Annesley College

Annesley College
Latin: Verae Numeresque Modesque Ediscere Vitae To learn the numbers and measures of true life[1]
Location
Wayville, South Australia, Australia
Information
Type	Independent, Single-sex, Day and Boarding
Denomination	Uniting Church[2]
Established	1902
Key people	Bruce Spangler (Chair)
Enrolment	108[3]
Colour(s)	Maroon, navy and white
Website	www.annesley.sa.edu.au

Annesley College is an independent, Uniting Church, day and boarding school for girls, located in Wayville, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.

Founded in 1902 as Methodist Ladies' College, the College has a non-selective enrolment policy and features a co-educational Kindergarten for children between the ages of three and five.^[4]

Annesley College is affiliated with the Association of Independent Schools of South Australia,^[5] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),^[6] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA),^[7] and the Australian Boarding Schools Association (ABSA).^[4]

Annesley has been an IB World School since December 2005.^[8]

In June 2011, following declining enrolments, speculation of merging with nearby Pulteney Grammar School, and interim management by Scotch College^[9], it was announced that the school would relaunch in 2012 as the Annesley Learning Community, offering a school for boys and girls from Reception to Year 6 (from 2012) and a women's college for Years 10 to 12 (from 2013).^[10]

History

Methodist Ladies' College, 1903

Annesley College was founded in 1902 as Methodist Ladies' College (MLC), at the site of the former Malvern Grammar School,^[11] with 26 students enrolled. In 1903, the school was moved to the site of the former Way College for boys on Greenhill Road at Wayville.^[12]

In 1977, a Union of the Congregational, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches took place, forming the Uniting Church of Australia. MLC subsequently took the name Annesley College, the maiden name of Susanna Wesley, the mother of John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Church.

Merger discussions and management change

In October 2010 Annesley College stated it was considering merging with another school due to declining enrolments over the previous seven years.^[13] Later that month the Uniting Church stated it would guarantee the continuity of the school for the next two years and that no merger would proceed.^[14] The school then appointed former Melbourne Girls Grammar School principal Christine Briggs as its new principal.^[15] However, Briggs withdrew from the appointment days later,^[16] and in the face of growing uncertainty the school then stated it was seeking formal discussion with Pulteney Grammar School regarding amalgamation.^[17] The Uniting Church then changed tack again on 12 November, withdrawing from merger talks with Pulteney in favour of "the co-operation of another Uniting Church School".^[18][19] On 16 November, the Uniting Church stated that Annesley would not merge with another school, but that Scotch College would take over its management. The existing school council resigned en masse, stating that amalgamation would provide a better outcome than that directed by the Uniting Church.^[9] By January 2011, only 108 students remained enrolled, down from 466 students mid-2010, with the school council chairman suggesting that in time the school would probably not sustain full Reception to Year 12 enrolment.^[3] This was confirmed in June 2011 with the school announcing that the it would relaunch in 2012 as the Annesley Learning Community, offering a school for boys and girls from Reception to Year 6 (from 2012) and a women's college for Years 10 to 12 (from 2013).^[10] The principal anticipated that staffing numbers would consequently drop from 29 to 13 in 2012.^[20]

Campus

Annesley College is located on a single campus in Wayville, opposite the Adelaide Parklands, 500 metres from the Adelaide CBD.^[21]

Some facilities of the school include: a Junior School with play facilities; Middle School classroom block; Senior College complex with Courtyard; science laboratories; computing laboratories and a robotics room; Sports Centre including a Gymnasium and 25 metre swimming pool; Netball/tennis courts, fields and pitches; Art, Design rooms and a darkroom; Food and Hospitality Centre; Dining Room adjacent to the Boarding House; Café; Libraries in the Junior and Secondary Schools; Drama and Music facilities; Health Centre; Boarding facilities including single Year 12 rooms with en-suite bathrooms; the historic 'Gillingham Hall' seating the whole school; and a Chapel.^[22]

Curriculum

The College's academic programs include the Primary Years Program of the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBPYP), the South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE), and Vocational Education and Training (VET) specialisations.^[4]

Notable alumnae

Alumnae of Annesley College are known as Old Scholars, and may elect to join the school's alumnae association, the MLC/Annesley College Old Scholars Association. The Old Scholars Association began in 1905 as the MLC Guild, as was a way for former pupils of the school to meet regularly. The first meetings were literary and music evenings with girls writing essays for discussion.^[23] Some notable Annesley/MLC Old Scholars include:

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• Jennifer Jane Batrouney – Senior Counsel, Victoria (also attended Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne)^[24]
• Roxy Byrne (née Sims) – actress and hockey player (Head Prefect, Dux and Captain of Hockey; Class of 1929)^[25]
• Sara Douglass – author^[26]
• Gerda Jezuchowski – reporter for Ten News
• Sally Newmarch – Olympic rower^[27]
• Amy Gillett – rower and cyclist

