Peter Moyes Anglican Community School
- Peter Moyes Anglican Community School
Infobox Aust school private
name = Peter Moyes Anglican Community School
motto = "Act Justly, Honour God"
established = 2000
type = Private
denomination = Anglican
slogan =
key_people = Doug Swingler (principal)
fees =
city = Mindarie
state = Western Australia
country = flag|Australia
enrolment =
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revenue =
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colours = French Navy, Emerald Green & Gold
homepage = [http://www.petermoyes.wa.edu.au/ www.petermoyes.wa.edu.au]
Peter Moyes Anglican Community School is a private school in Mindarie, Western Australia. The school was established in 2000 and caters for K-12 education. It was named after Peter Moyes who was the first Director of the Anglican Schools' Commission.
chool crest
The school crest has many meanings. The Bishop's mitre placed at the top of the crest signifies the connection between the School and the Anglican Church.
The left panel of the shield depicts a picture of waves and represents the position of the school being near the waves. It also shows one of the many meanings of 'Mindarie' as 'place of green water'.
The right panel shows grasstree stems which again shows another meaning of 'Mindarie' as 'dry leaves from a grasstree'. This gives a linked connection to the family name of Peter Moyes. Moyes is an old French name for Moses, who as a baby was set adrift on the Nile River in a small craft of bulrushes to save him from slaughter by the Egyptian Pharaoh's guards.
The book represents learning and the Greek letters Alpha and Omega represent 'the beginning and the end', meaning learning continues all through life.
House system
The school has four houses:
*Lingiari House - named after Vincent Lingiari
*Hollows House - named after Fred Hollows
*Durack House - named after Mary Durack
*Cuthbert House - named after Betty Cuthbert
Every year the different houses compete in a variety of activities such as interhouse sporting carnivals.
External links
* [http://www.petermoyes.wa.edu.au/ Peter Moyes ACS official homepage]
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