Bundaberg Christian College

Bundaberg Christian College
Location
Bundaberg, QLD
Australia
Information
Type Private
Motto Education with Wisdom
Established 1996[1]
Principal Paul Sterling[2]
Enrolment 584
Campus 234 Ashfield Road, 4670
Colour(s) Navy Blue, Pacific Aqua          
Website www.bcc.net.au

Bundaberg Christian College is a Kindergarten to Year 12 school in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia.[3]

The school was established in 1996 and has 100+ staff members and 800+ students.

It has recently installed largest hybrid solar system in Australia with an 170KW panel system and additional batteries.[4]

Cultural

Bundaberg Christian College has been involved in many cultural events including eisteddfods and sporting events. The school has many bands including Junior, Senior, Year 5 and Stage, many choirs including Junior, Senior and Voiceworx and many orchestras including Junior, Senior, Year 4 and Year 8 Chamber. A stringed instrument is compulsory in Year 4 and a brass or woodwind in Year 5. In Year 6+ students have the option of learning percussion instruments.

Discipline

The school had a policy of corporal punishment until mid-2012, making it one of the last schools in Queensland to use this form of discipline.[5] Paddling or caning was given for "serious verbal or physical abuse, theft or misbehaviour".[6] In 2008 the school's paddle was used, with parental agreement, on 10 occasions.[7]

See also

Notes

  1. Principal’s Welcome, Bundaberg Christian College website.
  2. Bundaberg Christian College, Australian Government training website.
  3. Bundaberg Christian College, Bundaberg Regional Council website.
  4. Wetering, Jodie. "Australia's largest hybrid solar installation goes live at Bundaberg school". ABC news. ABC news. Retrieved 20/3/15. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  5. "BCC's ban on violent punishment of students "too late"". NewsMail. Bundaberg. 13 July 2013.
  6. "Prospectus 2009" (PDF). Bundaberg Christian College.
  7. Pavey, Ainsley (29 March 2009). "Teachers given cane go-ahead at Bundaberg Christian College". The Sunday Mail. Brisbane.

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Coordinates: 24°52′04.52″S 152°24′24.83″E / 24.8679222°S 152.4068972°E / -24.8679222; 152.4068972


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