See also

• List of schools in South Australia
• List of boarding schools

References

1. ^ "The Principal". Administration. Annesley College. http://www.annesley.sa.edu.au/admin/principal.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-10. 
2. ^ "Annesley College". UnitingCare South Australia. Uniting Church of Australia. 2007. http://www.sa.uca.org.au/site/page.cfm?u=886&print=1. Retrieved 2008-02-10. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ ^{a b} "Annesley student numbers plummet". City Messenger. 18 January 2011. http://city-messenger.whereilive.com.au/news/story/annesley-numbers-plummet/. Retrieved 19 January 2011. 
4. ^ ^{a b c} "Annesley College". Schools - South Australia. Australian Boarding Schools Association. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-11-17. http://web.archive.org/web/20071117110925/http://www.boarding.org.au/site/school_detail.cfm?schID=48. Retrieved 2008-02-10. 
5. ^ "Annesley College". About Our Schools. Association of Independent Schools of South Australia. 2007. http://www.ais.sa.edu.au/html/about_schools_display.asp. Retrieved 2008-02-10. ^{[dead link]}
6. ^ "JSHAA South Australian Directory of Members". South Australia Branch. Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2007. http://www.jshaa.asn.au/southaustralia/directory/index.asp. Retrieved 2008-02-10. 
7. ^ Butler, Jan (2006). "Member Schools". Members. The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. http://www.agsa.org.au/members.php?PageID=11&Alpha=A. Retrieved 2008-02-10. 
8. ^ "Annesley College Junior School". IB World Schools. International Baccalaureate Organisation. http://www.ibo.org/school/002644/. Retrieved 2008-02-10. 
9. ^ ^{a b} "Scotch College to take over management of Annesley College". Adelaide Advertiser. 16 November 2010. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/in-depth/annesley-doomed-as-council-quits/story-fn3o6nna-1225954217922. Retrieved 16 November 2010. 
10. ^ ^{a b} "Mixed reaction to rescue mission for Annesley College". Adelaide Advertiser. 28 June 2011. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/rescue-mission-for-girls-college/story-e6frea83-1226083135764. Retrieved 28 June 2011. 
11. ^ The Malvern Grammar School site in the suburb know known as Highgate was occupied by Concordia College in 1905.
12. ^ "History of Annesley College". About. Annesley College. http://www.annesley.sa.edu.au/about/history.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-10. 
13. ^ "Adelaide college seeks merger to survive". ABC News. 15 October 2010. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/14/3038804.htm?section=business. 
14. ^ "Annesley secures two-year lifeline". ABC News. 25 October 2010. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/25/3047410.htm. 
15. ^ "Troubled Annesley names new principal". ABC News. 28 October 2010. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/28/3050733.htm. 
16. ^ "New principal quits troubled Adelaide college". ABC News. 3 November 2010. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/02/3054509.htm?section=justin. 
17. ^ "Annesley starts formal talks with Pulteney". ABC News. 5 November 2010. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/05/3058129.htm. 
18. ^ "Annesley-Pulteney merger talks off". ABC News. 12 November 2010. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/12/3064745.htm. Retrieved 12 November 2010. 
19. ^ "Annesley College media update". Uniting Church SA Synod. http://www.sa.uca.org.au/media-releases/1948-annesley-college-media-update.html. Retrieved 12 November 2010. 
20. ^ "Annesley College closes to seniors next year". ABC. 28 June 2011. http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/06/28/3255215.htm. Retrieved 28 June 2011. 
21. ^ "Location". About. Annesley College. http://www.annesley.sa.edu.au/about/location.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-10. 
22. ^ "Facilities". About. Annesley College. http://www.annesley.sa.edu.au/about/facilities.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-10. 
23. ^ "About the Old Scholars Association". MLC / Annesley College Old Scholars Association Inc.. Annesley College. http://osa.annesley.sa.edu.au/. Retrieved 2008-02-10. 
24. ^ Suzannah Pearce, ed (2006-11-17). "BATROUNEY Jennifer Jane". Who's Who in Australia Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd. 
25. ^ Heywood, Anne; Secomb, Robin & Henningham, Nikki (2004-04-06). "Byrne, Roxy (1912 - 2004)". Australian Women Biographical Entry. National Foundation for Australian Women. http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0844b.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-10. 
26. ^ "Douglass, Sara". Agent Details. AustLit. http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A(j%5B. Retrieved 2008-02-10. 
27. ^ Annesley News, 2004, Number 3, p65.

External links

• Annesley College website

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