Clayfield College

Clayfield College
Latin: Luceat Lux Vestra Let Your Light Shine
Location
Clayfield, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates	27°25′11″S 153°3′10″E / 27.41972°S 153.05278°E / -27.41972; 153.05278Coordinates: 27°25′11″S 153°3′10″E / 27.41972°S 153.05278°E / -27.41972; 153.05278
Information
Type	Independent, Single-sex, Day and Boarding
Denomination	Uniting Church and Presbyterian
Established	1931[1]
Principal	Brian Savins
Chaplain	Rev Paul Yarrow
Enrolment	~950 (P–12)[2]
Colour(s)	Green, Gold and Blue
Website	clayfield.qld.edu.au

Clayfield College is an independent, Uniting Church and Presbyterian, day and boarding school, predominantly for girls, located in Clayfield, an inner-northern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Founded in 1931, the college has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 945 students from Prep to Year 12,^[2] including 110 boarders from Years 5 to 12. Boys are enrolled from Prep to Year 5, and girls from Pre-Prep to Year 12.^[1] It is operated by the Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association, as a joint mission of the Uniting and Presbyterian Churches in Queensland.^[3]

Clayfield is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),^[4] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),^[5] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),^[1] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA),^[6] and has been a member of the Queensland Girls' Secondary Schools Sports Association (QGSSSA) since 1941.^[7]

History

Clayfield College grew out of the Brisbane Boys' College (BBC), which was founded in 1902. In 1906, BBC moved to Bayview Terrace, Clayfield, moving again in 1930, to its present location at clayfield, as the school had outgrown the campus. Subsequently, in 1931 Clayfield College was founded on BBC's former site, as the primary school department of Somerville House. The secondary school was established in 1935 and Clayfield was separated from Somerville House.

In 1939, Clayfield opened its boarding school and chose its motto Luceat Lux Vestra, which may be translated from Latin to "Let Your Light Shine". Clayfield began its house system in 1946, with four houses – Campbell, Gibson, Radcliffe and Youngman, with Henderson incorporated soon after. Ashburn house came later in honour of Clayfield's first principal, Nancy Ashburn who retired in 1964. Opened the same year, the college library was named after her.

The school's second principal, Ida Kennedy, who retired in 1990, saw the establishment of a science building, a new boarding house, an assembly hall, separate primary department, a second boarding house, the music centre and new classrooms during the 1970s and 1980s. The college Chapel was built in 1985.

Mrs Carolyn Hauff AM became the third principal in 1991, retiring in 2006. Mrs Hauff saw the refurbishment and expansion of classrooms and boarding house during the 1990s. In 1997, Clayfield’s Physical Education Centre was built on the former site of the Savoy Theatre, and named after Ida Kennedy, the schools second principal. Significantly this development included a tunnel under Sandgate Road providing safe access to the east. Clayfield College continued expansion to the east of Sandgate Road by buying the Turrawan Private Hospital and converting it into a new boarding facility.

Since 2007, Mr Brian Savins has served as the fourth Principal of the College. In 2009, Clayfield introduced Middle Schooling to deliberately link Junior and Senior Schooling in a continuous P-12 learning environment. As a result, the College has enjoyed strong enrolment growth as students benefit from focused learning and pastoral care. At the same time, the opportunity was taken to adopt the six pastoral Houses across the whole College. In October 2010, Clayfield built a new Junior Schooling building incorporating ten classrooms and administration centre.

Curriculum

Students in Years P-10 study a core curriculum based on the Australian curriculum key learning areas. In Year 9, and again in 10, students may choose electives from within languages, the arts and technology as well as continuing to study in the other core learning areas.

English and Mathematics are compulsory for all students in Years 11 and 12. In addition, students elect to study 4 other subjects ranging from Arts, Business, Languages, Sciences, Social Sciences, Health & Physical Education and Technology. English as a Second Language (ESL) is offered throughout the Senior School to students from non-English speaking backgrounds.

Co-curriculum

Sport

Sports offered by Clayfield College include artistic gymnastics, athletics, badminton, cricket, cross country, hockey, netball, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, touch football^{[disambiguation needed ]} and volleyball.

