Brunswick Secondary College

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Brunswick Secondary College
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Brunswick Secondary College
Brunswick, Melbourne
,
Victoria

Australia
Information
Type Public high school
Established1995;29 years ago (1995)
PrincipalKaren Harris
Teaching staff94
Employees19 non-teaching [1]
Years 7–12
Enrolment900 [2]
Colour(s)Purple, green and gold    
PublicationBrunswick Star (School newsletter)
Website www.brunswick.vic.edu.au

Brunswick Secondary College is a public high school located in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick, Victoria, Australia. The school caters for students from Year 7 to Year 12.

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Curriculum

Brunswick Secondary offers a comprehensive curriculum from Year 7 to 12, and many electives and enrichment opportunities. In 2011, it introduced a Victorian Applied Learning Program (VCAL) into the curriculum, partnered with its Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) curriculum. Brunswick Secondary has an active performing arts program, involved in many different areas including dance, drama and instrumental music. The school offers Mandarin Chinese and Italian as its Languages Other Than English. The school also ran a SEAL (Select Entry Accelerated Learning) Program, which was phased out in 2024 (There are no longer testing and grouping of students into a SEAL class, but already existing seal classes will continue until they reach their senior schooling) and a VCE Early Start Program. The school participates in the University of Melbourne's Mathematics Extension Program.

In addition to its core curricular subjects, Brunswick Secondary offers a rich extra-curricular program, including: dance, debating, drama, chess, circus, table tennis, Kendo, and creative writing. It boasts a high level of participation and achievement in these areas (and subject areas) through competitions.

Brunswick Secondary College also has a wide variety of elective subject choices for students in Year 9 & 10 ranging from subjects such as Food Tech, Woodwork, City Life and Bushwhacked.

Victorian Young Leaders to China Program

Brunswick Secondary is a participant in the Victorian Young Leaders to China (VYLC) Program and offers positions to Year 9 students learning Chinese. The VYLC Program is a world-class, six-week in-country immersion program for Year 9 students, designed to prepare them to live and work as citizens and future leaders in an inter-connected global community. The initiative contributes to Victoria as the Education State by developing the students’ global competencies. The program is a life-changing opportunity for students and teachers to live in and attend school in China. Combining language and cultural learning with personal development and leadership skills, the program focuses on one of Australia’s main trading partners, China.

Facilities

Brunswick Secondary has many facilities allowing a wide curriculum with the many electives it offers. A new Year 9 Learning Centre was completed in early 2007 with new computers and teaching rooms with electronic whiteboards, which have since been installed in all classrooms throughout the school. In 2001, it was subject to a multimillion-dollar renovation, which saw many new facilities built. Since 2011, the school offers students in Years 10–12 laptops for hire throughout the academic year. The school features an organic garden, an auditorium, a gym, kitchens, and performing arts facilities such as a theatre. The school has a full size synthetic multipurpose field, completed in 2009, that is used by the school during the day and the Brunswick Hockey Club in the evenings. In 2018, the school was granted 10 million for renovation, kickstarting the building of a new food block which housed the new cafeteria, canteen and kitchens. Other works that were done included renovation of the music block to include a brand new theatre, renovations performed on other student blocks and surroundings.

Uniform

Brunswick Secondary has a full school uniform, with a summer and winter uniform for girls and a uniform for boys. It also has a sports uniform, for use during practical physical education classes and during sporting competitions and events. It is important to note that the school does not enforce which season the uniform is worn in meaning summer clothing can be worn in winter if a student so pleases. It is also important to note that the school is accepting of males wearing the female uniform and females wearing the male uniform if they feel comfortable wearing it.

School uniform is a must need if you are attending the school. You also must wear full black shoes unless it is your P.E. or Sport Session for the day.

History

Formation

Brunswick Secondary College was formed during the early 1990s after an amalgamation of Brunswick Technical School, Brunswick Girls School, Brunswick East Secondary School and Brunswick High School. It officially opened in 1995, operating on the former site of Brunswick Technical School. In the 2000s, the school saw a steady improvement in its results in many areas including VCE scores, and as such now attracts students from well beyond its neighbourhood zone. Enrolment as of 2011 is 900. The Northern Metropolitan Region has given approval for the school to grow to 1,100 over the next few years.

Principals

OrdinalOfficeholderStart dateEnd dateTerm in officeNotes
1Claude Sgroi1995200812–13 years
2Vivienne Tellefson200920166–7 years
3Karen Harris20167 years

Rock Eisteddfod Challenge

In 2011, Brunswick Secondary placed first in the Rock Eisteddfod (Premier Division). In the absence of a Rock Eisteddfod Challenge in 2010, the Victorian Government sponsored a state-wide replacement, Vic Moves, in which Brunswick placed first. In 2009, Brunswick Secondary College placed fifth in the Raw Division of the Rock Eisteddfod. In 2008, the school came third in the Premier Grand Final with their performance 'Glitch'. They also received The Edge Award of Excellence for Choreography. They also received a wildcard into the 2008 National TV Special, and received a total score of 25.5 out of 30.

Brunswick Secondary College won the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge 2007 Premier Grand Final with their performance of 'Solstice'. In addition to coming first, they were awarded the following prizes:

In 2006, students from BSC won the Open Division, with their performance of 'Overload' and the 2004 Small School Division, with their performance 'Unanana and the Elephant'. They also made finals in 2005 with their performance Billy the Punk.

The Rock Eisteddfod Challenge was last active in 2012.

Antisemitism

This school has an issue with antisemitic behaviour. [ fact or opinion? ] In Term 1, 2023, a Jewish student was horrendously bullied for 5 weeks by other students, who confronted him with "Heil Hitler"s, swastikas drawn on desks, being slide tackled on the hockey field and, on once occasion, held down, hit and kicked while another student attempted to draw a swastika on his leg. The student was pulled from the school by his parents after an inadequate response by the school.[ fact or opinion? ] After finding out what was happening to his son the boy's father, John, contacted the school and, after 24 hours with no response, went to the police. This resulted in the school responding to John. At this time, the school set up a safety plan for the student, but it was too little too late. John, who could have pressed charges, decided not to, so as to not further traumatise his son.

The large majority of the student body and staff had no clue of the bullying of this student until July 16, 2023, when a news article by The Age outlined the horrific abuse this student, as well as two other students at two separate high schools, faced as a result of their Jewish heritage. [3]

On 1 May 2024, a message was sent out to students and teachers by assistant principal Claudia Johnson about antisemitic graffiti, in the form of swastikas and antisemitic phrases, in school toilet blocks. Students were reminded that Nazi imagery is not tolerated at Brunswick Secondary College and that "Such displays cause harm to members of our community, and [it] is unacceptable." [4]

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References

  1. ↑ School Profile | ACARA [ permanent dead link ] (accessed:11-05-2012)
  2. ↑ School Profile Archived 18 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine (accessed:11-05-2012)
  3. ↑ Precel, Nicole (15 July 2023). "Nazi salutes, memes and assaults: Jewish students say state schools unsafe". The Age. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Hi hosted at ImgBB".

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