Calrossy Anglican School for Girls

Infobox Aust school private
name = Calrossy Anglican School for Girls


motto = _la. Laborare Est Orare
("To Work is to Pray")
established = 1919
type = Independent, Single-sex, Day and Boarding
denomination = Anglicancite web|url = http://www.schoolseek.com.au/school/calrossy-school|title = Calrossy School |accessdate = 2008-01-28|work = School Directory |publisher = SchoolSeek]
slogan = "Christian - Personal - Caring"cite web |url=http://www.calrossy.nsw.edu.au/calrossygirls/index.asp |title=A word of welcome from our Head of Campus |accessdate=2007-11-28 |work=Home |publisher=Calrossy Anglican School]
key_people = Mrs. Elisabeth Jackson (Principal)
Mrs Margaret Paterson (Head of Campus)
Rev. Andrew Newman (Chaplain)
fees = AU$9,580–10,900 p.a (Day)
AU$22,580–23,900 p.a (Boarding)cite web |url=http://www.calrossy.nsw.edu.au/calrossygirls/enrolment.asp#Fees |title=Fees 2008 |accessdate=2008-01-16 |work=Enrolment Information |publisher=Calrossy Anglican School]
city = East Tamworth
state = New South Wales
country = Australia flagicon|Australia
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enrolment = ~450 (7–12)cite web|url = http://www.schoolchoice.com.au/find_a_school?cid=12343&pid=2701666|title = CALROSSY Campus TAMWORTH ANGLICAN COLLEGE |accessdate = 2008-01-28|work = Find a School |publisher = School Choice]
num_employ = ~43 [http://www.calrossy.nsw.edu.au/calrossy/thisyear/AnnualReport2005.pdf Calrossy Anglican School Annual Report 2005] (accessed:12-06-2007)]
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homepage = [http://www.calrossy.nsw.edu.au www.calrossy.nsw.edu.au]

The Calrossy Anglican School for Girls (Calrossy), is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for girls, located in East Tamworth, a suburb of Tamworth, a city in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1919, the school has a non-selective enrolment policy, and currently caters for approximately 450 girls from Year 7 (12 years old) to Year 12 (18 years old). With over 180 boarders, Calrossy has one of the largest boarding enrolments among New South Wales girls' boarding schools.cite web |url=http://www.calrossy.nsw.edu.au/calrossygirls/boarders.asp |title=Boarding at Calrossy: A Home away from Home |accessdate=2007-08-13 |work=Our Boarders |publisher=Calrossy Anglican School] In 2006, Calrossy joined with William Cowper Anglican Boys High School and William Cowper Primary School,cite web |url=http://www.calrossy.nsw.edu.au/TAC_2006_School_Report.pdf |title=2006 Annual Report |accessdate=2008-01-28 |year =2007 |format=PDF |work=Our News|publisher=Tamworth Anglican College] to create the Calrossy Anglican School. This School now incorporates a secondary day and boarding school for girls (Calrossy), a secondary day school for boys, a co-educational prep and primary school, and a co-educational preschool, with total enrolments of 890.cite web |url=http://www.calrossy.nsw.edu.au/calrossygirls/employment.asp |title=Employment |accessdate=2008-01-28 |work=Home |publisher=Calrossy Anglican School]

The school is affiliated with the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),cite web |url=http://www.jshaa.asn.au/nsw/directory/index.asp |title=JSHAA New South Wales Directory of Members |accessdate=2007-12-17 |year =2007 |work=New South Wales Branch|publisher=Junior School Heads' Association of Australia] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),cite web |url=http://www.boarding.org.au/site/school_detail.cfm?schID=11 |title=Calrossy |accessdate=2008-01-28 |year =2007 |work=Schools|publisher=Australian Boarding Schools' Association] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA),cite web|url = http://www.agsa.org.au/members.php?PageID=11&Alpha=C|title = Member Schools|accessdate = 2008-01-28 |last = Butler|first = Jan|year = 2006|work = Members|publisher = The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia] and is an affiliate member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS). Calrossy is administered by the Anglican Diocese of Armidale.cite web|url = http://armidaleanglicandiocese.com/?D=56 |title = Diocesan Schools |accessdate = 2008-01-28|work = Diocesan Profile|publisher = Diocese of Armidale]

