William Duncan State School

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William Duncan State School
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William Duncan State School
Nerang, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates 28°00′52″S153°20′03″E / 28.0144°S 153.3341°E / -28.0144; 153.3341
Information
School type Public
MottoHonor Strength Trust "A United School of Excellence"
Established1987
PrincipalRachael Jeffrey
GradesPreparatory to Year 6
Enrolment570 (2023)
HousesLachlan, Stewart, Campbell, Macintosh
Colour(s)Red and green   
NewspaperThe Highlander
Website Official website

William Duncan State School (WDSS) is a public co-educational primary school located in the City of Gold Coast suburb of Highland Park, Queensland, Australia. [1] [2] It is administered by the Department of Education, with an enrolment of 570 students and a teaching staff of 45, as of 2023. [2] The school serves students from Prep to Year 6, [1] [2] and was named after William Duncan, one of the first white settlers in the Nerang area. [3]

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History

The school opened on 27 January 1987, [3] [4] prior to the naming of the then housing estate that it was located in, which was formally named as a suburb in 2003. [5]

In 2010, the school introduced a school rule that banned students from hugging, which was received negatively, being blamed on excessive political correctness, even being compared to the slogan on fighting drug abuse 'Hugs not drugs'. [6] It was abolished soon after, due to the criticism it received. [7]

The next year, in 2011, the school introduced another school rule, which banned students from rolling up their jumper sleeves, which was not received well. [7] It is unclear if this rule was abolished.

Current day

The school has created a new motto aside their other one, "A United School of Excellence". They have also developed a new initiative called the "Centre of Musical Excellence" (CME) (established in 2014). This program is especially for musically orientated students. There are special CME classes for those students. They have a great learning system with a recently built building (completed in late 2011) including a kitchen, science lab, new library, computer lab, toilet, and meeting rooms.

Facilities

In this school there are 2 senior girl and boy toilet blocks, 1 junior girl and boy toilet block, a teachers library, student library, science room, kitchen, junior oval, senior oval, junior playground (2), senior playground and multi-purpose courts. Every classroom has an interactive white board. In many of the ICT lessons they have the use an iPad to help them research things for their lessons. They are also taught some essential keys to learning and researching.

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References

  1. 1 2 "William Duncan State School | Department of Education". Schools Directory. Archived from the original on 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "ACARA Data Access Program - School Profile 2023". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority . Archived from the original on 1 May 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  3. 1 2 "William Duncan State School". Queensland Government Archives Search. Archived from the original on 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Opening and closing dates of Queensland schools". Queensland Department of Education . 14 April 2019. Archived from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "Highland Park | Queensland Places". The University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  6. ↑ Wuth, Robyn; Chamberlin, Thomas (17 November 2010). "Detention threat for hugging". The Gold Coast Bulletin . Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  7. 1 2 Bedo, Stephanie (3 August 2011). "William Duncan State School bans children from rolling up sleeves on jumpers". The Gold Coast Bulletin . Archived from the original on 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
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