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Emmanuel College (Queensland)
Encyclopedia
Emmanuel College is an independent
, co-educational
, multi-denominational Christian
school located in the suburb of Carrara
on the Gold Coast
, Queensland
, Australia
. The College caters for students from Preparatory through to Year 12
. Emmanuel College is a privately owned and operated educational institute run by the Emmanuel Ministry of Education (Pty) Ltd.
The most notable projects include the completion in 1999 of the IAC building, comprising a library
and administration and information technology centres, an aquatic centre featuring a 25 metre swimming pool
in 2001 and in more recent years, a Performing Arts
Centre, gymnasium, a multi-purpose basketball
and tennis
court complex, an Early Years (Prep - Year 3) building and play area and an extension and renovation of the hospitality building. Most recently, in 2007, a state of the art, multi-million dollar Science Block was built to cater for all science needs. The building contains numerous labs and general classrooms equipped with technology and equipment.
The former Science Block was transformed into Business and Film & TV classrooms, complete with apple computers and IT equipment. Other newly installed technologies include the installation of Interactive Whiteboard
s among many of the classrooms to further enhance learning, as well as the completion of air-conditioning all rooms in the school. Emmanuel College celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2005.
, SOSE
, Science
, Mathematics
, PE
, Technology
, Music
and Art
.
As a class they also attend the library weekly and are encouraged to read nightly, to improve their spelling and creative writing skills. As a year level, all students attend a weekly chapel service with Dr. King, which encourages students to be involved with the Bible and God.
A progress report is written for each student after the first term, which is a short summary on how the child is progressing with the literacy and numeracy fields, whilst focusing on the conduct and effort of the student throughout their time in the class thus far. A full semester report card is written after the first and second semesters (Term 1 & 2, Term 3 & 4 respectively).
Year 6 students are introduced to the Science Labs of the Senior School and learn the expectations and rules for the lab and the equipment within it. This eases the transition that occurs between Junior and Senior School by introducing them to a major part of Senior School life.
Year 7 students are familiarised with many of the Senior School staff as they study one Year 8 elective each term (one lesson a week). This introduces the students to a some of the staff that teach these electives as well as showing what the electives are about. Whilst in Year 7, the students must also study a semester of both German and Chinese, to meet the teachers of the subject and to allow them to experience both languages before having to choose one to study in Year 8.
Year 8 students study the core subjects of English, Maths, SOSE, Science, Christian Education, Computers and PE. They must also choose two electives from Hospitality (Cooking Studies), Music, Design Technology, Art and Drama, all of which they experienced in Year 7. They also have to choose a language from either Chinese or German, which they also experienced in Year 7.
Year 8 students are also introduced to proper time management skills, lots and lots of Christian Education, through the completion of study skills booklet and programme. They are expected to complete many more assignments than in Junior School, which introduces them to what they will experience later in school and university life. They are also given more comprehensive tests, to assess their understanding, knowledge and comprehension of their studied subjects. These assessment techniques (tests and assignments) teach them time management, study skills and the ideal way in which to complete assignments.
The junior school is also saturated with laptops for the older years and desktops for the early years, this accompanied with tablet computers to assist in interactive learning.
The school has also recently added digital notice boards throughout the senior school, this will later be expanded into the junior school as well.
The school will soon be going to a "cloud" based environment, allowing students to bring in their own devices but still alowig them to use the software and resources that they need for a subject.
The school is primarily a Windows based environment, but do have some Apple Macs for use in the Film and Television Lab.
The orchestras, bands and choirs perform regularly, both within the school and outside. The groups also compete regularly at many regional, state and national competitions.
Performing Arts captains (one male, one female) are appointed in both Junior and Senior School to represent the school at many of the events bands and orchestras attend. Performing Arts awards are also awarded to one male and one female of each grade, from Year 3 upwards.
, cross-country
and athletics carnivals, from which the best performing students are chosen to compete on behalf of the College in the APS (District) and Gold Coast South District carnivals (the APS forms its own district in Secondary School). Students also have a wide range of sports to choose from in the winter and summer season competitions in which they compete against the APS member schools for the premiership. Within the team sport competitions, Most Valuable Player and Most Improved Player awards are given to students of each team.
