Narangba Valley State High School (NVSHS) is a co-educational, state secondary school in

Narangba Narangba is a town and suburb of the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. It is located 34 km north of Brisbane CBD. This suburb has rural origins, but is being redeveloped as a residential suburb on the outskirts of the greater Bris ...

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. It is one of the newest schools in the state, having only opened on 1 January 2000.

Principals

* Ken Kennedy (2000–2002) * Ross Mackay (2002– 1 August 2014) * Adam Colley (1 August 2014 – 2015) (5 March 2018 – 16 July 2018) * Steven Miskin (16 July 2018 – 15 December 2021) * Kyrra Mickelborough (15 December 2021 – present)

Uniform

The

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for Narangba Valley State High School students varies depending on their year level and the day of the week. On Mondays, students are required to wear their formal uniform. For the juniors (7–9), this consists of a blue

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and navy

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for boys, and a blue

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and navy skirt for girls, while the seniors (10–12) wear a white shirt instead. All senior students (years 10, 11 and 12) are required to wear a senior

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with their formal uniforms, while junior girls wear a crossover tie. Male senior students are only required to wear their tie in terms two and three. During the other four days of the school week, students have a choice of wearing either the formal uniform or the

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sports uniform. This consists of navy shorts as well as a green, navy blue and gold striped shirt for juniors and a predominantly navy blue shirt for seniors.

Academics

Narangba Valley State High School offers schooling from grade 7 (Grade 8 before 2015) through to 12. The school has had a reasonable amount of academic success, with 71% of students receiving an OP of 1 - 15 in 2006, one of the highest scores for state schools in the district.couriermail.com.au Queensland school OPs 2006
/ref> Subjects are offered in a wide range of curriculum areas: Mathematics, English, SOSE, Science, Performing Arts, Life Technology (Home Economics), Design Technology (Manual Arts), ICT and Business, Physical Education,

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) and Visual Arts. As well as these Academic subjects, the school also has a weekly lesson designed to enhance the life skills of the students, known as SGD (Student Growth and Development). Another of these weekly lessons is VAP (Access to Vocational Pathways). In VAP, Year 10 students have been completing a Certificate I in Work Education, adding points towards their Queensland Certificate of Education. In Years 11 and 12, students complete preparation tests for the

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Academy programs

Since 2004 the school has offered extension programs in many subjects. Students are given the opportunity to nominate or be selected for the fast-tracked subjects in Year 8. These programs are offered in a number of different areas. They offer the SMA (Science and Maths Academy) for the more academically excelling students, a music academy, and an

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are being offered as well.

Core subjects

Students who achieve outstanding academic results are selected to take part in these programs. The programs are offered until Year 11, when students are given the opportunity to undertake further courses during their senior years. Academies are offered in

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and SOSE

Performing arts

At the beginning of Year 7, students are asked to audition for either of the three academies:

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and/or

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. These students complete work faster than ordinary classes, and their assessment is expected to be of a higher standard. These academies continue until year 10, where students progress to complete their senior studies. A recent addition to the academy program is Academy Camp and Tour. This involves Academy students preparing and rehearsing a performance, before traveling to a number of local schools and presenting the act.

The P.A.L.A.C.E.

Narangba Valley's Performing Arts and Lifestyle Academic Centre of Excellence is a state of the art hall, that was officially opened in 2005. The facility includes: *1500 seat indoor auditorium *Two full-size basketball courts *Six volleyball courts *Dodgeball courts *Two tennis courts *Four badminton courts *Two netball courts *Two purpose built drama classrooms *Sports gymnasium *Lighting and sound studio *All new stage lighting

Physical education

AFL Academy

The Narangba Valley

Academy has been successful in numerous endeavours. It was the first AFL academy in the state to have female participants. The grade 8 academy students won the statewide Fast Nines competition in 2005 and the Junior (grade 8 and 9) AFL team won the statewide Lion's Cup for 2006. This feat was also achieved by both the Junior and Senior girls teams in 2006. This great triumph was repeated in 2007 by the junior girls team. The boys' and girls' AFL teams have both completed a trip to

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, in 2007 and 2008 respectively, to compete against local school teams. In 2010 the grade 8 girls won Fast Nines.

House system

Narangba Valley has five houses, one of which each student is a member of. Each house is named after an animal: * KIRRAWA (

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. * BIDARA (

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) – named after the

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. * MALOO (

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) – named after the

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. * GARAWI (

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) – named after the

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. * ARINYA (

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) – named after the

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. Over the course of each year, the different houses compete for a number of different championships and shields: * Inter-House Swimming Carnival * Inter-House Athletics Carnival * Champion Sporting House * Champion Service House * Champion Cultural House * Champion Academic House Prior to 2018, four houses were used, named after Australian sportspeople. These were: * FREEMAN (

) – named after runner

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* LAVER (

) – named after tennis player

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* O'NEILL (

) – named after swimmer

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* RAFTER (

) – named after tennis player

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Extracurricular activities

The school's instrumental music program involves a large number of students. The school has a number of different ensembles, which perform at many events, as well as competitions including the Queensland Youth Music Awards. Each year, numerous teams are entered into the QDU

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Competition. Narangba Valley's teams have had reasonable success in recent years, with a number teams progressing into the finals competition. In every other year, the school produces a musical, which contains a large number of students from the performing arts faculty. The following musicals have been produced: * 2004 – Grease * 2006 – Little Shop of Horrors * 2008 –

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* 2010 –

Beauty and the Beast ''Beauty and the Beast'' (french: La Belle et la Bête) is a fairy tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in ''La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins'' ( ...

* 2013 –

Bugsy Malone ''Bugsy Malone'' is a 1976 gangster musical comedy film written and directed by Alan Parker (in his feature film directorial debut). A co-production of United States and United Kingdom, it features an ensemble cast, featuring only child actors ...

* 2015 –

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* 2017 —

Camp Rock ''Camp Rock'' is a 2008 American musical television film directed by Matthew Diamond from a screenplay by Karin Gist, Regina Hicks, Julie Brown, and Paul Brown. The 73rd Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM), the film stars Demi Lovato, Joe ...

* 2019 –

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References

External links

Narangba Valley State High School Homepage
{{Authority control Public high schools in Queensland Schools in South East Queensland Educational institutions established in 2000 2000 establishments in Australia

Principals

Uniform

Academics

Academy programs

Core subjects

Performing arts

The P.A.L.A.C.E.

Physical education

AFL Academy

House system

Extracurricular activities

See also

References

External links