Columba Catholic College

Columba Catholic College
Columba Catholic College
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Location
Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia Australia
Information
Type Private, Co-educational, Day & Boarding
Denomination Roman Catholic
Established 1998
Principal Mike Ashton
Enrolment 610 (P-12)[1]
Colour(s) Blue, Red & Gold
              
Website
St Mary's College tennis team, ca. 1905

Columba Catholic College is a private, co-educational, Catholic, day and boarding school located in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia. It is a school of the Diocese of Townsville.

Established in 1998, the school currently caters for approximately 610 students from pre-school to year 12,[1] including 200 boarders from year 4 to 12.[2] The college draws students from Charters Towers and surrounding areas. Boarders come from the Northern Territory and Northern Western Australia, plus coastal and Gulf Regions of Queensland.[1]

The current principal of Columba Catholic College is Mr Michael Ashton, who began in 2008 after Tim Dark resigned to go back to university to study medicine. Althea Norton was the original founding principal of Columba who retired after 10 years of service

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History

Columba Catholic College was established in 1998 through the amalgamation of three local Catholic schools, St Columba’s Primary School (established in 1876), St Mary’s College (established in 1882) and Mount Carmel College (established in 1902).[3]

In 2004, plans were made to merge the 3 schools into 2. The reasoning behind this was that there were problems getting information quickly between the three locations. Also, when the schools wanted to converge together on special occasions (like the end of year mass) there was huge difficulties either walking or busing students to the location.

Campus

Columba Catholic College consists of two campuses, known as St Mary's and Mt Carmel.[4] The boarding program operates from the two campuses in order to provide single-sex facilities, the St Mary's campus caters for girls and the Mt Carmel Campus for boys. Each of the Boarding Campuses has its own Chapel, while the Primary Campus is situated in the grounds of the Parish Church.[3]

The school also operates "Marybank" a 40-hectare property with facilities for outdoor activities, situated on the banks of the Burdekin River. Sporting facilities of the college include several ovals, basketball, tennis and netball courts, two 25 m swimming pools (one at each campus), and the recently constructed Multi-Purpose Outdoor Education Centre.[3]

Curriculum

Primary

The Primary Curriculum at Columba Catholic College is designed to emphasise the basic skills of numeracy and literacy, whilst integrating the Key Learning Areas (KLA's) of Religious Education, English, Maths, Science, Studies of Society and Environment, Languages other than English (LOTE), Health and Physical Education, The Arts and Technology.[5]

Secondary

In Queensland, the first year of high school is year 8. During this year students continue with Key Learning Areas subjects in addition to experiencing new subjects. These include Religious Education, English, Mathematics, Science, Art, Study of Society and the Environment, Home Economics, Wood Technology, Metal Technology, Music, Computer Technology, Graphics, Health & Physical Education, and Drama.[5]

In years 9 and 10 students receive some choice in the subjects they will study. There are also core subjects which all students must undertake for the complete school year. These are Religious Education, English, Mathematics, Science, Study of Society and the Environment (S.O.S.E), Health and Physical Education. Electives at this stage include Japanese, Agricultural Science, Home Economics, Computer Technology, Business Studies, Drama, Wood Technology, Junior Visual Art, Metal Technology, Music and Graphics.[5]

Students in years 11 and 12 are prepared for the path they wish to take after high school (university, TAFE or employment). Those deciding to leave open the option of direct entry to University or TAFE (Diploma Courses) after Year 12 are required to choose a minimum of five "Authority Subjects" (B). These subjects come under the headings of Authority(A), Authority Registered (AR), Subject Area Specifications (S), or are purely TAFE Based (T). Additionally, each Year 11 and 12 student is required to study Religious Education (T), one English subject, and one Mathematics Subject.[5]

Columba Catholic College performs well in state-wide examinations, with The Courier-Mail reporting that the college was one of Queensland's top-performing schools with 89 per cent of students on Overall Position scores (OP's) 15 or above.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Schools: Columba Catholic College". Australian Boarding Schools' Association. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-08-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20070829083226/http://www.boarding.org.au/site/school_detail.cfm?schID=33. Retrieved 2007-09-22. 
  2. ^ "Boarding Schools Regional Queensland". Regional Living Australia. 2007. http://regionalliving.com.au/index.cfm?p=2217. Retrieved 2007-09-22. 
  3. ^ a b c "Columba Catholic College Further Information" (PDF). Catholic Education Office Diocese of Townsville. 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-08-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20070829171336/http://www.tsv.catholic.edu.au/OurSchools/Western/Columbia/Files/ColumbaCatholicCollegeChartersTowers.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-22. 
  4. ^ "Columba Catholic College". Catholic Education Office Diocese of Townsville. Archived from the original on 2007-08-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20070829153651/http://www.tsv.catholic.edu.au/index.cfm?Menu=Columbia&PageID=118. Retrieved 2007-09-22. 
  5. ^ a b c d "Academic Programme". Columba Catholic College. http://www.columba.qld.edu.au/htm/curriculum.htm. Retrieved 2007-09-22. 
  6. ^ Livingstone, Tess (2007-04-03). "OP rankings revealed". The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original on 2007-05-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20070506135240/http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21492026-952,00.html. Retrieved 2007-09-22. 

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