Sunshine Coast Grammar School

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

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.

Despite its name, the school is not a Grammar School established under either the Grammar Schools Act 1860 or the Grammar School Act 2016, distinguishing it from earlier established Grammar Schools in Brisbane, Ipswich, Rockhampton, Toowoomba, and Townsville. In 2016, the Queensland Parliament defined Grammar Schools to exclude "Sunshine Coast Grammar School."[2] The legislation forbids a person from "establish[ing] or operat[ing] a non-grammar school under a name that includes the word ‘grammar’" and makes it an offence to "hold out a non-grammar school to be a grammar school."[3] The legislation nevertheless permits Sunshine Coast Grammar School to retain its name.[4]


History

The School was originally started as a non-denominational educational institute, by the founding headmaster John Burgess.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

The Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association purchased the school from Burgess after he was forced to relinquish financial possession of the school.[5] Nigel Fairbairn took over from the Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association's Dr Evans.

On 1 July 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. Template:Sister project On 2 June 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.[6]

Motto

Sunshine Coast Grammar School's motto is "Where Passion Meets Purpose".[7]

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[8] 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[9]

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.[10][11]

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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Houses

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

House Bradman Chisholm Lawson Sturt
Colour Green Navy blue Maroon Gold
Named after Donald Bradman Caroline Chisholm Henry Lawson Charles Sturt
Mascot Bulldog Chargers Henry and Moe Hawk Leopard

Sport

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Both the first XV rugby team and the first XI cricket team have become state champions, by competing in the Ballymore Cup[12] and Australia Post cricket competition[13] respectively.

Notable alumni

See also

References

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  3. ↑ https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/pdf/inforce/current/act-2016-052 (Section 51)
  4. ↑ https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/pdf/inforce/current/act-2016-052 (Section 69, exempting Sunshine Coast Grammar School and Anglican Church Grammar School from the application of Section 51)
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