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Trinity Grammar School (New South Wales)
Trinity Grammar School is a multi-campus independent Anglican single-sex early learning, primary and secondary day school for boys, in inner-western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The main campus in provides a comprehensive education to students from Year 7 to Year 12; the campus in provides a comprehensive education to early learning and primary school students, from Kindergarten to Year 6; and outdoor education facilities are located at Woollamia on the NSW South Coast. The school previously enrolled boarders until the end of 2019. Founded in 1913 by George Chambers at Dulwich Hill, the school has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 2,000 (during 2007)students. The Headmaster of Trinity Grammar School is Timothy Bowden. Trinity is affiliated with the International Boys' Schools Coalition (IBSC), the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), The Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHA), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soli Deo Gloria
' (S.D.G.) is a Latin term for Glory to God alone. It has been used by artists like Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, and Christoph Graupner to signify that the work was produced for the sake of praising God in Christianity, God. The phrase has become one of the five solae propounded to summarise the Reformers' basic beliefs during the Protestant Reformation. As a greeting, it was used by monks in Cistercians, Cistercian and Trappists, Trappist monastic orders in written communication. As a doctrine, it means that everything is done for God's glory to the exclusion of mankind's self-glorification and pride. Christians are to be motivated and inspired by God's glory and not their own. Meaning and related terms ' (abbreviated S. D. G.) is usually translated ''glory to God alone'', but some translate it ''glory to the only God''. A similar phrase is found in the Vulgate translation of the Bible: "" in 1 Timothy 1:17. The verse reads differently in Greek and Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outdoor Education
Outdoor education is organized learning that takes place in the outdoors, such as during school camping trips. Outdoor education programs sometimes involve residential or quest, journey wilderness-based experiences which engage participants in a variety of adventurous challenges and outdoor activities such as hiking, climbing, canoeing, ropes courses and group-dynamic game, group games. Outdoor education draws upon the philosophy, theory, and practices of experiential education and environmental education. Scope Outdoor education has diverse goals and practices, but is often described as learning about, in, and through the outdoors. Definitions Outdoor education can be defined as ''experiential learning in, for, or about the outdoors''. The term "outdoor education", however, is used broadly to refer to a range of organized activities that take place in a variety of ways in predominantly outdoor environments. Common definitions of outdoor education are difficult to achieve beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year 7
Year 7 is an educational year group in schools in many countries including England, Wales, Australia and New Zealand. It is the seventh full year (or eighth in Australia and England) of compulsory education and is roughly equivalent to grade 6 in the United States and Canada (or to grade 7 for the Australian Year 7). Children in this year are between 11 and 12. Australia In Australia, Year 7 is the seventh year of compulsory education and the first year of secondary school (high school). Children entering are generally aged from 12–13, and leave around 17–18 years old. Students will experience more teachers, usually a teacher per subject, in contrast to the fewer number of teachers they had throughout the year in primary school. Subjects in Year 7 include English; Mathematics; Science; Creative Arts; Humanities and Social Sciences; Languages; Personal development, Health and Physical education; and technologies. Year 7s will also experience their 3rd and 2nd last NAPLAN t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comprehensive Education
Comprehensive may refer to: * Comprehensive layout, the page layout of a proposed design as initially presented by the designer to a client. *Comprehensive school A comprehensive school is a secondary school for pupils aged 11–16 or 11–18, that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast to a selective school system where admission is restricted on the basis ..., a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. * Comprehensive examination, an exam taken in some countries by graduates. {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Church Of Australia
The Anglican Church of Australia, originally known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania, is a Christian church in Australia and an autonomous church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. In 2016, responding to a peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Anglican Studies, ''Journal of Anglican Studies'' by Cambridge University Press, the Anglican Church of Australia reported that it had 4,865,328 total baptised members. According to the 2021 Australian census, 2021 Census, 2.5 million Australians (9.8% of the population) self-identified as Anglicans. It is the second largest church in Australia after the Roman Catholicism in Australia, Roman Catholic Church. For much of Australian history since the arrival of the First Fleet in January 1788, the church was the largest religious denomination. In recent times, however, Anglicanism in Australia has mirrored the steep decline in church membership and attendance experienced in many first-world nations. The church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent School
