Corpus Christi Catholic High School, Wollongong

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Corpus Christi Catholic High School
Abide in Christ
Location
Oak Flats, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	34°34′11″S 150°49′00″E / 34.56972°S 150.8166667°E / -34.56972; 150.8166667Coordinates: 34°34′11″S 150°49′00″E / 34.56972°S 150.8166667°E / -34.56972; 150.8166667
Information
Type	Catholic, High school, Day school
Established	2006
Principal	Mrs Jenny Allen
Years Offered	7 - 12
Campus	Suburban
Colour(s)	Red, Blue, Olive
Website	ccchsdow.catholic.edu.au

Corpus Christi Catholic High School (CCCHS) is a Catholic co-educational school located in Oak Flats, Australia. Founded in 2006^[1], the school is operated by the Wollongong Catholic Education Office in its service of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wollongong. The school is registered by the NSW Board of Studies as an accredited years 7 to 12 high school^[2].

The school was designed Glanville Architects^[3] and built by One Build^[4], Wide Form^[5], and funded by the Australian Commonwealth and NSW governments and Catholic Authorities^[6][7].

Learning And Teaching Principles

Against a background of Catholic educational philosophy, the following guiding principles underpin learning and teaching at CCCHS.

1. A focus on the whole person whose dignity is respected and affirmed
2. The relation and transformation nature of learning grounded in quality relationships amongst all members of the school, parish and wider community and a reverence towards creation
3. An active, inquiry approach to learning fostering enjoyment, engagement and responsibility as students develop the skills of independent, creative, critical and reflective learners
4. A collaborative approach to learning where students appreciate the social dimension of human activity
5. Learning environments which are challenging, supportive,hope-filled, futures centred and flexible and which engage students in tasks of significance and relevance to produce learning which has value beyond the school
6. Value and support of individual differences and diversity
7. Curriculum integration as the organising paradigm, based on syllabus outcomes, incorporating social and emotional learning
8. Innovative pedagogical practices emerging from school based action research and from the wider educational community, which effectively integrated technology
9. Open, flexible and adaptable work spaces and resources that support an integrated approach to learning and teaching
10. Staff professionalism modelled on Jesus, the teacher and characterised by continuous collaborative learning, reflection, passion and personal growth

Learning Circle Program

Technology

CCCHS has a 1 to 1 laptop program. All students and staff utilise their computers in a wireless environment and seamlessly integrate learning technology in a meaningful way. The CLE Reconciliation students worked on videos integrating PDHPE and RE ^[8]. The school has developed a full co-curricular program focused on developing learning and skills of participants.

Recognition

In 2007, CCCHS was named an Apple School of Excellence by Apple Australia. Staff and students presented their innovative approach to integration at the 2007 ACEL conference held in Sydney in a session entitled "Digging Deeper: Designing a CLE". In 2008 CCCHS principal & staff received an Innovative Education award from the Australian College of Educations.^[9]

CCCHS has participated in the regional science fair^[10] and was highly commended in the 2007 Australian ANZAC Day awards^[11].

Elizabeth Carnegie works at Corpus Christi Catholic High School. Her work is primarily to foster innovative pedagogy and the integration of Religion and Gospel Values into curriculum. She contributed to the Oxford Studies of Religion textbook and the Heinemann Study Guide.

Notable alumni

• Rhyan Clapham — Jazz musician^{[12][13][14][15]}
• Mikayla Weir — Rodeo rider^[16]
• Georg Tamm — Mardi Gras Volunteer^[17]

References

1. ^ Corpus Christi Catholic High School
2. ^ BOS "Non-Government Registered Schools List... Corpus Christi Catholic High School"
3. ^ Glanville "The resultant planning is totally different to traditional High School layouts"
4. ^ One Build "In spite of wet weather during the entire duration of the project, the building was delivered within the 36 weeks tight programme, in January 2006. The project was completed on time, on budget and as per the documents."
5. ^ Wide Form
6. ^ Northern Leader "Senator Fierravanti-Wells said the grant would be used for various capital infrastructure projects at St Columbkille’s in Corrimal, St John Vianney’s in Fairy Meadow, St Joseph’s in Bulli, Corpus Christi Catholic High School in Oak Flats, St Paul’s in Albion Park and Stella Maris School in Shellharbour."
7. ^ Daily Telegraph "NON-government schools in NSW handed funding for new facilities under the Federal Government's Capital Grants Programme... 2005 Corpus Christi Catholic High School, Oak Flats; $2,192,458... 2006 Corpus Christi Catholic High School, Oak Flats; $2,581,482"
8. ^ Reconciliation
9. ^ ACE
10. ^ Regional Science Fair
11. ^ ANZAC Day Schools Awards "Highly Commended Secondary school category NSW...Corpus Christi Catholic High School, NSW"
12. ^ CCCHS Newsletter "Rhyan Clapham... Inaugural School Community Spirit Award initiated by Jennie George MP"
13. ^ Kiama Independent "Rhyan Clapham (Drums)... will perform a wide selection of jazz and swing standards."
14. ^ Illawarra Mercury "Warilla rapper Dobby aims to inspire youth"
15. ^ Reverbnation "wrote 'Warilla,' and gained local attention."
16. ^ Catholic Weekly "Mikayla Weir, is heading instead to New Mexico to compete in an international rodeo."
17. ^ SX "Georg Tamm (Rookie of the year)"

External links

• CCCHS School Website