Sunshine Coast Grammar School
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| Sunshine Coast Grammar School | |
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| "Strength of Purpose" | |
| Established | 1997 |
| School type | Independent |
| Principal/ Headmaster |
Mr Nigel Fairbairn (2005-present) |
| Location | Forest Glen, QLD, Australia |
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| Enrollment | Approximately 1220 |
| School colours | Gold, Maroon, Navy Blue and Green |
| Homepage | http://www.scgs.qld.edu.au |
The Sunshine Coast Grammar School is a private Christian school located in Forest Glen. As its name suggests, it lies along the Sunshine Coast. It has a student body of over 1220, from prep to grade 12. The school was established in 1997. It is owned by Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association, which operates several other schools in Queensland.
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[edit] History
The School was originally started as a non-denominational educational institute, by the founding headmaster John Burgess. The current headmaster is Mr Nigel Fairbairn.
Mr Nigel Fairbairn took over from the Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association's Dr Evans.
The Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association purchased the school after controversy, surrounding a case of professional misconduct that was brought up from Mr John Burgess's past. He was since relieved of his position, relenquished financial possession of the school, and passed away late in 2006, due to heart complications.[citation needed]
On July 1, 2006 the school officially opened its Early Learing Centre for children 6 weeks old to school age.
[edit] Academia
Sunshine Coast Grammar School separates its student body into four parts: Senior, Middle, Junior, and Early Learning. They cover the traditional school years of Year 12 down to Year 10, Year 9 down to Year 7, Year 6 down to Year 1, and kindergarten to preschool, respectively.[1] In the Senior School, year 10 students face a difficult curriculum, to prepare them to meet the state-regulated "Senior Education and Training Plan," which leads students to set their direction, ie, choose a career area.
[edit] Schools of Excellence
The school offers "Schools of Excellence" in Tennis, Mathematics and ICT.
[edit] OP Results
At the end of 2006, there were nine OP 1's and seven OP 2's awarded to the Year 12's. These were the top results of any school on the Sunshine Coast, including rival school Matthew Flinders Anglican College.[2]
[edit] International Studies
[edit] Languages
SCGS offers language courses in French and Japanese. Courses once existing in Mandarin Chinese, Italian and Indonesion were discontinued well before the school was in the possession of the PMSA.
[edit] Sister Schools
The school has sister schools in different countries around the world. These include China, Japan, Italy, France and Canada.
[edit] Houses
The school has four sporting houses which the students are divided into. They are as follows:
[edit] Bradman
Named after: Donald Bradman
Colour: Green
Mascot: Bulldog
Head of House: Mrs Tanya Moritz
[edit] Chisholm
Named after: Caroline Chisholm
Colour: Navy Blue
Mascot: Chief
Head of House: Ms Katie Livock
[edit] Lawson
Named after: Henry Lawson
Colour: Maroon
Mascot: Henry Hawk & Moe Hawk
Head of House: Mr Mark Henricks
[edit] Sturt
Named after: Charles Sturt
Colour: Gold
Mascot: Leopard
Head of House: Mr Robbie Guteridge
[edit] Music
[edit] Choral
[edit] Ensembles
Sunshine Coast Grammar School has a senior choir, years 3/4 choir and 5/6 choir.
[edit] Instrumental
[edit] Ensembles
The school has a number of instrumental ensembles including a junior concert band, senior concert band, string orchestra, big band and saxophone quartet. Three of the current saxophone quartet members have been awarded Top of Australia for their Trinity College saxophone exams.
[edit] Sport
[edit] Rugby
[edit] First XV
The Sunshine Coast Grammar School First XV qualified for Division 2 of the 2005 Bellymore Cup after winning the Sunshine Coast Schoolboys Rugby Union 1st division. The team played their way through to the final and lost by 1 point to Forest Lake SHS.[3]
In 2006, the 1st XV played in the premier division of the Sunshine Coast competition. They finished the season in fifth place with five wins from nine games.
[edit] Cricket
[edit] Open Cricket
The open cricket side attempted to put a good ending on a year to year to be remembered for Sunshine Coast cricket by winning the Australia Post Statewide knockout title in Brisbane. The Grammar team successfully defended their regional champion trophy.[4]
The final was played on Monday November 20, with the Grammar team successfully defeating Brisbane State High School.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Senior School, Middle School, Junior School, Early Learning.
- ^ Grammar celebrates 10 years with outstanding Op Results. Susnhine Coast Grammar School.
- ^ 2005 Placings. QLD Rugby.
- ^ Paul Munnings. "Grammar into State final four for second year", Sunshine Coast Daily, 2006-11-18.
- ^ Jon Tuxworth. "Grammar cricketers take out state final", Sunshine Coast Daily, 2006-11-22.
[edit] External links
| Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association Colleges, Queensland, Australia |
| Brisbane Boys' College | Clayfield College | Moreton Bay Boys' College | Somerville House | Sunshine Coast Grammar School |
