Haileybury, Melbourne

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Haileybury
Motto	Sursum Corda 'Lift Up Your Hearts'
Established	1892
Type	Independent parallell-educational secondary; primary
Principal	Dr. Robert J. Pargetter, BSc, MA (Melb), DipEd (Mon), PhD (LaTrobe)
Founder	Mr C. H. Rendall
Students	c.3200
Grades	Preschool-12
Location	Melbourne, Victoria Australia
Campus	Berwick, Brighton East, Keysborough
Colours	Magenta and Black and Gold
Website	www.haileybury.vic.edu.au/

Haileybury is an independent school in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and incorporates both Haileybury College, an all boys college and Haileybury Girls College, an all girls college. Haileybury's Keysborough Campus caters for students in Pre-Prep to Year 12, with its Brighton, Victoria and Berwick, Victoria campuses catering for students in Pre-Prep to Year 9.

Haileybury College is the largest school in Australia with student enrolments in excess of 3200 and is one of the most prestigious and exclusive private schools while being the most expensive independent school in Victoria with tuition fees ranging between $16,000 and $22,000 (Pre-Prep to Year 12) per year for day students. Haileybury maintains strong relations with schools in China, Japan and France, and currently delivers the VCE program to a number of schools in China.

Haileybury also has the widest sports curriculum in Victoria, and is a member of the Associated Public Schools of Victoria (APS). In 2006 Haileybury won APS premierships in Table Tennis, Touch Football, Swimming, Diving, Cricket (2 consecutive years), Football (3 consecutive years) and Soccer (2 consecutive years). Prior to the year 2006, Haileybury College held the APS premiership in Tennis for 4 consecutive years before finishing runners up. In 2006, the Haileybury College Pipes & Drums were Australian Champions and once again managed to retain the Victorian Juvenile Championship Cup for the 23rd year in a row. Also in 2006 Haileybury won the Victorian Statewide Maths Competition defeating all other Victorian schools competing, in the Years 10 and 11 divisions. In 2006 Haileybury students produced 3 High Distinction prizes in the Pricewaterhouse Coopers Australian Business Studies and Economics Competition.

Contents 1 History 2 Campuses 2.1 Castlefield 2.2 Senior School/Newlands (Keysborough) 2.3 Edrington 3 Academic Program 3.1 Senior School 3.2 Pre-Senior 3.3 Middle School 3.4 Junior School 3.5 Extra Curricular Program 4 House System and Pastoral Care 4.1 Senior School 4.1.1 Boys 4.1.2 Girls 4.2 Castlefield 4.3 Edrington 4.4 Newlands 5 School uniform 6 School Songs 7 Notable Old Boys 8 External links 9 References

[edit] History

The school began with just 17 pupils on the 10th February 1892 at 'Wellington' on the corner of New Street and South Road, Brighton Beach.

The first headmaster, Mr C H Rendall, an old boy of Haileybury England, adapted the buildings and grounds of 'Wellington' to educational purposes and enthusiastically undertook his chosen task of building in Australia an English public school with a distinctive tradition of classics and cricket.

In 1999 Haileybury admitted the first girls into the Junior School and plans were announced to develop parallel education for boys and girls from year 5 on all campuses. The following year saw the introduction of an innovative pre-senior program for boys in year 9, allowing the boys, who begin to lose interest in traditional studies to broaden their horizon and participate in a number of Options. Some options offered as part of the Pre-Senior program include a guided tour of Central Australia, Hiking in the High Country, Scuba Diving, Searching for Ned Kelly, Hiking tour of the Grampians National Park, Victorian Alps expedition and a gourmet tour of Melbourne's finest restaurants.

In 2006, The Age newspaper published stories regarding a campaign by Haileybury Girls College to offer scholarships to girls in other surrounding schools in order to fill its 2007 classes in Years 10 to 12. The campaign was criticised by these other schools, with two Catholic girls' schools - Killester and Kilbreda Colleges - vowing to submit a formal complaint to the Uniting Church, with which the school is affiliated.^[1] It has also been alleged that Haileybury has been "unethically" hiring teachers from other schools. ^[2]

[edit] Campuses

[edit] Castlefield

Castlefield was where Haileybury began. Founded in 1892, Haileybury in Brighton quickly grew and by 1931 a new location was sought. Haileybury moved to its current location at South Road, and in 1932 classes began at which is now the Castlefield campus. Today, Castlefield caters for approximately 500 students from the Early Learning Centre to Year 9.

