Hale School

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Hale School
Hale School Crest
Duty
Established 1858
School type Independent
Principal/
Headmaster		 Stuart Meade
Location Perth, W.A., Australia
Campus Wembley Downs
Enrollment 14000
School colours Oxford Blue, Cambridge Blue and Gold
Homepage www.hale.wa.edu.au

Hale School is the oldest boys’ school in Western Australia. Over 1500 boys are currently enrolled - with 300 in the junior school from years 1-7, and 1200 in the senior section. One of the founding members of the PSA or the Public Schools Association, it is an Anglican boarding and day school.

The present headmaster is Stuart Meade (Senior School), who replaced Dr John Inverarity in 2003. The current chairman of the Board of Governors is David Aitken.

"Duty" has been chosen as the School's motto. It represents a responsibility to one's community and country, above and beyond mere self.

Located in Wembley Downs, the school has some of the highest enrolment fees in Perth: ranging from AU$ 14 000 for day students, and in excess of $35 000 for overseas boarders.

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[edit] History

Hale School was founded in 1858 by the first Anglican Bishop of Perth, Matthew Blagden Hale. An intrinsic part of Western Australia's colonial history, it was responsible for educating the vast majority of the colony's native-born men who later became influential members of "The Establishment". Modelled on England's elite public schools, it has sometimes been accused of being elitist. For example, in his biography of John Forrest, Frank Crowley described the school's values as "a heady compound of social snobbery, laissez-faire capitalism, sentimental royalism, patriotic Anglicanism, benevolent imperialism and racial superiority."

The school was initially known as "Bishop Hale's School", and later as "The High School". It has since been renamed "Hale School" in honour of its founder, and reconstituted under the Hale School Act of the Parliament of Western Australia. The Act states, inter alia, that His Grace the Archbishop of Perth shall be one of the school's eleven Board Members.

During the 20th century, 120 Haleians lost their lives in the Boer War, WWI, WWII and Korean War. A Memorial Grove honours these gentleman with 120 plaques and a sculpture with an 'eternal flame' theme.

The first campus was established at The Cloisters, St George’s Terrace. In 1914, the School moved to a more spacious site at Havelock Street. Finally, in 1961, the school relocated to its current 480 000 m² premises in Wembley Downs.

[edit] Mission

The mission of the school is:

"...to provide a diverse and quality education for all of its students within a Christian environment, which emphasises the nurturing of sound character and strong moral sense, develops each individual's talents and capacities to the full and which is directed to the attainment of the higher intellectual, spiritual, moral, social, cultural and economic aspirations of mankind." [1]

[edit] Houses

There are currently 10 houses in Hale Senior School. These include 8 day houses, and 2 boarding houses

  • Buntine - red
  • Faulkner (boarding) - light green
  • Havelock - black and yellow
  • Haynes - yellow
  • Loton - navy blue and orange
  • Parry - navy blue
  • Riley - dark green
  • St Georges - red and white
  • Tregonning - maroon
  • Wilson (boarding) - blue

Loton was changed from a boarding house to a day house in 2005, following the completion of the new boarding house. Prior to this Loton's colour was brown.

[edit] Sporting Facilities

Hale School has various sporting facilities to offer on its expansive campus. Some of these include:

  • Olympic size, eight lane, swimming pool
  • Gymnasium: basketball court, four badminton courts, three volleyball courts, four squash courts and an indoor rock climbing facility.
  • Fully equipped weights room
  • 16 tennis courts: 12 plexipave, 4 grass
  • 4 football fields
  • 4 plexipave outdoor basketball courts
  • 5 cricket ovals: with turf wickets
  • 32 cricket practice wickets: both synthetic and turf
  • 4 soccer fields
  • Cross country tracks
  • 2 rugby fields
  • Track and Field Tracks for Athletics
  • Hockey state-of-the-art Aquaturf synthetics surface with clubrooms: one of the few in WA
  • 3 additional grass Hockey ovals
  • Cygnet Hall on the Swan River (i.e. off campus): used for Rowing

Hale School has housed important teams over the years, including the English Rugby Team on occasions, namely for training during the 2003 Rugby World Cup. The school also hosted English cricketer, Michael Vaughan, for a nets session, as seen on the front page of The West Australian on November 29, 2006 [1], and Prince Harry of Wales during his gap year.

[edit] Future Developments

As Hale School moves towards its 150th year celebrations in 2008 a number of major construction projects are planned for the school.

Construction on the new Health Centre has begun, it will be built alongside the boarding house in the area behind the gymnasium. Site works will start on the new Health Centre in late October 2006 with construction expected to take 7 months and completion due in late May 2007. The new facility will be a welcome replacement for the existing Health Centre which has served the school for last 45 years. The new Health Centre will be a seven (patient) bed centre with Doctor / Physio room, general treatment rooms and overnight accommodation for nursing staff. The building fabric will be rendered brickwork supported with structural steel and a parapet elevation to complement the existing Senior Boarding House, with wheelchair access and an ambulance parking bay.

This will enable the land occupied by the current Medical Centre, along with the old Wilson and Faulkner Houses, to be utilised for other purposes, including new English & LOTE classrooms, new state-of-the-art library/resource centre and a cafeteria-style food outlet.

[edit] Alumni

Some prominent Old Haleians include:

[edit] Affiliations

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=14&ContentID=14972

[edit] External links


Public Schools Association of Perth
Aquinas College | Christ Church Grammar School | Guildford Grammar School | Hale School | Scotch College | Trinity College | Wesley College
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