Calamvale Community College

Infobox Aust school
name = Calamvale Community College

| motto = "Building on Success"
established = 2002
type = Public, Co-educational, Day school
principal = Sue Bremner
city = Brisbane
state = Queensland
country = Australia
campus = Calamvale, Queensland
enrolment = ~ 2110 (2006)
colours = Maroon, Teal & Navy
homepage = [http://www.calamvalecomcoll.qld.edu.au calamvalecomcoll.qld.edu.au]

Calamvale Community College is a co-educational, state run, day school based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

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.

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.

Prime Minister's Visit

Prime Minister of Australia John Howard and Federal Member for Moreton Gary Hardgrave paid a special visit to tour Calamvale Community College on Tuesday May 17, 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.

porting Links

The Brisbane City Council will ultimately own the three ovals as part of a land swap with Education Queensland. Education Queensland will develop a Memorandum of Understanding with BCC and various sporting clubs to coordinate the maintenance, development and use of sporting facilities with the school. The P&C is managing use of the tennis courts out-of-hours. A successful submission to the Queensland Gaming Fund has enabled the upgrade of one set of hard courts which will also be available for hire out-of-hours.

Awards Night

Awards Night is an annual ceremony that celebrates the achievement and success of students. The catergories include merit awards, where the student displays a positive attitude towards their learning, academic awards, in which the student achieves the highest level of academic achievement and sporting awards, in which the student has represented the school at regional level or above. There are also other awards, including academic excellence, sporting excellence, community awards and leadership awards. VET awards, Caltex all rounder, Defence Force are also awards. However the highest possible achievement is the Dux of College, in which a year 12 student receives it for outstanding achievements in academic and other areas of the curriculum.

ee also

*List of schools in Queensland

External links

* [http://www.calamvalecomcoll.qld.edu.au Calamvale Community College EQ Website]
* [http://www.education.qld.gov.au Education Queensland]
* [http://www.pm.gov.au/news/speeches/speech1387.html PMs Address to the Calamvale Community College]
* [http://www.adcq.qld.gov.au/tribunal/Decisions/N%20obo%20N.rtf ANTI-DISCRIMINATION TRIBUNAL QUEENSLAND Decision RE: N o.b.o N]