Carey Baptist Grammar School
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| Carey Baptist Grammar School |
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| Motto | Animo et Fide 'By Courage and Faith' |
| Established | February 13, 1923 |
| Type | Independent co-educational secondary; primary |
| Principal | Mr Phil W. De Young |
| Founder | Rev. L.E. Tranter |
| Chaplain | Rev. Howard Wilkins |
| Students | 2250 |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Location | Kew, VIC Australia |
| Campus | urban |
| Colours | Black, Blue and Gold |
| Publications | The Torch (tri-yearly) |
| Yearbook | Carey Chronicle |
| Website | www.carey.com.au |
Carey Baptist Grammar School (popularly known as Carey) is a private co-educational Christian International school which has four campuses in Victoria, Australia - Kew (Kindergarten-Year 12), Donvale (Kindergarten-Year 6), the 14 ha Carey Sports Complex in Bulleen and an outdoor education camp near Paynesville in eastern Gippsland called Carey Toonallook. The school was founded in 1923.
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[edit] Name, badge and motto
The name of the school derives from William Carey. He was the first Baptist missionary in India, publishing 24 different translations of the Scriptures. The School badge represents the old Greek Torch Race, very similar to a relay race, in which a chain of runners each passed to the next a torch which had to be kept burning brightly.
The School motto is 'Animo et Fide' which means 'By Courage and Faith'. This echoes the texts from Isaiah 54:2-3 on which Carey based his famous sermon in 1772 when he urged Baptists to form a missionary society. The exhortation contained in the two verses is well summed up in the couplet:
Expect great things from God, Attempt great things for God.
[edit] History
Carey Baptist Grammar School was founded by the Rev. L.E. Tranter, who, at the meetings of the Baptist Union of Victoria held in May 1919, urged consideration of a Baptist secondary school for boys. The present property with the house 'Urangeline' was purchased for the sum of £14,000 and the School opened on February 13, 1923, with an enrollment of 68 boys.
At its inception, Carey was accepted into the Schools' Association of Victoria. In 1911 seven schools had broken away from the Schools Association (over the issue of professionalism) to form the Schools Amateur Athletic Association of Victoria. In 1920 this group was expanded into the Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria, by which name it is known today. Carey joined this group in 1928, but then in 1957 the school was invited to join the Associated Public Schools of Victoria, which comprises 11 Victorian independent schools.
The school began co-education in 1979, when girls attended Years 11 and 12. The whole school was co-educational by 1984.
14 hectares of land were purchased at Bulleen for sports grounds, an Outdoor Education facility was built near Paynesville and a Junior School campus at Donvale opened in 1989.
The School has recently bought an ajoining property called "Cluny" the old building were demolished (except from the main building) to make room for a new grass section for the Junior School at Kew, which was opened on October 6, 2006 and known as Cluny Green. The remaining building "Fairview" accommodates the outdoor education staff and Junior School Art and Music studios.
[edit] Curriculum
The curriculum Carey provides is in line with Victorian Essential Learning Standards (formulated by Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority) which describes what is essential for all Victorian students to learn from Prep to Year 10. VELS provides a framework for the whole school curriculum and sets out the standards that students are expected to achieve in core areas. These areas (called strands) are as follows:
Physical, Personal and Social learning which includes the domains of Health and Physical Education; Interpersonal Development, Personal Learning and Civics and Citizenship; Discipline-based learning which includes The Arts, English, Languages Other Than English (LOTE), Humanities, Mathematics and Science; Interdisciplinary Learning which includes Communication; Design, Creativity and Technology; ICT and Thinking. Students have specific timetabled sessions in
- English
- Mathematics
- Science
- Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE)
- Technology
- Health and Personal Development
- Library
- French (Years 3-6)
- Art
- Music
- Physical Education
- Religious Education
- Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE), Science, Health and Technology are often delivered within an Integrated Curriculum.
Carey offers senior students both the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) and the International Baccalaureate (IB) which was introduced in 1998 as an alternative to the Victorian Certificate of Education. Some University Enhancement and V&ET subjects are also available.
The Senior School LOTE Learning Area at Carey offers students Chinese (Mandarin), French, German and Indonesian from Years 10 to 12; and Chinese and Indonesian for first language learners at Years 11 and 12. The IB also offers several languages to students, including Spanish.
[edit] Houses
[edit] Junior School Kew
- Arnold (royal blue)
- Barton (light green)
- Burrows (gold)
- Burnet (dark green)
- Chisholm (light blue)
- Dunlop (magenta)
- Nicholls (purple)
- Penman (red)
[edit] Junior School Donvale
- Brown[1] (green)
- Cramer (yellow)
- Lyall (blue)
- Shinkfield (red)
- ^ Formerly called Morley
[edit] Middle & Senior Schools
- Cartwright (light green)
- Dunshea (orange, formerly brown)
- Fullard (maroon)
- Gadsden (dark green)
- Hickman (light blue)
- Moore (yellow)
- Newnham (purple)
- Steele (dark blue)
- Sutton (red)
- Tranter (black)
[edit] Co-curricular
In addition to the sport, debating, music and drama activities discussed below, a broad range of co-curricular activities includes membership of the St John Ambulance Division, taekwondo and yoga and a sequential Outdoor Education program from Year 4 to Year 10.
