Sunshine Coast Grammar School

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Sunshine Coast Grammar School
SUNSHINE-COAST-GRAMMAR-SCHO.jpg
Location
Sunshine Coast Grammar School
Forest Glen
,
Queensland

Australia
Coordinates 26°41′2″S153°0′26″E / 26.68389°S 153.00722°E / -26.68389; 153.00722 Coordinates: 26°41′2″S153°0′26″E / 26.68389°S 153.00722°E / -26.68389; 153.00722
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Type Independent, co-educational, day school
MottoStrength of Purpose
Denomination Presbyterian and Methodist
Established1997
PrincipalAnna Owen
Enrolment~1,220 (P–12)
Colour(s)Gold, maroon, navy blue and green     
Website www.scgs.qld.edu.au

The Sunshine Coast Grammar School is a private Christian school located in Forest Glen, a town on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. [1]

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The school has a student body of over 1200, from prep to grade 12. The school was established in 1997. It is owned by Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association, which operates several other schools in Queensland.

History

The School was originally started as a non-denominational educational institute, by the founding headmaster John Burgess.[ citation needed ]

The Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association purchased the school from Burgess after he was forced to relinquish financial possession of the school. [2] Nigel Fairbairn took over from the Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association's Dr Evans.

On July 1, 2006 the school officially opened its Early Learning Centre for children 6 weeks old to school age. This added to the size of the school area-wise.

On June 2, 2008, the school flooded after an overnight deluge of rain. The overnight rain came on top of the rain from the prior week. No major incidents were reported, although one car was caught in a creek at the school. The Maxwell Foley Centre for Excellence was built in 2013 and named after the former student's contributions to the Grammar School's community. [3]

Motto

Sunshine Coast Grammar School's motto is "Where Passion Meets Purpose". [4]

Academia

Sunshine Coast Grammar School separates its student body into four parts: Early Learning, Junior, Middle and Senior. They cover the traditional school years of kindergarten to preschool, year 1 to year 6, year 7 to year 9 and year 12 [5] In the Senior School, Year 10 students face a difficult curriculum, to prepare them to meet the state-regulated "Senior Education and Training Plan", which leads students to set their direction, i.e., choose a career area.

In 2003, students in year 4 won awards for Creative Writing at the Ekka [6]

OP results

At the end of 2006, there were nine Overall Position (OP) 1s and seven OP 2s awarded to the Year 12s with 33% of the students getting OP 5 or better. These were the top results of any school on the Sunshine Coast. [7] [8]

Sister schools

The school has two sister schools, Mulgrave School in Canada and Seijo Gakuen Junior High School and High School in Japan. Students may participate in student exchange programs with either of these schools.[ citation needed ]

Houses

The school has four sporting houses which the students are divided into. They are as follows:

HouseBradmanChisholmLawsonSturt
ColourGreenNavy blueMaroonGold
Named after Donald Bradman Caroline Chisholm Henry Lawson Charles Sturt
MascotBulldogChiefHenry and Moe HawkLeopard

Sport

Both the first XV rugby team and the first XI cricket team have become state champions, by competing in the Ballymore Cup [9] and Australia Post cricket competition [10] respectively.

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Queensland's most expensive private schools revealed". Sunshine Coast Daily. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Controversial school founder dies". Sunshine Coast Daily. Sunshine Coast News. 1 November 2006.
  3. ↑ Wikinews Contributors (2 June 2008). "Grammar school floods on Queensland's Sunshine Coast". Wikinews. Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 3 June 2008.{{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ↑ "New principal welcomed to Sunshine Coast Grammar". View News Sunshine Coast | viewnews.com.au. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  5. ↑ Senior School Archived 2006-09-11 at the Wayback Machine , Middle School Archived 2005-06-23 at the Wayback Machine , Junior School Archived 2005-06-23 at the Wayback Machine , Early Learning Archived 2006-09-08 at the Wayback Machine .
  6. ↑ "EKKA RESULTS". Courier Mail. 7 August 2003.
  7. ↑ "Grammar celebrates 10 years with outstanding Op Results". Susnhine Coast Grammar School. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2007.
  8. ↑ "Grammar Students Top OPs". Buderim Weekly. Sunshine Coast Newspaper Co. Pty Ltd.
  9. ↑ Dale, Mitchell. "The best in Queensland" . Retrieved 9 June 2008.
  10. ↑ Tuxworth, Jon (22 November 2006). "Grammar cricketers take out state final" . Retrieved 9 June 2008.
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