Frederick Irwin Anglican School

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Frederick Irwin Anglican School
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Frederick Irwin Anglican School
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Type Independent
Motto The truth will set you free
Denomination Anglican
Established1991
PrincipalGeoffrey Arnold (1991-2011)

Kerry Robertson (2012-2021) A Pennycott (secondary)

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S Skehan (primary)
Staff169
Colour(s)Green and yellow   
Website www.frederickirwin.wa.edu.au

Frederick Irwin Anglican School (originally "Frederick Irwin Anglican Community School") is a co-educational private school located in Meadow Springs in Mandurah, Western Australia, with students from Kindergarten to Year 12. The Frederick Irwin Anglican School - Halls Head Campus, opened in January 2018, caters for Kindergarten to Year 6 students. The school motto is "The Truth Will Set You Free."

The school is named after Frederick Chidley Irwin, the acting Governor of Western Australia from 1847 to 1848.

History

The Meadow Springs Campus opened in February 1991 with 175 students and now has over 1650 students from Kindergarten to Year 12.

The school was named after Captain Frederick Chidley Irwin, who was one of the key colonial leaders responsible for the killings of Aboriginal men, women and children in the Pinjarra massacre. Irwin played a significant role in the capture and execution of two renowned Indigenous leaders, Yagan and Midgegooroo, as well as the establishment of the General Board of Education during his second term as Relieving Governor of the Swan River Colony.

The Meadow Springs Campus school grounds and facilities have developed considerably since foundation, with the most recent additions of the Year 7 Transition Centre and the Rush Chapel, which was completed in July 2016.

Since its inception, the School has aimed continually to provide excellent facilities to further student academic, athletic and cultural opportunities for its students.

2011 saw the foundation Principal, Geoffrey Arnold, hand the School over to its second Principal, Kerry Robertson, to continue and grow the School into the 21st century.

In 2018, Frederick Irwin Anglican School (with the Anglican Schools Commission Inc.) opened the Halls Head Campus, allowing the intake of more primary students across two campuses within the Mandurah community.

Grounds

Meadow Springs Campus

The school is architecturally divided into the primary and secondary, bisected by the entrance road and connected via an underpass and a gymnasium with a mezzanine, sometimes used as an art gallery.

The school library is surrounded by extensive green lawns. The Performing Arts Center is near Oakmont Avenue with two music classrooms, a drama room, a theatre stage (that can seat 180 people), two keyboard rooms and many small individual tutoring music rooms. There are seven main blocks. The E block is English and Manual Arts, the B block is Science, the J/K block is for Social Studies, the G block is the Information Technology block, M block is Home Economics, the D block is Mathematics and a small room adjoining the gym is the H block. Within each block (excluding the E, M and H blocks) is a set of lockers for each year group. There is also a set of lockers surrounding the "Central Quad". The east side of the school supports a gymnasium, three ovals and 6 basketball/netball/tennis courts.

Halls Head Campus

Located on the corner of Karon and Waxflower Vista in Halls Head, the Halls Head Campus includes a Multi-Purpose Room which is used for assemblies, music lessons, services and before and after school care. Years 1 - 4 are in the same block area closest to the Multi-Purpose Room and the staff room. The Oval is situated outside of the staff room, next to the two play equipment areas, and is used for sports lessons and community events. Kindergarten, Pre-Primary, Learning Enrichment and Years 5/6 are located closest to the Administration Office and I.T. classroom, near to the staff parking. The Library is currently located on the edge of the school blocks, in a temporary demountable building.

House system

The school was previously divided into four houses, six as of 2014 with the addition of Arnold and Barrett:

All students in Primary and Secondary classes are placed in "House Groups". Secondary students are divided into seven House Groups from Years 7 to 12. All students in Secondary attend house period before officially starting lessons. On Wednesday, an extended House period is declared in which a sport will be played or an assembly will be held.

Each House has a two House Captains (Year 6s), House Prefect (Year 12), Head of House (secondary), Assistant Head of House (secondary) and House Coordinator (Primary - one per campus)

Music department

Frederick Irwin Anglican School offers a music program for its Students. All students in Year 8 take a compulsory Music course in which Instrumental Guitar is taught, and may be carried on in further years of Secondary Schooling. The school provides Year 11 and 12 students with the opportunity to take the non-ATAR 'Contemporary Music', including a minimum 30-minute private lesson per week, alongside the ATAR course, 'Western Music', as well as the option to take a Certificate II in Creative Industries (Live Production focus) and Certificate III in Music Industry.

Music scholarships by audition and interview are awarded to eligible students in the entering Years 7 and 11.

Oakmont Theatre, the performing arts centre, sees an integration of both the Music and Drama departments, providing students with:

The Frederick Irwin Anglican School Music Department offers many after-school and lunchtime programs for its students. These include:

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