Students travel to the Senior School at Keysborough for Years 10 to 12. However, plans are underway to reopen the Senior School for boys and girls at Castlefield in 2008.

As part of Haileybury's Parallel Education, co-instructional classes operate for boys and girls in Castlefield's ELC and Junior School. Alongside the boys Middle School, Haileybury Girls College opened its Middle School to Years 7 and 8 in 2005. In 2006 the new Girl's Pre-Senior centre was opened.

[edit] Senior School/Newlands (Keysborough)

In 1962 it became clear that the current location at South Road was no longer large enough to accommodate the growing number of students, and the decision was made to establish a senior school at Keysborough. Keysborough is now home to two teaching precincts- the senior school, catering for students in years 10 to 12, and Newlands, catering for students from the Early Learning Centre to Year 9. The Keysborough location was chosen to provide extensive new facilities as Melbourne's population moved to the south east. The Senior School was established first and Newlands opened in 1976. Today, Newlands has approximately 820 students and Senior School has approximately 900 students. As part of Haileybury's Parallel Education, co-instructional classes operate for boys and girls in Newlands' ELC and Junior School. The Middle School and Pre-Senior centre currently operate for both boys and girls while the Senior School currently operates for boys. The Girls Senior School will open in October 2006. Newlands and the Senior School run independently from each other, however many staff, facilities and equipment are shared between the two. Facilities such as the Grenda Aquatic Center, Aikman Hall and Berthon Hall are used by students from all campuses.

[edit] Edrington

In 1989 the school council made the decision to establish a third campus in the rapidly growing suburb of Berwick. A bright, modern school, the Berwick Campus is located on part of the original Edrington property, owned by the Casey family, and came into prominence when Lord Casey of Berwick became Governor General of Australia.

Edrington caters for approximately 450 students from the ELC to Year 9. Students travel to the Senior School at Keysborough for Years 10 to 12. However, plans are underway to open the Senior School for boys and girls at Edrington in 2008.

As part of Haileybury's Parallel Education, co-instructional classes operate for boys and girls in Edrington's ELC and Junior School. The Middle School and Pre-Senior Centres operate for both boys and girls. The Pre-Senior Centre opened for boys in 2000 and girls in 2006.

[edit] Academic Program

[edit] Senior School

Students at Senior School undertake a three year VCE program and can choose from over 80 different VCE and Vocational Education and Training (VET) subjects. Haileybury is well known for its brilliant results, with more than 30% of students ranking in the top 5% of Australia and more than 95% in the top 50% of Australia. In the Senior School class sizes are capped at 15 for Unit 3 & 4 subject, with an average class size of 11. The Haileybury Senior School Program also differs from other traditional schools in offering a 30 Week teaching program rather than the traditional 24-25 week program, in order to achieve this longer program students will begin the 2007 academic year from October 2006. From 2007 students will be able to choose the International Baccalaureate as part of their VCE studies.

[edit] Pre-Senior

The Pre-Senior Program is for students in Year 9 and is a program that includes a special emphasis on literacy and numeracy. Alongside English and Mathematics a diverse range of subjects are offered including, science, Japanese, French, Social Science, English Language, Drama, Art and History. One notable difference between the Pre-Senior program and the programs at Senior School and the Middle School is the teaching of Geography, which is taught out of the classroom in special programs. Students in Pre-Senior are required to complete a geography assignment based on the geographical area in which their Pre-Senior options were based. Students in the Pre-Senior program also have the opportunity to commence VCE and VET studies, with VET Information Technology and VCE Health and Human Development and Religion and Society offered. Students from Year 9 at Castlefield and Edrington actually use their building allocated for them at these two campuses rarely, as every Thursday they travel to Newlands on the Senior School/Newlands buses and for 30 days of the school year they are on their chosen options.

