Peter Carnley Anglican Community School - Wellard WA

MAIN DETAILS

Principal

Ms Felicity House

School Type

Early Learning
Primary School
Secondary School
Primary through Secondary

Campus Anatomy

Multiple School Locations
Early Learning Centre
Junior School
Senior School

School Character

Anglican

Year Levels

K-12

Religion

Anglican

Fees

https://www.pcacs.wa.edu.au/enrolments/financial-information

International Students (CRICOS registered school)

Main Gender

Co-ed

Student Enrolments

949

Boarding

Strong focus on...

Academic Achievement
Co-curricular Activities
Community
Creative Arts
Employment Pathways
Music
Numeracy / Literacy
Pastoral Care / Guidance
Performing Arts
Personal Values
Science/Technology
Social & Emotional Learning
Sport
Tertiary Pathways

Language Subjects

Italian

Representative Sports

Australian Rules Football
Badminton
Basketball
Cross Country Running
Netball
Soccer
Swimming
Volleyball

About Us

Overview

Peter Carnley Anglican Community School (PCACS) is a young and dynamic school, offering education for students from Kindergarten to Year 12 across two beautiful campuses.

With a contemporary Early Learning Campus in Calista, and an attractively designed Wellard campus for students from Years 2-12, the School provides a nurturing and balanced educational experience for all its students. Both campuses enjoy open play spaces where physical exercise and nature play is encouraged.

As educators, our purpose is to take each child on an Educational Journey: to spark students’ intellectual curiosity; to grow their creativity and capacity to tackle and solve problems; to value work ethic and persistence; enable opportunities to work with others and to show care and compassion.

Something for Everyone

Peter Carnley Anglican Community School (PCACS) provides a nurturing and balanced education for all our students. Both campuses enjoy open play spaces where physical exercise, exploration and nature play is encouraged.

We strive to create an environment where students can discover their strengths and talents, a place where everyone belongs.It’s the added extras that make PCACS a special community. Through our co-curricular, after-school clubs, pastoral care programmes, camps and excursions, we nurture and develop skills, self-esteem, cultural awareness, leadership and service learning.

With our ‘Personal Best’ philosophy, we encourage each student to be the best person they can be. Pastoral Care underpins everything we do at PCACS. Through our signature ‘Compass Programme’ we walk alongside our students, guiding and supporting them from childhood to adulthood.

Facilities

Our current first-class facilities include:

Spacious landscaped grounds and two ovals
Air-conditioned classrooms interlinked with modern 'Activity' Rooms
Optical Fibre Network and wireless connectivity through the School providing campus Intranet and Internet access
Networked Computer Laboratories and four Computer 'Pods'
Two Art and Craft Studios and Art Courtyard
Specialist Music Rooms and dedicated Music Tuition Rooms
Theatre Room
Italian Tutorial Rooms
Combined Basketball/Netball Court
Purpose built Gymnasium (2170 square metres), complete with changing rooms, showers, a weight training area, and a 1435 square metre multi purpose sports court large enough to accommodate two basketball courts
School Canteen open Mondays to Fridays
Uniform Shop
State-of-the-art Children's Play Equipment
320 square metre multipurpose Hall
Purpose-built Library
Purpose-built Wood/Metal/Food Technology Rooms
Purpose-built Modern Science Laboratories
Purpose-built Languages Rooms with kitchen facilities
A dedicated Early Learning Campus in Calista, which was extensively refurbished before its opening in January 2017.

Co-Curricular Activities

A range of Co Curricular initiatives aimed at improving skills, training and learning are provided for Peter Carnley Anglican Community School students.

Co Curricular studies complement the content taught in the classroom. Students can select from a range of enjoyable Co Curricular options such as:

SENIOR SCHOOL - Semester 1 2019

Study Club
Science, Chemistry and Physics Support
ATAR Geography and HASS Support
Duke of Edinburgh
Woodwork for Fun
Italian Cafe
Years 6-8 Tour
YMAD (Years 5-12)
'That Was My Home' Project
Netball (Years 7-9)
Basketball
Senior Band
Senior Choir

SPECIAL INTEREST CLASSES

Italian ATAR UNIT 1/2
Girls Rite Journey Extension
Woodwork for Fun
Coding Club
100 Club
Costuming - School Production
Set Design - School Production
Student e-Newsletter Club
Sustainability Club

The range of Co Curricular courses on offer each semester varies according to student demand and fresh new courses are introduced to help keep the Co Curricular programme vital and relevant to the needs of students.

JUNIOR SCHOOL - Semester 1 2019 (Wellard Campus)

100 Club
Jump Rope For Heart
Lego Engineering
Homework Club (Library)
Golf
Gardening Club
Hockey
Coding Club
Soup Kitchen
Bebras Challenge
Meditation
Art
STEM Club
Yoga
Italian Club
Guided Drawing

JUNIOR SCHOOL - Semester 1 2019 (Calista Campus)

Gardening Club
Lego Engineering
Mathematics Games
Cubby Building and Loose Parts Play
Yoga
Art Club
Dance and Movement
Fine Motor Skills
Bikes and Trikes
Small Parts Construction

Pastoral Care

Compass Programme

Compass is a Senior School pastoral programme, which provides students with a skillset to journey through school and become self-aware, responsible and resilient adults. The programme has a strong focus on student wellbeing and includes a broad range of experiences, life lessons and important conversations to guide and support students. The corner stone programme within Compass is ‘The Rite Journey’, which runs for the duration of Year 9 and provides a rite of passage experience to assist the students on their transition from childhood to young adulthood.

