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Bundaberg Christian College (BCC) is an independent, non-denominational Christian, co-educational, P-12, school, located in the city of Bundaberg, in Queensland, Australia. It is administered by Independent Schools Queensland, with an enrolment of 760 students and a teaching staff of 73, as of 2023. It was one of the last schools to use corporal punishment in Queensland.

History

The school opened on 1 January 1996.

In 2016, the school installed the largest hybrid solar system in Australia at the time, with exactly 740 solar panels, and approximately 170 batteries, with 200KW battery storage.

2022 saw the expansion of the Junior School, with the Prep to Year 6 cohort being designated in one section of the school, which had not occurred in 15 years.

Cultural

Bundaberg Christian College has been involved in many cultural events including Eisteddfods and sporting events. The school has many bands including Junior, Senior, Year 5 and Stage, many choirs including Junior, Senior and Voiceworx and many orchestras including Junior, Senior, Year 4 and Year 8 Chamber. A stringed instrument is compulsory in Year 4 and a brass or woodwind in Year 5. In Year 6+ students have the option of learning percussion instruments.

Discipline

The school had a policy of corporal punishment until mid-2012, making it one of the last schools in Queensland to use this form of discipline. Paddling or caning was given for "serious verbal or physical abuse, theft or misbehaviour". In 2008 the school's paddle was used, with parental agreement, on 10 occasions, and 7 occasions the previous year.

See also

• List of schools in Queensland

References

1. "Bundaberg Christian College flies Australian flag high". Bundaberg Regional Council. 12 March 2021. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
2. "Bundaberg Christian College (Bundaberg) | Department of Education". schoolsdirectory.eq.edu.au. Archived from the original on 22 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
3. "Bundaberg Christian College, Bundaberg QLD | Private Schools Guide". privateschoolsguide.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
4. ^ "ACARA Data Access Program - School Profile 2023". Australian Curriculum Assessment And Reporting Authority. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
5. ^ "BCC's ban on violent punishment of students "too late"". The Courier Mail. Bundaberg. 13 July 2013. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
6. "Opening and closing dates of Queensland schools". Education. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
7. Wetering, Jodie (18 March 2016). "Australia's largest hybrid solar installation goes live at Bundaberg school". ABC news Australia. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
8. Alhusainy, Sami; Arefi, Ali; Haning, Andrew (23 January 2020). "Optimization of photovoltaic system integration for an Australian educational institute" (PDF). International Journal of Smart Grid and Clean Energy. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
9. "Classrooms, amenities and more open at BCC". Bundaberg Regional Council. 23 August 2022. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
10. "Prospectus 2009" (PDF). Bundaberg Christian College. pp. 14–15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
11. Pavey, Ainsley (29 March 2009). "Teachers given cane go-ahead at Bundaberg Christian College". The Sunday Mail. Brisbane. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2024.

External links

• Bundaberg Christian College website

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• Private schools in Queensland
• High schools in Queensland
• Educational institutions established in 1996
• Schools in Bundaberg
• 1996 establishments in Australia