Creativity, self-awareness and critical thinking are highly desired traits in leaders both within and beyond the workforce. They are traits that drive innovation, help create empathy and denote an interest in the broader world. PLC girls develop these traits as well as their technical skills within our Visual Arts program.

Within Stage 4 (Years 7 and 8) students gain a fundamental understanding of the frames and conceptual framework and the application of these in both artmaking and critical and historical studies of the visual arts.

Music is a conduit for individual and collaborative expression. It is an opportunity for our girls to explore history, culture, and indeed themselves through sound. PLC Armidale has long cultivated a reputation for musical excellence. Many of our graduates have placed in the top 10% of the State for their HSC, and PLC Armidale graduates are often awarded selection to Conservatoriums of Music nationally and globally.

All our girls take music as a classroom subject from Pre-Kindergarten to Year 8 and may choose Music as an elective subject from Years 9 to 12.

Confidence comes with conviction. The girls learn both in Speech and Drama, which cultivates students’ acting, writing and public speaking skills from the foundation years of Junior School. Students from Kindergarten to Year 11 take part in Guild Drama on the final day of each school year. Each student plays a role, from scripting, to music, to costumes and choreography, to stage-running, to acting.

PLC Armidale girls are encouraged to participate in sports – not that they need the encouragement. Our girls recognise the positive impacts sport has on their physical, mental and social wellbeing, and so participation is high across the whole College. PLC Armidale is a member of Independent Girls’ Schools Association Sport, Independent Primary Schools’ Heads Association, giving students the opportunity to represent the College at higher levels throughout the region and the State.

Our Community Partnership with the Northern Inland Academy of Sport (NIAS) draws talented athletes and sporting professionals from around the state to our facilities, giving PLC girls and coaches access to professional development.