Australian Christian College - Darling Downs

The Canning Examiner has highlighted our student Adam Diagne and his fantastic performance representing WA at the U16 National Basketball Championships in Bendigo!

We love seeing our students' hard work recognised! 👏🙌

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Armadale – 6th August 2026 | Your Local Examiner

Entries for the 2026 CEM Prize for Portraiture are still open! 🎨

This national art competition celebrates the creative talents of our students across the country, with some fantastic prizes up for grabs - including a $300 Eckersley's gift card!

🚨🚨 Submission Deadline: Friday, 25th September (Week 9)

🔗 Learn More & Enter: https://sites.google.com/acc.edu.au/thecemprize2026

It's nearly time to welcome our Year 7 2027 students to the ACC Orientation Day. This is a great opportunity to get familiar with the teachers, make some new friends and get excited for highschool!

Huge shoutout to Year 10 student, Adam Diagne, who travelled interstate this July to represent Western Australia with the WA Country Boys at the U16 Basketball National Championships in Bendigo, Victoria!

Competing against the top junior basketball talent from across the country, Adam and his team battled hard to earn a impressive 7th place finish out of 14 teams! 💪🔥

Congratulations Adam!

Students and families of Year 10 students, we look forward to welcoming you to our Year 11 2027 Information Night. See you there!

For those considering a career in teaching, this is a great opportunity. Our Teacher Training School, supported by Christian Heritage College, offers a supportive and immersive approach to gaining the theoretical and practical knowledge and skills that you need.

Our Year 9 students spent Tuesday, exploring their future tertiary options at Murdoch University!

It was an action-packed day, featuring full campus tours and immersive, hands-on subject sessions. Our students had the opportunity to participate in the Legal Debate Workshop and the Forensic Biology & Toxicology Workshop! 🔬⚖️

STEM in Action: The Goldfields Water Supply Scheme! 💧

Our Year 7 students traded the classroom for an educational adventure at Mundaring Weir!

As part of their CoRE (STEM) learning, students dove deep into the incredible engineering design behind the historic Goldfields Water Supply Scheme. By observing the weir, pump stations, and pipeline firsthand, they explored:

⚙️ Hydraulic Engineering: How water is managed and moved across vast distances.

🛠️ Design Challenges: The technological and environmental hurdles of maintaining a large-scale system.

📜 Innovation & History: The enduring significance of this iconic WA project.

It was a fantastic day of connecting real-world engineering with environmental problem-solving. Way to go, Year 7s! 👏🧠

Last week, our secondary students took on their very first inter-school cross-country competition. We could not be more impressed by their incredible work ethic, team spirit, and resilience on the day!

It was wonderful to watch our students challenge themselves and represent our community with such outstanding sportsmanship. We are already looking forward to many more inter-school events throughout the rest of the year. 🏫💪

From Tuesday to Thursday this week, eight of our Year 9/10 students are participating in the Try-A-Trade program at the Rockingham TAFE Campus.

This three-day experience gives them a real taste of plastering, wall construction, and ceiling work. They’re getting hands-on with professional tools and materials, learning exactly what it takes to build, renovate, and design spaces with clean, professional edges. 🧱💪

It’s a fantastic opportunity to step out of comfort zones and pick up practical skills they can be proud of.