Kawana Waters State College

Kawana Waters State College is a coeducational state-run primary/secondary school in the suburb of Bokarina (Queensland, Australia). The college is situated on the coastal strip between Mooloolaba and Caloundra, adjacent to Lake Kawana, on the Sunshine Coast, approximately 100 km north of Brisbane.

History

The senior campus of the school was opened on 28 January 1986 as Kawana Waters State High School, whilst the junior campus of the school was opened a year later on 27 January 1987. Effective from 1 January 2006, it merged with Bokarina State School, which was built in 1987, creating the P – 12 state school in its current form. The school still exists in it original campus buildings.

Nomenclature

The school is named after Kawana Waters, an urban centre on the Queensland Sunshine Coast on which the school is located. In the 1960s, Alfred Grant, one of the initial developers of the region, named the area after "Kawana", an Aboriginal word, of unidentified dialect, meaning "wild flowers".

Kawana Waters State High School was chosen as the college's post-amalgamation name through an extensive community consultation process before being approved by Rod Welford as Minister for Education. The name was launched by Chris Cummins (Local Minister) at the 2006 Kawana Festival.

Administration Staff As of 2024, the school has a teaching staff of 165 (Full Time Equivalent: 153) and a non-teaching staff of 70 (Full Time Equivalent: 52).

Principals The current executive principal is Brett Burgess (2022–present), who took over from Colin Allen-Waters. Some of the most recent principals have been:

+ Timeline of principals Principal Start Officialappointment Finish Brett Andrew Burgess 2021 18 January 2024. present Colin Allen-Waters 2015 11 May 2015 2021 Paul Bradley Williamson 2010 1 January 2011 2015 John Lockhart 2009 1 January 2010 2010 Joanne Elizabeth House 2006 3 July 2006 2008

- The date in which the appointment was converted from an acting role to an official appointment.

- Before 3 July 2006, House was the principal of Kawana Waters Senior Campus.

Students Years

In 1986, the college, as Kawana Waters State High School, provided services for years 7 to 12. In 2006, it merged with Bokarina State School, a school which provided services for primary to year 7. This produced the school in its current form, teaching the initial prep year to year 12 (P-12).

Student enrolments

In 2023, Kawana Waters State College was reported to have a maximum student enrolment capacity of 1,863 students. The number of students entering Prep in any given year must not exceed 75 in 3 classrooms, unless there are more than 75 students enrolling from within the catchment area.

The school's Programs of Excellence has the capacity to enrol: 104 students in the Arts Excellence Program of Excellence; 140 students in the Football Excellence Program of Excellence; 190 students in the Academic Curriculum Extension Program of Excellence; 198 students in the Aquatics Excellence Program of Excellence.

The trend in student enrolment has been:

+ Trends in student enrolment Year Years Boys Girls Total Ref Prep 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2005 50 50 64 42 45 56 77 62 186 203 186 192 155 - - 1,344 2008 23 57 42 53 69 50 64 75 213 210 211 200 153 - - 1,420 2010 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 712 609 1,321 2011 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 705 628 1,333 2012 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 732 628 1,360 2013 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 720 618 1,338 2014 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 776 705 1,481 2015 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 813 725 1,538 2016 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 817 707 1,524 2017 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 835 721 1,556 2018 61 77 58 68 79 72 74 213 207 172 206 160 167 833 781 1,614 2019 75 67 70 59 68 78 73 185 227 219 175 249 116 830 831 1,661 2020 59 77 66 73 66 83 81 207 196 232 210 238 200 862 926 1,788 2021 71 59 77 63 83 70 87 231 215 195 241 291 186 896 973 1,869 2022 59 77 66 73 66 83 81 207 196 232 210 238 200 895 1,038 1,933 2023 73 57 80 62 86 78 96 249 256 224 316 281 251 999 1,110 2,109 2024 62 74 65 78 64 89 90 236 256 263 399 368 205 1,065 1,184 2,249 2025 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 1,156 1,339 2,495 2026 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA

Sports

Football Excellence Program

The Football Excellence Program was established in 1999. This school was funded by fees, sport's organisation sponsorship and government grants. The football Excellence Program provided an opportunity for players to further develop their football and futsal skills, while working through theory elements of skill acquisition and game training based on the Australian Curriculum. The program has an annual "Outstanding Player of the Year" award.

External facilities The college is set between the Pacific Ocean and the world class sports and rowing precincts of Sunshine Coast Stadium, Kawana Aquatics Centre and Lake Kawana. Sport related events for the school are held in the adjacent areas of Wurtulla Beach and Lake Kawana.

Infrastructure Environmental footprint

+ Trends in class sizeyear Electricityusage Waterusage Ref kW kL 2008–2009 499,289 32,745 2009–2010 457,263 26,604 2010–2011 405,355 3,637 2011–2012 408,203 4,450 2012–2013 401,613 6,200 2013–2014 404,348 3,707 2014–2015 433,865 4,378

Cultural diversity

Indigenous

The school is located on the traditional Country of the Undumbi people, a coastal subgroup of the broader Kabi Kabi (Gubbi Gubbi) tribal nation.

Multiculturalism

The recent trends in multicultural composition been:

+ Student enrolment trendsYearIndigenousLBOTERef 2014 5% 6% 2015 5% 7% 2016 5% 9% 2017 4% 9% 2018 4% 10% 2019 4% 10% 2020 6% 7% 2021 6% 7% 2022 6% 9% 2023 7% 9% 2024 6% 10% 2025 TBA TBA

Sports

Houses

The school's five sports houses are named after bodies of water around Australia:

+ Sports houses House name Body of water Mascot Colour Ref Coral Coral Sea Stingray Red Pacific Pacific Ocean Swordfish Blue Tasman Tasman Sea Sharks Yellow

Voting booth venue

The school has been a venue for various state elections and referendums, hosted in the school's "Innovation Hall", including:

+ Election event details Date Event District Booth name Ref 17 May 2025 Federal election Fisher Kawana Waters 26 October 2024 State election Kawana Kawana Waters 16 March 2024 Council elections Sunshine Coast Region - Division 3 Kawana Waters 14 October 2023 National referendum Fisher Kawana Waters 21 May 2022 Federal election Fisher Kawana Waters 31 October 2020 State election Caloundra Kawana Waters 18 May 2019 Federal election Fisher Kawana Waters 2 July 2016 Federal election Fisher Kawana Waters 19 March 2016 State referendum Kawana Kawana Waters 31 January 2015 State election Caloundra Kawana Waters 21 August 2010 Federal election Fisher Kawana Waters 9 September 2006 State elections Kawana Kawana Waters

Alumni

Name Achievement Ref Emmanuel Byrd ("Manny") Football Player (Sydney FC and International)

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