Moreton Bay Boys' College

Moreton Bay Boys' College
Location
Manly West , Queensland Australia
Coordinates	27°28′18″S 153°10′25.6″E
Information
Type	Independent, day school
Denomination	Presbyterian and Uniting Church
Established	2003
Chair	Samantha O’Brien
Principal	Andrew Holmes
Staff	88 (full & part-time)
Teaching staff	55
Enrolment	487 (2019) (P-11)
Colour(s)	Blue
Slogan	Life adventurers. Life achievers.
Website	www.mbbc.qld.edu.au

Moreton Bay Boys' College is an independent school for boys located in Manly West, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Enrolment numbers are currently around 487.

Established in 2003 by the Presbyterian and Uniting Church, it opened in 2003 on the grounds of its sister school, Moreton Bay College, with years Prep and Year 1. In 2004 it moved to its permanent location and has expanded ever since. In 2013 the MBBC celebrated 10 years as a school.

History

Moreton Bay Boys’ College is a modern, independent boys’ school conducted within the Christian traditions of the Uniting Church, sharing a unique brother/sister relationship with Moreton Bay College, a single-sex school for girls.

During the 1990s, families of Moreton Bay College (MBC) and the wider community calling Brisbane’s sunny bayside home, sought a local boys-only school that replicated the ethos and culture of MBC and provided an equivalent educational experience for their sons.

Subsequently, Moreton Bay College and the Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association (PMSA) entered into an agreement, establishing Moreton Bay Boys’ College. A separate, not-for-profit company, Moreton Bay Boys’ College Ltd (MBBC Ltd), which owns and operates the College, was incorporated on 10 April 2003.

Families from the eastern suburbs of Brisbane could now benefit from a combination of enduring values and an innovative approach to teaching and learning that continues to this day. The school opened in 2003 on vacant land at MBC, running Preschool and Year 1 classes. In 2004, MBBC added Year 2 classes and moved to its permanent home at 302 Manly Road, Manly West, located on 13 hectares of stunning, natural environment just a few minutes away from Moreton Bay College. Years 3 to 5 were added in 2005, Years 6 to 9 in 2006, Year 10 in 2008, and Year 11 in 2009, with the first Year 12s graduating from the College in 2010. Designed with the intention of always being a smaller, more intimate learning environment the College has a maximum capacity of between 750-800 students.

2011 was another defining moment in the history of the College, as July 1 saw the amalgamation of Moreton Bay College and Moreton Bay Boys’ College. The amalgamation was a natural extension of the Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2008 and had been a long-held desire of the Boards. The decision to join the Colleges together was, at its heart, quite simple – Moreton Bay College and Moreton Bay Boys’ College are stronger together. This unique proposition in private education offers families with male and female children all the benefits of single-sex education with the convenience of coordinated term breaks and school events, as well as aligned values, policies and student behavioural expectations.

Both Colleges remain committed to excellence in single-sex education, one committed to the education of girls and the other of boys, each with their individual personalities and attributes, but which are joined together to harness expertise, resources, knowledge, facilities and business functions to best effect.

Since its inception, Moreton Bay Boys’ College has been delivering on its promise of exceptional educational experiences and has cemented itself as a school of choice for discerning families across Brisbane and the greater Bayside area.

House system

Moreton Bay Boys' College has four houses:

•   Doherty House named after Peter Doherty; house colour: green
•   Nicholls House named after Sir Douglas Nicholls; house colour: yellow
•   Flynn House named after Reverend John Flynn; house colour: red
•   Dunlop House named after Sir Edward Dunlop; house colour: blue

Campus

The college stands on a 13 hectare property backing on to a nature reserve. Classrooms have computers, data projectors and interactive whiteboards as well as mini IT laboratories within or between classrooms. In 2009, the college added six new classrooms, IT and science labs and a shaded amphitheatre. The school also has a lecture theatre and a senior studies centre and a multi-purpose hall and weights studio, among other facilities. In terms of sporting facilities, the college provides a basketball court, tennis courts, football and soccer fields and synthetic cricket pitches.

External links

• Moreton Bay Boys' College website