Barker College
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| Honor Non Honores (Latin:"Seek Honour above Rewards") |
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| Established | 1890[1] |
| School Type | Independent, Single-sex (3-9), Co-educational (10-12), Day & Boarding |
| Denomination | Anglican[1] |
| Slogan | "Balanced Learning in a Caring Environment"[2] |
| Key People | Dr Roderic Kefford (Headmaster) Reverend Henry Plume (Founder) Reverend Jeff Ware (Chaplain) Neil Harrison (Current Junior School Headmaster) |
| School Fees | AU$1,980-2,996 p.a (Day) AU$6,520 p.a (Boarding)[3] |
| Location | Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia  |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Enrolment | ~1,968 (3-12)[4] |
| Employees | ~204[4] |
| Colours | Red & Blue |
| Homepage | www.barker.nsw.edu.au |
Barker College is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school, located in Hornsby, a North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Founded in 1890 by the Reverend Henry Plume, at Kurrajong Heights, Barker is an all-boys school from Years 3 to 9, and co-educational from Years 10 to 12. The college has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,968 students,[4] including 60 boarders from Years 10 to 12.[5] In 2007, Barker College ranked second in Higher School Certificate (HSC) results in the Hornsby region, behind Hornsby Girls' High School
Barker is affiliated with the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference,[6] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[7] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),[8] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),[5] the Independent Schools Association (ISA),[9] and is a founding member of the Combined Associated Schools (CAS).[9]
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[edit] History
Barker College was founded in early 1890 by an Anglican clergyman, the Reverend Henry Plume, at Kurrajong Heights, in the Blue Mountains, with five pupils. It was named for Plume's mentor and friend, the Right Reverend Frederic Barker, the second Bishop of Sydney. The College moved to its present site in Hornsby early in 1896, and in 1919 its ownership transferred to the Church of England.[10]
[edit] Co-education
1975 saw the introduction of the co-educational collegiate senior school for students in Years 11 and 12, with the enrolment of 59 female students. In 2000, Year 10 also became part of the senior School, and girls now usually enter the school at Year 10 level.[10] Today there are 450 girls enroled at Barker.[5]
[edit] Headmasters
| Period | Details |
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| 1890 – 1905 | Reverend Henry Plume |
| 1905 – 1929 | William Carter |
| 1929 – 1932 | Arthur Thorold |
| 1933 – 1957 | William Leslie |
| 1958 – 1963 | John Dewes |
| 1963 – 1986 | Trevor McCaskill |
| 1986 – 1995 | Neil Tucker |
| 1996 – Present | Dr. Roderick Kefford |
[edit] Motto
The school motto, Honor, non Honores, may translated from Latin to "Honour, not rewards". This replaced a previous motto, "I Take, but I Surrender", adopted for the school by Henry Plume in 1875 from the armorial achievement of one of his friends, Robert Fowler, Lord Mayor of Sydney. The motto was changed in 1895, when the school moved from Kurrajong to Hornsby.
[edit] Campus
Barker College is situated on a single campus, twenty hectares in size, located in suburban Hornsby,[11] 25 kilometres to the north of Sydney.[12] The Junior School, shares the campus with the Middle and Senior schools.[11]
The current facilities of the school include:
- A library; An Information Technology Centre; The McCaskill Music Centre, containing private tuition studios, classrooms, a recording studio, and a recital hall;
- Three Drama performance spaces, including two rehearsal rooms, a Drama Theatre with raked seating, and the School Hall;
- The Centenary Design Centre with provision for individual studios and whole-class teaching in Design & Technology and Visual Arts;
- The Barker Foundation Science Centre, containing ten teaching laboratories, four individual student laboratories and a 106-seat lecture theatre;
- Boarding houses (Carter (Boys) and Plume (Girls);
- Sporting fields, together with Tennis and Basketball courts, and an artificial surface for Hockey, Soccer, Netball, Athletics, Basketball, Volleyball and other games;
- A gymnasium, equipped with weights and resistance training equipment, and an adjoining indoor Aquatic Centre.[11]
[edit] House system
As with most Australian schools, Barker College utilises a house system.
