MLC School
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MLC School is an independent day school for girls, located in Burwood
, Sydney
. Founded in 1886, MLC admits students from pre-kinder age through to Year 12, and is a Uniting Church of Australia school.
, which had recently admitted women to degrees.
The School Song with music by Australian composer. Lindley Evans, who was a teacher at the School during the 1930s, to lyrics by Poet Laureate John Masefield.
A fire destroyed the boarding area, dining room, offices and some classrooms in 1977 and the boarding program was discontinued as a result.
MLC School is now a day school in the Uniting Church of Australia. In June 1977, when the Methodist Church was subsumed into the new union of the Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational Churches the Methodist Ladies College Burwood became known officially as MLC School.
More recently, a number of facilities at the school have been designed and constructed by architects Ed Lippmann and Associates, starting with the MLC Aquatic centre was opened by Dawn Fraser AO in 2003. More recently, the Junior School was completed and opened in 2009 by Her Excellency Quentin Bryce AC. The facilities available in the Junior School include flexible learning spaces, learning studios, small group areas, wet areas, a literature and resource hub, outdoor learning and play spaces, the piazza, the kiss and drop, and the welcome wall.
for all years. In Year 10, students are prepared for the School Certificate
, and in Year 12, the Higher School Certificate (HSC) or the International Baccalaureate (IB).
MLC became an IB World School in August 1999, and offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) to all students in years 11 and 12 as an alternative to the HSC.
Students undertaking the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in their final two years at school select one subject from each of six core study areas, ensuring a breadth of subject choice through humanities, experimental sciences, mathematics, arts and compulsory language study. The IB Diploma also requires a CAS component (hours dedicated to creativity, action and service), Theory of Knowledge classes and an Extended (4000 word) Essay in a subject area of the student’s choice.
The International Baccalaureate is offered as an international / global alternative to the NSW Higher School Certificate. It has been offered at MLC since 2001 and is chosen by 30% of the MLC's graduates.
MLC’s 2010 IB Diploma results included four perfect scores, converting to the maximum Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) of 99.95. The school's IB Diploma median rank was 98.80.
The combined 2010 HSC and IB Diploma scores also resulted in 55% of candidates receiving an ATAR of 90.00 or above, with 14 candidates scoring 99.00 or above.
(JSHAA). These competitions are usually held on Saturday mornings and include sports such as: Tee-Ball/Softball, Tennis, Netball, Cricket, Minkey/Hockey, and Soccer.
Secondary School
students compete against 28 other similar type schools in the Independent Girls' Schools Sporting Association
(IGSSA) competition. These competitions occur on Saturday mornings or in the form of carnivals and include sports such as: Netball, Softball, Swimming, Diving, Cricket, Tennis, Athletics, Fencing, Cross Country, Rowing, Hockey, Soccer, Water Polo, Basketball, Touch Football and Gymnastics.
Students who perform well at JSHAA or IGSSA level may be invited to compete in NSW Combined Independent Schools' (CIS) competitions
In 2009 they were grand finalists in the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge NSW Premier Division and their performance titled "The Private Life of a Masterpiece" depicted the story of Edgar Degas' sculpture "Little Dancer of Fourteen Years".
MLC School won the 2011 Rock Eisteddfod Challenge NSW Premier Division with their entry entitled "Granville"; a highly sophisticated and emotional piece that recalls the circumstances of how the Granville Train Disaster occurred and then explores how the accident impacted on Sydney’s Western Suburbs. They also had previously won the NSW Regional Championships with the piece, winning 9 awards to take 1st place at the Wollongong event.
was established in 1942, with four house's, each Aboriginal
words:
The colours were chosen to combine with the indigo and light blue of the school colours to create white light, to echo the school motto. The names were chosen to spell the school's initials, M.L.C. B (Burwood).
In MLC's high school
, there are now ten houses altogether, including four from Kent House. The other six are Abbeythorpe (dark green), Prescott (blue), Wade (aqua), Whitley (maroon), Lester (orange) and Sutton (pink). The six additional houses are named after notable persons that taught at the school. Abbeythorpe House takes its name from one of the original homes on the school site, which was for many years the Junior School until it was demolished.
