Calamvale Community College
Encyclopedia
Calamvale Community College is a co-educational, state run, day school
based in Brisbane, Queensland
, Australia
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The College
opened in 2002 with 1150 students ranging from Preschool to Year 8. In 2003, Year 9 was added and the enrolment was 1540. In 2006, Calamvale Community College became Preschool to Year 12 with an estimated final enrolment of around 2200.
and Federal Member for Moreton
Gary Hardgrave
paid a special visit to tour Calamvale Community College on Tuesday 17 May 2005. Flanked by security and the media, the Prime Minister had been invited by Mr Hardgrave to visit the college to see firsthand the wonderful advances in education the school is making. He was particularly interested in the progress of the exciting Senior School, which he said he had heard much about.
As teachers plan and develop curriculum in their POD teams, mentors from a variety of agencies have worked with teachers, on-the-job. This has proved to be a very powerful model of professional development. As teachers have devised curriculum in unfamiliar territory, for example robotics, they have utilised the students' excursion to the university as a training opportunity for staff as well as students.
The College has been proactive in developing links with the universities that are establishing Middle Schooling teaching qualifications. These links, not only inform our current practices, but also provide important recruitment opportunities for the future.
As the Senior School develops, a range of links will be forged allowing students and other community members to have access to VET programs, both on and off site, delivered by both teachers from TAFE and other providers and the school's staff. Links with universities will be developed to provide enrichment and extension programs for talented students.
Day school
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based in Brisbane, Queensland
Queensland
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, Australia
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The College
College
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opened in 2002 with 1150 students ranging from Preschool to Year 8. In 2003, Year 9 was added and the enrolment was 1540. In 2006, Calamvale Community College became Preschool to Year 12 with an estimated final enrolment of around 2200.
Background
The Junior School consists of the preschoolers (100 students), Lower Juniors (Years 1-3 with 450 students) and the Upper Juniors (Years 4-6 with 420 students). The scheduling of break times means that these groups are out of class at different times and do not have to compete for space in the playground and at the canteen. Children and staff feel as though they are working in a small close-knit community while still accessing the rich set of resources provided through the large enrolment base. Middle School (Years 7-9) caters for 600 students and Senior School (Years 10-12) for 600 students. It has an excellent MUSICAL program. in 2007, the performance THE WIZ was put on production. everyones favorite story about a girl named dorothy(and who could forget toto) lost in the land of oz.Prime Minister's Visit
Former Prime Minister of Australia John HowardJohn Howard
John Winston Howard AC, SSI, was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. He was the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies....
and Federal Member for Moreton
Division of Moreton
The Division of Moreton is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named after Moreton Bay. The electorate is a bellwether in elections, having voted for the party winning government at every...
Gary Hardgrave
Gary Hardgrave
Gary Douglas Hardgrave , Australian politician, was the Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1996 until 2007, representing the Division of Moreton, Queensland. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and was educated at Griffith University, Queensland...
paid a special visit to tour Calamvale Community College on Tuesday 17 May 2005. Flanked by security and the media, the Prime Minister had been invited by Mr Hardgrave to visit the college to see firsthand the wonderful advances in education the school is making. He was particularly interested in the progress of the exciting Senior School, which he said he had heard much about.
Areas
Close links have already been developed with Algester State School, our main feeder school, through a partnership in the New Basics trial and teachers are working together to ensure that all students have a smooth transition into the Middle School at Calamvale Community College.As teachers plan and develop curriculum in their POD teams, mentors from a variety of agencies have worked with teachers, on-the-job. This has proved to be a very powerful model of professional development. As teachers have devised curriculum in unfamiliar territory, for example robotics, they have utilised the students' excursion to the university as a training opportunity for staff as well as students.
The College has been proactive in developing links with the universities that are establishing Middle Schooling teaching qualifications. These links, not only inform our current practices, but also provide important recruitment opportunities for the future.
As the Senior School develops, a range of links will be forged allowing students and other community members to have access to VET programs, both on and off site, delivered by both teachers from TAFE and other providers and the school's staff. Links with universities will be developed to provide enrichment and extension programs for talented students.