Blackwattle Bay Campus
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Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus |
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Established | 1979 |
School type | Public, partially selective |
Principal/ Headmaster |
Julie Collier |
Location | Sydney, NSW, Australia |
Campus | Urban (Glebe) |
Enrolment | {{{enrolment}}} |
School colours | Navy blue and white |
Homepage | www.glebe-h.schools.nsw.edu.au |
Blackwattle Bay Campus is the senior campus of Sydney Secondary College.
The school was established in 1979 as Glebe High School, with 109 students and 17 staff members, all housed in demountable classrooms. Permanent buildings were built in the early 1980s. In 2002, the school became part of Sydney Secondary College and was renamed Blackwattle Bay Campus.
As of 2005, Blackwattle Bay Campus is exclusively a senior campus catering for Years 11 and 12. This enables the school to offer one of the largest range of HSC courses in Sydney. Like all SSC campuses, Blackwattle Bay Campus is partially selective. The HSC results of Blackwattle are of a fairly high standard.
Blackwattle Bay Campus is located in Glebe on Blackwattle Bay and is just a few minutes walk from the Sydney Fish Market and Star City Casino. The Glebe light rail station is just a few metres from school.
The school holds the college drama night which brings all campus's together to show to parents and school staff what students in elective Drama have achieved. This years Drama Night was held on June 27. The event consisted of 11 plays popular plays included "Emo Army" "Cecil" and "Sydney Transport"
[edit] Sports
The school has sports that are compulsory for all year 11 students, including kayaking which can be done in the morning or afternoon.