Balmain Campus
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Balmain Campus is a coeduactional
, academically selective
junior high school, located on the eastern side of the Balmain peninsula
, Balmain
, Sydney
. Established in 1975 as Balmain High School, the school has since taken part in several changes, most notably in a coalition with neighbouring inner-western schools Leichhardt High School and Glebe High School to form the Sydney Secondary College
in 2002. Throughout the school's history, it has remained a public school operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training
.
Balmain Campus was also the birthplace of the world famous film festival, Flickerfest
.
Balmain Campus is acclaimed among the Sydney Secondary College
for its Support Unit for physically and mentally disabled students
. Balmain campus was the only high school in South-East Sydney to have a Satellite class with ASPECT, but it was shut down in 2009. The school underwent renovations during the 1980s to enable the entire school to be completely facilitated for wheelchair access
, and other various needs of the disabled students.
One of the major renovations included a central private lift
for disabled students which provides access to the four main floors in the school .
The school offers a range of subjects in its curriculum. The academic staff is organised into several departments: English, mathematics
, science
, social sciences
, languages
, design and technology
, visual arts
, performing arts
, and physical education
. The school participates in the School Certificate
assessment regime, with a wide range of subjects being offered in a variety of difficulty levels.
Throughout the campus, student bathrooms and bubbler
s have been installed as well as outdoor furniture (lunch benches, seats, etcetra). The campus also, as previously mentioned, is facilitated with ramps, stairlift
s, and a central lift
to assist physically disabled student's access to the school grounds.
Other school facilities also include a library
, basketball court
s, netball courts, two football fields
, cricket nets
and a gym
nasium.
A waterfront pontoon
for launching light watercraft and other vessels has been scheduled for development in 2008.
Coeducation
Mixed-sex education, also known as coeducation or co-education, is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution. It is the opposite of single-sex education...
, academically 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...
junior high school, located on the eastern side of the Balmain peninsula
Balmain East, New South Wales
Balmain East is a small suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Balmain East is located three kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Leichhardt....
, Balmain
Balmain, New South Wales
Balmain is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Balmain is located slightly west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Leichhardt....
, 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...
. Established in 1975 as Balmain High School, the school has since taken part in several changes, most notably in a coalition with neighbouring inner-western schools Leichhardt High School and Glebe High School to form the Sydney Secondary College
Sydney Secondary College
Sydney Secondary College is a network of high schools in Sydney's Inner-West, with three campuses.-Campuses:The three campuses that make up Sydney Secondary College are:* Leichhardt Campus, a co-educational, years 7-10, partially selective school...
in 2002. Throughout the school's history, it has remained a public school operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training
New South Wales Department of Education and Training
The New South Wales Department of Education and Communities, a department of the Government of New South Wales, is responsibile for primary schools, secondary schools and Technical and Further Education colleges...
.
Balmain Campus was also the birthplace of the world famous film festival, Flickerfest
Flickerfest
Flickerfest is an Australian, Academy Award-accredited short film festival. Founded in 1992 at Balmain High School which is now called Sydney Secondary College Balmain Campus, it is held every January in Sydney. The films then go on tour throughout Australia. The Festival Director is currently...
.
Support Unit
Sydney Secondary College
Sydney Secondary College is a network of high schools in Sydney's Inner-West, with three campuses.-Campuses:The three campuses that make up Sydney Secondary College are:* Leichhardt Campus, a co-educational, years 7-10, partially selective school...
for its Support Unit for physically and mentally disabled students
Disability
A disability may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental or some combination of these.Many people would rather be referred to as a person with a disability instead of handicapped...
. Balmain campus was the only high school in South-East Sydney to have a Satellite class with ASPECT, but it was shut down in 2009. The school underwent renovations during the 1980s to enable the entire school to be completely facilitated for wheelchair access
Accessibility
Accessibility is a general term used to describe the degree to which a product, device, service, or environment is available to as many people as possible. Accessibility can be viewed as the "ability to access" and benefit from some system or entity...
, and other various needs of the disabled students.
One of the major renovations included a central private lift
Elevator
An elevator is a type of vertical transport equipment that efficiently moves people or goods between floors of a building, vessel or other structures...
for disabled students which provides access to the four main floors in the school .
