St Ursula's College, Yeppoon

Infobox Secondary school
name = St Ursula's College, Yeppoon

motto =
established = 1918
type = Secondary Girls
affiliations = Independent Catholic
headmaster = Ms. Catherine Dunbar
founder = Presentation Sisters
enrolment =
grades = 8-12
colours =
city = Yeppoon
state = Queensland
country = Australia
website = [http://www.stursulas.qld.edu.au/index.html www.stursulas.qld.edu.au]

St Ursula's College, Yeppoon is a Roman Catholic, all-girls, day and boarding high school (years 8-12) in Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia. The College is run under the auspices of the Presentation Sisters.

St Ursula’s College, with its classic Queensland architecture featuring gabled roofing and wide verandahs, is situated in tropical gardens in the heart of Yeppoon, by the sea about 40 km from Rockhampton. This location affords students opportunities for involvement in surf lifesaving, outrigging and sailing and also use the beach for recreation and leisure. Girls are encouraged to participate in early morning and afternoon exercise sessions along the beach and to keep fit through swimming training. The beach provides a cost free recreational place for the girls, and barbecues along the coastline are a popular Sunday afternoon activity.

The air conditioned library and technology rooms provide students with a comfortable environment in which they can access up-to-date information and resources, including CD-Roms and the Internet. Modern facilities including the art block, commercial kitchen, music academy and performing arts hall provide excellent learning centres for practical and performing arts. Classrooms are cool and comfortable and are surrounded by tropical palms and foliage.

Boarding

"Dining"

"Activities"

"Restrictions"

The new Boarding complex, which was opened in 1998, provides excellent accommodation for students. New projects are underway for a future upgrade of facilities to provide a comfortable and challenging learning environment for students.

Students come to St Ursula’s from properties in the west, mining towns, Torres Strait Islands, Aboriginal settlements, local farming and coastal areas from Yeppoon as well as overseas. Exposure to such diverse backgrounds provides a rich educational environment and encourages genuine acceptance and appreciation of all people, regardless of social status, ethnic origin or financial means.

A strong bond is developed between country and local students through weekend and holiday visits.

The school is divided up into various pastoral care groups, based on a students House. The four houses are Shiel (gold) Madden (red) Nagle (blue) and Kennedy (green). Each year for the school swimming carnival, students from there house choose a theme to continue for the year.

Some shared restrictions on both day girls and boarding girls seem to be the lack of privacy and personal space. The school its self can seem quite small for some five hundred and so students. Specifically in boarding the need for personal space and time can seem far out of reach. Rules about jewelry and make- up and hair can seem at first a bit over the top, but after a while you start to understand these rules and the reasons behind them more.

Sports

The College prides itself on its sporting and cultural events. Each year there are innumerable events including :

wimming Carnival

Athletics Carnival

Cross-Country Carnival

Rockhampton and District Sporting CarnivalRostrum Voice of YouthJunior News-Reader of the YearSt Brendans School MusicalSt Ursulas Talent Quest In 2006, a new Vocational Ed. building was opened which will aid in continuing the Colleges excellent results in Vocational Education.

Cultural Activities

Other Extra Curricular Activities

School Subject Areas

"Science"

"Technology"

"Hospitality"

"English"

"Study of Society and the Environment"

"Drama"

St Ursula’s College provides the students various opportunities to express their acting talents. With performing arts classes provided for all years. Students learn acting techniques, the history of dramatical performances, significant people, various forms of acting i.e. comedy, melodrama. The school also has an annual musical performance with another Yeppoon catholic school, St Brendan’s College and St Ursula’s College also hosts its own annual talent quest were the girls get a chance to perform various acts for their fellow school mates.

"Music"

"Business"

"Mathematics"

External links

* [http://www.stursulas.qld.edu.au/ College website]