Facilities

Applecross Senior High School is located in the pleasant near riverside suburb of Ardross. It is approximately ten kilometres from the Perth central business district. The school’s boundary roads include Links Road, Ardessie Street, and Leverburgh Street.

Teaching-learning areas include a Performing Arts Centre for Dance, Drama and Music, a purpose-built Visual Arts Centre, a Design and Technology Centre, eleven Science Laboratories, and six Computer Laboratories. All classrooms have been networked for learning with technology and students have online access via classroom computers to the Library Resource Centre and the internet.

A large gymnasium and swimming pool is central to the Health and Physical Education program. Other sporting facilities include two ovals, six synpave tennis courts, two basketball courts, and cricket nets.

The Canteen is located at the Links Road side on the ground floor. It is open daily from Monday to Friday, except after school.

The Canteen is managed by the Parents and Citizens Association, and sells a variety of healthy foods during recess and lunchtime. Lunch can be ordered from 8.00 to 8.35 am.

The large gymnasium is an integral part of the Health and Physical Education program. It is used for a variety of indoor sporting activities including: badminton, basketball, dancing, and volleyball.

The gymnasium is forty five metres by thirty metres in area and includes a weights room, change rooms, kitchen facility and stage area. The large stage is ideal for theatre performances.

The facility is often used by community groups and our feeder primary schools.

The Health Centre is located in the Student Services building and caters for the primary health care of students and staff.

The Centre comprises a waiting area, an office, a well equipped treatment room, a spacious bathroom and toilet, and two bed observation rooms.

The School Nurse performs roles including accident and emergency management, and the determination of health protocols for the school.

Parents/guardians are requested to keep the Health Centre informed of any change in their child’s health status.

The Library is an integral part of the school community. It contains an extensive young adult fiction and non-fiction collection, journals, magazines, CDs, videotapes and DVDs. A comprehensive professional library area has been established and is an important asset to the ongoing professional growth of all staff.

The Library is open daily, Monday to Friday 8.00 am to 3.45 pm. It is closed at recess and open during lunchtime.

There are twenty six computers in the Library all with access to the internet. Another thirty two computers are available in the laboratory immediately adjacent to the Library.

The thirty metre swimming pool is an integral part of the Health and Physical Education program. The facility is used for all swimming classes, school carnivals, and by our feeder primary schools. The new pergola and covered area was funded by the Commonwealth Government initiative ‘Investing in our Schools’.