South Brunswick State School
| Brunswick South Primary School | |
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| Location | |
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Brunswick East, Victoria Australia |
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| Coordinates | 37°46′44″S 144°58′23″E / 37.77889°S 144.97306°ECoordinates: 37°46′44″S 144°58′23″E / 37.77889°S 144.97306°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Public, Co-educational |
| Motto | "Imparare insieme, Creare insieme, Vivere insieme" |
| Established | 1886 |
| Principal | Trevor Strolla (Acting) |
| Enrolment | 328 |
| Campus | Inner-suburban |
| Colour(s) | Pink |
| Website | www.brunswicksouthps.vic.edu.au |
Brunswick South Primary School (BSPS) is a government primary school located in Brunswick East, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The school was ear-marked by the Kennett state-government in the 1990s to be sold-off as being excess to requirements. The local community fought a strong campaign to successfully save the school.
The school's Victorian and Edwardian buildings are a significant landmark on Brunswick Road and are protected by a Heritage Overlay (HO35) in the Moreland Planning Scheme.
Due to rapidly increasing population in Brunswick and Carlton North, the Victorian Education Department purchased land for a school in Brunswick Road in 1873; only a decade later schools in the area were declared full. It opened as South Brunswick State School on 1 May 1886. It was a 2-storey brick building, with 6 rooms and a headmaster's office, and designed to accommodate 498 children. Although 967 pupils were enrolled, the average attendance during the first year was 491 students. However, within nine months the new school had to turn 14 prospective pupils away. In June 1888 some small brick additions, including a caretaker's residence were added, though with an enrolment of more than 800 children, there was an ongoing accommodation problem. On 22 April 1914 an Infant School building intended to accommodate 400 children was opened to the east of the main block, which became known as the 'little school'.
In 1933 a Rural Training School was established at the school by the Melbourne Teacher's College, to provide newly graduating teachers with experience prior to being posted in the bush. There was also an Opportunity Grade which was intended to meet the needs of 'backward' children and focused on practical tasks and manual skills. Traditional discipline (the strap for boys) was used at the school until 1982 when corporal punishment was abolished by the government.
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