Denomination Catholic Website www.spcc.qld.edu.au. Motto Concern Love Justice Colors Blue, Green, Gold | Principal Niall Coburn Phone +61 7 3810 5900 Founded 1976 | |
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Type Private, Co-educational Colour(s) Green Gold Blue Similar The Ipswich State Hig, Redbank Plains State Hig, Ipswich Grammar School, St Peters Lutheran College, St Edmund's College | ||
St Peter Claver College is a Roman Catholic co-educational secondary school located in the suburb of Riverview in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was founded in 1976, on the traditional lands of the Ugarapul clan of the Yuggera Nation, and was named in honour of St Peter Claver, the Spanish Jesuit priest and Patron Saint of the slaves.
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The founding principal of the school, Bob Cullen, had served in St Peter Claver College for ten years. After his transfer to the Catholic Education Office (CEO), the Marist Brothers, having been involved with the schools from early in its history, were appointed the task of assigning principals for the College. The current principal, Mr Diarmuid O'Riordan, was selected as principal in 2008.
Cultures
St Peter Claver College is a culturally diverse school which draws its students from a wide range of backgrounds. Many of the students and staff are Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Samoan, Tongan, Maori and Cook Islander, as well as Vietnamese, Ugandan, Indian, Chinese, Filipino, and many others. The College offers Cultural Dance, the study of different cultures (in subjects such as Religion, Social Studies and History), and the study of different languages (Vietnamese, Japanese and Spanish) to the student body.
Subjects & Curriculum
The Claver curriculum is organised around the two phases of learning in secondary schools each designed to meet the developmental needs of students: a middle phase aged 13–14 years and a senior phase for students aged 15–17 years. Students take courses in a wide variety of areas, including sciences, mathematics, English, information technology, and the arts.
Rugby League Program
St Peter Claver College offers a range of different sports to students in year levels 8-12. One of these is the Rugby League program aimed at developing and perfecting student’s skills and techniques. St Peter Claver enters a team(s) from each grade to participate in the CISSSA (Combined Ipswich Secondary School Sport Association) competition. Each year level holds two teams. The (a) Team has the opportunity to enter the Broncos Challenge Cup and compete if they win their games in a round robin tournament. Each year Claver has a team from each year level make this tournament. The (b) team then competes in the CISSSA Competition. In grade 9, 10, 11 & 12, students are able to select Rugby League as a HPE subject. St Peter Claver has developed promising NRL stars Anthony Milford (Canberra Raiders) and Tautau Moga (Sydney Roosters) and Brett Greinke, who plays in Broncos under 20's and Queensland side. St Peter Claver has had many Queensland and Met West students attend the school. Claver Rugby League students attend the Confraternity Cup every year.