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This article is about the school in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. For other institutions of the same name, see Wesley College (disambiguation).

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Wesley College is an independent, co-educational, day school, located at St Kilda Road, Glen Waverley, Elsternwick & Clunes, in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Established in 1866, Wesley is a member of the Associated Public Schools of Victoria (APS) and is a school of the Uniting Church, a Christian denomination.

Wesley is Victoria's largest school by student enrolment with around 3,511 students in total (2007).[1] The College has an open entry policy, meaning that there are no entrance examinations or particular entrance requirements and welcome students from all backgrounds, countries and cultures.

A report in November 2007 cited Wesley's fees as among the highest of any school in Victoria.[2]

Wesley College is adopting procedures to make the school as sustainable as possible, strategies include rebuilding to increase sustainability and switching to 100% green power. With the college (including the community college) addressing sustainability, in 2007 the Glen Waverley Junior School became the first independent school in Australia to receive a five-star energy rating from the Australian Government Sustainable Schools Program.[3]

In 2001, The Sun-Herald ranked Wesley College sixth in Australia's top ten schools for boys, based on the number of its male alumni mentioned in the Who's Who in Australia (a listing of notable Australians).[4][a]

Structure

Wesley College has three metropolitan campuses - the original campus in Prahran (named the St. Kilda Road Campus from 2004 onwards), and campuses in Glen Waverley and Elsternwick, a residential campus in Clunes and a campus in the Melbourne CBD's Collins Street where the College's City Curriculum Project is held. It also owns and operates three main camp sites which students from all year levels visit, the camps sites are located in Chum Creek Victoria, Mallana Victoria and Portland Victoria. At each campus there is a kindergarten which is known as the Early Childhood Learning Centre, it caters for children aged 3 and 4


The College's city experience program is called the City Curriculum Project (CCP) it is for students in Year 9 at all three metropolitan campuses, the program runs in all four terms, with two groups in each term. As of 2008 the program will run for 5 and a half weeks with students spending approximately four week actually in the city and the rest at their own campus working on an multi media presentation which is given at the end of the program and on introductory and safety assignments beforehand, Whereas previously the program ran for four weeks with students spending 13 days in the city and the rest at their own campus working on the presentation and the introductory assignments beforehand.


Being the first registered school in Victoria, Wesley College Melbourne has a rich tradition of liberal, broad based education, academically, musically and in sport.


The school caters for students from kindergarten through to Year 12, and offers the Victorian Certificate of Education, International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, Vocational Education (VET) program and the VCAL (Victorian Certificate Of Applied Learning) program for Senior College students.


In 2006, Wesley College introduced a new school structure, with the Senior School comprising students from Years 10 - 12, the Middle School from Years 5 - 9 and the Junior School comprising from Kindergarten to Year 4.

History

Its slogan "Success has a purple lining" was first introduced in 2005 to refresh the school's image and to promote its distinctive color purple. The slogan was chosen to represent the schools "Stand Out: academic excellence. The color purple was first chosen when the school was established in 1866, it is suppose to represent loyalty, this is why the school's mascot is a lion. The "Success has a purple lining" campaign has gone so far that the school now paint most of its assets such as rowing boats and buses in purple. The school also has purple lights shining on most of its trees and buildings at night.


Its motto Sapere Aude may be translated from Latin as dare to be wise.

Campuses

As of 2007 Wesley College is the largest school in Australia with a student population of approximately 3511 and a staff population of approximately 750. [1]


The St.Kilda Rd campus (established in 1866) has approximately 1,480 students from kindergarten (ECLC) through to year 12.

The Glen Waverley campus (established 1966) has approximately 1,420 students from kindergarten (ECLC) through to year 12.

The Elsternwick campus has approximately 600 students from kindergarten (ECLC) through to year 9.

Wesley College Clunes is a residential campus located north of Ballarat in Victoria. Year 9 students spend eight weeks living in a house with other Wesley students in a village. Students are responsible for cooking, cleaning, shopping, washing and also participate in many courses throughout the term including voluntary work, art and craft, drama and music. [1].

Performing arts

The St Kilda Road & Glen Waverley campuses have separate student theatre companies. Theatrical productions at St Kilda Road are performed as the Adamson Theatre Company, named after its performance venue, and conceived in 1988 by the then campus head, Tony Conabere. Wesley Student Theatre at Glen Waverley Campus has performed in New Zealand, Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan, Canada, America, England, Ireland, France, Italy and Germany since 1987, and since 2001 has been recipient of awards at the Ararat Australian One Act Play Festival, Ballarat Her Majesties One Act Play Festival and the Maroondah One Act Play Festival.

Sports

The College was one of six founding members of the Associated Public Schools (APS) competition, and is a member of the Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria (AGSV) for girls' sport.

Over 120 teams compete each week from Year 7 to open Firsts level. Sport is compulsory, requiring at least two seasons of sport in Years 7-10 and one season each year in Years 11 and 12. A Year 5 & 6 sport program is offered, with weekly matches against other APS schools.

As a member of the APS competition, Wesley competes in the three seasons of sport - Summer, Winter and Spring. 19 sports for girls and boys are offered.

Notable alumni

Former Students of Wesley College, Melbourne are known as [Old Wesley Collegians]. For a list of notable "Old Wesley Collegians", see List of alumni of Wesley College, Melbourne.

Notable staff

Notes

References

  1. ^ a b Wesley College (2007). Wesley College Chronicle 2007: Campus Roll. Wesley. ISBN 0522853254.
  2. ^ "Private school fees break through the $20,000 barrier". The Age, Melbourne. 30 November 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
  3. ^ "Our Environment" (PDF), Lion Magazine, Wesley College: pp 3-7, August 2007 {{citation}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  4. ^ Walker, Frank (2001-07-22). "The ties that bind". Sunday Life. The Sun-Herald. p. 16. Retrieved 2007-09-12.

See also

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