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| Location | |
| Armidale, NSW Australia | |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent |
| Motto | Absque Deo nihil ' Without God, Nothing' |
| Established | 1894 |
| Headmaster | Mr Murray Guest |
| Chaplain | Rev Richard Newton |
| Grades | T–12 |
| Enrolment | 400 |
| Campus | 25ha |
| Colour(s) | Navy Blue and straw |
| Affiliations | Anglican, GPS |
| Website | www.as.edu.au |
The Armidale School (TAS) is an Anglican boarding and day school for boys, located on the New England Tablelands of northern New South Wales, Australia. It was founded in 1894 , and is a member of the GPS.
The school
TAS, which is part of the Round Square, has a coeducational junior school, with classes for:
- transition (four years old) to Year 5;
- middle school for boys from Years 6 to 8; and
- a senior school from Years 9 to 12.
Pastoral care
The school participates in the annual Pilgrimage of Hope to India.
Sport
The Armidale School has a range of sports on offer, including cricket, tennis, basketball, swimming, whitewater canoeing, athletics, squash, touch football, shooting, rugby, soccer, hockey and golf.
TAS has excellent sporting facilities including a Sportscentre with a 25 metre heated indoor swimming pool, a weights room, an indoor cricket centre and indoor basketball court. There are 5 tennis courts (hardcourt), rugby and soccer fields, 1 turf and 4 synthetic cricket wickets (plus 6 turf practice nets) and access to the town’s first-rate facilities
As a member of the NSW GPS Association TAS is part of one of the strongest, inter-school competitions in the state. There is also a well-established and diverse inter-House sports program.
Outdoor Education
The Armidale School has an extensive outdoor education program, designed to develop boys sense of responsibility and self confidence through areas such as abseiling, whitewater kayaking and bivouacs.
There are a number of options available to the students through this program: Cadets Pioneers Search and Rescue Surf Lifesaving Rural Fire Service Community Service
Cadets
The TAS Cadet Unit has been operating for over 100 years and is a part of the Australian Army Cadet Corps. As such, drill and ceremonial work is undertaken but the emphasis is strongly towards outward bound training with its inherent leadership opportunities. Cadets is compulsory for boys in years 7-9, and is voluntary for years 10+
Pioneers
Here students develop a sense of responsibility for one's self and others, the ability to budget, cook and cater for one's self in an isolated environment, the ability to navigate using a map and compass, an understanding of basic survival techniques, knowledge of first aid, basic recovery and rescue methods, and an appreciation of our natural environment.
Search & Rescue
This is an umbrella support for the Pioneers activities. Each member of the unit undergoes training in first aid, the techniques of recovery of injured patients from rugged country and the use of two-way radios.\
Rural Fire Service
This program aims to produce boys who are competent in aspects of bush fire fighting, and who take an active roll in helping their community by obtaining a basic firefighting qualification. The activity is carried out in conjunction with the Armidale Fire Training Centre and the Rural Fire Service.
Surf Life Saving
Before boys participate in this activity, they must demonstrate a high proficiency in swimming and have attained their RLSSA Bronze Medallion. The program is run in conjunction with a coastal Surf Life Saving Club and they are instructed in inshore boat rescue - crewing, patient pick-ups and assessment, related signals, radio, equipment and safety; first aid - CPR; board rescues, tube rescues, patient care, patient carries, etc. This program culminates in an examination for their RLSSA Surf Life Saving Bronze Medallion.
Community Service
It is an expectation of the School's that all students will do at least 20 hours of community service a year. The students commit to a chosen project and then provide a service.
March 2007 scandal
In March 2007, the school was rocked by allegations that one of its senior teachers has been engaged in internet child pornography. At the time of the scandal, the principal, Murray Guest, confirmed the school had accepted the resignation of a house master and year 10 Physical Education teacher, Jeremy Roberts, after he was arrested and charged over the alleged production of child pornography on the internet.
Mr. Guest stressed in a statement that the allegations did not relate to any of the 600 students at the 114-year-old school in the Northern Tablelands.
Notable alumni
Academic
Rhodes Scholars
- 1949 - Robert Clarence Robertson-Cuninghame - BSc(Agric) University of Sydney
Media, entertainment, and the arts
- Peter Cousins - one of Australia's most outstanding musical theatre performers
- Angus Sampson - TV & Film actor. Recently apppearing in Kokoda (film) and Thank God You're Here
- Alex Buzo - playwright
- Ian Kiernan - AO, OAM environmentalist & around the world yachtsman
Sport
- Joe Roff - Rugby union footballer
- Sam Payne - Represented NSW & Australia in Rugby Union at halfback
- Richard Tombs - Represented NSW & Australia in Rugby Union (5 tests at inside & outside centre between 1988-1996)
- James Holbeck - Played Representitive Rugby Union for ACT Brumbies & Australia
Politics
- William Wentworth (Australian politician) - William Charles Wentworth IV
See also
External links
| Members of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales, Australia | |
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