The Primary school, still utilises the original four houses.
Each House has a Head of House and House Tutors. There is an inter-house competition is a part of every year as Houses vie for Honours in Debating, Chess, Literature, Athletics Cross-Country and Swimming to take out the Spirit and Points Trophies on Speech Night at the end of the year.
Medicine and science
Politics and the law
Sport
Burwood, New South Wales
Burwood is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Burwood is located 12 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of Burwood Council....
, Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
. Founded in 1886, MLC admits students from pre-kinder age through to Year 12, and is a Uniting Church of Australia school.
History
MLC School, originally known as Methodist Ladies College, was founded in 1886, primarily to prepare students for entrance to the University of SydneyUniversity of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
, which had recently admitted women to degrees.
The School Song with music by Australian composer. Lindley Evans, who was a teacher at the School during the 1930s, to lyrics by Poet Laureate John Masefield.
A fire destroyed the boarding area, dining room, offices and some classrooms in 1977 and the boarding program was discontinued as a result.
MLC School is now a day school in the Uniting Church of Australia. In June 1977, when the Methodist Church was subsumed into the new union of the Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational Churches the Methodist Ladies College Burwood became known officially as MLC School.
More recently, a number of facilities at the school have been designed and constructed by architects Ed Lippmann and Associates, starting with the MLC Aquatic centre was opened by Dawn Fraser AO in 2003. More recently, the Junior School was completed and opened in 2009 by Her Excellency Quentin Bryce AC. The facilities available in the Junior School include flexible learning spaces, learning studios, small group areas, wet areas, a literature and resource hub, outdoor learning and play spaces, the piazza, the kiss and drop, and the welcome wall.
Heads
| Principal | Headmistress | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1886–1899 | Rev. C.J. Prescott Charles Prescott Charles John Prescott was an English born Australian army chaplain, Methodist minister and headmaster.-Early life:... |
1886–1887 | Miss E. Shiels |
| 1900–1914 | Rev. E.J. Rodd | 1887–1909 | Miss M.F. Wearne |
| 1915–1922 | Rev. L.H.Kelynack | 1909–1912 | Miss J. Hetherington |
| 1922–1933 | Rev. T.F. Potts | 1912–1940 | Miss M.H. Sutton |
| 1933–1939 | Rev. H.C. Foreman | 1941–1959 | Dr G. Wade |
| 1940–1947 | Rev. W. Deane | 1960–1972 | Dr A. Whitley |
| 1948–1959 | Rev. R.B Lew | ||
| 1960–1964 | Rev. W.D. O'Reilly | ||
| 1965–1969 | Rev. E.A. Bennett | ||
| 1973–1989 | Rev. K. Cornwell | ||
| 1990–2011 | B. Stone | ||
| 2011–Present | D. Scala |
Curriculum
MLC School is registered and accredited with the New South Wales Board of Studies, and therefore follows the mandated curriculumCurriculum
See also Syllabus.In formal education, a curriculum is the set of courses, and their content, offered at a school or university. As an idea, curriculum stems from the Latin word for race course, referring to the course of deeds and experiences through which children grow to become mature adults...
for all years. In Year 10, students are prepared for the School Certificate
School Certificate
The School Certificate was a qualification issued by the Board of Studies, New South Wales, typically at the end of Year 10. The successful completion of the School Certificate is a requirement for completion of the Higher School Certificate...
, and in Year 12, the Higher School Certificate (HSC) or the International Baccalaureate (IB).
MLC became an IB World School in August 1999, and offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) to all students in years 11 and 12 as an alternative to the HSC.
Students undertaking the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in their final two years at school select one subject from each of six core study areas, ensuring a breadth of subject choice through humanities, experimental sciences, mathematics, arts and compulsory language study. The IB Diploma also requires a CAS component (hours dedicated to creativity, action and service), Theory of Knowledge classes and an Extended (4000 word) Essay in a subject area of the student’s choice.
