Barrenjoey High School

Barrenjoey High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Avalon Beach, a suburb in the Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Barrenjoey High School
Location
Barrenjoey High School
Avalon Beach, Northern Beaches,
Sydney, New South Wales

Australia
Coordinates33°37′51″S 151°20′3″E
Information
TypeGovernment-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
MottoRespect Effort Challenge
Established1968 (1968)
School districtPittwater; Metropolitan North
Educational authorityNSW Department of Education
PrincipalIan Bowsher[1]
Years7–12
Enrolment~700[2] (2018)
CampusSuburban
Houses
  •       Akuna
  •       Tingara
  •       Iluka
  •       Maluka
Colour(s)Green, red, white and black
                
NewspaperPeninsula Press
Websitebarrenjoey-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

Established in 1968, the school catered for approximately 700 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, including one percent of whom identified as Indigenous Australians and eight percent were from a language background other than English.[2] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is Ian Bowsher.[1]

Overview

The first student intake was in 1968 with a single grade (known at the time as 'Form 1') which formally graduated from the school in 1973. The inaugural graduating year of 1973 remains close-knit and has recently held a reunion with an outstanding number of students in attendance (more than 70, close to 40 years after last seeing each other).

The location of the school right at the beach lends itself to many curricular and non-curricular beach activities.

Over ensuing years, the school has grown in enrolments to its current level, necessitating expansion of the campus and construction of additional facilities.

Barrenjoey's feeder primary schools include Avalon Public School, Bilgola Plateau Public School and a few other schools in the local area.

There appears to be a trend towards increasing achievement at the school, with the class of 2008 achieving 150 Band 6 results in a range of subjects in the NSW Higher School Certificate. This trend has continued through to 2014, where the class achieved over 170 Band 6 results.

House system

In 2009, Barrenjoey High School introduced the house system. Students are placed into one of the four houses in Year 7. The houses are made up in alphabetical order, according to students last name. The four houses are named Maluka (blue), Akuna (yellow), Iluka (red) and Tingara (green). Students can win 'house points' through various activities including receiving merit certificates and participating in school carnivals. But, by the end of 2018, this system had been terminated.

Community involvement

Barrenjoey High School is actively involved in the Avalon community. The SRC chooses a charity each year to support, in previous years they have supported:

Various teachers have participated in Movember in 2014 and 2015, raising over $2,700 towards prostate cancer and testicular cancer research. Their team is called Barrenmoey.[3]

Notable alumni
  • Nina Curtis – sailor; silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics
  • Chelsea Georgeson – world surfing champion
  • Lyndall Gerlach – archer; Australian and New South Wales champion
  • Sam Harris – rugby union and rugby league player; played with the NSW Waratahs, Manly Sea Eagles and Wests Tigers
  • Dr Mark Howden – chief research scientist at CSIRO
  • Dr Shane Oliver – chief economist at AMP
  • Ben Player – world-champion bodyboarder
  • Angus Stone – musician
  • Julia Stone – musician
  • Wendy Sharpe – artist; winner of the 1996 Archibald Prize
  • Professor Richard Whittington – veterinarian and academic
  • Sam Verrills – rugby league player
  • Dr Rebecca Johnson - Chief Scientist Smithsonian Institution Museum Washington DC
  • Caelib Reading - Most handsome student in the State

See also

References
  1. "Welcome". Barrenjoey HS Website. Barrenjoey HS. Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
  2. "Barrenjoey High School, Avalon Beach, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123928/http://au.movember.com/team/1606381


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