Holroyd High School
Encyclopedia
Holroyd High School is a secondary
school
located in Greystanes, New South Wales
.
The school houses an Intensive English Centre which provides a specialised program to non-English speaking migrants and refugees so that they can better participate in Australian society.
A-Block - Maths, PDHPE
, and science
are taught in this block, and there is also a computer room. The school's main office is situated here, as is the principal's office, the conference room, the councellor's room, and the school's foyer. A-block also contains a large, multi-purpose room upstairs, which is known as the Common Room and is suitable for meetings and workshops.
B-Block - B-block is oriented around practical subjects. It includes woodwork and metalwork workshops, two cooking
rooms, a sewing
room, art
rooms, the music
room, and one of the school's computer rooms. B-block also contains the maths, industrial arts, and home economics staff rooms.
C-Block - This block contains the canteen, changing rooms
, and a concrete surface suitable to play sports such as basketball
or dodgeball
. There are no classrooms in this block.
D-Block - English
, history
, science, geography
, and drama
are taught in D-block. D-block contains the English, science, and social science staff rooms.
E-Block - English and history are main subjects taught in E-block, although there is also a single science classroom, as well as a computer room. E-block also contains a multi-purpose hall, the history staff room, the ESL
staff room, the school's other office, the deputy principals' offices, and the IEC library.
Holroyd High School also did well under the federal government's Investing In Our Schools Program, which saw the school exceed its $150,000 entitlement for grants funding which covered library refurbishments, security fencing and sheltered walkways between buildings.
, who spent two years living in Australia, had her temporary protection visa benefits cut, the school's principal, Dorothy Hoddinott, set up a trust fund to support her financially so that she was able to complete her education. She kickstarted the fund with her own personal finances and over time invited more people to contribute. In 2008, Hoddinott was made an officer of the Order of Australia
in recognition of her work with the Friends of Zainab Trust fund.
The trust fund now helps a considerable number of students who are refugees.
Secondary school
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school
School
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located in Greystanes, New South Wales
Greystanes, New South Wales
Greystanes is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Greystanes is located 29 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Holroyd.-History:...
.
The school houses an Intensive English Centre which provides a specialised program to non-English speaking migrants and refugees so that they can better participate in Australian society.
School Layout
Structurally, the schools consists of 5 blocks, a library, an IEC demountable, and a newly-built gymnasium/hall.A-Block - Maths, PDHPE
PDHPE
PDHPE is a subject in the New South Wales school curriculum. It is a compulsory subject in the K-10 curriculum, and available as an elective in years 11 and 12...
, and science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
are taught in this block, and there is also a computer room. The school's main office is situated here, as is the principal's office, the conference room, the councellor's room, and the school's foyer. A-block also contains a large, multi-purpose room upstairs, which is known as the Common Room and is suitable for meetings and workshops.
B-Block - B-block is oriented around practical subjects. It includes woodwork and metalwork workshops, two cooking
Cooking
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rooms, a sewing
Sewing
Sewing is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with a needle and thread. Sewing is one of the oldest of the textile arts, arising in the Paleolithic era...
room, art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
rooms, the music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
room, and one of the school's computer rooms. B-block also contains the maths, industrial arts, and home economics staff rooms.
C-Block - This block contains the canteen, changing rooms
Changing Rooms
Changing room may refer to:*changeroom, a room or enclosure in a clothing store where customers may try on clothes before purchasing them*Changing Rooms, a BBC television series*The Changing Room, a stage play by David Storey...
, and a concrete surface suitable to play sports such as basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
or dodgeball
Dodgeball
Dodgeball is any of a variety of games in which players try to hit other players on the opposing team with balls while avoiding being hit themselves. This article is about a well-known form of team sport with modified rules that is often played in physical education classes and has been featured...
. There are no classrooms in this block.
D-Block - English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, history
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
, science, geography
Geography
Geography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...
, and drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
are taught in D-block. D-block contains the English, science, and social science staff rooms.
E-Block - English and history are main subjects taught in E-block, although there is also a single science classroom, as well as a computer room. E-block also contains a multi-purpose hall, the history staff room, the ESL
ESL
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staff room, the school's other office, the deputy principals' offices, and the IEC library.
New Infrastructure
The school has recently had a multi-purpose gymnasium/hall built on site after decades of lobbying government representatives. The hall was funded as a result of joint funding grants from the Howard Government's Capital Grants Program for Austrralian Schools with equivalent funding matched by the Carr/Iemma State government.Holroyd High School also did well under the federal government's Investing In Our Schools Program, which saw the school exceed its $150,000 entitlement for grants funding which covered library refurbishments, security fencing and sheltered walkways between buildings.
Friends of Zainab Trust Fund
When Zainab Kaabi, a refugee from IranIran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, who spent two years living in Australia, had her temporary protection visa benefits cut, the school's principal, Dorothy Hoddinott, set up a trust fund to support her financially so that she was able to complete her education. She kickstarted the fund with her own personal finances and over time invited more people to contribute. In 2008, Hoddinott was made an officer of the Order of Australia
Order of Australia
The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
in recognition of her work with the Friends of Zainab Trust fund.
The trust fund now helps a considerable number of students who are refugees.