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:''For other schools of a similar name, see Methodist Ladies' College.''
'MLC School' is an independent, non-selective, day school for girls', in Burwood, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1886 as a school of the Methodist Church of Australasia, MLC currently caters for approximately 1250 students from Kindergarten to year 12, and is now a Uniting Church of Australia school.
MLC is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS),[4] the Alliance of Girls Schools Australia,[5] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),[6] and the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA).[7]
MLC has been an IB World School since August 1999. The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, is a rigorous two-year international university matriculation course undertaken in Years 11 and 12 as an alternative the New South Wales Higher School Certificate.
MLC School opened with 10 students in January, 1886 as "'Wesleyan Ladies College'" - five years after women had first gained admission to the University of Sydney. The Sydney Morning Herald announced the impending school opening, and wrote of the School ''making provision for those who wish to prepare for university honours.''
The school colours and crest were chosen after the opening of the school. The colours - bands of dark blue around a band of pale blue were chosen for Oxford and Cambridge, and the crest comprises the book of learning and the star of knowledge. The school motto was also chosen from the Vulgate, "Ut filiae lucis ambulate" meaning, “Walk as daughters of the Light.”
In 1942, four house names were chosen, the aboriginal words -
Mooramoora: good spirit (green)
Leawarra: uprising (violet)
Churunga: sacred place (gold)
Booralee: an ideal to which we must aspire (red)
The colours were chosen to combine with the indigo and light blue of the school colours to create white light, to echo the school motto.
Currently, the school has 10 houses. These, in addition to the ones above are: Whitley, Sutton, Prescott, Wade, Lester, and Abbeythorpe. They are all named after notable persons that taught at the school. Abbeythorpe House takes its name from one of the original homes on the school site, which was for many years the Junior School until it was demolished.
The school song "Here in this house" consists of lyrics by Poet Laureate John Masefield set to music by Australian Composer Lindley Evans.
In 1899, the name of the school was changed to "'Burwood Ladies’ College'", and changed again in 1907 to "'Methodist Ladies’ College'" (M.L.C.) . When the Uniting Church in Australia was formed in 1977, the school became known as "'MLC School Burwood'".
MLC took in boarders until 1977, when a fire in June of that year burned down much of the boarders rooms, dining room, offices and classrooms. Thankfully no students were in the area as it was during the school holidays. Apparently thieves decided to steal items from the dining room and then burned it down to get rid of their tracks. Building works completed in 1981 added the current Chapel(former dining room), Art and music studios and drama theatre to the school.
The music centre was completed for the school Centenary year in 1986. In 2003, the MLC Aquatic Centre was opened. It contains a swimming pool which kids of all ages are welcome to learn how to swim.It also features a gymnasium on the right hand side of the pool.
In terms of Inter-School competitions, girls are able to compete on two levels.
Primary School sport with schools in the Junior School Heads' Association of Australia (JSHAA) takes place on Saturday mornings. Some of the sports offered include:
★ Tee-Ball/Softball
★ Tennis
★ Netball
★ Cricket
★ Minkey/Hockey
★ Soccer
Secondary School sport with schools in the Independent Girls' Schools' Sporting Association (IGSSA) competition occurs on Saturday mornings and covers such sports as :
★ Softball
★ Tennis
★ Athletics
★ Cross Country
★ Cross Country - City to Surf
★ Gymnastics (IGGSA)
The second level is part of the NSW Combined Independent Schools' (CIS) competition. This allows girls the opportunity to represent their state and their country in the above sports.
In Kent House (The junior school) the houses are:
Mooramoora (light green)
Leawarra (purple)
Churunga (yellow)
Booralee (red)
Also if you look closely at the beginning letter of each of these houses you will find that they read "MLC B(Burwood)"
In the Senior School the houses are:
Abbeythorpe (dark green)
Prescott (blue)
Wade (aqua)
Whitley (maroon)
Lester (orange)
Sutton (pink)
Booralee (red)
Leawarra (purple)
Churunga (yellow)
Mooramoora (light green)
(Plus the junior houses)
★ Rev. C. J. Prescott 1886 - ?
★ Miss E Shiels 1886-1887
★ Miss Minnie Wearne 1887-1909
★ Miss Jessie Heatherington 1909-1912
★ Miss Mabel Sutton 1912-1940
★ Dr Gloadys Wade 1941-1959
★ Dr Alice Whitley 1960-1972
★ Rev Kenneth Cornwell 1973-1989
★ Mrs Barbara Stone 1990-current[8]
== Notable Alumnae ==
;Academic
★ Kate Brennan - Rhodes Scholar (2007)[9]
★ Janis Milburn - Educator, Headmistress of New England Girls' School
;Entertainment, Media and the Arts
★ Helen Joyce Haenke - Poet and playwright.[10]
★ Annika Kaban - Australian Vogue Model
★ Chrissie Rose - Former co-host of defunct television program 'Girl TV'
★ Yoko Shimizu - Producer for Channel 7's breakfast news program 'Sunrise'
★ Nikki Webster - Singer, Actress, Dancer, Contestant on 'Dancing With the Stars'
;Medicine and Science
★ Phyllis Margery Anderson - Pathologist.[11]
★ Freida Ruth Heighway - Gynaecologist.[12]
;Politics and Law
★ Marla Pearlman - Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court
;Sport
★ Penelope Blackmore - Commonwealth Games Rhythmic Gymnast
★ Lorraine Crapp - Olympic diver and swimmer in the 1960s
★ Felicity Galvez - Olympic Swimmer
★ Elizabeth Kell - Australian Rower
★ Taniele Gofers - member of the Australian Women's Water Polo Team
MLC's 'brother school' is Newington College at Stanmore, a Uniting Church Day and Boarding School for Boys.
