Marist College Penshurst

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Marist College Penshurst
Latin: Agnoscere Et Diligere ("To Know and To Love")
Location
Mortdale, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	33°58′5″S 151°4′59″E / 33.96806°S 151.08306°E / -33.96806; 151.08306Coordinates: 33°58′5″S 151°4′59″E / 33.96806°S 151.08306°E / -33.96806; 151.08306
Information
Type	Independent, Single-sex, Day school
Denomination	Roman Catholic, Marist Brothers
Established	1953
Principal	Tony Duncan
Staff	~40[1]
Enrolment	~510 (7-10)[1]
Colour(s)	Red, Gold & Green
Website	maristpenshurst.catholic.edu.au

Marist College Penshurst is a systemic Catholic College for boys from Years 7 to 10, located in Mortdale, New South Wales, Australia.

The College was founded in 1953 and has a tradition based on the teachings of the French educator Saint Marcellin Champagnat. The school offers education to approximately 510 students in the St George area of Sydney.

House system

The present school's house system has been operating since Br Neil O’Leary's appointment. As each new student begins at the school he is allocated to a house and its color after the Year 7 swimming trials at Hurstville Aquatic Centre, Penshurst at the commencement of the year. The school has four houses that have been named after four very significant people that have made a lasting impact on the school. Students are involved in House Competitions which include Sporting events such as the college swimming, cross country and athletics carnivals. The four houses are:

• Leopold (Red): Named after the first Headmaster of the college, Br Leo Sayer.
• More (Green): Named the second Headmaster of the college, Br Thomas More.
• Dunstan (Yellow): Named after the third Headmaster of the college, Br Dunstan Cavanagh.
• Salvius (Blue): Originally named after the fourth Headmaster of the college, Br Simon Murphy, but was later renamed after the seventh Headmaster of the college, Br Salvius.

Academic tuition

There are a multiple number of subjects offered at the college.

Subjects offered to Years 9-10 include:

• Catholic Studies of Religious Education (Compulsory subject)

The New South Wales Board of Studies School Certificate compulsory subjects offered to the Years 9-10 include:

• English (Standard & Advanced)
• Mathematics (Standard, Intermediate & Advanced)
• Science (General & Advanced)
• Australian Geography, Civics and Citizenship
• Australian History, Civics and Citizenship

Other Years 9-10 Elective Subjects offered include:

• Business in the Workplace/Life Skills and Career Education (involves work experience, Joint Secondary School TAFE program (JSST))
• Commerce (Economical Business)
• Graphics Design (formerly known as Technical Drawing, until 2006)
• Hospitality (formerly known as Food Technology, until 2005)
• LOTE Italian
• Industrial Technology - Wood (formerly known as Wood Technology, until 2005)
• IST (formerly known as Computing Studies and information technology, until 2005)
• Music
• PD/H/PE (Personal Development, Health and Physical Education)
• Sport Science (since 2004)
• Visual Arts (Art)

The New South Wales Board of Studies compulsory subjects for Years 7-8 include:

• Catholic Studies of Religious Education
• English
• Mathematics
• Integrated Studies
• Science

Other alternating compulsory subjects offered to Years 7-8 include:

• D&T (Design and Technology) - including computers, technical graphical drawing/design, food and wood
• Geography
• History
• Italian
• Music
• PD/H/PE (Personal Development, Health and Physical Education)
• Visual Arts (Art)

There is also a Gifted & Talented Program which are academic extension courses offered to students from Years 7-10 who excel in ability in the subjects of English, Mathematics and Science and must be in the Advanced class for those subjects.

There is also a Special Needs Program which provides resources and helps to develop skills in helping students with academic difficulty cope with their studies and work load.

The college library has many resources available to students to enhance their studies

Sport

The college participates in multiple sports competitions but also regular weekly Thursday sport is available to students.

College sporting facilities include:

• 2 Synthetic cricket nets
• 3 Badminton-volleyball court
• 2 Basketball court
• 2 Gymnasiums
• 1 Tennis court
• Large well-grassed oval

Competitive representative sport competitions include:

• CBSA (Christian Brothers Sports Association) - athletics, basketball, cross country, rugby league, swimming, touch football and volleyball
• CCC (Combined Catholic Colleges) athletics, cross country and swimming
• Arthur Morris Cup (Cricket)
• Berg Shield (Cricket)
• Bill Turner Cup (Football)
• Pan Pacific Games (international)
• St George Knockout Competition (Rugby League)

Gala Day representative sports include:

• Baseball
• Chess
• Golf
• Oz tag
• Table tennis
• Tennis

Weekly Thursday non-representative sports include:

• Chess
• Cricket
• Cycling
• Football (soccer)
• Golf
• Indoor Basketball
• Indoor Cricket
• Lawn Bowls
• Oz Tag
• Rotation Sport (various sports based at school - basketball, cricket, football (soccer), touch football and volleyball)
• Touch Football
• Tennis
• Water sports

