Bremer State High School

Bremer State High School (Bremer SHS) is a public, co-educational high school located in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.

Bremer State High School
Location
Ipswich , Queensland Australia
Coordinates	27°38′07″S 152°45′10″E / 27.63528°S 152.75278°E / -27.63528; 152.75278
Information
Type	Public, co-educational, secondary, day school
Motto	Latin: Una Via Vitae meanig one of life's path's
Established	1959
Principal	Ross Bailey
Enrolment	2000 (2022)
Campus	Urban (Churchill)
Colour(s)	Yellow, royal blue and grey
Website	bremershs.eq.edu.au

Relocation

Bremer State High School was originally built at 73 Blackstone Road, Silkstone (27°37′15″S 152°46′48″E / 27.620825°S 152.780042°E / -27.620825; 152.780042) from 1959 until it was relocated in 2011.^[1]

It was announced in March 2009 that Bremer State High School would be relocated.^[2] The new school was constructed on 133-135 Warwick Road next to the Ipswich campus of the University of Queensland (subsequently a campus of the University of Southern Queensland) at a cost of approximately $73 million^[3] which was part of the Queensland Government's $850 million State Schools of Tomorrow initiative.^[4] To accommodate the move the golf course adjacent to the new school had to undergo a $1 million redesign. The move occurred due to ongoing maintenance problems at the school's former site caused by land movement and active soils.^[5] The new school opened in 2011.

Due to this relocation, the school subsequently underwent several changes such as a new uniform which included a one-off foundation shirt. Bremer State High School was also selected as one of the pilot schools for the move of Year 7s to high school for 2013,^[6] as part of a push for a national curriculum which would see all Year 7s in Queensland at high school in 2015.^[7] This pilot program would also allow all Year 7s access to a 32GB Wi-Fi version of the Apple iPad 2 tablet if Anna Bligh were to be elected in the 2012 Queensland state election.^[8]

In late February 2012, the old campus was sold from the Queensland Government to the Ipswich City Council for proposed redevelopment of the school buildings and the utilisation of the ovals for future local sports fields.^[9] In June 2016, it was announced that the site would undergo an $85 million development as the Silkstone Urban Renewal Project, with residential, shopping and parkland components.^{[10][circular reference]}

References

1. Chiclcott, Tanya; Vlasic, Kimberley (7 June 2013). . The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
2. Wilson, Alena (24 March 2009). . Ipswich-news.whereilive.com.au. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
3. Wilson, Alena. . Ipswich-news.whereilive.com.au. Archived from the original on 5 April 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
4. . Education.qld.gov.au. 2 February 2010. Archived from the original on 5 July 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
5. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
6. "Year 7 pilot schools". Deta.qld.gov.au. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
7. "Qld to move year 7 to high school - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Abc.net.au. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
8. Hopewell, Luke (21 February 2012). "iPads in Qld schools under new Bligh govt - Hardware - News - ZDNet Australia". Zdnet.com.au. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
9. "State sells school site to council | Ipswich News | Local News in Ipswich | Ipswich Queensland Times". Qt.com.au. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
10. Hartley, Anna (1 June 2016). "Work starts on $85m makeover for former school site". Queensland Times. from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019. Alt URL