A private school or independent school is a school not administered or funded by the government, unlike a State school, public school. Private schools are schools that are not dependent upon national or local government to finance their financial endowment. Unless privately owned they typically have a board of governors and have a system of governance that ensures their independent operation. Private schools retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students for Tuition payments, tuition, rather than relying on taxation through public (government) funding; at some private schools students may be eligible for a scholarship, lowering this tuition fee, dependent on a student's talents or abilities (e.g., sports scholarship, art scholarship, academic scholarship), need for financial aid, or Scholarship Tax Credit, tax credit scholarships that might be available. Roughly one in 10 U.S. families have chosen to enroll their childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Old Trinitarians
This is a list of Old Trinitarians, they being notable alumni – known as "Old Trinitarians" of the Anglican Church school, Trinity Grammar School, Sydney in Summer Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Business * Andrew Bruce Gordon – Executive Chairman of the WIN Corporation Pty Ltd; Ranked 891 on ''The World's Billionaires 2007'' (also attended Saltus Grammar School) * David Warren AO – inventor of the flight data recorder (also attended Launceston Church Grammar School) *Daniel Nour – Young Australian of the Year 2022. *Alex Connolly – Co-Founder and CTO of Immutable; 2022 Australian Financial Review Young Rich List member *Peter Freedman AM – Co-Founder of Røde Microphones; billionaire; 2023 Financial Review Rich List member Entertainment, media and the arts * Nick Adams – attended school as Nick Adamopoulos, US based author and commentator * John Antill – composer (also attended St Andrew's Cathedral School) * Gary Catalano – poet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Primary School Heads Of Australia
The Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHA) formerly Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), is an Incorporation (business), incorporated body representing the heads of independent primary schools in Australia. Officially established in September 1952, the Association is broken into state branches, with six offices across Australia. The organisation currently has a membership of nearly 380 Full Members, 60 Associate and Life Members and 23 Overseas Members. Combined, the member schools employ around 6,000 people, and are responsible for educating about 100,000 primary aged children. History The IPSHA evolved largely from informal gatherings of New South Wales headmasters, which called itself the Junior Schools' Conference. The Organisation was established in 1952, when a conference was held at Cranbrook School Sydney, Cranbrook School, Sydney, where a constitution was agreed upon for the establishment of the Junior Schools' Conference of Australia. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combined Associated Schools
The Associated Schools of NSW Inc, most commonly referred to as the Committee of Associated Schools (CAS), is a group of six independent schools located in Sydney, which share common interests, ethics, educational philosophy and contest sporting events between themselves. In addition, CAS members often compete with members of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (GPS) and members of the Independent Schools Association (ISA). History The CAS was initiated in 1928 by Knox Grammar School's first headmaster, Neil MacNeil, when he proposed an association with Barker College, Cranbrook School, Trinity Grammar School, All Saints' College and St Aloysius' College. The association was formed in 1929 to provide sporting and co-curricular competition with the foundation members being the above schools with the exception of All Saints', who were not mentioned again. Waverley College had its application of June 1929 deferred until it finally joine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junior School Heads Association Of Australia
The Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHA) formerly Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), is an incorporated body representing the heads of independent primary schools in Australia. Officially established in September 1952, the Association is broken into state branches, with six offices across Australia. The organisation currently has a membership of nearly 380 Full Members, 60 Associate and Life Members and 23 Overseas Members. Combined, the member schools employ around 6,000 people, and are responsible for educating about 100,000 primary aged children. History The IPSHA evolved largely from informal gatherings of New South Wales headmasters, which called itself the Junior Schools' Conference. The Organisation was established in 1952, when a conference was held at Cranbrook School, Sydney, where a constitution was agreed upon for the establishment of the Junior Schools' Conference of Australia. The organisation holds biennial conferences, which a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K–12 (education)
K–12, from kindergarten to 12th grade, is an English language expression that indicates the range of years of publicly supported primary and secondary education found in the United States and Canada, which is similar to publicly supported school grades before tertiary education in several other countries, such as Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, China, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Iran, the Philippines, South Korea, and Turkey. K–12 refers to the American system which affords authority to local intersectional "districts" which may be specific to a municipality, county, or several regions, depending on population and proximity. History Australia In Australia, P–12 is sometimes used in place of K–12, particularly in Queensland, where it is used as an official term in the curriculum framework. P–12 schools serve children for the thirteen years from prep until Year 12, without including the separate kindergarten component. Canada In Canada (Nova Scotia), P–12 is used common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