Throughout a student’s journey in Compass they move through a set of age appropriate themes to gain valuable experience in a wide and varied range of programmes including Peer Support, Friendly School’s, Service Learning, The Rite Journey, Keys for Life, Protective Behaviours, Interhouse Competitions, and many more. All Senior School students participate in Compass each Wednesday morning during pastoral time.

Compass is a shared journey between students, families, and mentor teachers. The programme aims to equip students with a strong foundation to journey beyond PCACS with a focus on wellbeing, a resilient attitude when times get tough, a sense of connectedness within the community, and a drive to help others.

Compass WebSymbols complete

Values

https://www.pcacs.wa.edu.au/our-school/values

Vision

https://www.pcacs.wa.edu.au/our-school/our-vision

Mission Statement

https://www.pcacs.wa.edu.au/our-school/our-vision

Feature Story

Article

MERIDIAN COURSE 2021 - A Game Changer for Year 11 Subject Selection

This new flexible course offering in 2021 has been added to the already extensive suite of ATAR, General and VET courses at Peter Carnley Anglican Community School (PCACS). Students can now select from a range of approved Endorsed Programmes together with Physical Education and wellbeing activities as part of a restructured timetable.Meridian provides access to areas of learning not covered by WACE courses or VET programmes.

Meridian contributes to the WACE as unit equivalents and is aimed at students wishing to participate in programmes that are delivered in a variety of settings by the school, workplaces, universities and community organisations.Each Meridian Course is tailored to the interests of individual students.

VOYAGER PROGRAMME 2021
Specialist Academic and Music Programmes for Year 7

PCACS signature Voyager Programme provides learning opportunities for talented and aspirational students. Voyager is a selective programme for students displaying a passion for Music, Mathematics, English and Science or a combination of all four. Voyager engages, extends, challenges and inspires the brightest young minds.All students applying for Voyager are invited to the Voyager Activities Day where they meet our specialist teachers and other like-minded students.

ACTIVITIES DAY:Tuesday 25 August 2020.

If you would like to arrange a time to visit or find out about our programmes, please contact us;

Phone: (08) 9439 3499
Email: info@pcacs.wa.edu.au
Web: www.pcacs.wa.edu.au

Scholarships

Scholarship Information

Peter Carnley Anglican Community School offers a number of scholarships to current and prospective students.

1) The Archbishop Dr Peter Carnley Scholarship for Academic Excellence

This scholarship is awarded to current or prospective students who demonstrate outstanding Academic Excellence. The value and duration of the Scholarship is at the discretion of the Principal and is subject to the student maintaining a high level of academic achievement. Students from different year levels will be considered for this scholarship. Application for this scholarship is by written application form, Academic Examination and an interview.

2) The Bishop David Murray Scholarship for Leadership / Citizenship

This scholarship is awarded to current or prospective students who demonstrate the values of the School: Spirituality, Excellence, Honesty, Respect, Acceptance and Justice. The selected student also demonstrates a positive contribution to the School and the wider community. The value and duration of the Scholarship is at the discretion of the Principal. Students from different year levels will be considered for this scholarship. Application for this scholarship is by written application form and an interview.

3) The All-rounder Scholarship

This scholarship is awarded to current or prospective students who add value to the life of the School in areas of service, culture, sport and academia. All round excellence will benchmark this student. Characteristically, this student will be a strong academic achiever, with demonstrated strengths across a number of areas, such as sport, drama, music, visual arts and language. The value and duration of the Scholarship is at the discretion of the Principal. Students from different year levels will be considered for this scholarship. Application for this scholarship is by written application form, Academic Examination and an interview.

4) The Grace and Truth Scholarship

This scholarship is awarded to current or prospective students who face economic, social or other disadvantage, which would make enrolment at Peter Carnley Anglican Community School very difficult. The value and duration of the Scholarship is at the discretion of the Principal. Students from different year levels will be considered for this scholarship. Application for this scholarship is by written application form and interview.

5) The John Moody Scholarship for Excellence in Sport

This scholarship is awarded to current or prospective students who demonstrate outstanding sporting ability, general academic excellence and are a positive and active ambassador for Sport in their School community. The value and duration of the Scholarship is at the discretion of the Principal. Students from different year levels will be considered for this scholarship. Application for this scholarship is by written application form and interview.

6) The Lindbeck Family Scholarship

This scholarship is open to current students, and is awarded at the discretion of the Principal rather than by direct application. The Lindbeck Family Scholarship is awarded to a student in Year 11 for the duration of one academic year. The recipient will have demonstrated sound academic achievement, a positive attitude and strong leadership, will have complied with the standards and expectations of the School and will be an exemplary role model.

Testimonials

"Best school in the area, the Teachers are great as well as all the Staff. I like how the codes of conduct are enforced. Parents are involved in their children education from early years. It also offers a balanced program providing Extracurricular activities, best of all my son loves going there."

Carolina Towells

"I LOVE my boy’s school! Great teachers! Christian values! Respectful students! Wonderful programs in all areas of education-academic/sporting/arts/music/service.
This is an excellent school! Highly recommend it."

Amanda Austin

"Fabulous staff, amazing P&F, wonderful events and a fantastic community."

Nicola Neale

"The best school in the area, not just from an education perspective, PCACS is a community and I am thrilled my children are apart of it."

Bec Clarke

"Great school. Great community!!"

Peter Shurmer

"Great for your kids to learn there"

Danisani Moyo

Principal's Message

"As a School community, our focus is to empower the students in our care to make good choices and to provide quality education for all that walk through our gates. There is a real sense of community at our school. Our staff are committed to challenging and inspiring our students to be the best they can be, both for their journey through school and for life beyond our gates”

We encourage all new families to attend one of our monthly Welcome Mornings at either campus to really get a sense of the school on a daily basis and meet our dedicated and talented community of students and educators."

Ms Felicity House, Principal