# Overnewton Anglican Community College

Overnewton Anglican Community College (more commonly known as 'OACC', or simply Overnewton) is a private, co-educational, day school, in Melbourne, Victoria. The college was founded in 1987.
The college has two campuses, the Canowindra Campus (formerly Taylors Lakes Campus) located in Taylors Lakes, and the Yirramboi Campus (formerly Keilor Campus) located in Keilor. Prep to Year 4 (commonly known within the College as the Junior School) and Year 9 is only available at the Canowindra Campus; and the Year 5 to Year 8 (known as the Middle School) and Year 10 to 12 (known as the Senior School) are only available at the Yirramboi Campus in Keilor.
Students at the school are encouraged to become involved in a range of co-curricular activities that complement the academic program. Christian education is a core subject at all levels. It is compulsory to take part in a Contribution Scheme, whereby families contribute 12 hours of service to the College each school term. The school has participated for many years in the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge in both the junior, premier and RAW divisions.

## Master Plan

In 2018, the Principal of Overnewton, James Laussen, unveiled a new Master Plan the College. Implemented in 2021, this plan combined the Junior and Middle schools so that there was one Junior School at the Taylors Lakes Campus, and one Middle School at the Keilor Campus. Prior to the implementation, there were two Junior schools and two Middle schools (one at each campus). Including these changes to the structure of the school, there was the construction of a Prep–2 Learning Centre and a new 6–7 learning centre, the latter of which won an award for the best new school building.

## Houses

Students are assigned a house once enrolled at the College for the duration of their attendance. They are:
Overnewton's College houses :
| House | Named after | Mascot |
| Curie | Marie CurieA Polish-French physicist and chemist | Cougars |
| Edison | Thomas EdisonAn American inventor and businessman | Eagles |
| Pasteur | Louis PasteurA French chemist, pharmacist, and microbiologist | Pirates |
| Newton | Isaac NewtonAn English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author | Knights |

## Sport

In Prep to Year 4, students participate in sports under the guise of a way to provide a fun way for children to be physically active and to improve their sporting abilities for later Years in a non-competitive environment. The sports are conducted through the House program.
In Years 5 and 6, students participate in a weekly interschool sporting program, competing in a range of team sports available at district, zone, region and national levels. Competition is under the guidelines of the Victorian Department of Education's School Sport Victoria (SSV). The sport teams are organised so that students can participate in boys, mixed or girls only competitions. The sports offered including basketball, hot shot tennis, football, kanga cricket, netball, soccer, softball, and volleyball. In Term 4, all Year 5 students compete in an additional sporting competition with other independent co-educational schools within the district.
The college is part of the Association of Coeducational Schools (ACS) sports competition which involves other independent co-educational schools around Melbourne since 2003. Year 6 students prepare to join ACS in Term 4 and participation is mandatory in Years 7-11, and optional for Year 12 students. Students participate in a range of team sports, through the summer and winter seasons, as well three major sport carnivals (swimming, cross country and athletics) within the ACS competition. In Years 10-12 the best and fairest players as nominated by their coaches are recognised via ACS All Star awards. ACS All Star recipients have the opportunity to play in association matches against the Ballarat Associated Schools (BAS).

### ACS premierships

Overnewton has won the following ACS premierships.
Boys:
* Basketball (2) – 2012, 2013
* Football (2) – 2014, 2015
* Futsal (5) – 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020
* Soccer (6) – 2006, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023
* Softball (2) – 2014, 2015, 2017, 2023
* Table Tennis – 2020, 2023
Girls:
* Basketball (4) – 2005, 2013, 2017, 2018
* Football – 2005
* Futsal (2) – 2013, 2014
* Netball – 2019
* Soccer (3) – 2008, 2012, 2014
* Tennis (5) – 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020