Annesley Junior School

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox school | name = Annesley Junior School | logo = Annesley Junior School logo.svg | logo_size = 220px | motto_translation = Dare to Become<ref name=Principal>{{cite web|url=http://www.annesley.sa.edu.au/admin/principal.htm |title=The Principal |access-date=2008-02-10 |work=Administration |publisher=Annesley Junior School |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009224606/http://www.annesley.sa.edu.au/admin/principal.htm |archive-date=October 9, 2007 }}</ref> | established = 1902 | type = Independent, day, primary school, early learning centre (long daycare centre / child care centre / pre-school) | denomination = Uniting Church<ref name=UnitingChurch>{{cite web|url=http://www.sa.uca.org.au/site/page.cfm?u=886&print=1 |title=Annesley College |access-date=2008-02-10 |year=2007 |work=UnitingCare South Australia |publisher=Uniting Church in Australia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215204404/http://www.sa.uca.org.au/site/page.cfm?u=886 |archive-date=February 15, 2008 }}</ref> | key_people = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120911231834/http://www.annesley.sa.edu.au/council.html Bruce Spangler] (Chair) <br/>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201023002140/https://www.annesley.sa.edu.au/our-school/our-people/ Jo Rossiter] (Principal)<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.annesley.sa.edu.au/our-school/our-people/| title = Our People - Annesley Junior School| access-date = 1 December 2020| archive-date = 23 October 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201023002140/https://www.annesley.sa.edu.au/our-school/our-people/| url-status = dead}}</ref> | city = Wayville | state = South Australia | country = Australia | coordinates = {{coord|34|56|31.37|S|138|35|54.22|E|type:edu_region:AU|display=inline,title}} | enrolment = 103<ref name=Mess0111>{{cite news|title=Annesley student numbers plummet|url=http://city-messenger.whereilive.com.au/news/story/annesley-numbers-plummet/|access-date=19 January 2011|newspaper=City Messenger|date=18 January 2011}}</ref> | employees = | colours = Maroon, navy and white<br />{{color box|#800000}} {{color box|#0B0B61}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}} | website = {{URL|http://www.annesley.sa.edu.au/}} }} '''Annesley Junior School''', formerly known as '''Methodist Ladies' College''' and '''Annesley College''', is an independent day school for girls and boys from two years old to year 6. It is located in Wayville, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It has a co-educational early learning centre for children between the ages of two and five, and a primary school for reception to year 6.<ref name=ABSA>{{cite web |url=http://www.boarding.org.au/site/school_detail.cfm?schID=48 |title=Annesley College |access-date=2008-02-10 |year=2007 |work=Schools – South Australia |publisher=Australian Boarding Schools Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117110925/http://www.boarding.org.au/site/school_detail.cfm?schID=48 |archive-date=2007-11-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is affiliated with the Association of Independent Schools of South Australia,<ref name=AofISofSA>{{cite web |url=http://www.ais.sa.edu.au/html/about_schools_display.asp |title=Annesley College |access-date=2008-02-10 |year =2007 |work=About Our Schools |publisher=Association of Independent Schools of South Australia }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> and the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA).<ref name=jshaa>{{cite web|url=http://www.jshaa.asn.au/southaustralia/directory/index.asp |title=JSHAA South Australian Directory of Members |access-date=2008-02-10 |year=2007 |work=South Australia Branch |publisher=Junior School Heads' Association of Australia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406045335/http://www.jshaa.asn.au/southaustralia/directory/index.asp |archive-date=2008-04-06 }}</ref>

Founded as Methodist Ladies' College in 1902 and later changing its name to Annesley College, it used to be a girls' school catering for students from Reception to Year 12. Annesley has been an International Baccalaureate World School since December 2005.<ref name=IB>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibo.org/school/002644/ |title=Annesley College Junior School |access-date=2008-02-10 |work=IB World Schools |publisher=International Baccalaureate Organisation}}</ref>

==Campus and curriculum== Annesley Junior School is located on a single campus in Wayville, opposite the Adelaide Parklands, 500 metres from the Adelaide CBD.<ref name=Location>{{cite web|url=http://www.annesley.sa.edu.au/about/location.htm |title=Location |access-date=2008-02-10 |work=About |publisher=Annesley College |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070918222413/http://www.annesley.sa.edu.au/about/location.htm |archive-date=September 18, 2007 }}</ref> Notable facilities include the historic 'Gillingham Hall' seating the whole school and a Chapel.<ref name=Facilities>{{cite web|url=http://www.annesley.sa.edu.au/about/facilities.htm |title=Facilities |access-date=2008-02-10 |work=About |publisher=Annesley Junior School |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070828215804/http://www.annesley.sa.edu.au/about/facilities.htm |archive-date=August 28, 2007 }}</ref>

Annesley Junior School's academic programs include the Primary Years Program of the International Baccalaureate (IBPYP).

