Ballarat and Clarendon College
Encyclopedia
Ballarat Clarendon College is an independent
, co-educational, day
and boarding school
, located in Ballarat
, Victoria
, Australia
.
Formerly affiliated with the Presbyterian Church of Australia
, it is now a school of the Uniting Church and a member of the Ballarat Associated Schools
.
The school currently has 1200 students from the ELC (Early Learning Centre) to Year 12.
Students starting Year 7 in 1995 were required to lease or buy a laptop from the school's provider, Computelec; the school later expanded this program to include students from Year 5.
Students are required to have a supplied laptop computer until Year 9, after which they are permitted to bring any laptop of their choice.
Sturt St, Ballarat
Sturt St, Ballarat
Grassy
, King Island
Mair St, Ballarat
, Australian Rules Football
and Netball
. There is a strong competition with the catholic boys St Patrick's College
next door (particularly in Football and Soccer), as well as with the coeducational Ballarat Grammar School
. Other high profile sports within the school include athletics, cricket
and tennis
.
The Boys First XI Cricket team are noted for winning the premiership in the 2008/2009 season, over rivals St Patricks's College. The firsts then, after winning this premiership, made the final in "The Lord Taverner's Cup" but were defeated in Shepperton by Notre Dame College
.
Another notable sport participated within the school is Rowing. The rowing program starts at Year 8 and continues through the years. There is a very strong competition with St. Patricks College and Ballarat and Queens Anglican Grammar School. In 2008 and 2010 the BCC Girl's First's Crew won the annual their respective Head of the River race at the Barwon river in Geelong and consequently won the Head of the Schoolgirl's competition.
College has built a foundation in volleyball, providing many representatives in both Boys and Girls respective competitions. The College boys have won the past 4 premierships inside the BAS realms and have been doing so in impressive succession, losing very little sets for the year. The Girls have provided a good rivalry with an impressive Grammar team and have been unsuccessful in winning their respective season in 2010. But despite losing, the future provides more for Girl's volleyball and even doing so, Boy's volleyball is on the rise.
Then, they may participate in any of the student ensembles at the school. They are:
and numerous contemporary bands.
In addition, the College puts on an annual Senior School Production and Middle School Production. The senior school musical in 2010 was The Witches of Eastwick
.
They also have an annual showcase performance and a Middle School and Senior School Presentation Night.
Independent school
An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...
, co-educational, day
Day school
A day school—as opposed to a boarding school—is an institution where children are given educational instruction during the day and after which children/teens return to their homes...
and boarding school
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
, located in Ballarat
Ballarat, Victoria
Ballarat is a city in the state of Victoria, Australia, approximately west-north-west of the state capital Melbourne situated on the lower plains of the Great Dividing Range and the Yarrowee River catchment. It is the largest inland centre and third most populous city in the state and the fifth...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
Formerly affiliated with the Presbyterian Church of Australia
Presbyterian Church of Australia
The Presbyterian Church of Australia is the largest Presbyterian denomination in Australia. .-Beginnings:...
, it is now a school of the Uniting Church and a member of the Ballarat Associated Schools
Ballarat Associated Schools
The Ballarat Associated Schools , was formerly the Central Highlands Independent School Sport Association until 2002 and before 1982 the Ballarat Public Schools Association . It is a group of six independent schools in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia...
.
The school currently has 1200 students from the ELC (Early Learning Centre) to Year 12.
History
Ballarat College commenced on Wednesday 6 July 1864 at the church of the Presbyterian Rev William Henderson, in Sturt Street, Ballarat. Clarendon Presbyterian Ladies' College was established by Mrs Elizabeth Kennedy, wife of the Rev Robert Kennedy in 1876. The two schools had many years of cooperative connections through their history and merged to become Ballarat Clarendon College in 1974. Since the two schools merged, there have been many physical and spiritual changes. Ballarat Clarendon College is now a school of the uniting Church and students have a weekly service.Laptop Computer Program
In 1995, Ballarat Clarendon College started a laptop computer program.Students starting Year 7 in 1995 were required to lease or buy a laptop from the school's provider, Computelec; the school later expanded this program to include students from Year 5.
Students are required to have a supplied laptop computer until Year 9, after which they are permitted to bring any laptop of their choice.
Campuses
- Senior School - Years 10 - 12
Sturt St, Ballarat
- Middle School - Years 5 - 9
Sturt St, Ballarat
- King Island Campus - Year 9
Grassy
Grassy, Tasmania
Grassy, Tasmania, Australia is nearly a ghost town on King Island in the Australian state of Tasmania. The highest population census in Grassy was at 767 people, in 1971. At the 2006 census, Grassy had a population of 219....
, King Island
- Junior Campus - Years K - 4
Mair St, Ballarat
Sport
The College participates in many sports both within and outside the Ballarat Associated Schools. In recent years there have been successes in basketballBasketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, Australian Rules Football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
and Netball
Netball
Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...
. There is a strong competition with the catholic boys St Patrick's College
St Patrick's College, Ballarat
St Patrick's College was founded by the Christian Brothers in 1893. It is a Roman Catholic day and boarding school, located in Ballarat, Australia. It provides education for boys from Year 7 to Year 12, with an emphasis on sporting and academic programmes...
next door (particularly in Football and Soccer), as well as with the coeducational Ballarat Grammar School
Ballarat Grammar School
Ballarat and Queens Anglican Grammar School is an independent, Anglican Church school located at Wendouree , Victoria, 123 km west of Melbourne.-History:...
. Other high profile sports within the school include athletics, cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
and tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
.
