Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
This is a list of schools in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), which houses Australia's capital city, Canberra.The Territory's education system consists of primary schools, which accommodate students from Kindergarten to Year 6, high schools, which accommodate students from Years 7 to 10, and secondary colleges, which are specialist Year 11–12 institutions.
The oldest operating school in the Australian Capital Territory was Tharwa Primary School, open in 1899 in the small town of Tharwa south of present-day Canberra. [3] Hall Primary School claimed to be the oldest continuously run school in the Australian Capital Territory. It opened in 1911 in the town of Hall on the northern border of the ACT. [4]
Mawson Primary School, established in 1968, had about 300 students in 2014, [10] and 483 in 2018. [11] It is notable for its Mandarin Immersion Program. The Chinese Australian Early Childhood Centre is located in the grounds of the school. [10] Canberra Christian School had an enrolment of 46 students in 2015. [11]
The present-day school opened in February 1973, with an initial enrolment of 384 students. The enrolment at Weetangera Primary School in 1974, its second year in operation, was 563, despite accommodation providing for only 450 pupils. Between 1986 and 1988, Weetangera Primary School incorporated a Montessori primary classroom.
Kambah, Australian Capital Territory. Kambah (/ ˈkæmbɑː /) (postcode 2902) is the northernmost suburb in the district of Tuggeranong, Canberra. It is located just south of Mount Taylor in the Canberra Nature Park. It is located north of the suburbs of Greenway and Wanniassa. It is bounded by Sulwood Drive to the north and Athllon Drive to ...
Construction of the school began in 1959. [3] [4] By 1962, 907 pupils were enrolled at the school.[5]Chief Minister Andrew Barr commented in 2010, when he was the Minister for Education and Training, that Red Hill School was founded in 1960 to service the growing needs of Canberra's public servants, as the Federal Government’s civil and diplomatic service expanded. [6]
Telopea Park School circa 1923. Telopea Park School (French: Lycée Franco-Australien de Canberra) is a government international primary and secondary school in Canberra, Australia. It is named after the adjacent Telopea Park. It was founded in 1923, making it the oldest school in Canberra. Telopea Park School is one of the few public schools ...
Website. www.bcc.act.edu.au. Brindabella Christian College (BCC) is a private non-denominational Christian co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day school, located in the Canberra suburbs of Charnwood and Lyneham, in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Established in 1980 as O’Connor Christian School, [1] the school ...