Newcastle Grammar School | |
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Location | |
Hunter Region Newcastle, New South Wales, 2300 Australia |
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Coordinates | 32°55′47″S 151°46′50″E / 32.92972°S 151.78056°ECoordinates: 32°55′47″S 151°46′50″E / 32.92972°S 151.78056°E |
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Type | Independent, Co-educational, Day school |
Motto |
Latin: Spectemur Agendo (Let us be judged by our actions) |
Established | 1859 |
Status | Open |
Chairman | Keith Lynch |
Head of school | Erica Thomas |
Teaching staff | >90 |
Years offered | Pre-school – Year 12 |
Enrolment | >740 |
Campus |
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Campus type | Urban |
Houses | |
Colour(s) | Blue & Burgundy |
Slogan | "Towards a Brighter Future" |
Website | www |
Entrance to Newcastle Grammar School at Hill Campus |
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Newcastle Grammar School Hill Campus |
Newcastle Grammar School is an independent, co-educational, non-selective, non-denominational, Anglican-affiliated day school in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1859 as the Newcastle Boys' Grammar School, Newcastle Grammar School is now one of the longest established schools in the region and the leading independent coeducational day school with over 800 students and staff from Pre-school to Year 12. Students attend Newcastle Grammar School from all over the Hunter Region, with a small contingent from country New South Wales and overseas.
Newcastle Grammar is affiliated with the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), the Association of Independent Schools of New South Wales (AISNSW) and Hunter Region Independent Schools (HRIS).
Newcastle Grammar School is situated on two campuses.
Located 2 km (1.2 mi) from the Hill Campus, this Campus features a Pre-school that caters for children in the year before Kindergarten, library, music room and computer rooms. The Sandi Warren Performance Centre is used for musical and dramatic productions, assemblies, physical education lessons, lectures and dinners.Park Campus is on Union and Corlette street and is across from a national park which has many sports facilities like netball/basketball courts.
Located on The Hill overlooking the city of Newcastle and the beaches, this campus caters for students from Years 5 to 12 in a mix of historic and modern buildings.
The Holland building hold two lockers rooms, for Tyrell and Shortland, while Parnell holds Macquarie and the canteen area holds Hunters.
In year 5&6, there is a music program where students are allowed to try various Brass and woodwind instruments, including the French horn, trumpet, clarinet, flute and saxophone or can continue the string instruments learned in year 3&4, at the park campus. If students wish to continue these instruments, the can get private lessons in the music basement, during school or after school, by professional music teachers.