Danebank

Danebank Anglican School for Girls
Latin: Ut Prosim "That I May Serve"
Location
Hurstville, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	33°57′44″S 151°06′09″E / 33.9622°S 151.1025°E / -33.9622; 151.1025Coordinates: 33°57′44″S 151°06′09″E / 33.9622°S 151.1025°E / -33.9622; 151.1025
Information
Type	Independent, Day school
Denomination	Anglican
Established	1933
Founder	Edith Roseby Ball
Chairman	Richard Sharp
Principal	Maryanne Davis
Chaplain	Sarah Browne
Staff	~85[1]
Grades	K–12[1]
Gender	Girls
Enrolment	~930
Colour(s)	Red, green, pink and Silver
Website	www.danebank.nsw.edu.au

Danebank Anglican School for Girls (commonly referred to as Danebank) is an independent, Anglican, day school for girls, located in Hurstville, a southern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is a member school of the Sydney Anglican Schools Corporation.

Established in 1933 by Edith Roseby Ball, Danebank has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 930 students from Prep to Year 12.^[1]

The school is affiliated with the Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHA),^[2] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),^[3] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA),^[4] and the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).^[5]

History

Danebank was established in 1933, on its current site in Hurstville, by Edith Roseby Ball. The school was established as a small co-educational Kindergarten with just five students.^[6]

Principals

Uniform

Note: There is a new uniform available and the old uniform will be forbidden after 2017 special assembly on the last day of school.

• Summer - In summer months students from K–10 wear a green striped dress with red tubing on the collar and sleeves, with white socks and black school shoes; often the uniform is commonly referred to as 'toothpaste'. Years 11 and 12 wear a similarly striped skirt and blouse, with jade-green tubing, white socks and skirts. Matching scrunchies and red, green or white ribbons can be worn in hair.
• Winter - In winter months students in Kindergarten to year 4 wear a green-and-red tartan pinafore with a grey skivvy and long green socks. Years 5-10 wear a green and red tartan skirt with a pink blouse and green stockings, and are referred to as 'Watermelons'. Years 11 and 12 wear the same tartan skirt with a pale-green blouse and green stockings or socks with garters. All students are required to have a jade-green school jumper and bottle-green Blazer.

Grey School Hats are no longer compulsory and are rarely worn by students, although in 2011 there was a competition for the most grey school hats for each class .

Facilities

Note: Construction and demolition is currently ongoing in Danebank and new facilities will be constructed. The Langdon Wing is being partly demolished for newer facilities. Danebank's current facilities include:

• The Gymnasium - opened in 2006 and holds a gymnastics area, court, dance studio, classroom, staffroom, storerooms, changerooms and contains equipment for sporting activities.
• The Terraces - contains equipment and facilities for Design and Technology, Visual Arts, Hospitality, Visual Design, Industrial technology Multi Media and Computing. New facilities for Drama and Music have now been added including a drama space, drama room, music foyer and music classroom.
• K-12 Resources Centre - contains the JC Cowell Library, the Careers Reference Area, AudioVisual Control Room and the Independent Learning Centre.
• Prep Cottage - Home of the Prep Class and Outside School Hours Care.
• Wingara Senior Studies Centre - Study rooms, classrooms, common room, Conference Room and kitchen for Year 12.
• Roseby Ball House - "The Quad" - a three-storey building designed around a central courtyard. For administration, classroom teaching, science laboratories, mathematics laboratory, staff rooms.
• The Langdon Wing - Junior School administration and classrooms, Japanese Room, Language laboratory, computer laboratory.
• The Aquatic Centre - consists of the Aquatic Centre plus a multi purpose court. The indoor Aquatic Centre contains a 25-metre water polo pool plus a beginners pool. Other sporting facilities include a mini gymnasium and multi purpose court.
• The Performing Arts Centre - Also commonly known as the PAC, consists of a main stage with seating for 1000 people, music and drama classrooms and 10 individual music practice rooms.

Notable alumnae

• Ally Mansell – Winner of Australian Princess (television program)
• Lynda Tooth – Former Principal of Macquarie Anglican Grammar School (2007), Dubbo^[7]

See also

• List of non-government schools in New South Wales

References

External links

• Danebank website Danebank