Manly Selective Campus

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Manly Selective Campus
(part of the Northern Beaches Secondary College)
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Location
Manly Selective Campus
138 Abbott Road, North Curl Curl, New South Wales

Australia
Coordinates 33°45′46″S151°16′54″E / 33.762858°S 151.281628°E / -33.762858; 151.281628
Information
Former names
  • Manly Public School
  • Manly Intermediate High School
  • Manly Boys High School
  • Manly High School
Type Government-funded co-educational academically selective secondary day school
Motto Latin: Capimus Sed Tradimus
(What We Receive, We Pass On)
Established1859;164 years ago (1859)
(as Manly Public School)
School districtThe Beaches; Metropolitan North
Educational authority New South Wales Department of Education
PrincipalKathryn O'Sullivan
Teaching staff54 [1]
Years 7–12
Enrolment789 [2]  (2017)
Student to teacher ratio14:1
Houses Bligh, Hunter, Macquarie, Phillip
Colour(s)Navy blue, white and Sky blue    
YearbookThe Pines
Website nbscmanlys-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
Manly Selective Campus

The Manly Selective Campus of the Northern Beaches Secondary College is a government-funded co-educational academically selective secondary day school, located in North Curl Curl, a suburb on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Established in 1859 as Manly Public School, the campus caters for students from Year 7 to Year 12; and admission to the campus is based entirely on academic excellence through the Selective High Schools Test. Students seeking enrolment into Years 8 to 11 will be coordinated through the school, and must also sit for the Australian Council of Educational Research (ACER) Higher Ability Selection Test. [3] The school is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education; the principal is Kathryn O'Sullivan.

Overview

Manly Campus tops the Northern Beaches on Merit List Rankings in the NSW Higher School Certificate (HSC), and came eighth in the state in 2014. [4] It was placed seventh in the 2010, 2012 and 2021 HSC rankings, a leap from 15th in 2008 and 2009, and 20th in 2007. [5] The graduating class of 2021 is currently the highest achieving cohort on record, achieving a ranking of seventh overall as compared with other NSW state and non-government schools. This peer group is the fifth ever to place Manly in the top ten.

History

Manly Selective Campus has a long history after being founded in 1859 as Manly Public School, on the corner of Belgrave and Carlton Streets in Manly. In 1882 it was moved to a site in Darley Road, where it operated until 1945, and is the site of the current Manly Village Public School.

1925 saw the school become an Intermediate High School, and became solely a boys school from 1926. The school expanded rapidly and became Manly Junior High in 1944. In 1945, the school moved to the site of the current Balgowlah Boys Campus, and in 1949 had expanded to include senior years.

In 1954 student numbers reached 1200, and the bulk of these students moved to the current site on Abbott Road in North Curl Curl as Manly Boys High School. The school became co-educational in 1983 and was renamed Manly High School, at the same time as the nearby Manly Girls High also became co-educational and was renamed Freshwater High. Manly High was granted selective status in 1990 and was incorporated into the Northern Beaches Secondary College at its founding and given its current name in 2002.

Principals

The following individuals have served as Principal of the Manly Selective Campus of Northern Beaches Secondary College:

OrdinalOfficeholderQualificationsTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Manly Boys' Junior High School
1A. D. FraserBA194519482–3 years
Manly Boys' High School
-A. D. FraserBA194919490 years
3W. FurnassMA, DipEd195619658–9 years
4Tom EnglishBA196519650 years
5S. S. CrumlinBA196619703–4 years
6R. HunterASTC197119720–1 years
7A. M. TullyBA, DipEd197319730 years
8R. OuttersideBA, MEd197419761–2 years
9R. S. MunroASTC197719824–5 years
Manly High School
-R. S. MunroASTC198319873–4 years
10A. M. BibleASTC198719913–4 years
11T. P. BuggyBA, DipEd, MA, MEdAdim199120008–9 years
12M. AshMA Ed, BMusEd, DipMusEd200020021–2 years
Manly Selective Campus
-M. AshMA Ed, BMusEd, DipMusEd200320051–2 years
13D. TomlinMEd200620125–6 years
14Tony RuddBEd (Ind. Arts), GradCertEdStudies (D&T)201320162–3 years
15Cath WhalanBA, DipEd, MEd201720202–3 years
16Kathryn O'Sullivan2020incumbent2–3 years

Students and staff

As of 2021 Manly Selective Campus had a student population of 789 students. [6] There were an average of around 130 students in each grade from 7 to 12, although with some variation between grades, with approximately 60 staff members. [7] There was a large degree of ethnic diversity amongst the student population, with 50% of students coming from a home where English is not the primary language. [6]

The Turtalian

The Turtalian is a former completely student run weekly magazine which contained articles submitted by students, often focused on intellectual discussion. Around 200 copies were distributed each week on Friday, with special editions providing guides for events such as Pinestock, the school's annual music festival, and sporting events such as cross country, athletics and swimming carnivals. The Turtalian Committee handled the editing, design, and printing of the magazine.

The concept is currently used as a project-based lesson guided by a teacher.

Grounds

Manly Selective Campus' oval and remnant bushland area. Oval and remnant bushland area (Manly Selective Campus).jpg
Manly Selective Campus' oval and remnant bushland area.

One of the prominent images associated with Manly Selective Campus are the stands of Radiata Pines planted around the school, giving the name to the school's yearbook, The Pines and the newsletter, The Weekly Pines. Some of these pines have created a problem in a 7,010 m2 area of remnant bushland that lies on the school's property on a steep hill behind the school oval. Seedlings of the original pines grew up in the bushland after more of the radiata pines were planted in close proximity to the bushland in 1954. This bushland is some of the last remaining native Sandstone Heath east of Pittwater Road in Warringah, however sections of it are highly degraded by weeds such as lantana and asparagus fern. In recent years there has been an increasing effort to rehabilitate the heath back to pre-European quality, and in late 2006 many of the pine trees which had seeded in the bushland were removed.

Extra-curricular activities

Students are given the chance to participate in various extracurricular activities, only some of which are listed below:

Students of Manly also have participated with others from the NBSC in the College Rock Eisteddfod Challenge, until its cancellation due to a lack of funds. [8] [9]

Band program

The band program at Manly has three streams and ten ensembles of various levels including the Concert Stream (comprising the Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, and Symphonic Wind Orchestra), the Stage Band Stream (comprising the Swing Band, Stage Band, Big Band, Jazz Orchestra, and Bennett Frerck's Ensemble of Jazz), and the Strings Stream (comprising the String Ensemble and Chamber Orchestra).

Previously, the Band Program also incorporated a Jazz Improvisation stream, which as of 2012 was changed to the "OffBeat" bands spanning all campuses across the Northern Beaches Secondary College. However, the school has been represented on numerous occasions over countless years of the Schools' Spectacular that showcases the student talent of State School students annually.

On 10 August 2017 the Bands of Manly Selective Campus were cited in the NSW Parliament by James Griffen. [10]

Notable alumni

See also

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