Blackwattle Bay Campus
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Blackwattle Bay Campus is the senior campus of 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...

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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. In 2002, the school became part of 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...

 and was renamed Blackwattle Bay Campus.

2005, Blackwattle Bay Campus is exclusively a senior campus catering for Years 11 and 12. This enables the school to offer one of the largest range of HSC courses in Sydney. Unlike the junior campuses, Blackwattle Bay Campus does not have a selective stream and upon graduating from the junior campuses selective students are mixed with mainstream students in all classes.

Sports

The school has sports that are compulsory for all year 11 students, including rowing
Rowing (sport)
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

 which can be done in the morning or afternoon.
A wide range of sports are available at Blackwattle Bay Campus. A student has the choice to participate in badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

, soccer, basketball
Basketball
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...

, 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 ...

, baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

, football
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"...

, table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...

, fitness walking, tennis, rockclimbing, swimming or softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...

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