Greensborough College
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Greensborough College is a school in the Greensborough
and Watsonia
district in the suburbs of Melbourne
, Australia
.
Greensborough College has nearly 1000 students, the bulk of whom are in years 7 and 8. The school is sub-divided into two groups: Middle School (7, 8 and 9), and Senior School (10, 11 and 12).
Greensborough is also unique in the fact that it has the discipline based 'silent room'. It is the final step of the WSAD (Whole School Approach to Discipline). A student who is acting in a way that the school rules sees unfit is sent to the silent room, which is located close to the front office. They are required to spend the rest of the 50 or 100 minute period inside the room, remaining silent but also completing the work they were originally required to do. The room is in place to allow misbehaving students to calm down and to also remove them from the working environment that they are disrupting.
, Kalparrin, Plenty
and Willinda whom are represented by sports and arts leaders from the middle and senior sections of the school.
There are also House Activities which include The Swimming Carnival (including the inaugural 'Bomb' Competition and Fashion By the Poolside), The Athletics Carnival (including Fashion by the Trackside) and other smaller activities such as the Chalk Art contest, Year 9/10 theatre sports and the Room Decorating Competition which are designed to help bring the houses together and also gain house points that go toward the Endeavor Cup, which is presented to the winning house at the end of the year.
Greensborough College holds many night activities and camps for the new Year 7's and their parents each year. This helps to make the young ones feel more at home, and to settle in more quickly. The year 7 camps to Barjarg (where the school co-owns a campsite) are a highlight of the students' year.
Greensborough offers a number of camps for year levels 8-11 including snow camps, waterski camps and surf camps. These run over 3-4 days each and offer the students a few days away from studying during the year.
Greensborough also offers overseas trips through the G'Day USA program, and an Italian tour run by the LOTE teachers, as the LOTE taught at Greensborough is Italian.
Greensborough, Victoria
Greensborough is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Banyule. At the 2006 Census, Greensborough had a population of 20,214....
and Watsonia
Watsonia, Victoria
Watsonia is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Banyule. At the 2006 Census, Watsonia had a population of 4905.-History:...
district in the suburbs 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
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.
Greensborough College has nearly 1000 students, the bulk of whom are in years 7 and 8. The school is sub-divided into two groups: Middle School (7, 8 and 9), and Senior School (10, 11 and 12).
History and Information
Greensborough College occupies the site formerly known as the Watsonia Technical School. The nearby Watsonia High School and the technical school were merged to form Greensborough Secondary College for the beginning of the 1990 school year, with the high school campus serving as a senior school for years 11 and 12, and the larger technical school used as a junior campus. It was renamed Greensborough College when the former high school campus was closed in 1992. It is currently a co-educational school.Special Attributes
Greensborough College is one of the few schools around the area which has enough students to offer a wide variety of subjects and extra curricular activities, but is still small enough so that the teachers actually know the students well.Greensborough is also unique in the fact that it has the discipline based 'silent room'. It is the final step of the WSAD (Whole School Approach to Discipline). A student who is acting in a way that the school rules sees unfit is sent to the silent room, which is located close to the front office. They are required to spend the rest of the 50 or 100 minute period inside the room, remaining silent but also completing the work they were originally required to do. The room is in place to allow misbehaving students to calm down and to also remove them from the working environment that they are disrupting.
Leadership
The Principal is Mr John Conway and the Vice Principals are Ms S. Campbell and Mr Graham Scott. The 2008 College Council President is Mr R Nicholls. There is also the Student Representative Program which gives the students a voice in everything from "out-of-uniform days" to School Council and the Curriculum committee. Additionally is also a house program with four groups CooperCooper
- Landforms and places :* Cooper , a lunar crater* Cooper Creek, Australia* Cooper Island, South Georgia* Cooper Islands, Alaska, USA* Cooper Lake * Cooper River , USA* Cooper Mountain, West Virginia, USA...
, Kalparrin, Plenty
Plenty
Plenty may refer to:*PLENTY , a local currency accepted in Pittsboro, North Carolina*Plenty , a play by David Hare*Plenty , a 1985 film directed by Fred Schepisi*Plenty , a 2010 album by the English band Red Box...
and Willinda whom are represented by sports and arts leaders from the middle and senior sections of the school.
Activities
Greensborough College has a wide-range of activities. In the final week of year 12 classes, a dress up week is held, introduced several years ago to replace the 'muck up day' which has been deemed too dangerous due to incidents at other schools in the area resulting in severe injury and hospitalisations. The dress up week consists of 3 days of themed costumes, one of which is chosen by the VCE co-ordination staff, and the other 2 are chosen by the students. An annual Canberra Educational trip is also held for unit 3/4 Legal Studies and Economics classes.There are also House Activities which include The Swimming Carnival (including the inaugural 'Bomb' Competition and Fashion By the Poolside), The Athletics Carnival (including Fashion by the Trackside) and other smaller activities such as the Chalk Art contest, Year 9/10 theatre sports and the Room Decorating Competition which are designed to help bring the houses together and also gain house points that go toward the Endeavor Cup, which is presented to the winning house at the end of the year.
Greensborough College holds many night activities and camps for the new Year 7's and their parents each year. This helps to make the young ones feel more at home, and to settle in more quickly. The year 7 camps to Barjarg (where the school co-owns a campsite) are a highlight of the students' year.
Greensborough offers a number of camps for year levels 8-11 including snow camps, waterski camps and surf camps. These run over 3-4 days each and offer the students a few days away from studying during the year.
Greensborough also offers overseas trips through the G'Day USA program, and an Italian tour run by the LOTE teachers, as the LOTE taught at Greensborough is Italian.
School Production
There is also the school Drama Production.| Greensborough College School Productions | |
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2004 | Back to the 80's |
| 2005 | Aladdin: The Rock Pantomime |
| 2006 | The Scarlet Pimpernell |
| 2007 | Sheerluck Holmes |
| 2008 | The Pirates of Penzance |
| 2009 | Thoroughly Modern Millie |
| 2010 | Fiddler on The Roof |
| 2011 | Footloose |
Houses
| Greensborough College Houses | ||
| House Name | Colour | Mascot |
|---|---|---|
| Cooper | Red | Devils |
| Kalparrin | Blue | Sharks |
| Plenty | Black | Panthers |
| Willinda | Green | Crocodiles |
Further reading
- Greensborough College, A History. Written in 1967, revised in 1984. By Edward Arthurson.