Hale School

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Hale School

Duty
Established	1858
School type	Independent
Principal/ Headmaster	Stuart Meade
Location	Perth, W.A., Australia
Campus	Wembley Downs
Enrollment	1500
School colours	Oxford Blue, Cambridge Blue and Gold
Homepage	www.hale.wa.edu.au

Hale School is the oldest boys’ school in Western Australia. Over 1500 boys are currently enrolled - with 300 in the junior school from grades 1-7, and 1200 in the senior school from grades 8-12. One of the founding members of the Western Australian Public Schools Association (PSA), it is an Anglican boarding and day school.

The present headmaster is Stuart Meade (Senior School), who replaced Dr (Hon) John Inverarity in 2003.

"Duty" has been chosen as the School's motto. It represents a responsibility to one's community and country, beyond mere self.

Located in Wembley Downs, a metropolitan suburb of Perth, the school has some of the highest enrolment fees in Western Australia: ranging from AU$ 14 000 for day students, and in excess of $35 000 for overseas boarders. However, the school maintains a considerable scholarship program,^[1] including a program for indigenous students.^[2]

1 History
2 Mission
3 Campus
- 3.1 Future developments
- 3.2 Sporting facilities
4 Academic programs
5 House System
6 Alumni
7 References
8 External links

[edit] History

Hale School was founded in 1858 by the first Anglican Bishop of Perth, Matthew Blagden Hale.^[3] An intrinsic part of Australia's colonial history, it was responsible for educating the vast majority of the Swan River Colony's native-born men who later became influential members of "The Establishment" (see Alumni, below). Modelled on England's prestigious public schools, it has sometimes been accused of being elitist. For example, in his biography of Sir John Forrest, Frank Crowley described the school's values as "a heady compound of social snobbery, laissez-faire capitalism, sentimental royalism, patriotic Anglicanism, benevolent imperialism and racial superiority."^[4]

The school was initially known as "Bishop Hale's School", and later as "The High School". It has since been renamed "Hale School" in honour of its founder, and reconstituted under the Hale School Act of the Parliament of Western Australia.^[5] The Act states, inter alia, that His Grace the Archbishop of Perth shall be one of the school's eleven Board Members.^[6]

The first campus was established at The Cloisters, St George’s Terrace, Perth. In 1914, the School moved to a more spacious site at Havelock Street, West Perth, opposite the Parliament of Western Australia. Finally, in 1961, the school relocated to its current 480 000 m² premises in Wembley Downs.

Hale School has also been important in the history of the Australian Defence Force.^[7] Former students, reflecting the elitist and privileged character of the School, have served principally as Officers, but also honourably as enlisted men, in all conflicts since the Boer War. Many have had distinguished military careers. For example, Air Marshall Sir Valston Hancock served as Air Chief Marshall of the Royal Australian Air Force^[8] while Sir Colin Hannah served as Chief of the Air Staff.^[9] During the 20th century, 120 Haleians lost their lives in the Boer War, WWI, WWII and Korean War.^[10] A Memorial Grove at Wembley Downs honours these men with 120 plaques and a sculpture with an 'eternal flame' theme.

[edit] Mission

The mission of the school is:

"...to provide a diverse and high quality education for all of its students within a Christian environment, which emphasises the nurturing of sound character and strong moral sense, develops each individual's talents and capacities to the full and which is directed to the attainment of the higher intellectual, spiritual, moral, social, cultural and economic aspirations of mankind." [1]

[edit] Campus

[edit] Future developments

This article or section contains information about expected future buildings or structures.
It is likely to contain information of a speculative nature, and the content may change as building construction begins and new information becomes available.

As Hale School moves towards its 150th year celebrations in 2008 a number of major construction projects are planned for the school.

Construction on the new Health Centre has begun, it is being built alongside the boarding house in the area behind the gymnasium. Site works started on the new Health Centre in late October 2006 with construction expected to take 7 months and completion due in late May 2007. The new facility will be a welcome replacement for the existing Health Centre which has served the school for 45 years.

The new Health Centre will be a seven patient bed facility with a Doctor and Physio room, general treatment rooms and overnight accommodation for nursing staff. The building fabric will be rendered brickwork supported with structural steel and a parapet elevation to complement the existing Senior Boarding House, with wheelchair access and an ambulance parking bay.

