School Visit - Primary

Nightcliff Primary School 

Located in the suburb of Nightcliff about 10 kilometres from the centre of the city and two blocks back from the beach.
The school is a modern primary school catering for students from Preschool to Year six. The school has:

• Approximately 470 students currently enrolled
• 16 classroom teachers from Transition to Year Six
• 12 support staff
• a double unit preschool provides morning or afternoon sessions for students

School Vision ...

"Achieving in a safe, supportive, innovative and sustainable learning community."

... and Values

Respect, Responsibility, Honesty, Inclusion and Caring.

Every year Nightcliff Primary the host  The Netherlands’ Nuon Solar Team from the Delft University of Technology. This year they are seeking to retake the crown from Tokai University at this year’s World Solar Challenge. The two teams will again compete in the Challenge Class category for this year’s race.

The Dutch team held the World Solar Challenge title four times in a row in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007. This year, Nuon will field the “Nuna 7” (Icelandic for “now”). The team took second place in the 2009 and 2011 race. In the 2011 World Solar Challenge, Nuna 6 (pictured above) finished second behind Tokai Challenger which won the race with a lead time of one hour and five minutes.

Hosting this team allows the students from Nightcliff Primary  to be participate in this journey  and oversee the various stages of development in this creation of their solar power vehicle.

If you wish to follow their progress in this race that is taking pace in two week go to 

http://www.solarpowertoday.com.au/blog/meet-the-team-nuon-solar-teams-nuna-7/

The team