Intakes to the Early Learning Centre and Reception are in January and July. Older children are able to enter throughout the year subject to places being available.

==History==

thumb|left|Methodist Ladies' College, 1903  Annesley Junior School was founded in 1902 as Methodist Ladies' College (MLC), at the site of the former Malvern Grammar School,<ref>The Malvern Grammar School site in the suburb now known as Highgate was occupied by Concordia College in 1905.</ref> with 26 students enrolled. In 1903, the school was moved to the site of the former Way College for boys on Park Terrace (now Greenhill Road) at Wayville.<ref name=History>{{cite web|url=http://www.annesley.sa.edu.au/about/history.htm |title=History of Annesley College |access-date=2008-02-10 |work=About |publisher=Annesley College |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070828215721/http://www.annesley.sa.edu.au/about/history.htm |archive-date=August 28, 2007 }}</ref>

In 1977, a Union of the Congregational, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches took place, forming the Uniting Church in Australia. MLC subsequently took the name Annesley College, the maiden name of Susanna Wesley, the mother of John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Church.

===2010–2012: Merger talks, council resignation, transition to Junior School=== In October 2010 Annesley College considered merging with another school due to declining enrolments over the previous seven years.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/14/3038804.htm?section=business|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716203125/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/14/3038804.htm?section=business|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 July 2012|title=Adelaide college seeks merger to survive|work=ABC News|date=15 October 2010}}</ref> The Uniting Church stated it would guarantee the continuity of the school for the following two years and that no merger would proceed.<ref>{{cite news|title=Annesley secures two-year lifeline|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/25/3047410.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104221259/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/25/3047410.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2010|newspaper=ABC News|date=25 October 2010}}</ref> The school appointed former Melbourne Girls Grammar School principal Christine Briggs as its new principal<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/28/3050733.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104210321/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/28/3050733.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2010|title=Troubled Annesley names new principal|work=ABC News|date =28 October 2010}}</ref> but she withdrew from the appointment days later.<ref>{{cite news|title=New principal quits troubled Adelaide college|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/02/3054509.htm?section=justin|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716161049/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/02/3054509.htm?section=justin|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 July 2012|newspaper=ABC News|date=3 November 2010}}</ref>

In the face of growing uncertainty the school said it was seeking formal discussion with Pulteney Grammar School regarding a merger,<ref>{{cite news|title=Annesley starts formal talks with Pulteney|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/05/3058129.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718014707/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/05/3058129.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 July 2012|newspaper=ABC News|date=5 November 2010}}</ref> but the Uniting Church shortly thereafter withdrew in favour of "the co-operation of another Uniting Church School".<ref>{{cite news|title=Annesley-Pulteney merger talks off|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/12/3064745.htm|access-date=12 November 2010|newspaper=ABC News|date=12 November 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101130040622/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/12/3064745.htm| archive-date= 30 November 2010 | url-status= dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annesley College media update |url=http://www.sa.uca.org.au/media-releases/1948-annesley-college-media-update.html |publisher=Uniting Church SA Synod |access-date=12 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110331065543/http://sa.uca.org.au/media-releases/1948-annesley-college-media-update.html |archive-date=March 31, 2011 }}</ref> It subsequently stated that Scotch College would take over its management. The existing school council resigned, stating that amalgamation would have provided a better outcome.<ref name=scotch>{{cite news|title=Scotch College to take over management of Annesley College|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/in-depth/annesley-doomed-as-council-quits/story-fn3o6nna-1225954217922|access-date=16 November 2010|newspaper=Adelaide Advertiser|date=16 November 2010}}</ref>