This will enable the land occupied by the current Medical Centre, along with the old Wilson and Faulkner Houses, to be utilised for other purposes, including new English classrooms. Classrooms will also be provided for the School's Languages Other than English (LOTE) program which is designed to teach Hale School students foreign languages. A new state-of-the-art library and resource centre and a cafeteria-style food outlet will also be constructed on the site.

[edit] Sporting facilities

Hale School has various sporting facilities to offer on its expansive campus. Some of these include:

Olympic size, eight lane, swimming pool
Gymnasium: basketball court, four badminton courts, three volleyball courts, four squash courts and an indoor rock climbing facility.
Fully equipped weights room
16 tennis courts: 12 plexipave, 4 grass
4 football fields
4 plexipave outdoor basketball courts (recently resurfaced)
5 cricket ovals: with turf wickets
32 cricket practice wickets: both synthetic and turf
4 soccer fields
Cross country tracks
2 rugby fields
Track and Field Tracks for Athletics
Hockey state-of-the-art Aquaturf synthetic surface with clubrooms: one of three in Western Australia. (recently resurfaced)
3 additional grass Hockey ovals
Cygnet Hall on the Swan River (i.e. off campus): Housing one of the best maintained rowing fleets in WA.

Hale School has hosted important teams over the years, including the English Rugby Team on occasions, namely for training during the 2003 Rugby World Cup. The school also hosted the English Cricket Academy, including international cricketters Michael Vaughan, Owais Shah, Stuart Broad, Rikki Clarke and Jon Lewis for nets sessions and practice matches, as seen on the front page of The West Australian on November 29, 2006.^[11] The School also hosted Prince Harry of Wales during his gap year.

The Tennis Courts

The Swimming Pool

The Concrete Cricket Nets

The Craig Oval

[edit] Academic programs

Hale School is regarded as one of the most intellectually demanding Secondary Schools in Australia. Hale School's top students regularly win the Beazley Medal, awarded to the student obtaining the highest score in the Western Australian state-administered Tertiary Entrance Examinations.^[12] Since 2000, Hale School has won four of the prestigious Beazley Medals. Hale School student Christopher Mofflin received the 2006 Beazley Medal.^[13]

[edit] House System

There are currently 10 houses in Hale Senior School. These include 8 day houses, and 2 boarding houses

Buntine - red
Faulkner (boarding) - light green
Havelock - black and yellow
Haynes - yellow
Loton - navy blue and orange
Parry - navy blue
Riley - dark green
St Georges - red and white
Tregonning - maroon
Wilson (boarding) - blue

Loton was changed from a boarding house to a day house in 2005, following the completion of the new boarding house. Prior to this Loton's colour was brown. Year 8 (and some year 7) boarders are housed in Brine House, which is located between the Junior School and the Music and Drama Centre, they are however also members of either Faulkner or Wilson houses.

