Canterbury College (Waterford)

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Canterbury College

Motto	Fortior Quo Paratior "The better prepared, the stronger"
Established	1987
Type	Independent, Anglican, Co-educational, Day School
Affiliation	Anglican Church, TAS, JSHAA
Chaplain	Rev. Elroy Mee (Anglican)
Head of College	Donna Anderson
Students	Approximately 1,250
Grades	Prep – 12
Location	Waterford, Queensland, Australia
Campus	Urban 32 Hectares
Colours	Red, Navy Blue & White
Newspaper	The Drum
Dean of Senior Years	Bill Kitchen
Dean of Middle Years	Eleanor Nicholson
Website	www.canterbury.qld.edu.au

Canterbury College [1]) is an independent, co-educational, day school affiliated with the Anglican Church of Australia.

The campus [2] is located on 32 hectares in Waterford, between Beenleigh and Loganlea.

[edit] History

Canterbury College was established in 1987, with seventy-three students in three classes in Years 6, 7 and 8 [3]. Student numbers have grown quickly and it now has an enrolment of 1,250 students, from Prep (pre-school) to Year Twelve.

[edit] Headmasters

Mr. Alan Coombes: March, 1986 (Foundation) to 1994
Rev. Paul Bland: December, 1994 to November 2002
Mr. Ron Daniels: December 2002 to 2005
Ms Anderson: 2005 to 2008

[edit] Sport

[edit] The Associated Schools Sports

The Canterbury College sporting program is centred around membership of The Associated Schools for students in Years 8-12, and Junior TAS Competition (JTAS) for students in Years 4-7.

Apart from the core sports of Swimming, Cross-country and Athletics, all TAS sport is played on Saturdays over 3 trimesters. Each trimester is approximately nine weeks.

[edit] See also

• List of schools in Queensland

[edit] External links

• Canterbury College website