Haileybury Rendall School
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| Type | Independent, Co-educational, Day school |
| Motto | Template:Lang-la ("Lift up your hearts") |
| Established | 2018 |
| Principal | Craig Glass |
| Colour(s) | Magenta and Black |
| Website | www |
Haileybury Rendall School is an independent school located in Berrimah, Northern Territory. Independent school, Haileybury, acquired the site on which Kormilda College operated for 50 years. Haileybury Rendall School is classed as the first “tier one” school to launch in Northern Australia.[1]
With the support of the Northern Territory Government, Haileybury Rendall School opened in January 2018, including Australia’s largest Indigenous boarding operation, Haileybury Kormilda Boarding. The School has been named after the original founder of Haileybury, Charles Rendall. After his education at Haileybury England, Charles wanted to bring that quality of education to Melbourne, where he opened the first school in Brighton, Melbourne, on 10 February 1892.[2]
Haileybury Rendall School has the capacity for 600 students and currently has an estimated 400 students enrolled.[3]
The School remains closely affiliated with Haileybury, which has four campuses in Melbourne and one in Tianjin, China.
Overview and structure
Located in Berrimah, Northern Territory, Haileybury Rendall School has brought the Victorian Certificate of Education to Darwin. [3] The Haileybury Rendall Program operates from the Early Learning Centre through to Year 12 with a comprehensive Community, Social Justice, Physical Education and Arts Program.
Explicit instruction
Haileybury Rendall School utilises the explicit instruction approach throughout the Junior School, which is a methodology that Haileybury uses across their campuses in Melbourne. Introduced to Haileybury by Deputy Principal John Fleming, the explicit teaching model has seen students exceed national benchmarks.[4]
Haileybury Rendall School through using explicit instruction aims to move their student’s learning from short-term to long-term memory for them to effectively retain their learning.[5]
Aboriginal education
Haileybury Rendall School has maintained a core focus on Aboriginal education. Operating for almost 30 years on site, the boarding facilities have had a modern transformation and room upgrade for the benefit of all students.[6] The School is committed to further developing the academic achievement of Aboriginal students.[7]
Principals
| Years | Name |
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| 2018–Present | Mr Craig Glass |
History
Haileybury has over 125 years of experience in education and brought this expertise to Haileybury Rendall School in Darwin.
While the School is new in its operation, the site in which it resides in the Northern Territory is rich in local history. In 1941, the site housed an Australian Army Hospital. This period in time also saw the location being used as an Air Defence Control Centre and a Transit Camp for the Australian Army and Airforce.[8]
In 1946 passengers and crew of the airline QANTAS would utilise the buildings on site to break long journeys. This led to the construction of Darwin’s first in-ground pool on site, that was used by the QANTAS passengers and crew in 1948.
In 1967, the property was acquired by the Commonwealth government for the creation of a post primary hostel and boarding school for Indigenous children in isolated locations.
Kormilda College Incorporated was established in 1968 with 121 students from surrounding Territory communities, pastoral stations and missions. Under the leadership of Principal Graham Benjamin, the School became an independent day school and boarding school for Years 8 to 12 students in 1989.[9]
A milestone was achieved in 1991, where under Principal Derek Hunter, enrolments reached “370 students and included 100 non-Indigenous students.”
Kormilda College further expanded the School in 2015 with the opening of their Early Learning Centre and Primary School.
With the support of the Territory Government, Haileybury acquired Kormilda College in 2017 [10]
In January, 2018 the Hon. Nigel Scullion and the Hon. Eva Lawler officially opened Haileybury Rendall School. The ‘Rendall’ part of the name is to commemorate Haileybury’s founder, Charles Rendall, who was educated at Haileybury College, Hertfordshire and set out to Melbourne to later fulfil his dream of bringing Haileybury to another land.[11]
References
- ^ ["Victorian school Haileybury College to take over Kormilda College in Darwin". ntnews.com.au.
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- ^ a b [1] [dead link]
- ^ "Teaching Methods Episode 1: Explicit instruction with John Fleming". Australian Council for Educational Research - ACER. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ "The Haileybury Rendall Program - Haileybury". Haileyburyrendall.com.au.
- ^ "Minister Scullion: Certainty for Kormilda College students". Indigenous.gov.au. 20 June 2017.
- ^ [2] [dead link]
- ^ "Berrimah, a suburb of diversity, has the best of both worlds". Realestate.com.au.
- ^ "History - Haileybury". Haileyburyrendall.com.au.
- ^ "Minnis Journals - Education Today". Educationtoday.com.au.
- ^ Hansen, I. V. Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University – via Australian Dictionary of Biography.