[edit] Alumni

Any leaver of Hale school is called an Old Haleian

David Bandy, Cricket, Western Warriors
Clinton Benjamin, AFL, Carlton, Pick #51 in 2006 National Draft;
Professor BH Bennett, Rhodes Scholar and English Literature Critic
Septimus Burt QC, Former Attorney General of Western Australia, prominent landholder of 590,000 acres on the Ashburton River
Professor Colin Clarke, Rhodes Scholar and English Literature Critic
Sydney "Sammy" Clarke, Australian rules footballer and double Sandover medallist
Sir Henry Cooke, Western Australian politician
Richard Court, former Premier of Western Australia
Dr Denis Dalmain Keall, Chairman of the Medical Board of Western Australia
Thomas Davy KC, Rhodes Scholar, former Attorney-General of Western Australia
Peter Dowding, Premier of Western Australia
Robert Drewe, author of The Savage Crows, Our Sunshine and The Shark Net
Alexander Forrest, explorer, John Forrest's younger brother
Sir John Forrest, explorer, the first Premier of Western Australia and a Cabinet Minister in Australia's first Federal Government, sometimes referred to by courtesy as 1st Baron Forrest of Bunbury
Sir Ranslay Garland, Former Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Former Australian Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs
Tim Gepp, former VFL player, Richmond, Footscray;
Senator Brian Greig, Australian Senator, former Leader of the Australian Democrats
Sir Colin Hannah, former Governor of Queensland, former Chief of the Air Staff, Royal Australian Air Force
Brett Jones, AFL, West Coast Eagles;
Langley Hancock, mining tycoon who discovered the Pilbara iron ore deposits, founder of the separatist WA First Party
Air Marshall Sir Valston Hancock, Chief of the Royal Australian Air Force
Sir Walter Hartwell James KCMG KC, former Premier of Western Australia, Former Attorney-General for Western Australia, Former Agent-General for Western Australia in London
Senator Edward Bertram Johnston Western Australian MLA and Australian Senator
Sir Anthony Langlois Lefroy, former Chairman of the Board, Western Australian Newspapers Ltd
Sir Edward Lefroy (brother of Sir Anthony), former Chairman of the Dominion League
George Leake QC, former Premier of Western Australia, Attorney-General, Crown Solicitor and Director of Public Prosecutions for Western Australia
Matthew Leuenberger, AFL, Brisbane Lions, Pick #4 in 2006 National Draft;
Sir Stephen Parker, former Chief Justice of Western Australia
Mark Hickman OAM, Hockey, Member of the Kookaburras Australian Gold Medal team Athens Olympics 2004
David Irvine, Director General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service
Geoff Marsh, former vice-captain and coach of the Australian national cricket team
Paul Medhurst, Australian Football League, Fremantle, Collingwood;
Jarryd Morton, AFL, Hawthorn, Pick # 33 in 2006 National Draft
Mitch Morton, AFL, West Coast Eagles;
Jason Norrish, AFL, Melbourne, Fremantle;
Tony Nutt, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, John Howard MP
Todd Pearson, sportsman and Olympics gold-medalist (in swimming)
Sir Roderick Proctor, prominent financier
Sultan Sharafuddin, Sultan of the Malaysian state of Selangor
Charles Veryard, Lord Mayor of Perth, Western Australian representative in cricket
Professor George Winterton, leading constitutional lawyer
Sir Edward Wittenoom, former President of the Western Australian Legislative Counsel, former French Consul General for Western Australia

[edit] References

^ The Hale School Scholarship Program is administered by the School in conjunction with the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) as part of the Co-Operative Scholarship Testing Program see http://www.acer.edu.au/tests/scholarship/cstp/schools.html
^ The Hale School Indigenous Scholarship and Bursary Programme commenced in 1997. Its purpose is to offer secondary boarding school educational opportunities to indigenous students, principally from the Kimberley region see http://www.hale.wa.edu.au/find_admissions_scholorship.asp
^ A. de Q. Robin, 'Hale, Mathew Blagden (1811 - 1895)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4, Melbourne University Press, 1972, pp 317-319 http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040359b.htm
^ Frank Crowley, Big John Forrest, University of Western Australia Press (2000)
^ Hale School Act (1876) (WA), see especially the Preamble "Whereas it is expedient to make provision for the establishment of a High School for the purpose of giving to Boys an education similar to that given in the Grammar and advanced schools in the other Australasian Colonies..."
^ Hale School Act (1876) (WA), section 5
^ See generally, William Edger, Veldt to Vietnam: Halians at War (2001)
^ Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, Kings College London, http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/HANCOCK.shtml
^ C. D. Coulthard-Clark, 'Hannah, Sir Colin Thomas (1914 - 1978)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 14, Melbourne University Press, 1996, pp 374-375 http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140427b.htm
^ See generally, William Edger, Veldt to Vietnam: Halians at War (2001)
^ November 29, 2006, Western Australian Newspapers Limited, page 1 http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=14&ContentID=14972
^ The Curriculum Council of Western Australia defines the Beazley Medal as follows: "Beazley Medal: TEE – Awarded to the top eligible student with the highest Curriculum Council award score. This score is based on the average of five TEE scaled marks, calculated to two decimal places, with at least two from the humanities/social sciences list and two from the mathematics/science list." see http://www.curriculum.wa.edu.au/pages/awards_2006.htm
^ "Christopher Mofflin, 17, of Hale School at Wembley Downs, northwest of Perth, has won the 2006 Beazley Medal for the best result in the Tertiary Entrance Examination, with a score of 98.69." The Australian Newspaper (Online) 31 December 2006

[edit] External links

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