Emmanuel College has an honourable sporting reputation. The number of State, Regional and District Representatives have increased significantly in recent years. The College has also emerged as a standout performer in the APS competition in recent years, in terms of the number of APS District Sporting Premierships won. Emmanuel's strength in swimming was illustrated in 2005 when it placed first in both Junior and Senior APS Swimming Carnivals.
The students are rewarded for their achievements in sport through the sports award system. Through this system, students can receive badges and trophies dependent upon their level of achievement. The awards include: Gold, Silver and Bronze badges, Sports Merit Certificates and Special Sporting Awards. As well as this, at the end of year Presentation Nights and Sports Award Nights, the best performing male and female of each grade (Years 4 - 12), are awarded Sportsperson of the Year awards.
A few noteworthy accomplishments have been made by former Emmanuel Students. In 1994 Joe Chapman and Tavis Gorman represented Australia in the Lawn Bowls Pairs Category at the Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Commonwealth games. Unfortunately they were knocked out in the semi-finals.
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
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...
, multi-denominational Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
school located in the suburb of Carrara
Carrara, Queensland
Carrara is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, located on the southern bank of the Nerang River. At the 2006 Census, Carrara had a population of 10,687....
on the Gold Coast
Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
, Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, 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 College caters for students from Preparatory through to Year 12
Twelfth grade
Twelfth grade or Senior year, or Grade Twelve, are the North American names for the final year of secondary school. In most countries students then graduate at age 17 or 18. In some countries, there is a thirteenth grade, while other countries do not have a 12th grade/year at all...
. Emmanuel College is a privately owned and operated educational institute run by the Emmanuel Ministry of Education (Pty) Ltd.
History
Emmanuel College was founded on 28 May 1984 by H&H and teaching commenced at the beginning of the following school year on 31 January 1985. Initially, the College catered only for Senior School students in Years 8 and 9 and higher year levels were added in the following years. A Junior School commenced operation on the site with over 150 students in January 1989. In the early years, staff and students were housed in demountable buildings. The College has embarked on a significant construction program over the last decade, which has transformed the face of the campus and replaced almost all of the original temporary buildings.The most notable projects include the completion in 1999 of the IAC building, comprising 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...
and administration and information technology centres, an aquatic centre featuring a 25 metre swimming pool
Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
in 2001 and in more recent years, a 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...
Centre, gymnasium, a multi-purpose 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...
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...
court complex, an Early Years (Prep - Year 3) building and play area and an extension and renovation of the hospitality building. Most recently, in 2007, a state of the art, multi-million dollar Science Block was built to cater for all science needs. The building contains numerous labs and general classrooms equipped with technology and equipment.
The former Science Block was transformed into Business and Film & TV classrooms, complete with apple computers and IT equipment. Other newly installed technologies include the installation of Interactive Whiteboard
Interactive whiteboard
An interactive whiteboard , is a large interactive display that connects to a computer and projector. A projector projects the computer's desktop onto the board's surface where users control the computer using a pen, finger, stylus, or other device...
s among many of the classrooms to further enhance learning, as well as the completion of air-conditioning all rooms in the school. Emmanuel College celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2005.
Junior School
The Junior School of Emmanuel College begins at Preparatory and finishes at Year 7, with a total of 710 students. The Head of Junior School is Mr Jason Hewitt. The curriculum covers the subjects of EnglishEnglish studies
English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...
, SOSE
Sose
Sose or SOSE may refer to:*Social sciences, also called Studies of Society and Environment*Sose Mayrig, Armenian female fedayee*Service-oriented Software Engineering*Sins of a Solar Empire, a video game*System of systems engineering...
, Science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
, Mathematics
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...
, PE
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....
, Technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
, Music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
and Art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
.
As a class they also attend the library weekly and are encouraged to read nightly, to improve their spelling and creative writing skills. As a year level, all students attend a weekly chapel service with Dr. King, which encourages students to be involved with the Bible and God.
A progress report is written for each student after the first term, which is a short summary on how the child is progressing with the literacy and numeracy fields, whilst focusing on the conduct and effort of the student throughout their time in the class thus far. A full semester report card is written after the first and second semesters (Term 1 & 2, Term 3 & 4 respectively).
Year 6 students are introduced to the Science Labs of the Senior School and learn the expectations and rules for the lab and the equipment within it. This eases the transition that occurs between Junior and Senior School by introducing them to a major part of Senior School life.
