Chapel Hill State School

Chapel Hill State School is a public primary school located in Ironbark Road Chapel Hill, Queensland, Australia, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) west from the Brisbane CBD. It is operated by the Queensland Department of Education. Chapel Hill State School provides primary education from Prep to Year 7, and in 2013 had an estimated 650 students attending the school.[1] Academically it is one of the Queensland's best schools.[2]

History

The first Chapel Hill State School first opened in (1872) in Ironbark Road, Chapel Hill.[3] The land on which the current Chapel Hill State School (1978), was first owned by James Graham and changed hands many times. The Queensland Government acquired 6.8 hectares of land for the school from the McIntyre family in 1976.

Chapel Hill State School opened in January 1978 with an enrolment of 152 pupils. The 94 families began building gardens, playground equipment and tree planting on the grounds. In 1979 the top teaching block and covered area were built, and by 1982 there were 324 pupils justifying building a separate library, so it could move out of the Administration block.

A number of demountable buildings were acquired as the population increased, and in 1997 a new hall was rented.

In June 2012 the Ross Perry Resource Centre was opened; it was named after retiring principal Ross Perry.[4]

Sports houses

The names for the sports houses were taken from early settlers in the area. The Russell family lived on Russell Terrace. Patterson was a name chosen as it had been thought that the family owned the land on which the school is built. This was not the case, but the Patterson’s were major land and sawmill owners in Brookfield. The Breddin family arrived in Brisbane from Hamburg in 1866 and ended up being one of the first families to settle in Chapel Hill. Later Carl Breddin married Ellen Russell, and their granddaughter, Jenny Blake, was one of the first teachers at the school.

Academic performance

Chapel Hill State School was one of the top-performing schools in the 2013 National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests.[2] The scores and ranks were:[5][6]

Year Number of students Test Absolute Score Percentage above the national minimum score Rank (1 highest) Number of schools ranked
3 84 Reading 480 100 22 1192
Writing 452 99 68 1190
Spelling 433 99 104 1191
Grammar and Punctuation 476 100 65 1191
Numeracy 432 100 85 1190
5 67 Reading 546 100 37 1191
Writing 512 99 70 1193
Spelling 510 100 160 1994
Grammar and Punctuation 554 97 35 1194
Numeracy 541 100 28 1195
7 82 Reading 595 100 15 1180
Writing 589 100 11 1179
Spelling 599 100 12 1179
Grammar and Punctuation 617 100 9 1179
Numeracy 619 100 9 1179

Other

The school uniform was designed in 1977 and was changed slightly in 1994. It was also changed in 2013.

References

  1. "Welcome to Chapel Hill State School". Chapel Hill State School. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "State schools in high socio-economic areas record half the top 10 average scores in NAPLAN tests". Courier Mail. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  3. http://education.qld.gov.au/wcis/Centre/ViewCentre.aspx?CtrCd=1872
  4. "Praise for Chapel Hill's 'unelected representative'". Jane Prentice MP, Federal Member for Ryan. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  5. "NAPLAN 2013 Outcomes: All Queensland Schools". Queensland Studies Authority. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  6. "NAPLAN 2013 Outcomes (csv)". Queensland Schools Authority. Retrieved 17 September 2013.

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Coordinates: 27°29′59″S 152°56′39″E / 27.49979°S 152.94424°E