Eltham College of Education
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Eltham College of Education (commonly shortened to just Eltham College) is a private early years, junior and high school with an enrolment of approximately 1,200 students. It is situated in Research
, an outer suburb north east of Melbourne
, Australia
. The current principal is Dr. David Warner.
through to Year 12. Only some of Year 9 is completed in the Research campus. The other campus is based in King Street
in the Melbourne Central Business District
. It focuses purely around Year 9 students and preparing them for life in the city should the students career path be based there.
across the road, better known as "Swiper's Gully". This restaurant is predominantly student run, functioning during most days as a café, and most nights as a restaurant. Employees can either work in the kitchen, making the meals (back of house), or can serve the meals (front of house) as part of their VET in the VCE
qualification for hospitality
. The menu changes termly and features an entreé, main and dessert, with a variety of wines produced on site and produce also available.
year. Throughout the junior years students are taught to play recorder
s as well as song and dance. In the latter years of the junior program students are taught about music technology
.
From years 7 and 8 students learn about instrument construction, the role of music in film
s, percussion performance, an introduction to song writing, the history of pop
and rock music
and computer music composition. In Year 9 music becomes a partial elective (students must choose two of music, art and ceramics) and from Year 10 onwards music becomes a complete elective.
The VCE
music course is based around being able to create a solo performance as part of the assessment. Music also offers two certificates separate to the VCE program which involve developing skills for the music industry. These programs, assessed by the school's music staff, allow senior students to organise and coordinate regular weekend performance nights that showcase the talents of both current and past alumni.
Outside of classroom lessons, private instrumental classes are offered to students. These are run either before, during or after school hours.
Eltham College also has a competition based around music. Each year students compete in their houses for the Pitcher Trophy. There are four different events the houses must compete in. These are an instrumental
performance, a chamber music
item, a dance
routine and a chorale
. Eltham invites external adjudicators to judge the performance of the acts. The event takes place annually at Hamer Hall in the Melbourne Arts Centre
. There is a singing competition that takes place each year.
s, tennis court
s and basketball court
s. A hockey
pitch is near completion.
In the primary years (grades three to six) Eltham is part of the Eltham District Primary School Sports Association (EDPSSA). St. Thomas Apostle, Eltham North Primary School, Eltham Primary School, Eltham East Primary School, Research Primary School and Our Lady Help of Christians Primary School are also in the district league.
In the secondary years (years seven to 12) Eltham is a founding member of the ACS. (Association of Co-educational Schools). Westbourne Grammar
, St Leonard's College, St. Michael’s Grammar
, Loyola College
are also members of this district league. Overnewton College
and Thomas Carr College
joined the league in 2003.
, swimming
, cross country running
and tennis
. Squads are selected following these carnivals to represent the school in the district competition, which incorporates bi weekly training sessions leading up to the carnivals. Olympic Park Stadium
(athletics), Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
(swimming) and Bundoora Park (cross country) are the venues used for the house events. House tennis is played on the school grounds.
Research, Victoria
Research is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Nillumbik. At the 2006 Census, Research had a population of 2379.-History:...
, an outer suburb north east of Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, 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...
. The current principal is Dr. David Warner.
Campuses
The school is currently divided up into two campuses. One is based in Research on the same ground as the administration offices and focuses on years from kindergartenKindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
through to Year 12. Only some of Year 9 is completed in the Research campus. The other campus is based in King Street
King Street, Melbourne
King Street is a main street in the Melbourne central business district. King Street is part of the Pacific Highway, and used to be part of National Route 1 until the city by-pass road linking the Monash Freeway with the Westgate Freeway was completed...
in the Melbourne Central Business District
Melbourne city centre
Melbourne City Centre is an area of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is not to be confused with the larger local government area of the City of Melbourne...
. It focuses purely around Year 9 students and preparing them for life in the city should the students career path be based there.
Swiper's Gully restaurant
Eltham College of Education is known for being one of the few schools with its own restaurantRestaurant
A restaurant is an establishment which prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services...
across the road, better known as "Swiper's Gully". This restaurant is predominantly student run, functioning during most days as a café, and most nights as a restaurant. Employees can either work in the kitchen, making the meals (back of house), or can serve the meals (front of house) as part of their VET in the VCE
Victorian Certificate of Education
The 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...
qualification for hospitality
Hospitality
Hospitality is the relationship between guest and host, or the act or practice of being hospitable. Specifically, this includes the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers, resorts, membership clubs, conventions, attractions, special events, and other services for travelers...
. The menu changes termly and features an entreé, main and dessert, with a variety of wines produced on site and produce also available.
Music
Music at Eltham College has become a rather large part of the curriculum. Classes based around music are organised in the kindergartenKindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
year. Throughout the junior years students are taught to play recorder
Recorder
The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes—whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle. The recorder is end-blown and the mouth of the instrument is constricted by a wooden plug, known as a block or fipple...
s as well as song and dance. In the latter years of the junior program students are taught about music technology
Music technology
Music technology is a term that refers to all forms of technology involved with the musical arts, particularly the use of electronic devices and computer software to facilitate playback, recording, composition, storage and performance. This subject is taught at many different educational levels,...
