Wyndham College
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| Coordinates | 33°43′34″S 150°52′47″E / 33.7260888°S 150.8796773°E |
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| Type | Government, public co-educational day school |
| Motto | Working Together to Widen Horizons |
| Denomination | Non denominational |
| Established | 1999 |
| Principal | Karen Smith |
| Staff | 60 staff |
| Enrolment | 850 students (Year 11 & 12) |
| Colour(s) | Blue, gold and red |
| Slogan | The Wyndham Way |
| Website | Wyndham College |
Wyndham College is a public senior secondary school located at Nirimba Fields, New South Wales, Australia.[1]
Established in 1999, its intake of students comes from three surrounding high schools: Quakers Hill High School, Riverstone High School, and Seven Hills High School. With Wyndham College, they make the Nirimba Collegiate Group of Schools. The Collegiate Group of Schools all operate independently of each other, but the four principals work closely together.[2]
The college is situated on the Nirimba Education Precinct, co-located within: the University of Western Sydney, Blacktown, Western Sydney Institute of TAFE – Nirimba College, and St John Paul II Catholic College, Senior Campus.[3][4]
Visual artworks completed by students from the college are regularly nominated and featured in Art Express.[5]
History
[edit]Wyndham College was named after the previous NSW Director General of Education, Harold Wyndham, who assisted in implementing the Higher School Certificate (HSC) for Year 12 students and the School Certificate for Year 10 students.[6] Wyndham College is built on the former site of the naval training base HMAS Nirimba, and the campus derives its name "Nirimba Education Precinct" from this historical connection.[7]
Sports
[edit]- Rugby league, Indoor Soccer,[8] Ultimate Frisbee,[9] Swimming, Athletics, Golf, Cross Country Netball
Notable alumni
[edit]Sport
[edit]- Andrew Fifita – Rugby League Player: Wests Tigers
- Kenrick Monk – Swimming: 2007 World Aquatics Championships, Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Arts
[edit]- Kain O'Keeffe – actor
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Price, Sarah (16 March 2008). "Experts to Debate lift in School Leaving Age". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
- ^ "Multicampus College Model" (PDF). University of Notre Dame, Western Australia. 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
- ^ Doherty, Linda (14 August 2004). "Recess is over, next step TAFE and uni". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 July 2007.
- ^ "UWS Partnerships and Programs". University of Western Sydney. 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
- ^ Shaw, Roderick (18 November 2008). "Wyndham College's Art Express Hopefuls". The Blacktown Sun. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
- ^ Lawson, Amy (10 October 2004). "Mother of Eight Returns to School to do the HSC". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
- ^ Wilson, L.G.R (2003). Skilled hands at sea: the story of Her Majesty's Australian ship Nirimba, and naval training in NSW, 1855-1983. Naval Historical Society of Australia, (Garden Island, NSW). ISBN 0-9591942-1-5.
- ^ "Wyndham College 2009 Indoor Soccer Clip". UTUBE. 2009. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
- ^ "Western Sydney Gala Day". Ultimate Frisbee NSW. 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
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