[edit] Middle School

A key focus of the Middle School academic program is on areas such as thinking, problem solving and communication. The curriculum includes explicit tasks related to skils such as 'working as a team'. Another key focus of the academic program is Health and Development, as well as Social Education.

[edit] Junior School

The core component of the Junior School program is literacy and numeracy, as well as a focus on Information Technology, Communication and Development.

[edit] Extra Curricular Program

Haileybury offers students a wide range of sporting, musical and academic extra-curricular activities to participate, most included in tuition fees, including compulsory Saturday sport for all students.

[edit] House System and Pastoral Care

The house system at Haileybury plays an integral part of student life. Most students will belong to two houses during their time at Haileybury, one at the Junior Campuses and one at the Senior School, Students in the Pre-Senior program are not part of the house system, however most students consider themselves to still belong to their houses at their respective Junior Campus.

[edit] Senior School

At the Senior School there are eight houses, in which students are allocated according to where they live, unlike at the Junior School. Another notable difference between the houses at the Senior School and the Junior Campuses, is that at the Senior School there are separate houses for Haileybury College and Haileybury Girls College, the Houses at the Senior School are;

[edit] Boys

• Aikman (Purple)
• Berthon (Dark Green)
• Bradshaw (Light Green)
• Castlefield (Light Blue)
• Dickinson (Yellow)
• Newlands (Orange)
• Rendall (Red)
• Sholto Black (Black)

[edit] Girls

From October 2006 there are six girls houses at the Senior School they include,

• Cuddihy (Royal Blue)
• Douglas (Burnt Orange)
• Edrington (Red)
• Jackson^ (Jade)
• Lyons (Maroon)
• Simpson (Forest Green)

^ Jackson House at Girls Senior School is named after a different person to Jackson House at Castlefield.

Inside each house, every student is allocated to a tutorial group, and it is the aim that the tutor will be the first point of contact should a student be experiencing any difficulty. Matters can then be escalated to the Head of House, the school chaplain, or other specific advisors including careers advice, heads of department or campus.

There are numerous activities between houses, including sporting competitions for all common sports, debating, puzzles and chess and a chorale competition, the houses at the Senior School compete for the Thomason Shield.

[edit] Castlefield

The houses at Castlefield are as follows;

• Clements (Blue)
• Jackson (Green)
• Kennedy (Yellow)
• Russell (Red)

[edit] Edrington

The houses at Edrington are as follows;

• Anderson (Red)
• Campbell (Yellow)
• Reynolds (Green)
• Thompson (Blue)

[edit] Newlands

The houses at Newlands are as follows;

• Cox (Green)
• Kemp (Blue)
• Sangwell (Yellow)
• Shum (Red)

[edit] School uniform

Haileybury College and Haileybury Girls College, like many other Australian independent schools, requires students to wear full school uniform at all times. Two school uniforms exist for boys and girls for both summer and winter, and the main colours featured are magenta, black and white.

There is also a separate uniform for sports activities, such as APS and the normal sports routine in the student curriculum.

[edit] School Songs

As a school with roots extending back more than 100 years, tradition is strong at Haileybury. An integral part of this tradition is through the singing of hymns. The school hymn, 'Lift up your hearts,' is sung, along with the National Anthem, every Thursday at assemblies, and at most other school events. The most popular song in recent years between staff and students is Jerusalem, which has overpassed The Victory Song as being the most well sung song for sporting achievements, especially sporting premierships.

Below is an exact transcript of the Haileybury School Hymn as printed in the 2001 revision of their hymn book. The melody used is 'Woodlands' by Walter Greatorex.

The School Hymn        M Jason Weatherby, 1833-1918

 Lift up your hearts! We lift them, Lord, to Thee;
 Here at Thy feet none other may we see;
 Lift up your hearts! E'en so, with one accord,
 We lift them up, we lift them to the Lord.
 
 Lift every gift that Thou Thyself has given;
 Low lies the best till lifted up to heaven:
 Low lie the bounding heart, the teeming brain,
 Till, sent from God, they mount to God again.
 
