Canterbury College (Waterford)

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Canterbury College

Motto	Fortior Quo Paratior “The better prepared, the stronger"
Established	1987
Type	Independent, Co-educational
Affiliation	Anglican Schools Office
Chaplain	Rev. Elroy Mee (Anglican)
Head of College	Donna Anderson
Students	Approximately 1,250
Grades	Prep – 12
Location	Waterford, QLD Australia
Campus	Urban (Waterford)
Colours	Red and Navy Blue (and White)
Newspaper	The Drum
Dean of Senior Years	Bill Kitchen
Dean of Middle Years	Eleanor Nicholson
Website	www.canterbury.qld.edu.au

Canterbury College (originally to be known as The College of the Good Shepherd [1]) is an independent school affiliated with the Anglican Church of Australia.

The campus [2] is located on 32 hectares in Waterford, between Beenleigh and Loganlea.

1 History
2 Headmasters
3 Sport
- 3.1 The Associated Schools Sports
4 Links

[edit] History

Canterbury College was established in 1987, with seventy-three students in three classes in Years 6, 7 and 8 [3]. Student numbers have grown quickly and it now has an enrolment of 1,250 students, from Prep (pre-school) to Year Twelve.

[edit] Headmasters

Mr. Alan Coombes: March, 1986 (Foundation) to 1994
Rev. Paul Bland: December, 1994 to November 2002
Mr Ron Daniels: December, 2002 to July 2005
Mrs. Donna Anderson, July 2005 to Present.

[edit] Sport

[edit] The Associated Schools Sports

The Canterbury College sporting program is centred around membership of The Associated Schools (TAS) for students in Years 8-12, and Junior TAS Competition (JTAS) for students in Years 4-7.

Apart from the core sports of Swimming, Cross-country and Athletics, all TAS sport is played on Saturdays over 3 trimesters. Each trimester is approximately nine weeks.

	Boys	Girls	Carnival
Trimester 1	Cricket Volleyball	Basketball Tennis	Swimming
Trimester 2	Rugby Tennis	Hockey Netball	Cross Country
Trimester 3	Basketball Soccer	Volleyball Softball	Athletics