MLC's 'sister school' is Ravenswood School for Girls at Gordon, a Uniting Church Day and Boarding School for Girls.
Nearby schools include:
★ Trinity Grammar School, Summer Hill
★ Newington College, Stanmore
★ Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney, Croydon
★ Santa Sabina College, Strathfield
★ Sydney Adventist College, Strathfield
★ Meriden, An Anglican School for Girls, Strathfield.
1. MLC School Fees 2007 (accessed:08-05-2007)
2. MLC School Facts and Figures 2007 (accessed:08-08-2006)
3. MLC School Annual Report 2006 (accessed:17-07-2007)
4. Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (accessed:08-08-2007)
5. The Alliance of Girls Schools Australasia: Member Schools (accessed:08-08-2007)
6. JSHAA New South Wales Directory of Members (accessed:08-08-2007)
7. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (accessed:08-08-2007)
8. Heads of New South Wales Independent Girls' Schools (accessed:23-07-2007)
9. "NSW Rhodes Scholars" — University of Sydney list, (retrieved 27 June 2007)
10. Australian Dictionary of Biography (1996). [1].
11. Australian Dictionary of Biography (1979). [2].
12. Australian Dictionary of Biography (1993). [3].
★ Delyse Anthony, 'Haenke, Helen Joyce (1916 - 1978)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 14, Melbourne University Press, 1996, pp 350-351.
★ Moira Scollay, 'Anderson, Phyllis Margery (1901 - 1957)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7, Melbourne University Press, 1979, p. 61.
★ Ronald Elmslie, Susan Nance, 'Abbie, Andrew Arthur (1905 - 1976)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, Melbourne University Press, 1993, pp 1-2.
★ List of Non-Government schools in New South Wales
★ International Baccalaureate
★ Head of the River (New South Wales)
★ MLC School website
★ The Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools
★ Uniting Church in Australia Website
'MLC School' is an independent, non-selective, day school for girls', in Burwood, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1886 as a school of the Methodist Church of Australasia, MLC currently caters for approximately 1250 students from Kindergarten to year 12, and is now a Uniting Church of Australia school.
MLC is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS),[4] the Alliance of Girls Schools Australia,[5] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),[6] and the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA).[7]
MLC has been an IB World School since August 1999. The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, is a rigorous two-year international university matriculation course undertaken in Years 11 and 12 as an alternative the New South Wales Higher School Certificate.
| Contents |
| History |
| Sport |
| Houses |
| Principals |
| Associated schools |
| Neighbour schools |
| References |
| See also |
| External links |
History
MLC School opened with 10 students in January, 1886 as "'Wesleyan Ladies College'" - five years after women had first gained admission to the University of Sydney. The Sydney Morning Herald announced the impending school opening, and wrote of the School ''making provision for those who wish to prepare for university honours.''
The school colours and crest were chosen after the opening of the school. The colours - bands of dark blue around a band of pale blue were chosen for Oxford and Cambridge, and the crest comprises the book of learning and the star of knowledge. The school motto was also chosen from the Vulgate, "Ut filiae lucis ambulate" meaning, “Walk as daughters of the Light.”
In 1942, four house names were chosen, the aboriginal words -
Mooramoora: good spirit (green)
Leawarra: uprising (violet)
Churunga: sacred place (gold)
Booralee: an ideal to which we must aspire (red)
The colours were chosen to combine with the indigo and light blue of the school colours to create white light, to echo the school motto.
Currently, the school has 10 houses. These, in addition to the ones above are: Whitley, Sutton, Prescott, Wade, Lester, and Abbeythorpe. They are all named after notable persons that taught at the school. Abbeythorpe House takes its name from one of the original homes on the school site, which was for many years the Junior School until it was demolished.
The school song "Here in this house" consists of lyrics by Poet Laureate John Masefield set to music by Australian Composer Lindley Evans.
In 1899, the name of the school was changed to "'Burwood Ladies’ College'", and changed again in 1907 to "'Methodist Ladies’ College'" (M.L.C.) . When the Uniting Church in Australia was formed in 1977, the school became known as "'MLC School Burwood'".
MLC took in boarders until 1977, when a fire in June of that year burned down much of the boarders rooms, dining room, offices and classrooms. Thankfully no students were in the area as it was during the school holidays. Apparently thieves decided to steal items from the dining room and then burned it down to get rid of their tracks. Building works completed in 1981 added the current Chapel(former dining room), Art and music studios and drama theatre to the school.
