Sunshine Coast Grammar School

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Sunshine Coast Grammar School
Image:SUNSHINE-COAST-GRAMMAR-SCHO.jpg
Strength of Purpose
Established 1997
School Type Independent, Co-educational, Day school
Denomination Presbyterian and Methodist
Key People Mr Nigel Fairbairn (Principal)
School Fees AU$5,210–7,150 p.a[1]
Location Forest Glen, Queensland, Australia Flag of Australia
Coordinates 26°41′2″S 153°0′26″E / -26.68389, 153.00722Coordinates: 26°41′2″S 153°0′26″E / -26.68389, 153.00722
Enrolment ~1,220 (P–12)
Colours Gold, Maroon, Navy Blue and Green                 
Homepage www.scgs.qld.edu.au

The Sunshine Coast Grammar School is a private Christian school located in Forest Glen, a some-what rural town on Queenslands Sunshine Coast.

The school 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 Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association purchased the school from Burgess after he was forced to relinquish financial possession of the school. [2] Nigel Fairbairn took over from the Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association's Dr Evans.

On July 1, 2006 the school officially opened its Early Learning Centre for children 6 weeks old to school age. This added to the size of the school area-wise.

On June 2, 2008, the school flooded after an overnight deluge of rain. The overnight rain came on top of the rain from the prior week. No major incidents have been reported, although one car was caught in a creek at the school.[3]

[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.[4] 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, i.e., choose a career area.

In 2003, students in year 4 won awards for Creative Writing at the Ekka[5]

[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 with 33% of the students getting OP 5 or better. These were the top results of any school on the Sunshine Coast.[6][7] An OP (Overall Position) is a ranking score used to place Year 12 students into tertiary courses

[edit] International Studies

[edit] Languages

SCGS offers language courses in French and Japanese. Courses once existing in Mandarin Chinese, Italian and Indonesian 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. Students may participate in student exchange programs with any of these schools.

These schools are;

[edit] Houses

The school has four sporting houses which the students are divided into. They are as follows:

House Bradman Chisholm Lawson Sturt
Colour Green Navy Blue Maroon Gold
Named after Donald Bradman Caroline Chisholm Henry Lawson Charles Sturt
Mascot Bulldog Chief Henry and Moe Hawk Leopard

[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 and big band. [8]

[edit] Sport

Grammar First XV against Siena Catholic College
Grammar First XV against Siena Catholic College

SCGS has set traditions in the sporting arena. From its rugby union program to its involvement in the Sunshine Coast Independent Schools Sports Association.

The school has sent teams to New Zealand and the UK. The teams, namely in the sports of rugby union, netball and cricket, have drawn comments from the Prime Minister of Australia John Howard and the Premier of Queensland Peter Beattie.[9]

Both the 1st XV rugby team and the 1st XI cricket team have become state champions, by competing in the Ballymore Cup[10] and Australia Post cicket competion[11].

[edit] References

  1. ^ SCGS Fees Schedule 2008 (PDF). Local Enrolments at SCGS. Sunshine Coast Grammar School. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
  2. ^ "Controversial school founder dies", Sunshine Coast Daily, Sunshine Coast News, 2006-11-01. Retrieved on 2006-11-01. (English) 
  3. ^ Wikinews Contirbutors. "Grammar school floods on Queensland's Sunshine Coast", Wikinews, Wikimedia Foundation, 2008-06-02. Retrieved on 2008-06-03. 
  4. ^ Senior School, Middle School, Junior School, Early Learning.
  5. ^ "EKKA RESULTS", Courier Mail, 2003-08-07. 
  6. ^ Grammar celebrates 10 years with outstanding Op Results. Susnhine Coast Grammar School.
  7. ^ "Grammar Students Top OPs", Buderim Weekly, Sunshine Coast Newspaper Co. Pty Ltd. 
  8. ^ Music Students Scoop Awards. Sunshine Coast Grammar School. Retrieved on 2007-05-26.
  9. ^ (June 2005) UK Cricket Tour 2005. Sunshine Coast Grammar School, pp 6-7. 
  10. ^ Dale, Mitchell. "The best in Queensland". Retrieved on 2008-06-09. 
  11. ^ Tuxworth, Jon. "Grammar cricketers take out state final". Retrieved on 2008-06-09. 

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[edit] External links

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Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association Colleges, Queensland, Australia