News

Out of Uniform Day

19th May 2023

We are fundraising for the year 12 End of Year Celebration, and holding an "Out of Uniform" day on Friday 19 May. Please bring a gold coin donation and dress in your casual best.

Save the date for our MAD Showcase!

22nd March 2023

We are busily preparing for our Music, Arts and Drama (MAD) Showcase on Friday 16 June, 2023.

Building Works

22nd March 2023

Teachers and students have been enjoying our refurbished modern, multipurpose facilities.

2022 Basketball Academy Tryouts

28th June 2022

The Springbank Basketball Academy tryouts are being held in the school basketball stadium on Tuesday 9 August 2022 at 9:00am. In order to qualify for the tryouts and score a position in the academy...

Basketball News

14th April 2022

Term 1 has been a packed term with several basketball events and games, including both the senior and middle school 3X3 basketball carnival held at Springbank Secondary College. 

Hamper delights

10th March 2022

It has been a delicious start to our year 12 Food and Hospitality subject. Students were assigned the task of designing a themed hamper for their first summative assignment task for 2022. There w...

New in the Uniform Range

25th February 2022

Beanies and Scarves have just been added to the Springbank uniform range.

Drumming

24th February 2022

In 2022, Mr Terry Aldridge will offer 30 minute weekly lessons for those students who are seeking to learn or improve their drumming and percussion skills.

Sabres Tournament Win

6th December 2021

Congratulations to our Springbank Sabres Ice Hockey team for winning the Ice Factor tournament 4-0. We celebrate the student’s dedication to the program and each other as they develop their skil...

Basketball Academy KO Boys Basketball

5th November 2021

On Thursday 14 October Springbank Secondary College hosted round one and two in the year 10 Boys Basketball State Knock Out Schools competition.

Ice Factor

12th October 2021

The Team has been able to stay well focussed during term three and get the best out of their allocated training times.

VET Student Pathways

20th September 2021

Student Pathways takes you from school to the world of work. Explore careers in demand across South Australia, know what to study, connect with employers, and build your CV.

Springbank Basketball Academy

14th September 2021

Recently the Springbank Basketball Academy played another practice match against the Aboriginal Basketball Academy. 

2021 SA Training Award Finalists

13th September 2021

Springbank Secondary College is proud to announce that two of our year 12 students have earned the honour of becoming finalists in the 2021 South Australian Training Awards.

Designs unveiled

2nd September 2021

DESIGNS have been unveiled and a tender released for the long-awaited $10m upgrade of Springbank Secondary College – a school that not long ago faced the threat of closure.

Student Diversity Advisory Council

1st September 2021

Congratulations to year 12 student Ale. Ale participated in the first meeting of the Student Diversity Advisory Council on Friday 20 August and represented her peers in a very professional manner.

10 Trees

30th August 2021

The City of Mitcham council has kindly donated Springbank Secondary College ten trees.

Zone Basketball Champions

13th August 2021

The Springbank Secondary College year 8 & 9 basketball team won the grand final in this season’s competition. Congratulations team!

Springbank Careers Website

2nd August 2021

We have a NEW website for you to explore! Introducing the Springbank Careers website where students can find the latest information to help them make decisions about their future, explore potent...

Adelaide Herald article

1st April 2021

The Adelaide East Herald paper has featured an article about Springbank Secondary College's Wellbeing Week. Read the article HERE

3X3 Primary School Basketball

26th March 2021

Springbank hosted its inaugural Primary School 3x3 Basketball carnival in the gymnasium on Friday 19 March. With our Basketball Academy teacher, Mr. Brandan Mann, at the helm, 22 teams from our local ...

Urrbrae Wetlands

23rd March 2021

Year 9 students took time out of the classroom to visit the Urrbrae wetland investigating the types of macroinvertebrates living in this unique environment including aquatic insects such as&...

Harmony Day 2021

16th March 2021

Chants of red, yellow, blue and green kept the gymnasium alive with a sustained level of enthusiasm for fellow team mates giving it all.

International Pi day

14th March 2021

Today is International Pi day. Held every year on March 14 to correspond with the first three numbers of the mathematical constant of Pi (3.14). Students at Springbank have been challenging themselve...