Year 7 students are familiarised with many of the Senior School staff as they study one Year 8 elective each term (one lesson a week). This introduces the students to a some of the staff that teach these electives as well as showing what the electives are about. Whilst in Year 7, the students must also study a semester of both German and Chinese, to meet the teachers of the subject and to allow them to experience both languages before having to choose one to study in Year 8.
Senior School
The senior school of Emmanuel College begins in Year 8 and students graduate in Year 12. The Head of Senior School is Mr Bewley. There are 745 Students who attend the Senior School.Year 8
The Year 8 program is focussed on easing the students into the life of Secondary School. They experience, for the first time, having to change classrooms for each class and being in multiple classes each day. They are guided through the process with a Year 8 Orientation Day and are assisted by their Home Class teachers along the way.Year 8 students study the core subjects of English, Maths, SOSE, Science, Christian Education, Computers and PE. They must also choose two electives from Hospitality (Cooking Studies), Music, Design Technology, Art and Drama, all of which they experienced in Year 7. They also have to choose a language from either Chinese or German, which they also experienced in Year 7.
Year 8 students are also introduced to proper time management skills, lots and lots of Christian Education, through the completion of study skills booklet and programme. They are expected to complete many more assignments than in Junior School, which introduces them to what they will experience later in school and university life. They are also given more comprehensive tests, to assess their understanding, knowledge and comprehension of their studied subjects. These assessment techniques (tests and assignments) teach them time management, study skills and the ideal way in which to complete assignments.
IT
Emmanuel has introduced additional laptops to almost every senior school classroom, allowing each student to have access to a device. The school has several specialist computer labs including a Film and Television lab, Graphics lab, Business lab and a high end, powerful lab for use with students in IT courses. It also has several other general purpose labs.The junior school is also saturated with laptops for the older years and desktops for the early years, this accompanied with tablet computers to assist in interactive learning.
The school has also recently added digital notice boards throughout the senior school, this will later be expanded into the junior school as well.
The school will soon be going to a "cloud" based environment, allowing students to bring in their own devices but still alowig them to use the software and resources that they need for a subject.
The school is primarily a Windows based environment, but do have some Apple Macs for use in the Film and Television Lab.
Arts
The College offers many dance and instrumental tuition programs to students. There are also a large number of instrumental and vocal ensembles at the College including orchestras, concert bands, stage bands and choirs. Both Junior and Senior Schools also regularly produce high-quality musicals.The orchestras, bands and choirs perform regularly, both within the school and outside. The groups also compete regularly at many regional, state and national competitions.
Performing Arts captains (one male, one female) are appointed in both Junior and Senior School to represent the school at many of the events bands and orchestras attend. Performing Arts awards are also awarded to one male and one female of each grade, from Year 3 upwards.
Sports
Sport is a compulsory element of school life for all students. Emmanuel College is a founding member of the prestigious Associated Private Schools (APS) sporting competition, consisting of eight private secondary schools on the Gold Coast. Students are placed in one of four houses: Luther, Taylor, Wesley and Wycliffe for College swimmingSwimming (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
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 athletics carnivals, from which the best performing students are chosen to compete on behalf of the College in the APS (District) and Gold Coast South District carnivals (the APS forms its own district in Secondary School). Students also have a wide range of sports to choose from in the winter and summer season competitions in which they compete against the APS member schools for the premiership. Within the team sport competitions, Most Valuable Player and Most Improved Player awards are given to students of each team.
Emmanuel College has an honourable sporting reputation. The number of State, Regional and District Representatives have increased significantly in recent years. The College has also emerged as a standout performer in the APS competition in recent years, in terms of the number of APS District Sporting Premierships won. Emmanuel's strength in swimming was illustrated in 2005 when it placed first in both Junior and Senior APS Swimming Carnivals.
The students are rewarded for their achievements in sport through the sports award system. Through this system, students can receive badges and trophies dependent upon their level of achievement. The awards include: Gold, Silver and Bronze badges, Sports Merit Certificates and Special Sporting Awards. As well as this, at the end of year Presentation Nights and Sports Award Nights, the best performing male and female of each grade (Years 4 - 12), are awarded Sportsperson of the Year awards.
A few noteworthy accomplishments have been made by former Emmanuel Students. In 1994 Joe Chapman and Tavis Gorman represented Australia in the Lawn Bowls Pairs Category at the Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Commonwealth games. Unfortunately they were knocked out in the semi-finals.