[edit] Middle school houses
- Andrew (black) - Fortes Fortuna Adiuvat: 'Fortune follows the brave'.
- Boyce (light blue) - Aspiro: 'Aspire'.
- Butters (silver) - Diriget Deus: 'God will direct'. The house animal is a badger, representing work ethic.
- Holt (green) - Is Fidelis Vincit: 'Faith brings victory'. The house animal is a sheep.
- Pain (white) - Vive Et Vivat: 'Live and let live'.
- Wade (dark blue) - Labor In Unum: 'Work together'.
- Wailes (yellow) - Per Laborem Ad Victoriam: 'From hard work comes victory'.
- Wilson (maroon) - Deus Est Meum Scutum: 'God is my shield'.
[edit] Junior school houses
- Mawson (Dark Blue)
- Byrd (Green)
- Tasman (Light Blue)
- Scott (Red)
- Hillary (Yellow)
- Flinders (White)
[edit] Co-curricular activities
The school conducts many extracurricular activities including the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, cadets, drama and musical performances, chess, debating, mock trials, public speaking, mountain biking, skiing, Equestrianism and breeds its own cattle for competition in the Sydney Royal Easter Show.
[edit] Sport
In 2004, 2005 and 2006 the Barker rugby 1st XV have won the Combined Associated Schools (CAS) title with three, back-to-back, undefeated seasons. The team also made the final of the Waratah Shield competition in 2005, and won it in 2006.[citation needed]
Barker College was the first school in the CAS history to win a hat-trick of Archer Shield cricket titles from 2000-2002.[citation needed] It also won the 2007 season.[citation needed]
[edit] Music
Barker has won awards with its various choirs and bands in the City of Sydney Eisteddfod, National Band Championships and NSW Band Championships. The Concert Band was the top ranked school concert band in Australia from 1991-1997.[citation needed]
Each year Barker puts on a musical involving year 10 and 11 students, although in the past students from all years have participated. They are: H.M.S. Pinafore, Sweet Charity, Guys and Dolls, Fame, The Pirates of Penzance, Grease, Chess, Les Misérables,West Side Story and in 2008, an adaptation of "Godspell"
[edit] Cadet unit
- Further information: Barker College Cadet Unit
Founded in 1899, the Barker College Cadet Unit (BCCU) is one of Australia's oldest cadet unit[citation needed] and is currently one of Australia's largest, voluntary cadet units.[citation needed] The unit consists of five companies and two wings made up of those in school years 9 (C Coy and E Coy), 10 (B COY), one company of female members (D COY) and one Adventure training patrol, A Coy for Year 10 and 11 boys and girls. A Pioneer Wing also provides services for the unit through camp preparation, basic construction and logistics as well as instruction in related skills such as abseiling and pyrotechnics. The Headquarters Wing is the smallest group in the unit and is responsible for the logistics and administration of the unit. Each company participates in all three "Biv's" (weekend camps) which are held at various locations such as Holsworthy Army base and Glenworth Valley. At the end of the cadets year all members of the unit attend the week long 'Annual Camp', held at the Australian Army Barracks at Singleton.
Due to the school's refusal to disband the unit during the Defence Department's public relations disaster related to the Vietnam War, the unit is now one of the few in Australia to only receive only 'limited support' from the Department.[citation needed] The school does however utilise the services of volunteers, typically previous members as well as the school's teachers, to assist with events such as the camps.
After a lack of members in the late 1970s, the cadet marching band (renamed the Barker College Cadet Marching Band) was fully revived, with the drafting of all school cadets who could play a suitable instrument, in 1999 and participated in its first ANZAC Day Parade in 2000.
