Flying Fruit Fly Circus School

Flying Fruit Fly Circus School

The Flying Fruit Fly Circus School in Wodonga, Victoria is the only primary and secondary school level circus school in Australia. It was founded in 1987 as the educational arm of the Flying Fruit Fly Circus. It is a member of the "Australian Roundtable for Arts Training Excellence". [ [http://www.arts.gov.au/arts_training_bodies Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts - Arts training bodies] accessed 3 October 2008]

The School was originally located on the grounds of Wodonga High School, but in 2003 a devastating fire destroyed the entire Wodonga High School facility. Police considered the fire suspicious. [Cite news
issn = 0312-6307
title = Flying Fruit Fly Circus's School Destroyed
work = The Age
accessdate = 2008-10-03
date = 2003-02-03
url = http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/02/1044122262259.html
] The School was relocated to nearby Wodonga West Secondary College [ [http://www.dpc.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/newmedia.nsf/798c8b072d117a01ca256c8c0019bb01/345b3ce0419f5953ca256e85001ff9fc!OpenDocument www.dpc.vic.gov.au] ] , now known as Wodonga Middle Years College Felltimber Campus due to a merging of the three public schools in Wodonga (Wodonga High School, Wodonga West Secondary College, and Mitchell Secondary College) in 2005-2006.It is home to many children who study the art instead of reading it out of books. [ [http://www.dpc.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/newmedia.nsf/798c8b072d117a01ca256c8c0019bb01/52955dd4b7469c39ca2570900000d367!OpenDocument www.dpc.vic.gov.au] ]

ee also

*Cirkidz
*National Institute of Circus Arts
*Lennon Bros Circus

Notes

External links

* [http://www.fruitflyschool.vic.edu.au The Flying Fruit Fly Circus School]


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