Marist College Penshurst
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| Marist College Penshurst | |
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| Agnoscere Et Diligere (Latin:"To Know and To Love") |
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| Established | 1953 |
| School Type | Independent, Single-sex, Day school |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic, Marist Brothers |
| Key People | Mr. Tony Duncan (Principal) |
| School Fees | AU$1,080 p.a - AU$1,590 p.a |
| Location | Mortdale, New South Wales, Australia  |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Enrolment | ~510 (7-10)[1] |
| Employees | ~40[1] |
| Colours | Red, Gold & Green |
| Homepage | marist.penshurst.syd.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.
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[edit] 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 Leopold.
- 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.
[edit] Academic tuition
There are a multiple number of subjects offered at the college.
Subjects offered to Years 9-10 include:
- Catholic Studies of Religion 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 Religion 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
[edit] 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
- 0z tag
- Table tennis
- Tennis
Weekly Thursday non-representative sports include:
- Chess
- Cricket
- Cycling
- Football (soccer)
- Golf
- Gym (Year 10 only)
- Indoor Cricket
- Lawn Bowls
- Oz Tag
- Rotation Sport (various sports based at school - basketball, cricket, football (soccer), touch football and volleyball)
- Rugby League
- Squash
- Touch Football
- Tennis
- Walking
- Water sports
[edit] 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)
- USS Meetings (USS Members)
[edit] Notable alumni
- Craig Nicholls - lead singer and guitarist of The Vines He is now the Band Co-ordinator of the school.
- The Second Hand Originals (The SHO) - band [Graduated: 2005]
- Daryl Millard who plays rugby league for the Canterbury Bulldogs
- Chris Holland who now plays with Australian band Operator Please.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Marist College Penshurst Annual Report 2006 (accessed:16-08-2007)
[edit] 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