The International Baccalaureate is offered as an international / global alternative to the NSW Higher School Certificate. It has been offered at MLC since 2001 and is chosen by 30% of the MLC's graduates.
MLC’s 2010 IB Diploma results included four perfect scores, converting to the maximum Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) of 99.95. The school's IB Diploma median rank was 98.80.
The combined 2010 HSC and IB Diploma scores also resulted in 55% of candidates receiving an ATAR of 90.00 or above, with 14 candidates scoring 99.00 or above.
Sport
Primary School students may partake in competitive sport through the MLC's membership of the Junior School Heads Association of AustraliaJunior School Heads Association of Australia
The Independent Primary School Heads of Australia formerly Junior School Heads Association of Australia , is an incorporated body representing the heads of independent primary schools in Australia....
(JSHAA). These competitions are usually held on Saturday mornings and include sports such as: Tee-Ball/Softball, Tennis, Netball, Cricket, Minkey/Hockey, and Soccer.
Secondary School
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
students compete against 28 other similar type schools in the Independent Girls' Schools Sporting Association
Independent Girls' Schools Sporting Association
The Independent Girls' Schools Sporting Association , was established in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, in 1922 with five founding members, all of them independent Protestant girls' schools....
(IGSSA) competition. These competitions occur on Saturday mornings or in the form of carnivals and include sports such as: Netball, Softball, Swimming, Diving, Cricket, Tennis, Athletics, Fencing, Cross Country, Rowing, Hockey, Soccer, Water Polo, Basketball, Touch Football and Gymnastics.
Students who perform well at JSHAA or IGSSA level may be invited to compete in NSW Combined Independent Schools' (CIS) competitions
Music
MLC School offers instrumental music lessons in over twenty instruments to both current MLC students and external students. Lessons are conducted by professional musicians. Students interested in music are offered the opportunity to perform on a number of levels, including at studio concerts and smaller groups. Performance opportunities are available every year in the Sydney Town Hall and biennially at the Sydney Opera House.Dance
MLC School won the 2008 Rock Eisteddfod Challenge NSW Open Division with their performance titled "The Shades of Grief"; a story about the Beaumont children who went missing from a beach in Adelaide and have never been found. They won 8 awards at the heats and another 8 awards at the finals plus the overall 1st place.In 2009 they were grand finalists in the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge NSW Premier Division and their performance titled "The Private Life of a Masterpiece" depicted the story of Edgar Degas' sculpture "Little Dancer of Fourteen Years".
MLC School won the 2011 Rock Eisteddfod Challenge NSW Premier Division with their entry entitled "Granville"; a highly sophisticated and emotional piece that recalls the circumstances of how the Granville Train Disaster occurred and then explores how the accident impacted on Sydney’s Western Suburbs. They also had previously won the NSW Regional Championships with the piece, winning 9 awards to take 1st place at the Wollongong event.
House system
The house systemHouse system
The house system is a traditional feature of British schools, and schools in the Commonwealth. Historically, it was associated with established public schools, where a 'house' refers to a boarding house or dormitory of a boarding school...
was established in 1942, with four house's, each Aboriginal
Australian Aborigines
Australian Aborigines , also called Aboriginal Australians, from the latin ab originem , are people who are indigenous to most of the Australian continentthat is, to mainland Australia and the island of Tasmania...
words:
- Mooramoora: "good spirit" (green)
- Leawarra: "uprising" (violet)
- Churunga: "sacred place" (gold)
- Booralee: "an ideal to which we must aspire" (red)
The colours were chosen to combine with the indigo and light blue of the school colours to create white light, to echo the school motto. The names were chosen to spell the school's initials, M.L.C. B (Burwood).
In MLC's high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
, there are now ten houses altogether, including four from Kent House. The other six are Abbeythorpe (dark green), Prescott (blue), Wade (aqua), Whitley (maroon), Lester (orange) and Sutton (pink). The six additional houses are named after notable persons that taught at the school. Abbeythorpe House takes its name from one of the original homes on the school site, which was for many years the Junior School until it was demolished.
