band saw
• Electric drill
• Biscuit joiner
• Domino joiner
• Belt and orbital sander
• Jig saw
• Router
• Trimmer
• 3D Plastic Printer
• Laser Cutter

Technology Room

• Dust extraction system
• PPE
• Hand tools
• Work benches
• Lathe
• Drill press
• Router table
• Disc sander
• Compound slide saw
• Band saw
• Electric drill
• Orbital sander
• Jig saw
• Router
• Trimmer
• 3D Plastic Printer
• Laser Cutter

Stage 5 Industrial Technology Metal

• PPE
• Hand tools
• Work benches
• 3 Lathes
• 2 Drill press
• Mechanical hacksaw
• Drill mill
• MIG welder
• Arc welder
• Oxy-Acetylene set
• Guillotine
• Bench shears
• Magna bend
• Electric drill
• Angle grinder
• Spot welder

Stage 5 Industrial Technology Timber

• Dust extraction
• Hand tools
• Lathes
• Router table
• Compound slide saw
• Thicknesser
• Jig saw
• Trimmers
• PPE
• Work benches
• Pedestal drill
• Disc sander
• Band saw
• Biscuit joiner
• Routers

Engineering Studies, Graphics

• 25 PC Work stations
• Digital projector and sound system
• A3 laser printer
• Drawing equipment
• 3D Printers
• Laser cutter

Design Room

• 24 PC Work stations
• Laser printer
• Digital projector and sound system

• 3 Art rooms
• 1 fully equipped darkroom
• 22 computers
• 1 colour printer/photocopier.
• Specialist photographic printer
• Specialist photographic programs such as Photoshop and Spyder,
• Electric Kiln
• Ceramics area and a wide variety of media including different clays, underglazes, tissue transfers, and many of the tools and implements used by ceramic artists.
• 2 Etching press suitable for a variety of printmaking processes
• Large library of books and resources both online and hard copy.

Students also have access to the following off campus facilities:

• Gosford Pool
• Gosford Art Gallery

Gosford Pool is used twice a year for Year 8 underwater photography and the Gosford Art Gallery is used across the year groups from Year 7, who visit twice a year, to senior students who can access the gallery any time they or their teacher chooses.

School Certificate, Preliminary and HSC students have full access to all art rooms and the art resources during their lessons and outside class time. Students are actively encouraged to access the art rooms outside school hours, in holiday times or free lessons.