[edit] Alumni
[edit] Old Barker Association
Alumni of Barker may elect to join the school's alumni association, the Old Barker Association (OBA). The Old Barker Association (OBA) was formed in 1908, and was originally known as the 'Barker College Old Boys Union'. The OBA provides a link between Barker College and its past students, with in excess of 7,500 members.[13] Some notable Barker alumni include:
[edit] Notable alumni
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- Media, entertainment and the arts
- Phillip Noyce - Film director
- Francesca Willis - Model (also attended Abbotsleigh)[14]
- Mike Carlton - 2UE radio presenter
- Simon Fieldhouse - Artist.
- Chris Lilley - Comedian and actor, creator of TV series We Can Be Heroes and Summer Heights High.
- Chris Russell - Judge on the ABC-TV series The New Inventors.
- Sam Littlemore - Record producer and recording artist otherwise known as Sam La More, and previously part of Tonite Only.
- Nick Littlemore - Producer and musician, as a member of electropop band Pnau
- Andrew Bevis - London West End actor
- Hannah Wang - Actress, starred in The Sleepover Club
- Nigel Burley- Artist with the Australian Ballet and the Royal Ballet
- Roger Bevis- Announcer, 97.8 Magic FM Perth
- James West - Journalist, Executive Producer of Hack on Triple J
- Politics, public service and the law
- Philip Ruddock - Former federal immigration minister, attorney-general
- Peter Garrett - former Midnight Oil lead singer; environmentalist; federal Minister for Environment, Heritage and Arts (2008)
- Michael Edwards- Member of Committee for Agricultural Development in the Riverina Region, Wagga Wagga
- Science, medicine and technology
- Douglas Armati - Significant contributor to the foundational ideas that lead to the creation of the Digital Object Identifier (unique identification of digital objects) project created by the Association of American Publishers and the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers [www.doi.org].Contributor to the concept of Digital Rights Management [DRM]. Early member of the InterTrust Technologies team that laid the foundations of this science and the concepts underlying trusted computing.
- Andrew Tridgell - Creator of and contributor to the Samba software file server for linking Windows clients and Unix file server systems, and co-inventor of the rsync algorithm
- Sport
- Ben Darwin - Former Wallaby.
- Cameron Shepherd - former NSW Waratahs, current Western Force (rugby union) and Wallabies fullback.
- Peter Taylor - Former Australian Test and limited-overs cricketer.
- Sue Fear - Mountaineer. First Australian woman to climb Mount Everest. Died while climbing (June 2006) (also attended Abbotsleigh)
- Mitchell Pearce - Sydney Roosters current halfback (Also Attended Marist College North Shore)
- Brendon Cook - International race car driver.
- Luke Tricket - swimmer and husband of Libby Trickett (nee Lenton).
- Lisa Sthalekar - Australian and NSW women's cricketer.
- Kate Blackwell- Australian and NSW women's cricketer.
- Alex Blackwell- Australian and NSW women's cricketer.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Barker College. New South Wales. School Choice (2007). Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
- ^ Home. Barker College: An Anglican School. Barker College. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
- ^ Tuition and Boarding Fees, 2008. Enrolment. Barker College. Retrieved on 2008-02-11.
- ^ a b c Annual Report 2006 (PDF). About Barker. Barker College (2007). Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
- ^ a b c Barker College. Schools. Australian Boarding Schools' Association (2007). Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
- ^ International Members. HMC Schools. The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
- ^ AHISA Schools. New South Wales. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (January 2008). Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
- ^ JSHAA New South Wales Directory of Members. New South Wales Branch. Junior School Heads' Association of Australia (2007). Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
- ^ a b Sport. Co-Curricular. Barker College. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
- ^ a b History of Barker College. About Barker. Barker College. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
- ^ a b c Barker Now. About Barker. Barker College. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
- ^ Aims and Objectives. Vision and Values. Barker College. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
- ^ All About Us. Old Barker Association. Barker College. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
- ^ Duff, Eamonn; Findlay, Tom. "Saucy photo offends school", National, Sydney: The Sun-Herald, 2004-07-04. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
[edit] See also
- List of non-government schools in New South Wales
- List of boarding schools
- Lawrence Campbell Oratory Competition
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