Callaghan College Waratah Technology Campus

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Callaghan College Waratah Technology Campus
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Callaghan College Waratah Technology Campus main entrance
Address
Turton Road

,
NSW
,
2298

Coordinates 32°54′23.9″S151°43′38.5″E / 32.906639°S 151.727361°E / -32.906639; 151.727361 Coordinates: 32°54′23.9″S151°43′38.5″E / 32.906639°S 151.727361°E / -32.906639; 151.727361
Information
Type State-run high school, public, coeducational
MottoExcellence, Respect, Responsibility
Established~2002
Founded~2001
Opened~2002
StatusOpen
PrincipalDana Fuller
Staff~55
Teaching staff~40
Grades7–10
Enrolment~556 (2016)
Classrooms35
Campus type Urban
Houses     Hannell Devils
     Hunter Tigers
     Shortland Vipers
     Smith Sharks
Communities servedLower Hunter Region
Website

Callaghan College Waratah Technology Campus (a campus of Callaghan College) is a state-run high school, co-educational day school in Newcastle, located in the north-western residential suburb of Waratah, specialising in the use of technology. It has an enrolment of approximately 556 students, as of 2016.

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As a specialist middle school in New South Wales, it teaches Year 7–10 students in accordance with the state government's education curriculum, as determined by the Board of Studies. At the end of Year 10, students proceed to Callaghan College Jesmond Senior Campus for the completion of their studies.

Overview

School Bell Times (Monday)
Event/ActivityTime
Roll call8:45 am to 9:00 am
Assembly9:00 am to 9:20 am
Period 19:20 am to 10:20 am
Recess10:20 am to 10:50 am
Period 210:50 am to 11:50 am
Period 311:50 am to 12:45 pm [Note 1]
Lunch12:45 pm to 1:15 pm
Period 41:15 pm to 2:10 pm

History

The school buildings were originally occupied by Newcastle Boys' High School, a selective boys' high school that operated on the site from 1934 to the end of 1976. At the beginning of 1976 the school became non-selective and co-educational for students in years 7–11, and in 1977 changed its name to Waratah High School. Later the name was changed to Waratah Technology High School, which persisted until the change to Waratah Technology Campus. Despite numerous other changes, the school retains the original Newcastle Boys' High School house names.

Newcastle Boys High School

Newcastle Boys High School was a selective high school located in Waratah—a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

Selective school (New South Wales) type of school in New South Wales

Selective schools in New South Wales, Australia are government high schools operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Communities that have accepted their students based upon their academic merit. Each year, approximately 15,000 Year 6 students from across the state of New South Wales optionally undertake the Selective High Schools Test to seek one of the 3,600 places offered for first-year entry into selective high schools. For Years 8 to 12 entry into selective schools, students do not take an external test, but apply directly to a school for entry. The application package is common to all government selective schools, with internal selection committees considering applications each year in August–September.

Notes

  1. According to the school's official site, it says, "12:40 pm".

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