The music centre was completed for the school Centenary year in 1986. In 2003, the MLC Aquatic Centre was opened. It contains a swimming pool which kids of all ages are welcome to learn how to swim.It also features a gymnasium on the right hand side of the pool.
Sport
In terms of Inter-School competitions, girls are able to compete on two levels.
Primary School sport with schools in the Junior School Heads' Association of Australia (JSHAA) takes place on Saturday mornings. Some of the sports offered include:
★ Tee-Ball/Softball
★ Tennis
★ Netball
★ Cricket
★ Minkey/Hockey
★ Soccer
Secondary School sport with schools in the Independent Girls' Schools' Sporting Association (IGSSA) competition occurs on Saturday mornings and covers such sports as :
★ Softball
★ Tennis
★ Athletics
★ Cross Country
★ Cross Country - City to Surf
★ Gymnastics (IGGSA)
The second level is part of the NSW Combined Independent Schools' (CIS) competition. This allows girls the opportunity to represent their state and their country in the above sports.
Houses
In Kent House (The junior school) the houses are:
Mooramoora (light green)
Leawarra (purple)
Churunga (yellow)
Booralee (red)
Also if you look closely at the beginning letter of each of these houses you will find that they read "MLC B(Burwood)"
In the Senior School the houses are:
Abbeythorpe (dark green)
Prescott (blue)
Wade (aqua)
Whitley (maroon)
Lester (orange)
Sutton (pink)
Booralee (red)
Leawarra (purple)
Churunga (yellow)
Mooramoora (light green)
(Plus the junior houses)
Principals
★ Rev. C. J. Prescott 1886 - ?
★ Miss E Shiels 1886-1887
★ Miss Minnie Wearne 1887-1909
★ Miss Jessie Heatherington 1909-1912
★ Miss Mabel Sutton 1912-1940
★ Dr Gloadys Wade 1941-1959
★ Dr Alice Whitley 1960-1972
★ Rev Kenneth Cornwell 1973-1989
★ Mrs Barbara Stone 1990-current[8]
== Notable Alumnae ==
;Academic
★ Kate Brennan - Rhodes Scholar (2007)[9]
★ Janis Milburn - Educator, Headmistress of New England Girls' School
;Entertainment, Media and the Arts
★ Helen Joyce Haenke - Poet and playwright.[10]
★ Annika Kaban - Australian Vogue Model
★ Chrissie Rose - Former co-host of defunct television program 'Girl TV'
★ Yoko Shimizu - Producer for Channel 7's breakfast news program 'Sunrise'
★ Nikki Webster - Singer, Actress, Dancer, Contestant on 'Dancing With the Stars'
;Medicine and Science
★ Phyllis Margery Anderson - Pathologist.[11]
★ Freida Ruth Heighway - Gynaecologist.[12]
;Politics and Law
★ Marla Pearlman - Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court
;Sport
★ Penelope Blackmore - Commonwealth Games Rhythmic Gymnast
★ Lorraine Crapp - Olympic diver and swimmer in the 1960s
★ Felicity Galvez - Olympic Swimmer
★ Elizabeth Kell - Australian Rower
★ Taniele Gofers - member of the Australian Women's Water Polo Team
Associated schools
MLC's 'brother school' is Newington College at Stanmore, a Uniting Church Day and Boarding School for Boys.
MLC's 'sister school' is Ravenswood School for Girls at Gordon, a Uniting Church Day and Boarding School for Girls.
Neighbour schools
Nearby schools include:
★ Trinity Grammar School, Summer Hill
★ Newington College, Stanmore
★ Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney, Croydon
★ Santa Sabina College, Strathfield
★ Sydney Adventist College, Strathfield
★ Meriden, An Anglican School for Girls, Strathfield.
References
1. MLC School Fees 2007 (accessed:08-05-2007)
2. MLC School Facts and Figures 2007 (accessed:08-08-2006)
3. MLC School Annual Report 2006 (accessed:17-07-2007)
4. Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (accessed:08-08-2007)
5. The Alliance of Girls Schools Australasia: Member Schools (accessed:08-08-2007)
6. JSHAA New South Wales Directory of Members (accessed:08-08-2007)
7. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (accessed:08-08-2007)
8. Heads of New South Wales Independent Girls' Schools (accessed:23-07-2007)
9. "NSW Rhodes Scholars" — University of Sydney list, (retrieved 27 June 2007)
10. Australian Dictionary of Biography (1996). [1].
11. Australian Dictionary of Biography (1979). [2].
12. Australian Dictionary of Biography (1993). [3].
★ Delyse Anthony, 'Haenke, Helen Joyce (1916 - 1978)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 14, Melbourne University Press, 1996, pp 350-351.
★ Moira Scollay, 'Anderson, Phyllis Margery (1901 - 1957)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7, Melbourne University Press, 1979, p. 61.
★ Ronald Elmslie, Susan Nance, 'Abbie, Andrew Arthur (1905 - 1976)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, Melbourne University Press, 1993, pp 1-2.
See also
★ List of Non-Government schools in New South Wales
★ International Baccalaureate
★ Head of the River (New South Wales)
External links
★ MLC School website
★ The Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools
★ Uniting Church in Australia Website
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