Alexandria Park Community School
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Alexandria Park Community School is a public school in Alexandria
, Sydney
, Australia
. It is a combined primary and high school (classes from kindergarten to Year 12) and is located on two campuses: a junior campus opposite Alexandria Park, and a senior campus on Mitchell Road in Alexandria.
In being proactive in order to promote the welfare of its students, their families and the local community, particularly in respect to Aboriginal, low socioeconomic background and other disadvantaged groups within the local community, the school has close links with other welfare bodies within the NSW government. The Department of Community Services and the Department of Health
maintains a presence at the school. Further, the school has collaborated on a sports program with the Redfern-Waterloo Authority and has close links in respect to improving educational practice with the University of Technology, Sydney
.
students throughout the school as part of its alignment with department wide policy and practice, it also provides places in selective and OC classes designed to cater specifically to highly gifted students.
The senior school at Alexandria Park Community School is partially selective
, and offers selective places to candidate students who perform well in the state-wide examination undertaken in Year 6.
The junior school also has OC (Opportunity Class) places, in a class for gifted and talented pupils in years 5 and 6. Students wishing to enter these classes must participate in an examination and placement process that usually begins in Year 4.
in Surry Hills
prior to its move to the current Alexandria Park School site in 1977. The Cleveland Street site became an annex to the school specialising in intensive English education.
Alexandria, New South Wales
Alexandria is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Alexandria is located 4 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney...
, Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
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. It is a combined primary and high school (classes from kindergarten to Year 12) and is located on two campuses: a junior campus opposite Alexandria Park, and a senior campus on Mitchell Road in Alexandria.
In being proactive in order to promote the welfare of its students, their families and the local community, particularly in respect to Aboriginal, low socioeconomic background and other disadvantaged groups within the local community, the school has close links with other welfare bodies within the NSW government. The Department of Community Services and the Department of Health
New South Wales Department of Health
The New South Wales Department of Health, a department of the New South Wales Government, is responsibile for monitoring the performance of the public health system in New South Wales, particularly through public hospitals...
maintains a presence at the school. Further, the school has collaborated on a sports program with the Redfern-Waterloo Authority and has close links in respect to improving educational practice with the University of Technology, Sydney
University of Technology, Sydney
The University of Technology Sydney is a university in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university was founded in its current form in 1981, although its origins trace back to the 1870s. UTS is notable for its central location as the only university with its main campuses within the Sydney CBD...
.
Selective & OC
While the school provides for gifted and talentedGifted education
Gifted education is a broad term for special practices, procedures and theories used in the education of children who have been identified as gifted or talented...
students throughout the school as part of its alignment with department wide policy and practice, it also provides places in selective and OC classes designed to cater specifically to highly gifted students.
The senior school at Alexandria Park Community School is partially selective
Selective school (New South Wales)
Selective schools in New South Wales, Australia are government high schools operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training, that have accepted their students based upon their academic merit...
, and offers selective places to candidate students who perform well in the state-wide examination undertaken in Year 6.
The junior school also has OC (Opportunity Class) places, in a class for gifted and talented pupils in years 5 and 6. Students wishing to enter these classes must participate in an examination and placement process that usually begins in Year 4.
History
The school was formed after the amalgamation of Redfern Public School, Waterloo Public School, Alexandria Public School and Cleveland Street High School. The Cleveland Street High School was formerly located on Cleveland StreetCleveland Street, Sydney
Cleveland Street is a busy thoroughfare in the city of Sydney, Australia. It runs from City Road in Chippendale, across the railway line between Central and Redfern stations and east through Surry Hills to Anzac Parade....
in Surry Hills
Surry Hills, New South Wales
Surry Hills is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Surry Hills is located immediately south-east of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Sydney...
prior to its move to the current Alexandria Park School site in 1977. The Cleveland Street site became an annex to the school specialising in intensive English education.