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Northern Beaches Secondary College
Manly Selective Campus
Latin: Capimus Sed TradimusWhat We Receive, We Pass OnAddress 138 Abbott Road
North Curl Curl, New South Wales, 2099, AustraliaInformation School type Government selective co-educational Established 1859 Principal David Tomlin Vice principal Josie O'Donnell
& Meg TulkTeaching staff 60 Grades 7 - 12 Enrolment 766[1] (2007) Student to teacher ratio 13:1 Houses Bligh, Hunter, Macquarie, Phillip Colour(s) Navy blue and white Yearbook The Pines Information 9905 3982 Website www.manlyselective.nsw.edu.au/ Manly Selective Campus is a selective government high school for students in years 7 to 12 located in North Curl Curl, New South Wales, Australia. It is a part of the Northern Beaches Secondary College, a 5 campus college across Sydney's Northern Beaches, formed in 2003. Admission to this campus is based entirely on academic excellence through the Selective High Schools Test.
Manly Selective Campus tops the Northern Beaches on Merit List Rankings in the HSC, and came 15th in the state in 2009.[2]
The graduating year of 2010 is currently the highest achieving cohort on record, achieving a ranking of 7th overall as compared with other NSW state and non- government schools. This peer group is the first ever to place Manly in the top 10 and also the first to overtake North Sydney Boys High School.[3]
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History
Manly Selective Campus has a long history after being founded in 1859 as Manly Public School, on the corner of Belgrave and Carlton Streets in Manly. In 1882 it was moved to a site in Darley Road, where it operated until 1945, and is the site of the current Manly Village Public School.
1925 saw the school become an Intermediate High School, and became solely a boys school from 1926. The school expanded rapidly, and became Manly Junior High in 1944. In 1945, the school moved to the site of the current Balgowlah Boys Campus, and in 1949 had expanded to include senior years.
In 1954 student numbers reached 1200, and the bulk of these students moved to the current site on Abbott Road in North Curl Curl as Manly Boys High School. The school became co-educational in 1983 and was renamed Manly High School, at the same time as the nearby Manly Girls High also became co-educational and was renamed Freshwater High. Manly High was granted selective status in 1990, and was incorporated into the Northern Beaches Secondary College at its founding and given its current name in 2002.[4]
Principals
Years Manly Boys' Junior High School 1945–1948 A. D. Fraser B.A. Years Manly Boys' High School 1949 A. D. Fraser B.A. 1950–1965 W. Furnass M.A. Dip.Ed. 1966–1970 S. S. Crumlin B.A. 1971–1972 R. Hunter A.S.T.C. 1973 A. M. Tully B.A. Dip.Ed. 1974–1976 R. Outterside B.A. M.Ed. 1977–1982 R. S. Munro A.S.T.C. Years Manly High School 1983–1987 R. S. Munro A.S.T.C. 1987–1991 A. M. Bible A.S.T.C. 1991–2000 T. P. Buggy B.A. Dip.Ed. M.A. M.Ed.Adim. 2000–2002 M. Ash M.A.Ed. B.Mus.Ed. Dip.Mus.Ed. Years Manly Selective Campus 2003–2005 M. Ash M.A.Ed. B.Mus.Ed. Dip.Mus.Ed. 2006–present Mr D Tomlin M. Ed. Students and staff
Manly Selective Campus has a student population of 763 students. There are around 120 students in each grade from 7 to 12, with approximately 60 staff members across 11 different faculties within the school. Year 9 is the largest grade in the school, with around 130 students.
Grounds
Manly Selective Campus' oval and remnant bushland area.
One of the prominent images associated with Manly Selective Campus are the stands of Radiata Pines planted around the school, giving name to the school's yearbook, The Pines and the newsletter, The Weekly Pines. Some of these pines have created a problem in a 7,010 m² area of remnant bushland that lies on the school's property on a steep hill behind the school oval. Seedlings of the original pines grew up in the bushland after more of the radiata pines were planted in close proximity to the bushland in 1954. This bushland is some of the last remaining native Sandstone Heath east of Pittwater Road in Warringah, however sections of it are highly degraded by weeds such as lantana and asparagus fern. In recent years there has been an increasing effort to rehabilitate the heath back to pre-European quality, and in late 2006 many of the pine trees which had seeded in the bushland were removed.
Extra-curricular activities
Students are given the chance to participate in various extracurricular activities, only some of which are listed below:
- Student Representative Council (SRC)
- Manly School SRC
- Middle Harbour/Peninsula Inter School Group SRC
- Northern Sydney Regional SRC
- NSW State SRC/NSW SRC State Conference Action Team
- Drama Ensemble
- Junior Drama Ensemble
- Senior Drama Ensemble
- Dance Ensemble, various groups
- Vocal Ensemble
- School Musical
- Chess Team
- Debating
Students of Manly also have participated with others from the NBSC in the College Rock Eisteddfod, until its cancellation due to a lack of funds.[5][6]
Band Program
The Band Program at Manly has 4 streams and 10 ensembles of various levels:
- Concert Stream
- Concert Band
- Wind Ensemble
- Symphonic Wind Orchestra
- Stage Band Stream
- Stage Band
- Big Band
- Jazz Orchestra
- Improvisation Stream
- I-Jazz
- S-Jazz
- ImproShop
- Strings Stream
- Chamber Strings Ensemble
Notable alumni
- The Rt Rev Neville Chynoweth, 7th Bishop of Gippsland (1980–1987)
- Glenn Murcutt, Architect and winner of the Pritzker Prize in 2002
- Doug Mulray, Radio and TV host
- Chris Puplick, Senator for New South Wales (1979–1981, 1984–1990)
- Rex Mossop, Rugby international and television sports commentator
See also
References
- ^ "School Locator - Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus". New South Wales Department of Education and Training. http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/schoolfind/locator/?section=showRecord&code=8567. Retrieved 2007-06-23.
- ^ "2009 HSC School Ranking". Better Education Australia. http://bettereducation.com.au/Results/Hsc.aspx. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
- ^ "2010 HSC School Ranking". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://images.smh.com.au/file/2010/12/15/2097102/HSC%20Performance%202010.pdf. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
- ^ "Manly Selective Campus - About Us". Manly Selective Campus. http://www.manlyselective.nsw.edu.au/aboutus/overview.cfm. Retrieved 2006-12-30.
- ^ http://manly-daily.whereilive.com.au/news/story/students-plead-to-save-rock-eisteddfod/
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/09/2813927.htm
External links
- Northern Beaches Secondary College website
- Balgowlah Boys website
- Cromer website
- Freshwater Senior website
- Mackellar Girls website
- Manly Selective website
- Manly P&C website
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