[edit] Sport
Carey students participate in sporting activities from an early age. From Year 5 onwards they compete in the Associated Public Schools (APS) competition in many different sports. Carey offers its students facilities at the Carey Sports Complex at Bulleen.
Students in Years 7-12 must select a summer (Term 1) and winter season (Term 2 and early Term 3) sport. During the spring season (latter part of Term 3 and early Term 4) all students are offered athletics and/or water polo.
[edit] Music
Music is included in the curriculum at both Kew (ECC, P-12) and Donvale (ECC, P-6) campuses. Three music programs are integrated across all levels from Kindergarten to Year 12.
The Instrumental, Speech and Vocal Tuition program is an elective program with specialist teachers.
The Classroom Music program is compulsory for all students in Junior School and Year 7 students in Middle School. From Year 8 to VCE, Music is an elective timetabled subject. The Year 7, 8 and 9 Classroom Music program includes music practical classes that overlap to some extent with the Music Instrumental, Theory and Vocal Tuition program and a Music Performance program.
Students in all four sections of the school can participate in a musical production. These productions involve students as singers, actors, dancers and instrumentalists, or as part of the production team as stage crew, stage management,lighting, sound costumes, make-up, front-of-house and publicity. More experienced students will take up stage management and set construction. Usually these productions have a rehearsal/production period of about one term. Both Carey's Junior Schools stage musical productions, usually every second year. Generally the Junior musicals involve a whole year level in a scene that is one of many connected to a theme.
[edit] Debating
Carey teams are entered in the Debaters Association of Victoria (DAV) Schools' Competition which encompasses A Grade (Year 12) teams to D Grade (Middle School) teams. Debates are held during Terms 1, 2 and 3 and successful teams participate in the State Finals during Terms 3 and 4. In addition to the standard DAV competition, Carey participates in a range of other debating tournaments, including those organised by Rotary and the RSL.
[edit] Musical Theatre & Drama at Carey
The annual Carey Musical Theatre Company production in the Senior School is a highlight on the School calendar for performers, musicians, backstage and technical crews and audiences. The Middle School also presents an annual musical and a play, each involving more than 100 students on, behind and under the stage on each production. The Drama department produces a Senior School play in second semester and a Middle School play towards the end of the year. Recent Senior School productions include 'Cyrano de Bergerac', 'Cloudstreet' and 'Much Ado About Nothing'. Last year's Middle School play was 'Beauty and the Beast'. The school hires out costumes from more than 50 shows it has produced in the last 20 years to other school and amateur companies.
The Memorial Great Hall at the Kew campus is a fully equipped theatre with seating for an audience of 700, and orchestra pit and a flytower for sets.
[edit] Principals of Carey
- 1923 - 1944 Mr H.G. Steele, M.A. (Melb) Dip.Ed. (Oxon)
- 1945 - 1947 Mr V.F.O. Francis, M.A., Dip.Ed., Dip.Soc.Stud. (Well)
- 1948 - 1964 Mr S.L. Hickman, B.A., Dip.Ed.
- 1965 - 1989 Mr G.L. Cramer, AM., B.A., Dip.Ed., FACE
- 1990 - 2001 Dr R.H. Millikan, B.Mus.Ed., B.Ed., M.Ed., Ph.D. (Alta)
- 2002 - present Mr P.W. De Young, B.Ec., B.Ed., GDip. Fin. Planning (Sec. Inst.)
[edit] Notable alumni
- Alan Attwood - The Age journalist
- Peter Costello - Federal Treasurer
- Tim Costello - Baptist minister; legal advocate; director of World Vision
- Graham Dawson - ABC sportcaster
- John Elliott - Melbourne businessman, Carlton Football Club President
- Michael Gordon - The Age newspaper journalist
- Marieke Hardy - writer and television producer
- Ian Jones - historian, film and television writer and producer
- Danni Miatke - 50m butterfly swimming world champion
- James Tomkins - Olympic Gold medallist
- Steve Vizard - entrepreneur, comedian, insider trader
- Tiffany Cherry - Former Fox Footy Reporter & Sky News Australia Presenter
- Graham Yallop - Former Australian cricket captain
- Suzie Wilks - television presenter
- Kevin "Big Kev" McQuay - television presenter
- Hugh Evans - Young Australian of the Year
[edit] See also
- List of schools in Victoria
- Victorian Certificate of Education
- International Baccalaureate
- Marketing of schools
Brighton Grammar | Carey Grammar | Caulfield Grammar | Geelong Grammar | Haileybury | Melbourne Grammar | Scotch | St. Kevin's | The Geelong College | Wesley | Xavier
