Matthew Flinders Anglican College
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Matthew Flinders Anglican College (MFAC) is an independent, co-educational day school located on Queensland's Sunshine Coast in Buderim, approximately 90 kilometres (55.9 mi) north of Brisbane. It has grown from an enrolment of 160 students in its foundation year, 1990, to over 1200 today. It includes a Primary School (Preparatory to Year 6) and a Secondary School (Years 7 to 12). The school is associated with the Anglican Church of Australia
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Outstanding Overall Position
and NAPLAN
results have seen Flinders named in local, state and national media as one of the top 100 schools in Australia, top 10 schools in Queensland and highest-achieving school on the Sunshine Coast.
The adjacent Flinders Early Learning Centre (FELC) was officially opened in 2007. MFAC offers an extensive co-curricular program and facilities include numerous computer labs, sports center and extensive music and drama department.
Primary
Secondary:
Anglican Church of Australia
The Anglican Church of Australia is a member church of the Anglican Communion. It was previously officially known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania...
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Outstanding Overall Position
Overall Position
The Overall Position is a tertiary entrance rank used in the Australian state of Queensland for selection into universities. Like similar systems used throughout the rest of Australia, the OP shows how well a student has performed in their senior secondary studies compared to all other OP-eligible...
and NAPLAN
NAPLAN
NAPLAN, or National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy, is a battery of tests administered to Australian students. These standardized tests assess students' reading, writing, language , and numeracy, and are administered by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting...
results have seen Flinders named in local, state and national media as one of the top 100 schools in Australia, top 10 schools in Queensland and highest-achieving school on the Sunshine Coast.
The adjacent Flinders Early Learning Centre (FELC) was officially opened in 2007. MFAC offers an extensive co-curricular program and facilities include numerous computer labs, sports center and extensive music and drama department.
Music
The Music Department (ground floor H Block) has two orchestral rehearsal rooms, a computer lab, eight solo to quartet practise rooms, a locker room, a lendable instrumental storage room and department office. There are five class music teachers and 24 private instrumental teachers. In Year 3 students learn to play the recorder, and in Year 4 are given a choice of either Violin, Viola or Cello. Every alterate year a major musical is staged, usually at the Caloundra Civic Cultural Centre. Every other year a minor performance is put on at the Flinders Stage. The Year 6 (formerly Year 7) musical is performed every year at the Flinders Stage. The school has ten musical groups - three string orchestras, three chorales and four wind ensembles.Houses
The Students are divided into 4 (primary) or 8 (secondary) houses, each named after a notable Australian:Primary
- Freeman: Named after the Olympian Cathy FreemanCathy FreemanCatherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman, OAM is former Australian sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame.Freeman was the first ever Aboriginal...
. Colour Silver - Milton: Named after the Paralympic skier Michael MiltonMichael MiltonMichael John Milton, OAM is an Australian Winter Paralympic skier and cyclist. He lost a leg to bone cancer when he was nine years old...
. Colour White - Rafter: Named after the Tennis Player Patrick RafterPatrick RafterPatrick "Pat" Michael Rafter is an Australian former World No. 1 tennis player. He twice won the men's singles title at the US Open and was twice the runner-up at Wimbledon. Rafter was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006. He was known for his natural serve-and-volley style of...
. Colour Navy - Thomas: Named after the Swimmer Patria Thomas. Colour Jade
Secondary:
- Bradman: Named after the Cricketer Sir Donald Bradman. Colour Navy. Mascot: Bat
- Chisholm: Named after the Humanitarian Caroline ChisholmCaroline ChisholmCaroline Chisholm was a progressive 19th-century English humanitarian known mostly for her involvement with female immigrant welfare in Australia. She is commemorated on 16 May in the Calendar of saints of the Church of England...
. Colour White. Mascot: Shark - Helpmann: Named after the Dancer Sir Robert Helpmann. Colour Gold. Mascot: Tiger
- Mawson: Named after the Explorer Douglas MawsonDouglas MawsonSir Douglas Mawson, OBE, FRS, FAA was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and Academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton, Mawson was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.-Early work:He was appointed geologist to an...
. Colour Silver. Mascot: - McCubbin: Named after the Artist Frederick McCubbinFrederick McCubbinFrederick McCubbin was an Australian painter who was prominent in the Heidelberg School, one of the more important periods in Australia's visual arts history....
. Colour Maroon. Mascot: - Oliphant: Named after the Physicist Mark OliphantMark OliphantSir Marcus 'Mark' Laurence Elwin Oliphant, AC, KBE, FRS was an Australian physicist and humanitarian who played a fundamental role in the first experimental demonstration of nuclear fusion and also the development of the atomic bomb.During his retirement, Oliphant was appointed as the Governor of...
. Colour Red. Mascot: - Sutherland: Named after the Opera singer Dame Joan Sutherland. Colour Aqua. Mascot:
- Thiele: Named after the Author Colin ThieleColin ThieleColin Milton Thiele, AC was an Australian author and educator. He was renowned for his award-winning children's fiction, most notably the novels Storm Boy, Blue Fin, the Sun on the Stubble series, and February Dragon.- Biography :Thiele was born in Eudunda in South Australia to a Barossa German...
. Colour Jade. Mascot: Turtle