Extra-curricular activities

All of the available extra co-curricular activities are available to students from Years 7-10 unless if specified

• Activities/Activity Day (School - Years 7-9 only)
• Band Camp (Music)
• Carnivals - athletics, cross country & swimming (School/Sport)
• Celebrations (Religious)
• Debating (Academic)
• Excursions (Educational)
• Feast Days (Religious)
• Gifted & Talented Program (Academic)
• House competitions (School)
• Incursions (Educational)
• Library & Homework Centre (Educational)
• Multicultural Night (Cultural)
• Musical bands (Music)
• Musical Ensembles (Music)
• New South Wales Band Festival Competition (Music)
• Public Speaking (Academic)
• Religious church mass (Religious)
• Reflection Days (Religious)
• Representative sport (Sport)
• School assembly (School)
• School camps (School)
• School non-representative sport (School/Sport)
• School representative sport (School/Sport)
• Ski Trip (School)
• Special Needs Program (Academic)
• Walkathon (School)

School song

The school's Marist song, as well as Sub tuum is sung at all official college masses.

Sub tuum praesidium
We fly to your patronage
confugimus, confugimus,
our refuge, our refuge
Sancta Dei Genitrix,
Holy Mother of God
Sancta Dei Genitrix.
Holy Mother of God

Nostras deprecationes,
our intercessor (ward off by prayer)
ne despicias, ne despicias
do not ignore (look to) us
in necessitatibus nostris,
in need ours

Sed a periculis cunctis
but our peril whole
libera nos semper,
free us always
Virgo gloriosa et benedicta.
Virgin Glorious and Blessed Sub tuum praesidium
under your protection
confugimus, confugimus.
our refuge, our refuge.

Set your hearts a-ringing
Let heaven resound
Of our school we're singing
Let our praise abound.
Sons of Penshurst Marist
Let's stand and sing
Honour our commitment
Glory to her bring.

Challenges before us
Undaunted we
Sing a mighty chorus
Claim the victory.
Courage is no stranger
Faithful we'll be
Conquer every danger
Marist sons are we.

God keep watch around us
God keep us free
Brothers to each other
Of one family.
Sons of Penshurst Marist
Raise aloud the cry
Praise our loving mother
Penshurst Marist high.

God keep watch around us
God keep us free
Brothers to each other
Of one family.
Sons of Penshurst Marist
Raise aloud the cry
Praise our loving mother
Penshurst Marist high.

Notable alumni

• Paul J. Gollan Visiting Senior Fellow at the Australian School of Business at the University of New South Wales.
• Craig Nicholls - lead singer and guitarist of The Vines. They will be playing the "Obese Bloc Party"
• Daryl Millard who plays rugby league for the Canterbury Bulldogs
• Chris Holland who now plays with Australian band Operator Please.
• Kevin Greene (politician) minister for Hurstville.
• Graeme "The Penguin" Bradley (born 20 March 1964) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He played for the Illawarra Steelers, Penrith Panthers and the St. George Dragons in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership (NSWRL) as well as the Castleford Tigers and Bradford Bulls in England.

Bradley played junior football with Oatley RSL. Bradley entered first-grade after Illawarra Steelers' coach, Brian Smith, signed him to the club in 1985. Smith had been Bradley's school-teacher.[2] He spent three years with the Steelers before moving to the Penrith Panthers.

The Panthers reached back-to-back grand finals, in 1990 and 1991. Bradely was named on the bench for the 1991 grand final and although he spent 40 minutes warming up on the sidelines, coach Phil Gould did not send Bradley on.[1] Following this he followed former Steelers coach Brian Smith to the St George Dragons. Bradley played in two grand finals for St George in 1992 and 1993. When Brian Smith left Australia to coach the Bradford Bulls in the newly formed Super League he signed Graeme, which he spent 3 successful years there including winning the 1997 Super League Championship. He Retired following the 1998 Season.

• FORMER Melbourne recruitment manager Peter O'Sullivan.

Peter O'Sullivan is implicated in the Storm salary cap scandal by News Ltd executives. O'Sullivan, currently employed by Sydney Roosters, said last night he would be talking to lawyers on a number of issues after he was linked with the cap rort alongside four other officials described by News Ltd chief executive John Hartigan as rats in the ranks.

See also

• Marist College Kogarah
• St Mary's Cathedral College, Sydney
• List of Marist Brothers schools
• List of Christian Brothers schools
• List of Non-Government schools in New South Wales

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Marist College Penshurst Annual Report 2006 (accessed:16-08-2007)

External links

• Marist College Penshurst Website
• Marist College Kogarah website
• St Mary’s Cathdral College website