All Saints' College, Perth

All Saints' College

God Gives The Will And The Power To Achieve
Location
Bull Creek, Western Australia
Australia
Coordinates 32°03′07″S 115°51′58″E / 32.052°S 115.866°E / -32.052; 115.866Coordinates: 32°03′07″S 115°51′58″E / 32.052°S 115.866°E / -32.052; 115.866
Information
Type Co-educational, private
Denomination Anglican
Established 1981
Chair of the Board of Management Peter Gow[1]
Principal Belinda Provis
Teaching staff 101.5 FTE[2]
Enrolment 1,223 (in 2015)[2]
Colour(s) Navy blue, light blue & white             
Website www.allsaints.wa.edu.au

All Saints' College is a private Anglican coeducational school in Bull Creek, a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia.

The school is situated ten kilometres south of the Perth CBD on 19 hectares (47 acres) of land.[3] It was founded in 1981, the first coeducational Anglican secondary school in the Perth metropolitan area and the first Anglican secondary school in the southern suburbs,[4] and now caters for students from pre-kindergarten to year 12/13.[lower-alpha 1]

History

Planning for the college began in 1979,[4][5]:1 and the first enrolment was accepted in that year.[6] Construction began in 1980 and the first classes were held in 1981. Initially the college had approximately 100 students, in years 7 and 8.[7]

The college chapel was built in 1989, and the junior school in 1992. The swimming pool and learning centre were added in 2001.[6] A student gathering area named The Common was installed in 2008.[8]

In late 2009, the college adopted a new logo,[9] which was used from 2010 onwards.

A new indoor sports centre was completed in August 2010.[10][11]

During 2010, the senior school library was expanded, re-opening at the start of the 2011 academic year.[12][13]

A new performing arts theatre was built in 2012, and opened in 2013.[14][15][16]

Junior school

The junior school facilities include music rooms, an art complex, a library, computing facilities, an enrichment centre and a theatre.[17]

Senior school

Year 8 students take part in a peer support programme that helps them to make the transition to senior school. Year 11 students are given training for a mentoring role in a peer support programme that has been operating for several years.[18]

The year 12/13 learning centre was the first of its kind in Australia. The three-storey building comprises classrooms, laboratories and student amenities. Every room has air-conditioning, television and video and is online, with both wireless and wired network technology. The ground floor features an independent learning area with study carrels and computers, a quiet study room and a student common room.[17]

Houses

The college has a pastoral house system with six houses, named after Western Australian historical figures.[19][20] The houses are:

Forrest, Murdoch, O'Connor and Stirling were established with the college in 1981. Cowan and Durack were added in 1994 as the student numbers increased.[20]

Between 1993 and 2011, the junior school had separate houses: Bussell, Drummond, Molloy and Riley.[21][lower-alpha 3] In 2012, these houses were disbanded and the students transferred to the same houses as the senior school.[22]

Notable alumni

Notes

  1. ↑ The Western Australian education system normally finishes at year 12. All Saints' College allows students to take the year 12 courses over two calendar years, which are referred to as years 12 and 13.[1]
  2. ↑ "Durack House is named after the Durack family who pioneered the Kimberley region of this state. … The family included Mary Durack (1913–1994) … and Elizabeth Durack (1915–2000) ..."[20]
  3. ↑ The junior school houses were named after Grace Bussell, James Drummond, Georgiana Molloy and Charles Owen Leaver Riley.[21]

References

  1. 1 2 "Leadership". All Saints' College. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  2. 1 2 "School profile". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Our location". All Saints College. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Anglican School for Bull Creek". The West Australian. 16 August 1979. p. 9.
  5. 1 2 "2005 CQ Issue 55" (PDF). All Saints' College. 2005. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  6. 1 2 Columba, All Saints' College yearbook, 2005 (25th anniversary edition), pp 160–161 Celebrating 25 Years.
  7. ↑ "History of All Saints' College". All Saints' College. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  8. ↑ College Courier, The fortnightly newsletter of All Saints' College, issue 19, 7 November 2008.
  9. ↑ All Saints' College Portal, accessed 21 October 2009
  10. ↑ College Courier, The newsletter of All Saints' College, issue 13, 20 August 2010.
  11. ↑ "Students find cover at All Saints". Melville Times. Community Newspaper Group. 7 September 2010. p. 4.
  12. ↑ The Dove, The magazine of All Saint's College, issue 64, winter 2010, p 6 Senior School Library extensions take shape
  13. ↑ The Dove, The magazine of All Saint's College, issue 65, summer 2010/2011, p8 Senior School Library refurbishment
  14. ↑ "Winner of IES International Lighting Award of Excellence (WA) – All Saint's College Performing Arts Centre – Internal Foyer and Auditorium". Engineering Technology Consultants. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  15. ↑ "About the CPA". All Saints' College. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  16. ↑ The Dove, The magazine of All Saint's College, issue 69, summer 2013, p2 From the Principal (Acting)
  17. 1 2 All Saints' College web site
  18. ↑ "Orientation and other special programs". All Saints' College. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  19. ↑ "Senior School Houses". All Saints' College. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  20. 1 2 3 The Dove, The magazine of All Saint's College, issue 61, summer 2008/09, pp 43–45 Houses in the Senior School.
  21. 1 2 The Dove, The magazine of All Saint's College, issue 62, winter 2009, pp 44–45 Houses in the Junior School.
  22. ↑ The Dove, The magazine of All Saint's College, issue 67, summer 2011/2012, p 46 Living memorial for Junior School Houses.
  23. ↑ "Members Information – Brian Tee (Eastern Metropolitan)". Parliament of Victoria. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  24. ↑ "Chisela Kanchela". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 9 November 2013.

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