.
From years 7 and 8 students learn about instrument construction, the role of music in film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s, percussion performance, an introduction to song writing, the history of pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
and rock music
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
and computer music composition. In Year 9 music becomes a partial elective (students must choose two of music, art and ceramics) and from Year 10 onwards music becomes a complete elective.
The VCE
Victorian Certificate of Education
The 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...
music course is based around being able to create a solo performance as part of the assessment. Music also offers two certificates separate to the VCE program which involve developing skills for the music industry. These programs, assessed by the school's music staff, allow senior students to organise and coordinate regular weekend performance nights that showcase the talents of both current and past alumni.
Outside of classroom lessons, private instrumental classes are offered to students. These are run either before, during or after school hours.
Eltham College also has a competition based around music. Each year students compete in their houses for the Pitcher Trophy. There are four different events the houses must compete in. These are an instrumental
Instrumental
An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....
performance, a chamber music
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
item, a dance
Dance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
routine and a chorale
Chorale
A chorale was originally a hymn sung by a Christian congregation. In certain modern usage, this term may also include classical settings of such hymns and works of a similar character....
. Eltham invites external adjudicators to judge the performance of the acts. The event takes place annually at Hamer Hall in the Melbourne Arts Centre
The Arts Centre (Melbourne)
The Victorian Arts Centre is a performing arts centre consisting of a complex of theatres and concert halls in the Melbourne Arts Precinct, located in the inner Melbourne suburb of Southbank in Victoria, Australia....
. There is a singing competition that takes place each year.
Inter-school sport
The physical education program is offered to all students from Prep to Year 12, with students being able to compete in inter-school competition from Grade 3, with compulsory participation from Grade 5 up to and including Year 10. Grades 3 to 6 play many of the same sports as the secondary students, often with slight rule and equipment modifications to cater for their ages. Most of the sporting venues are on campus including playing fieldPlaying field
A playing field is a field used for playing sports or games. They are generally outdoors, but many large structures exist to enclose playing fields from bad weather. Generally, playing fields are wide expanses of grass, dirt or sand without many obstructions...
s, tennis court
Tennis court
A tennis court is where the game of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the center. The same surface can be used to play both doubles and singles.-Dimensions:...
s and 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. A hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
pitch is near completion.
In the primary years (grades three to six) Eltham is part of the Eltham District Primary School Sports Association (EDPSSA). St. Thomas Apostle, Eltham North Primary School, Eltham Primary School, Eltham East Primary School, Research Primary School and Our Lady Help of Christians Primary School are also in the district league.
In the secondary years (years seven to 12) Eltham is a founding member of the ACS. (Association of Co-educational Schools). Westbourne Grammar
Westbourne Grammar School
Westbourne Grammar School is an independent and non-denominational Christian co-educational day school in Truganina, in the western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
, St Leonard's College, St. Michael’s Grammar
St Michael's Grammar School
St Michael's Grammar School is a co-educational independent day school located in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia.The school was founded in 1895 by the Community of the Sisters of the Church and is associated with the Anglican Church of Australia. St Michael's is located on a single campus, its...
, Loyola College
Loyola College, Melbourne
Loyola College is a Catholic Independent Secondary School in the Ignatian Tradition. Located on in northern Watsonia, a suburb of the Australian city of Melbourne, Loyola was founded in 1980 with an initial enrolment of just 134. Today, Loyola College has a steady student population of...
are also members of this district league. Overnewton College
Overnewton Anglican Community College
Overnewton Anglican Community College is an independent, co-educational, day school with two campuses- one located in Taylors Lakes, Melbourne, Australia and the other located in Keilor, Melbourne, Australia...
and Thomas Carr College
Thomas Carr College
Thomas Carr College is a Roman Catholic, co-educational day school located in Tarneit in the Western Suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is named after Thomas Joseph Carr, the second catholic archbishop of Melbourne. In 2006, the principal since the college's founding, Mr...
joined the league in 2003.
House sport
Eltham has a house sports competition involving all students, which comprises athleticsAthletics (track and field)
Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...
, swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, cross country running
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
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...
. Squads are selected following these carnivals to represent the school in the district competition, which incorporates bi weekly training sessions leading up to the carnivals. Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium was a multi-purpose outdoor stadium located on Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne. The stadium was built as an athletics training venue for the 1956 Olympics, a short distance from the MCG, which served as the Olympic Stadium...
(athletics), Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
The Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre is an international sporting venue located in Albert Park, Victoria, Australia. The centre was opened on the 24th of July 1997 at a construction cost of A$65 million. The cost was funded by the State Government of Victoria and the City of Port Phillip...
(swimming) and Bundoora Park (cross country) are the venues used for the house events. House tennis is played on the school grounds.
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