The Boys First XI Cricket team are noted for winning the premiership in the 2008/2009 season, over rivals St Patricks's College. The firsts then, after winning this premiership, made the final in "The Lord Taverner's Cup" but were defeated in Shepperton by Notre Dame College
Notre Dame College, Shepparton
Notre Dame College is a co-educational secondary school of the Roman Catholic faith in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. It is located on Knight Street, Shepparton...
.
Another notable sport participated within the school is Rowing. The rowing program starts at Year 8 and continues through the years. There is a very strong competition with St. Patricks College and Ballarat and Queens Anglican Grammar School. In 2008 and 2010 the BCC Girl's First's Crew won the annual their respective Head of the River race at the Barwon river in Geelong and consequently won the Head of the Schoolgirl's competition.
College has built a foundation in volleyball, providing many representatives in both Boys and Girls respective competitions. The College boys have won the past 4 premierships inside the BAS realms and have been doing so in impressive succession, losing very little sets for the year. The Girls have provided a good rivalry with an impressive Grammar team and have been unsuccessful in winning their respective season in 2010. But despite losing, the future provides more for Girl's volleyball and even doing so, Boy's volleyball is on the rise.
Performing Arts
Alongside the school's reputation for sports and academica, Ballarat Clarendon College has a very strong Performing Arts curriculum. The school has a free standing building on the East of the senior campus where all aspects of Performing Arts take place, subsequently called, The Performing Arts Centre (PAC). From years 5-8 students take different Arts Classes which rotate each trimester, Music, Art and Drama or Dance (alternating each year). In year 9 students are able to choose which performing and visual arts they do for each term and Year 10 and VCE students may choose out of the various higher level arts classes the school offers. Beside BCC's character of having very dedicated dance and drama students, the College also has one of the strongest school music programs in Ballarat. Students accordingly participate in Music lessons, for:- Brass -Trumpet, French Horn, Trombone, Euphonium and Tuba
- Woodwind - Flute, Clarinet (+Bass Clarinet), all Saxophone types, Oboe, Recorder and Bassoon
- Piano - Piano, Contemporary Piano
- Keyboard
- Guitar - Classical Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar
- Strings - Violin, Viola, Violoncello and Double Bass
- Music Theory
- Speech Art
- Singing
Then, they may participate in any of the student ensembles at the school. They are:
- Novice Band
- Geoff Smith Jazz Orchestra
- Show Band
- Stage Band
- Celtic Group
- Ensemble Nouveau
- Intermediate and Senior Strings
and numerous contemporary bands.
In addition, the College puts on an annual Senior School Production and Middle School Production. The senior school musical in 2010 was The Witches of Eastwick
The Witches of Eastwick
The Witches of Eastwick is a 1984 novel by John Updike.-Plot summary:The story, set in the fictional Rhode Island town of Eastwick in the late 1960s, follows the witches Alexandra Spofford, Jane Smart, and Sukie Rougemont, who acquired their powers after leaving or being left by their husbands....
.
They also have an annual showcase performance and a Middle School and Senior School Presentation Night.
Notable alumni
- Alastair ClarksonAlastair ClarksonAlastair Clarkson is a former Australian rules footballer and current coach of the Hawthorn Football Club.- North Melbourne :...
, 2008 Premiership coach of the Hawthorn Football ClubHawthorn Football ClubThe Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys... - Bob "Geelong Flier" Davis, Geelong Football ClubGeelong Football ClubThe Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
, Member of 1951-52 premiership teams, Captain 1955-58, Best and Fairest 1957 - Major General Harold Edward ElliottHarold Edward ElliottMajor General Harold Edward "Pompey" Elliott CB, CMG, DSO, DCM, VD was a senior officer in the Australian Army during the First World War. Elliot also served as a Senator in the Australian parliament.-Early life:...
, Distinguished Soldier and SenatorAustralian SenateThe Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives. Senators are popularly elected under a system of proportional representation. Senators are elected for a term that is usually six years; after a double dissolution, however,... - Eamonn George, portrays Scott "Griffo" Griffin on NeighboursNeighboursNeighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
- Michael RonaldsonMichael RonaldsonMichael John Clyde Ronaldson is an Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since July 2005, representing the state of Victoria....
, Federal member for Ballarat, Senator for Victoria Liberal Party of AustraliaLiberal Party of AustraliaThe Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office... - Courtney Dixon, Melbourne based power broker of the Young Liberal MovementYoung Liberals (Australia)The Young Liberal Movement is the youth division of the Liberal Party of Australia, and membership is open to those between 16 and 30 years of age. Members of Young Liberals have full party-membership, and have the choice of which part they join...
- Andrew SymondsAndrew SymondsAndrew Symonds is a former Australian cricket team all-rounder. A two-time World Cup winner, Symonds is a right-handed middle order batsman and alternates between medium pace and off-spin bowling....
, former Australian cricketer - Matt DeaMatt DeaMatt Dea is an Australian rules footballer who was drafted by Richmond in the third round of the 2009 AFL Draft. He made his debut against Melbourne in round 4 of 2010 season.-External links:...
, football player with Richmond Tigers - Lucas Cook, football player with Melbourne Demons
- Ben Mabon, football player with North Melbourne Kangaroos
- Kurt Aylett, football player with GWS Giants
See also
- List of schools in Victoria
- List of high schools in Victoria
- List of boarding schools
- Victorian Certificate of EducationVictorian Certificate of EducationThe Victorian Certificate of Education or VCE is the credential awarded to secondary school students who successfully complete high school level studies in the state of Victoria, Australia. Study for the VCE is usually completed over two years, but it can be spread over a longer period in some cases...