By January 2011, 108 students remained enrolled, down from 466 students mid-2010,<ref name="Mess0111"/> and by June 2011 the school announced it would relaunch in 2012 as the Annesley Learning Community, offering a school for boys and girls from Reception to Year 6 (from 2012) and a women's college for Years 10 to 12 (from 2013),<ref name=Adv0611>{{cite news|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/rescue-mission-for-girls-college/story-e6frea83-1226083135764|publisher= Adelaide Advertiser|date=28 June 2011|access-date=28 June 2011|title=Mixed reaction to rescue mission for Annesley College}}</ref> with a commensurate drop in staff numbers from 29 to 13.<ref>{{cite news|title=Annesley College closes to seniors next year|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/06/28/3255215.htm|access-date=28 June 2011|newspaper=ABC|date=28 June 2011}}</ref> Year 10 to 12 tuition was not sustained and the college was renamed Annesley Junior School. In August 2012 there were 100 students enrolled.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.annesley.sa.edu.au/annesley-news/2012-T3-WK05/index.html |title = Annesley News |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121128174459/http://www.annesley.sa.edu.au/annesley-news/2012-T3-WK05/index.html |archive-date=28 November 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Notable alumnae== Annesley has an Old Scholars Association which began in 1905 as the MLC Guild. The first meetings were literary and music evenings with girls writing essays for discussion.<ref name=OSA>{{cite web |url=http://osa.annesley.sa.edu.au/ |title=About the Old Scholars Association |access-date=2008-02-10 |work=MLC / Annesley College Old Scholars Association Inc. |publisher=Annesley College |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080718202807/http://osa.annesley.sa.edu.au/ |archive-date=2008-07-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Some notable Annesley/MLC Old Scholars include:

*Simone Annan – R&B singer with a degree in biomedical science<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/simone-annan-goes-from-top-student-to-pop-star/story-e6frea6u-1226114362776| title = Simone Annan goes from top student to pop star {{!}} adelaidenow}}</ref> *Kate Box – actress<ref>{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Tanya |date=2021-02-03 |title=Kate Box: Don't box me in |url=https://salife.com.au/people-places/kate-box-dont-box-me-in/ |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=SALIFE |language=en}}</ref> *Roxy Byrne (née Sims) – actress and hockey player (Head Prefect, Dux and Captain of Hockey; Class of 1929)<ref name=RByrne>{{cite web|url= http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0844b.htm|title= Byrne, Roxy (1912–2004)|access-date= 2008-02-10 |last= Heywood |first= Anne|author2= Secomb, Robin |author3=Henningham, Nikki|date= 2004-04-06|work= Australian Women Biographical Entry|publisher= National Foundation for Australian Women}}</ref> *Mary Campbell (Mollie) Dawbarn (1902–1982) – biochemist and nutritional physiologist<ref>{{cite web| url = https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dawbarn-mary-campbell-mollie-12409| title = Biography - Mary Campbell (Mollie) Dawbarn - Australian Dictionary of Biography}}</ref> *Sara Douglass – author<ref name=SDouglass>{{cite web|url= http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A(j%5B|title= Douglass, Sara |access-date= 2008-02-10|work= Agent Details |publisher=AustLit}}</ref> *Phyllis Duguid {{postnominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (1904–1993) née Lade – English teacher and Aboriginal rights and women's activist *Amy Gillett – rower and cyclist *Sally Newmarch – Olympic rower<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.annesley.sa.edu.au/news/2004/No3Term2.pdf| title = Annesley News, 2004, Number 3, p65. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070530225105/http://www.annesley.sa.edu.au/news/2004/No3Term2.pdf |archive-date=May 30, 2007 }}</ref> *Jesse Scales – dancer<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/confidential/adelaide-dancer-jesse-scales-home-to-perform-in-2-one-another/story-e6fredqc-1226638879736| title = Reference at www.adelaidenow.com.au}}</ref> * Jessica Trengove – Australian representative to the 2012 and 2016 Olympics in Athletics<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/jessica-trengove1 |title=rio 2016 - Jessica Trengove Athlete Profile |access-date=15 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220144302/http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/jessica-trengove1 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *Sesca Ross Zelling, OBE, LLB (1918–2001) – lawyer, vice-president of the NCW of Australia (1954–1957)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0062b.htm|title = Zelling, Sesca Ross - Woman - the Australian Women's Register}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

==External links== *[http://www.annesley.sa.edu.au/ Annesley Junior School website]

Category:Private primary schools in Adelaide Category:Educational institutions established in 1902 Category:Junior School Heads Association of Australia Member Schools Category:International Baccalaureate schools in Australia Category:Former Methodist schools in Australia Category:Uniting Church schools in Australia Category:1902 establishments in Australia