 Then, as the trumpet call, in after years,
 Lift up your hearts! rings pealing in our ears,
 Still shall those hearts respond with full accord
 We lift them up, we lift them to the Lord!

[edit] Notable Old Boys

• Tim Holding - Victorian Politician former finance minister, currently police minister
• Sir Wilfred Fullagar - Justice of the High Court of Australia and Knight of the British Empire
• Lex Lasry - Barrister, Chair of the Victorian Criminal Bar Association and famous for defending Joseph Thomas, and Van Tuong Nguyen
• Jerry Hazlitt - Test Cricketer for Australia
• Adam Elliot - Academy-Award winning animation artist
• Kim Dalton - Director of ABC Television
• Ian Henderson - News Reporter for the ABC
• Dean Allen-Craig - General Manager of Medialink Productions
• Michael de Wijn - Photographer
• Ross Wilson - Rock musician
• Ross Arundale - Rock musician
• Anthony Kupinic - Rock musician, A Sound Mind
• Kiran Khan - Rock musician, A Sound Mind
• Paul Corrigan - AFL Footballer, Geelong Cats
• Brett Moyle - AFL Footballer, St Kilda
• Anthony Raso - AFL Footballer, Carlton
• Sam Sheldon - AFL Footballer, Brisbane Lions
• Dylan Smith - AFL Footballer, Fremantle Dockers, North Melbourne Kangaroos
• Stefan Martin - AFL Footballer, Melbourne Demons
• Paul Boraston - Cricketer, Victorian Institute of Sport
• Chris Hocking - Triathelete, Casey Tigersharks, motor racing - Hocking Racing
• Steve Danielsen - Actor - Blue Heelers
• Kevin Tran - Actor - A Quite American, Macbeth, Blue Heelers
• Scott Pedder - Pedders Suspension, Pedders Suspension Rally Team
• Steven O'Dor - Young Socceroos and New Zealand Knights soccer player
• Scott Doerner - NCAA (Pepperdine) and WTT tour tennis player
• Austin Doerner - NCAA (DePaul) tennis player
• Kamalesh Tharmasuthan - ITTF tour table tennis player
• Ben Drysdale - National 100 and 200 metre swimming champion
• Leng Hann Lee - 2006 Rhodes Scholarship recipient
• Andrew Langford-Jones - Director of Tournaments for the Australasian PGA Tour
• Michael Imrie - Former V8 Supercar driver and team owner
• Edwin Bolwell - Writer/Senior Editor for Time Magazine and Writer/Assistant Director at New York Times
• John Piley - One of Australia's leading Counstruction Lawyers
• Dr. Leon Garner - Made Office of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Optometry
• Rev Gregor Henderson - President of the Uniting Church in Australia
• Professor Martin Richardson - Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital and Director of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery
• Benjamin Chia - Victorian State Ministry Director
• Andrew Hassett - Research and Advocacy officer with World Vision
• Dr. Greg Chawynski - Project Design Manager at Wensley Developement Group

[edit] External links

• Haileybury College website
• Old Haileyburians Association
• Haileybury Computer Club
• Haileybury and Imperial Service College, Hertford, England
• Department of Education and Training (Victoria)
• Association of Independent Schools of Victoria

[edit] References

1. ^ Bachelard, Michael. "Schools war as pupils pinched", The Age, 20 August 2006.
2. ^ Bachelard, Michael. "Haileybury's job offers 'unethical'", The Age, 25 August 2006.

• "Old Haileyburians Association Website", (Accessed 23/08/06)
• "Haileybury College Corporate Report 2004", Published December 2004.
• "Independent Schools Financial Performance Survey for 2003"
• Haileybury College Website, www.haileybury.vic.edu.au Retrieved Monday 12 December 2005
• "The Haileyburian" May 2005 Edition, Published May 2005 By Haileybury College
• "The Haileyburian" September 2005 Edition, Published August 2005 by Haileybury College
• "Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, www.vcaa.vic.edu.au (12/12/05, Monthly Report published May 2003, Annual Report 2003-2004 published by the State Government of Victoria - Department of Education and Training.
• "Haileybury Assembly Book", Published 2001, Re-Printed 2002 by Haileybury College