Loreto College, South Australia
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- For other schools of the same name, see Loreto CollegeLoreto CollegeLoreto College or Loreto School is the name of several Roman Catholic schools throughout the world associated with the Sisters of Loreto.-Australia:*Loreto College Coorparoo, Queensland*Loreto College Ballarat, Victoria...
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Loreto College Marryatville is a private
Private school
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, independent Catholic, day
Day school
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and boarding school
Boarding school
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for girls, located in Marryatville
Marryatville, South Australia
Marryatville is a small suburb to the east of Adelaide's central business district. Along with neighbouring Heathpool, it is part of the City of Norwood Payneham St Peters whereas all the suburbs around it save Kensington are not.-Shopping:...
, an eastern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
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Established in 1905, the school is one of many around the world directed by the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (IBVM). Today it caters for some 1,000 students from Reception to Year 12, including 70 boarders.
History
A modest house in Sydenham Road, NorwoodNorwood, South Australia
Norwood is a suburb of Adelaide, about 4 km east of the Adelaide city centre. The suburb is in the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters, the oldest South Australian local government municipality, with a city population over 34,000.-History:...
became the first Loreto Convent in Adelaide in 1905.
The college opened with five students.
Two years later the nuns bought a larger house on The Parade, Norwood and Loreto became a boarding school. With the consent and tireless inspiration of Mother Gonzaga in Ballarat, the nuns in Adelaide overcame great difficulties and continually sought to provide a full education for girls.
By 1920 it was obvious that a larger establishment was needed to provide for the increasing number of pupils. In December of that year, Loreto moved to its present site when the nuns purchased “The Acacias” at Marryatville
Marryatville, South Australia
Marryatville is a small suburb to the east of Adelaide's central business district. Along with neighbouring Heathpool, it is part of the City of Norwood Payneham St Peters whereas all the suburbs around it save Kensington are not.-Shopping:...
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“The Acacias” property dates back to the earliest history of South Australia, and is associated with some of the State’s great pioneers – George Fife Angas
George Fife Angas
George Fife Angas was an English businessman and banker who, from England, played a significant part in the formation and establishment of the Colony of South Australia. He established the South Australian Company and was its founding chairman of the board of directors...
, Henry Kingscote and Edwin Thomas Smith
Edwin Thomas Smith
Sir Edwin Thomas Smith KCMG was an English-born South Australian brewer, businessman, councillor, mayor, politician and benefactor.-Early years:...
. Sir Edwin Smith
bought the property in 1878 and added extensively to it. The stables built by Sir Edwin housed the entire senior school until 1951. By this time there were more than 200 students at Loreto.
College Growth
The Junior School was built in 1961 and the Mary Ward wing of the Senior School in 1969. An increasing number of students necessitated new buildings and facilities. Hence, the Gymnasium and Art facilities were constructed in 1998 and Junior School Administration in 2000. The award winning "Stage 3" project, which included the building of new Senior School classrooms and the refurbishment of existing buildings, was completed during 2001.In 2005, four new Middle school classrooms were built in the Junior School to house Year 7 students and Chinese. In conjunction with Montessori, the Loreto Bapthorpe Early Learning Centre (co-educational) was added in the latter half of 2005 and was operational from the beginning of 2006. Out of School Hours care, the new Portrush Road wall, car parking and landscaping were also developed in 2005.
A new, state of the art, Hospitality and Food Technology Centre was opened in 2006 to deliver and expand curriculum offerings in this area. 2007 saw the opening of a new Boarding Precinct Development and the St Gertrude's Music Centre, adjacent to which in 2010 the St Anne's Performing Arts Centre was opened.
Facilities
Facilities include:| 12 fully equipped domestic kitchens | An oval |
| 6 commercial kitchens | 2 full sized indoor netball courts |
| A lecture room | A swimming pool (for use of boarders only) |
| 15 SMARTboards | 5 outdoor tennis courts |
| A Performing Arts centre | A long jump pit |
| A state of the art Music Centre with 6 tution rooms and a keyboard lab (28 computers, 28 keyboards) | |
| 4 computer labs, 4 laptop trolleys, and numerous other computers around the College (Computer ratio 2 students: 1 computer) | |
| 3 language labs (French and Italian in Senior Campus, Chinese in Junior Campus) | |
| 5 science labs (Chemistry, Biology, Physics, General, East) | |