Notable alumnae

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Academic

• Elizabeth Perkins OAM – One of the first women to reach the rank of Associate Professor at James Cook University; Member of the Literature Board of the Australian Council; Founding editor of Literature in North Queensland ^[8]

Business

• Lesley Ann Brydon (née Barker) – Executive Director of the Advertising Federation of Australia^[9]

Media, entertainment and the arts

• Marilyn Ann Darling (née Skinner) – Chair of the National Portrait Gallery; Member of the Old Parliament House Governing Council; Deputy Chair of the Gordon Darling Foundation; Recipient of the Centenary Medal 2003^[10]
• Karin Schaupp – Classical guitarist

Medicine and science

• Elizabeth-Anne Stuart Abell OBE – Former Chief Nursing Officer of the Queensland Department of Health; Florence Nightingale Scholar 1960^[11]

Politics, public service and the law

• Tania Major – Youngest person elected to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission; 2007 Young Australian of the Year^[12]
• Sen. Jan Elizabeth McLucas – Federal Shadow Minister for Ageing, Disabilities and Carers; Senator (ALP) for Queensland^[13]
• Hon. Justice Margaret Anne Wilson QC – Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland; Recipient of the Centenary Medal 2003^[14]

Sport

• Stephanie Rice – Swimmer; Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Olympic gold medallist and world record holder

Annabel Luxford; triathlete Melissa Gorman open water swimmer;

See also

• List of schools in Queensland
• List of boarding schools

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Clayfield College". Schools. Australian Boarding Schools' Association. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071117110355/http://www.boarding.org.au/site/school_detail.cfm?schID=159. Retrieved 31 January 2008. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "2006 Annual Schools Report" (PDF). Downloads. Clayfield College. Archived from the original on 31 August 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070831122100/http://www.clayfield.qld.edu.au/downloads/2006_annualschools_report.pdf. Retrieved 16 August 2007. 
3. ^ "Ownership & Governance". Our College. Clayfield College. http://www.clayfield.qld.edu.au/index.cfm?action=dsp_content&contentID=21. Retrieved 31 January 2008. 
4. ^ "Queensland". School Directory. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. 2008. Archived from the original on 13 February 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080213001739/http://www.ahisa.com.au/Display.aspx?site=ahisa&tabid=SchoolQLD. Retrieved 31 January 2008. 
5. ^ "JSHAA Queensland Directory of Members". Queensland Branch. Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2007. http://www.jshaa.asn.au/queensland/directory/index.asp. Retrieved 31 January 2008. 
6. ^ Butler, Jan (2006). "Member Schools". Members. The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. http://www.agsa.org.au/members.php?PageID=11&Alpha=C. Retrieved 31 January 2008. 
7. ^ "A Brief History". (What is) QGSSSA. Queensland Girls' Secondary Schools Sports Association. 2005. http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-3802-0-0-0. Retrieved 31 January 2008. 
8. ^ Ward, Daphne (June 2002). "Elizabeth Perkins OAM – Teacher PGC (1958–61)". Past Students Association. Scots PGC College. http://psa.layer4.com.au/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=107. Retrieved 21 September 2007. 
9. ^ Suzannah Pearce, ed (17 November 2006). "BRYDON Lesley Ann". Who's Who in Australia Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd. 
10. ^ Suzannah Pearce, ed (17 November 2006). "DARLING Marilyn Ann". Who's Who in Australia Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd. 
11. ^ Suzannah Pearce, ed (17 November 2006). "ABELL Elizabeth-Anne Stuart". Who's Who in Australia Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd. 
12. ^ Suzannah Pearce, ed (17 November 2006). "MAJOR Tania". Who's Who in Australia Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd. 
13. ^ Suzannah Pearce, ed (17 November 2006). "McLUCAS Jan Elizabeth, Sen.". Who's Who in Australia Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd. 
14. ^ Suzannah Pearce, ed (17 November 2006). "WILSON Margaret Anne, Hon. Justice". Who's Who in Australia Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd. 

External links

• Clayfield College website