Bankstown Girls High School

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School in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia

Bankstown Girls High School

Address

Mona Street

Bankstown

New South Wales

2200

Australia

Coordinates| 33°55′15″S 151°1′55″E﻿ / ﻿33.92083°S 151.03194°E﻿ / -33.92083; 151.03194Coordinates: 33°55′15″S 151°1′55″E﻿ / ﻿33.92083°S 151.03194°E﻿ / -33.92083; 151.03194
Information
Type| Government-funded single-sex comprehensive secondary day school
Motto| Latin: Semper Optime
(Always the best)
Established| 1959; 64 years ago (1959)
School district| Bankstown
Educational authority| New South Wales Department of Education
Oversight| NSW Education Standards Authority
Principal| Suada Bilali[1]
Staff| ~75
Teaching staff| 48.4 FTE (2018)[2]
Years| 7-12
Gender| Girls
Enrolment| 548[2] (2018)
Campus type| Suburban
Colour(s)| Navy blue and white
Website| bankstowng-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

Bankstown Girls High School is a government-funded single-sex comprehensive secondary day school for girls, located in Bankstown, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1959, the school enrolled approximately 550 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom less than one percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 97 percent were from a language background other than English.[2] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education in accordance with a curriculum developed by the New South Wales Education Standards Authority.

## Overview[edit]

The school was established in 1959. The school is situated 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the centre of Sydney with easy access by train or bus. Smart boards are used in certain classrooms to complement the education.

## Houses[edit]

Students are allocated to a house when they enter BGHS according to their surnames. There are four houses which students compete under for the Swimming, Athletics and Cross Country Carnivals:

* Freeman – Red
* Sauvage – Blue
* Jackson – Green
* O'Neil – Yellow

The house names were formed in 2001 by the SRC.

## Extracurricular activity[edit]

The BGHS has a Student Representative Council, as well as prefects, and a newsletter called the Buzz.

Students have the option to participate in athletics, sporting teams, debating, public speaking, student ambassador programs, math competitions, science competitions, anime club, dance and choir. Since 2010, Bankstown Girls High School has held a school event called Dance Revolution where the students perform numerous dance numbers.

## Notable alumnae[edit]

* Paulini Curuenavuli - R&B singer and former Australian Idol contestant and Young Divas member
* Mary Fowler - Australian soccer player[3]

## See also[edit]

* New South Wales portal
* Schools portal

* List of government schools in New South Wales
* List of girls' schools in New South Wales
* Education in Australia

## References[edit]

1. ^ Bankstown Girls High School. "Class Information - Bankstown Girls High School". bankstowng-h.schools.nsw.gov.au. Bankstown Girls High School. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
2. ^ a b c "Bankstown Girls High School, Bankstown, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
3. ^ "Mary's journey from Hotel Tarago to World Cup". The Australian. Retrieved 8 July 2022. (Subscription required.)

## External links[edit]

* Official website

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