Curriculum
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
, social sciences
Social sciences
Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
, languages
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
, design and technology
Design
Design as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
, visual arts
Visual arts
The visual arts are art forms that create works which are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, and often modern visual arts and architecture...
, performing arts
Performing arts
The performing arts are those forms art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object...
, and physical education
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
. The school participates in the School Certificate
School Certificate
The School Certificate was a qualification issued by the Board of Studies, New South Wales, typically at the end of Year 10. The successful completion of the School Certificate is a requirement for completion of the Higher School Certificate...
assessment regime, with a wide range of subjects being offered in a variety of difficulty levels.
Facilities
The Campus is divided sequentially into six blocks:- A,B and C Block: Support Unit classrooms and facilities.
- G Block: English on ground floor; Social Science on first floor; and Mathematics on second floor.
- J Block: Science and Information Technology on ground and first floor; second floor holds the school office.
- D Block: Design and Technology on ground floor, Visual Arts first floor; Mathematics and Science staff rooms on second floor; Physical Education theoretical classrooms on third floor.
- E Block: Design and Technology workshops on ground floor, Performing Arts and Visual arts on first floor; Textiles laboratories and Hospitality kitchens on second floor.
- F Block: Assembly HallAssembly HallAn assembly hall is traditionally a building used for the purposes of holding deliberative assemblies. An example is the Assembly Hall where the general assembly of the state of Mississippi was held. Some Christian denominations call their meeting places or places of worship, assembly halls, such...
and CanteenCafeteriaA cafeteria is a type of food service location in which there is little or no waiting staff table service, whether a restaurant or within an institution such as a large office building or school; a school dining location is also referred to as a dining hall or canteen...
on upper floor; Physical Education student changerooms/showers, and staff room on lower floor.
Throughout the campus, student bathrooms and bubbler
Bubbler
Bubbler is a trademarked name that refers to what some may call a drinking fountain.-History of device:The Bubbler' was developed in 1889 by the then-small Kohler Water Works in Kohler, Wisconsin, which was already well-known for its faucet production...
s have been installed as well as outdoor furniture (lunch benches, seats, etcetra). The campus also, as previously mentioned, is facilitated with ramps, stairlift
Stairlift
A stairlift is a mechanical device for lifting people and wheelchairs up and down stairs. For sufficiently wide stairs, a rail is mounted to the treads of the stairs. A chair or lifting platform is attached to the rail...
s, and a central lift
Elevator
An elevator is a type of vertical transport equipment that efficiently moves people or goods between floors of a building, vessel or other structures...
to assist physically disabled student's access to the school grounds.
Other school facilities also include a library
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
, basketball court
Basketball court
In basketball, the basketball court is the playing surface, consisting of a rectangular floor with tiles at either end. In professional or organized basketball, especially when played indoors, it is usually made out of a wood, often maple, and highly polished...
s, netball courts, two football fields
Football
Football may refer to one of a number of team sports which all involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball with the foot to score a goal. The most popular of these sports worldwide is association football, more commonly known as just "football" or "soccer"...
, cricket nets
Cricket nets
Cricket nets are practice nets used by batsmen and bowlers to warm up and/or improve their cricketing techniques. Cricket nets consist of a cricket pitch which is enclosed by cricket nets on either side, to the rear and optionally the roof. The bowling end of the net is left open...
and a gym
Gym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
nasium.
A waterfront pontoon
Wharf
A wharf or quay is a structure on the shore of a harbor where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.Such a structure includes one or more berths , and may also include piers, warehouses, or other facilities necessary for handling the ships.A wharf commonly comprises a fixed...
for launching light watercraft and other vessels has been scheduled for development in 2008.
See also
- Blackwattle Bay CampusBlackwattle Bay CampusBlackwattle Bay Campus is the senior campus of Sydney Secondary College.The school was established in 1979 as Glebe High School, with 109 students and 17 staff members, all housed in demountable classrooms. Permanent buildings were built in the early 1980s...
- List of Government schools in New South Wales
- List of selective high schools in New South Wales