The Primary school, still utilises the original four houses.
Each House has a Head of House and House Tutors. There is an inter-house competition is a part of every year as Houses vie for Honours in Debating, Chess, Literature, Athletics Cross-Country and Swimming to take out the Spirit and Points Trophies on Speech Night at the end of the year.
Notable alumnae
Entertainment, media and the arts- Helen Joyce Haenke – Poet and playwright
- Nikki WebsterNikki WebsterNikki Webster is an Australian pop performer. She is best known for her starring role in the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony and her single "Strawberry Kisses".-Recording career:...
– Singer, Actress, Dancer, Contestant on Dancing With the Stars (also attended The McDonald College) - Emma JonesEmma Jones (poet)Emma Jones is an Australian poet. Her first poetry collection, The Striped World, was published by Faber & Faber in 2009.Jones was raised in Concord, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney. Her father was Australian; her British mother had emigrated to Australia...
– Award-winning Poet - Olive CottonOlive CottonOlive Cotton was a pioneering Australian modernist female photographer of the 1930s and 40s working in Sydney. As a female photographer in Australia of that era, she was overlooked and her work at the Dupain studio was considered "art" rather than commercial. Cotton only became a national "name"...
– Modernist Photographer - Vimala RamanVimala RamanVimala Raman is an Indian film actress, model and a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. She made her acting debut in the 2006 Tamil film Poi and went on to appear primarily in Malayalam and Telugu films.-Early life:...
– South Indian Actress
Medicine and science
- Joyce Winifred VickeryJoyce Winifred VickeryJoyce Winifred Vickery was an Australian botanist who specialised in taxonomy and became well known in Australian for forensic botany....
MBE – Forensic botanist - Phyllis Margery Anderson – Pathologist
- Freida Ruth Heighway – Gynaecologist
Politics and the law
- Lady McMahonSonia McMahonSonia McMahon, known from 1977 as Lady McMahon , was the wife of Sir William McMahon, Prime Minister of Australia, and a philanthropist and Sydney socialite.-Biography:...
– wife of Former Prime Minister of AustraliaPrime Minister of AustraliaThe Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia is the highest minister of the Crown, leader of the Cabinet and Head of Her Majesty's Australian Government, holding office on commission from the Governor-General of Australia. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful...
SirSirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
William McMahonWilliam McMahonSir William "Billy" McMahon, GCMG, CH , was an Australian Liberal politician and the 20th Prime Minister of Australia... - Marise PayneMarise PayneMarise Ann Payne is an Australian politician. She is a Liberal Senator for the state of New South Wales. Senator Payne was appointed to the Senate on 9 April 1997, and elected in 2001 for a full term, and again in 2007.-Early life:...
– Liberal Senator for New South WalesNew South WalesNew South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales... - The Hon Megan Latham – Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
Sport
- Penelope BlackmorePenelope BlackmorePenelope "Penny" Blackmore is an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. Penny attended Korowa Anglican Girls' School in Melbourne from 1989. In 1997, her family moved to Sydney, Australia and Penny relocated to MLC School in Burwood, Sydney...
– Commonwealth GamesCommonwealth GamesThe Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....
and Olympic GamesOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
Rhythmic Gymnast - Lorraine CrappLorraine CrappLorraine Crapp is a former Olympic swimming champion representing Australia. She competed in two Olympic Games — the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics. She won two Olympic gold medals in 1956...
– Olympic diver and swimmer in the 1960s - Felicity GalvezFelicity GalvezFelicity Madeline Galvez OAM is an Australian swimmer and two time Olympic gold medalist from Melbourne, Victoria. She was educated at Runnymede College, in Madrid.- Career :...
– Olympic Swimmer - Taniele GofersTaniele GofersTaniele Gofers is an Australian water polo player. She was a member of the Australia women's national water polo team that won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.-References:...
– Member of Olympics and National Women's Waterpolo team - Elizabeth KellElizabeth KellElizabeth Kell is an Australian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
– Olympic Rower & 2006 Rowing World Champion