Lyndhurst Secondary College is a co-educational secondary school

Secondary school

Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...

, located in Cranbourne North, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia

Australia

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, which is approximately 40 km south east of Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

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History

Founded in 1988 as Cranbourne Meadows Technical School

Technical school

Technical school is a general term used for two-year college which provide mostly employment-preparation skills for trained labor, such as welding, culinary arts and office management.-Associations supporting technical schools:...

, the curriculum consisted mainly of technical classes, such as Automotive, Textiles, Wood & Metal Work, Ceramics, Home Economics and more. When technical schools began to fall out of use, the school changed its name to Lyndhurst Secondary College.

School profile

Lyndhurst's student body consists of around 1100 students from Year 7 to Year 12.

The School Colors are based on uniform colors, blue and white. For sporting activities, students are divided into houses

House system

The house system is a traditional feature of British schools, and schools in the Commonwealth. Historically, it was associated with established public schools, where a 'house' refers to a boarding house or dormitory of a boarding school...

. These houses and their colors are: Red - Hale, White - Sayers, Green - Kettner, Gold - Flintoff.