Westfields Sports High School

Westfields Sports High School

Latin: Fortitudo
Endurance and Perseverance
Location
Fairfield West, New South Wales
Australia
Information
Type Public, Co-educational, Sport Selective, Day school
Established 1963
Principal Roger Davis
Enrolment ~1609 [1]
Campus Suburban
Colour(s) Blue & Gold
        
Website www.westfieldsports.nsw.edu.au

Westfields Sports High School (abbreviated as WSHS) is a dedicated sports high school in Fairfield West, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The school has a selective approach to enrolment, with students needing to either live within the relatively small catchment area of the school, or demonstrate their ability in some sport.[2] The school is very well regarded for having produced sporting talent in a number of different areas of sporting endeavour,[3] and has received a range of grants to support its work with sporting talent.[4]

History

The school was established in 1963 and opened by Edward Gough Whitlam, later Australian Prime Minister. Its first year enrolment had 300 students. The school achieved moderate success during the '60s to '80s in sports and was on the rise during the late '80s. The founding principal, Philip Tucker, had wanted to establish Westfields as a school that could provide any sports person who attended a pathway to the Australian Institute of Sport, and extend their possibilities past high school level sports competition. The school was then officially declared a sports school on 24 April 1991. Its motto is Fortitudo - Endurance and Perseverance.

Since 1997, there has been an annual student and teacher exchange scheme with Kasukabe High School, from Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan.[5]

In 2008, the International Olympic Committee recognized Westfields Sports for their involvement in producing many Australian Olympians with a special Sport and Youth Trophy.[6]

Education

Sports offered at Westfields

track and field athletics, lawn bowls*, baseball, netball, basketball, rowing, cricket, rugby league, curling*, rugby union, dance, softball, equestrian, swimming, association football, table tennis, golf, tennis, gymnastics, water polo*, hockey, and volleyball.
* = currently not undertaken at the school

The school sits on a total area of approximately seven hectares.

A map of Westfields Sports, outlining the positions of each structure around the campus

Notable alumni

Sport

Football

Basketball

Cricket

Netball

Athletics

Rugby League

Rugby Union

Academia

Politics & Law

Film & Television

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NSW Department of Education and Training: Westfields Sports High School". Retrieved 20 June 2010.
  2. ↑ "WSHS Enrolment". Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Adrian Proszenko (13 January 2013). "Top marks to school where Stars are made". Sydney Morning Herald.
  4. ↑ Michael Chammas (11 February 2009). "Grant for Westfields Sports High School". Sydney Morning Herald.
  5. ↑ "West News", 7 November 2006
  6. ↑ "IOC honour for Sydney school". Retrieved 20 June 2010.
  7. ↑ "London 2012 - Dani Samuels Athlete Profile". Retrieved 4 August 2012.

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