The name of the school is derived from that of the world famous missionary William Carey who, as a scholar, linguist, botanist and philanthropist set a standard of emulation by all young people.
The forerunner of the overseas missionary environment, he was the first Baptist missionary in India where he published 24 different translations of the Scriptures.
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The School badge represents the old Greek Torch Race, very similar to a relay race, in which a chain of runners each passed to the next a torch which had to be kept burning brightly. For Carey students, the badge represents the challenge to each generation to pass on to its successors the good name and honour of the School as unsullied and as bright as they were when they were received.
The School motto is 'Animo et Fide' which means 'By Courage and Faith'. This echoes the texts from Isaiah 54:2-3 on which Carey based his famous sermon in 1772 when he urged Baptists to form a missionary society. The exhortation contained in the two verses is well summed up in the couplet:
Expect great things from God,Attempt great things for God.
History
The moving spirit in the founding of Carey Baptist Grammar School was the Rev. L.E. Tranter, who, at the meetings of the Baptist Union of Victoria held in May 1919, urged consideration of a Baptist secondary school for boys. The present property with the house 'Urangeline' was purchased for the princely sum of £14,000 and the School opened on February 131923, with an enrollment of 68 boys.
Founded in 1923, Carey was accepted into the Schools' Association at its inception. This sporting group was later to be expanded into the Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria, by which name it is known today. In 1957 Carey was invited to join the prestigious Associated Public Schools of Victoria, which comprises 11 significant Victorian independent schools and provides the forum for many of the interschool sporting competitions in which Carey participates.
The decision was taken in 1975 to introduce co-education, and the first girls were enrolled in Years 11 and 12 in 1979, and progressively thereafter, until the whole school was co-educational by 1984. In 2005 the student population of girls will reach 44%.
As the school student population was increasing considerably so did the need for an expansion of facilities. 14 hectares of land were purchased at Bulleen for sports grounds, an Outdoor Education facility was built near Paynesville and a Junior School campus at Donvale opened in 1989.
Curriculum
The curriculum Carey provides is in line with Victorian Essential Learning Standards (formulated by Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority) which describes what is essential for all Victorian students to learn from Prep to Year 10. VELS provides a framework for the whole school curriculum and sets out the standards that students are expected to achieve in core areas. These areas (called strands) are as follows:
Physical, Personal and Social learning which includes the domains of Health and Physical Education; Interpersonal Development, Personal Learning and Civics and Citizenship;
Discipline-based learning which includes The Arts, English, Languages Other Than English (LOTE), Humanities, Mathematics and Science;
Interdisciplinary Learning which includes Communication; Design, Creativity and Technology; ICT and Thinking.
The children have specific timetabled sessions in
English
Mathematics
Science
Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE)
Technology
Health and Personal Development
Library
French (Years 3-6)
Art
Music
Physical Education
Religious Education
Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE), Science, Health and Technology are often delivered within an Integrated Curriculum.
The Senior School LOTE Learning Area at Carey offers students Chinese (Mandarin), French, German and Indonesian from Years 10 to 12; and Chinese and Indonesian for first language learners at Years 11 and 12. The IB also offers several languages to students, including Spanish (ab inito).
Houses
Cartwright (light green)
Dunshea (orange, formerly brown)
Fullard (maroon)
Gadsden (dark green)
Hickman (light blue)
Moore (yellow)
Newnham (purple)
Steele (dark blue)
Sutton (red)
Tranter (black)
Co-curricular
Sport
Carey students participate in sporting activities from an early age. From Year 5 onwards they compete in the Associated Public Schools (APS) competition in many different sports. Carey offers its students facilities at the Carey Sports Complex at Bulleen.
From Years 7-12 students who choose sport as their co-curricular activity are expected to be reliable team members, and as such to be present at training sessions as well as available to compete with their team when selected. Students in Years 7-12 must select one activity in the summer season (Term 1) and one activity in the winter season (Term 2 and the first four weeks of Term 3). Sport teams train on at least one occasion per week. All First squads will train at least twice a week. Junior development squads (Years 7-9) are offered in a number of sports on one extra night per week.
During the spring season (latter part of Term 3 and first four weeks of Term 4) all students have the opportunity to choose Athletics and/or Waterpolo. These are not compulsory activities. Some First teams commence training for the summer season during spring.
Music
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The Music School is a part of the curriculum at both Kew (ECC, P-12) and Donvale (ECC, P-6) campuses. The music curriculum at Carey has three main music programs which are integrated across all levels from Kindergarten to Year 12.
The Instrumental, Speech and Vocal Tuition program is an elective program with specialist teachers.
The Classroom Music program is compulsory for all students in Junior School and Year 7 students in Middle School. It complements the tuition program by providing activities in composing, listening, performing and analysing music. From Year 8 to VCE, music is an elective timetabled subject. The Year 7, 8 and 9 Classroom Music program includes music practical classes that overlap to some extent with the Music Instrumental, Theory and Vocal Tuition program and a Music Performance program.
Students in all four sections of the school can participate in a musical production. These productions involve students as singers, actors, dancers and instrumentalists, or as part of the production team as stage crew, stage management, costumes, make-up, front-of-house and publicity. More experienced students will take up stage management, theatre lighting, audio mixing and set construction. Usually these productions have a rehearsal/production period of about one term. Senior students often take leading support roles in productions of other schools. Both Carey's Junior Schools stage musical productions, usually every second year. Generally the Junior musicals involve a whole year level in a scene that is one of many connected to a theme.
Debating
Carey teams are entered in the Debaters Association of Victoria (DAV) Schools' Competition which encompasses A Grade (Year 12) teams to D Grade (Middle School) teams. Debates are held during Terms 1, 2 and 3 and successful teams participate in the State Finals during Terms 3 and 4. In addition to the standard DAV competition, Carey participates in a range of other debating tournaments, including those organised by Rotary and the RSL. Students in Years 7 and 8 can learn about debating via a DAV program conducted in Term 3 of each year.
Drama at Carey
The annual Carey Musical Theatre Company production is a highlight on the School calendar for performers, musicians, backstage and technical crews and audiences. The musical for 2006 was the tap musical 42nd Street and involves students from years 9 to 12.
Other productions include the annual school play, an annual Middle School musical, and a number of productions within the curriculum, which members of the Carey community are invited to attend as audiences, including productions from Year 8 Production classes, VCE and IB classes.
The Memorial Great Hall at the Kew campus is a fully equipped theatre with seating for an audience of 700, a flytower for sets.
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Principals of Carey
1923-1944 Mr H.G. Steele, M.A. (Melb) Dip.Ed. (Oxon)