History

Calrossy was founded in 1919 as the Tamworth Church of England Girls' School (TCEGS), by a group of parishioners from St John's Parish Church, Tamworth, led by the Vicar, Canon Rupert Fairbrother. With just seventeen foundation students, the school first occupied a site close to the church in East Tamworth. Lessons were held in the church hall, and the boarding house was an old building on the corner of Brisbane and Carthage Streets.cite web |url=http://www.calrossy.nsw.edu.au/calrossygirls/school.asp |title=History |accessdate=2008-01-28 |work=Our School |publisher=Calrossy Anglican School]

The school moved to its present site in Brisbane Street in 1923, to a property formerly owned by John Patterson. His home, the centrepiece of the new school, was named 'Calrossy' after his family property in Scotland. The school eventually adopted the name in 1969.

TCEGS remained a parish school until 1936, when it was taken over by the Diocese of Armidale and administered in a similar way to the Diocese' other schools, The Armidale School and the New England Girls' School.

In 2006, Calrossy joined with William Cowper Anglican Boys High School and William Cowper Primary School, to create the Tamworth Anglican College (TAC), subsequently the schools name was changed to Tamworth Anglican College - Calrossy Campus.cite web |url=http://www.calrossy.nsw.edu.au/TAC_2006_School_Report.pdf |title=2006 Annual Report |accessdate=2008-01-28 |year =2007 |format=PDF |work=Our News|publisher=Tamworth Anglican College] This amalgamation created a Pre-school to Year 12 with school, with a co-educational primary school and two single-sex high schools (Secondary Girls and Secondary Boys). Each sub-school has retained its own crest and traditions. In 2007, the name "Tamworth Anglican College" was changed to Calrossy Anglican School. The senior school for girls is now therefore named Calrossy Anglican School - Brisbane Street Campus.cite web |url=http://www.calrossy.nsw.edu.au/calrossygirls/index.asp |title=A word of welcome from our Head of Campus |accessdate=2007-11-28 |work=Home |publisher=Calrossy Anglican School]

Principals

Curriculum

Calrossy Anglican school is registered and accredited with the New South Wales Board of Studies,cite web |url=http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/ebos/static/AccredSchoolsT.htm |title=Non-Government Registered Schools List|accessdate=2008-01-28 |date =2007-10-18 |work= Letter T - Board of Studies NSW |publisher=New South Wales Government] and therefore follows the mandated curriculum for all years. The school offers a variety of core and elective subjects designed to prepare students for a range of opportunities in tertiary studies and career pathways.cite web |url=http://www.calrossy.nsw.edu.au/calrossygirls/curriculum.asp |title=Curriculum |accessdate=2008-01-28 |work= Our Curriculum |publisher=Calrossy Anglican School]

Students in Years 11 and 12 may follow different Higher School Certificate (HSC) pathways, and complete vocational courses at TAFE or at school. Students may also undertake school-based traineeships, linking HSC studies with workplace developed competencies. Current subject choices include: Agriculture, Agricultural Technology, Modern and Ancient History, Australian History, Geography, Civics and Citizenship, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Business Studies, Christian Studies, Commerce, Design and Technology, Drama, Earth Sciences, Economics, English, Food Technology, French, Hospitality, Information and Software Technology and Design, Japanese, Music, Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE), Photography, Society and Culture, Studies in Religion, Technology, Textiles Technology, Textiles and Design and Visual Arts.

Co-curriculum

Calrossy students are offered opportunities to partake in a range of extra-curriculum activities, including music groups, sporting teams, public speaking, debating and drama.cite web |url=http://www.calrossy.nsw.edu.au/calrossygirls/classrooms.asp |title=Co-curriculum |accessdate=2008-01-28 |work= Beyond our classroms |publisher=Calrossy Anglican School]

Music

The school offers a number of music ensembles, such as the College orchestra, jazz band, string ensemble, cello choir, woodwind ensemble and choir. Links with the Tamworth Regional Conservatorium of Music enable the school to provide private tuition in piano, guitar, violin, clarinet, flute, cello and drums on the school grounds.

Music activities are offered throughout the year, including a House Music competition, Carol's Service, Creative Skills week and recital evenings.

port

Calrossy offers a number of sports in which each student is encouraged to be involved, from beginners to advanced level. The school participates in many local community sporting associations, where competition takes place throughout the week outside school hours.

Calrossy is an affiliate member of the Independent Girls' Schools Sporting Association (IGSSA) and participates competitively against 28 other similar type independent girls' schools in swimming, athletics, cross-country, tennis and gymnastics. There is an opportunity for talented students to represent IGSSA in hockey, netball, waterpolo, swimming, athletics, cross-country, tennis and gymnastics. Other sports available include touch football, basketball, soccer, equestrian and softball.

Calrossy holds annual inter-house competitions in swimming and athletics, and a Sports Day involving a range of sports in term three.

Public speaking

Students may participate and compete in a range of speaking activities, including Mock Trials, Model United Nations, local, state and national debating and public speaking.

Exchange

An overseas exchange program is in place for students in Years 11 and 12, whereby students may attend schools in England or Canada. Some students arrange short term stays at the completion of their Year 10 School Certificate course.

Notable alumni

Alumnae of Calrossy are known as Old Girls and may elect to join the schools alumni association, the Old Girls' Union (OGU).cite web |url=http://www.calrossy.nsw.edu.au/OGU/index.asp |title=Old Girls' Union |accessdate=2008-01-28 |work= Our Old Girls |publisher=Calrossy Anglican School] Some notable Calrossy Old Girls include: ;Academic
* Bronwyn Davies – Professor of Education at the University of Western Sydney; Authorcite encyclopedia| editor = Suzannah Pearce| encyclopedia = Who's Who in Australia Live!| title = DAVIES Bronwyn| accessdate = 2007-09-26| date = 2006-11-17| year = 2007| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic]
* Lyn Gorman (née Chaffey) – Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) at Charles Sturt University; Former Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Charles Sturt University; Head of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (1999–2002) at Brighton Polytechnic (UK); Authorcite encyclopedia| editor = Suzannah Pearce| encyclopedia = Who's Who in Australia Live!| title = GORMAN Lyn| accessdate = 2007-09-26| date = 2006-11-17| year = 2007| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic]

;Media, entertainment and the arts
*Jennifer Hoy – First Violin with the Sydney Symphonycite web |url=http://www.sydneysymphony.com/page.asp?p=58 |title=Strings: First Violins|accessdate=2008-01-28 |work= About Us|publisher=Sydney Symphony]
* Aleyce Simmonds – Country music singercite web |url=http://www.aleyce.com/bio.htm |title=The Story of my life – So far! |accessdate=2008-01-28 |work= Bio |publisher=Aleyce Simmonds]
* Kelsey Strasek-Barker – Aboriginal singer

;Politics, public service and the law
* Shirley Margaret Adams OAM – Councillor of Clarence Valley Council; Deputy Mayor of Clarence Valley Council (2005–07); Chairman of the NSW Country Mayors Association (2002–04), Mayor of Grafton City Council (1996–2004); Recipient of the Centenary Medal 2003cite encyclopedia| editor = Suzannah Pearce| encyclopedia = Who's Who in Australia Live!| title = ADAMS Shirley Margaret| accessdate = 2007-09-26| date = 2006-11-17| year = 2007| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic]

References

Further reading

* Newman, W. 1994. "Calrossy 1919-1994: A Vision Unfolding". Halbooks Publishing, Avalon, N.S.W. ISBN 0646199080.

See also

* List of non-government schools in New South Wales
* List of boarding schools
*Schools in Tamworth, New South Wales

External links

* [http://www.calrossy.nsw.edu.au/ Calrossy website]