Daymap Connect

10th March 2021

Access to the Student and Parent portal can be found directly through our website Daymap tab or by typing the links into your web browser URL field. Click "READ MORE" for more deta...

Viking

12th February 2021

On Thursday 11 Feb, our Year 8 HASS class had a very special lesson. During the lesson staff showed us the amazing equipment and clothes of the Vikings. Nicki demonstrated her collection of replica Vi...

IMPORTANT NOTICE

11th February 2021

Footpath Closure Please <READ MORE> by clicking the link below.

Intercultural Understanding

10th February 2021

In the year 11 Pathway to Success program students where given the opportunity to explore the top 7 lucky Chinese New Year foods including; fish, dumplings, spring rolls, sweet rice balls (termed Tang...

I thought you'd never get here!

9th February 2021

Senior Springbank Secondary drama students were challenged by Mrs Grundy with an improvisation task having to develop a short 2-minute skit to a rather ambiguous one-page script. Titled ‘I thoug...

Acquaintance evening

4th February 2021

A wonderful turn out at Springbank’s annual Acquaintance evening on Wednesday 3 February. Parents, carers and students took up the opportunity to visit our school to meet with teachers over...

Student learning on display

3rd February 2021

Springbank Secondary has an entertaining collection of videos for you to view demonstrating the exciting student learning taking place.

Bridge engineering

10th November 2020

Bridge testing in September was simply a forerunner to the year 8 bridge builders main event held last week in the technology studies department. If you weren’t already impressed by the learning...

Year 12 Final Day

9th November 2020

The recognition of a 13-year journey of schooling was celebrated as year 12 students marked the final day of their education at Springbank Secondary College. 

Minister of Education Awards

30th October 2020

Springbank’s students, staff, and invited guests celebrated the outstanding achievements of Sophie and Kane on receiving the Minister for Education Award during an award ceremony today. Both Sop...

Fun Run to help end homelessness

22nd October 2020

The Casual Day Fun Run, run by students today, was a community awareness campaign to educate and fundraise in order to help end homelessness.

That's the drum

14th October 2020

Springbank Secondary College is proud to beat its own drum when it comes to student achievement and that is exactly what they did, both figuratively and literally, during the final day of term 3 assem...

Tree planting

24th September 2020

Students, staff and guests celebrating five trees kindly donated by City of Mitcham Council.

Springbank Sabres WIN

18th September 2020

CONGRATULATIONS to the Springbank Sabres Ice Hockey team for their tournament win 18 September 2020.

A bridge to.....

7th September 2020

If anyone ever tells you to “build a bridge and get over it,” you may like to respond “Yes, but what type of bridge… a beam, truss, cantilever, arch, tied arch, suspension or ...

Keeping kites aloft

5th September 2020

Many of us could probably spot a good kite when we see it; light material, large wing span, tail, diamond or box shape construction. Surely it can't be too complicated to work out?

Principal's tour

4th September 2020

Parents, carers and prospective students enjoyed a guided tour of Springbank during our second Principal’s tour on Friday 4 September. Following a short meeting in our impressive Tower Art Centr...

What is food styling?

27th August 2020

Food styling is the art of arranging food to make it look appealing, tasty, and fresh. This was the task met by senior school students in the Food and Hospitality class this week with Ms Lowes, and th...

Arbor Day gift

10th August 2020

In celebration of World Arbor Day, the City of Mitcham Council has kindly donated five Australian native trees to Springbank Secondary College to plant on the school grounds with the view to expanding...

Belonging at Breakfast Club

6th August 2020

The Breakfast Club here at Springbank offers students not only a place to grab a bite to eat, but also a place where students can connect and hang out with other students. The program is supported by ...

Basketball Academy Sport Science

5th August 2020

The functional screening program has continued in the SSC Basketball Academy with the assistance of our partners at Flinders University. Video sessions were created by the Flinders team, supported by ...

Safety First

4th August 2020

Springbank Secondary College would like to remind all students, parents, staff and community to please take care when entering and exiting the school site during the Daws Road, Goodwood Road and Sprin...

Cutting edge learning

3rd August 2020

Year 9 students, under the careful direction of Food and Hospitality teacher, Mrs Pike, have been learning about basic knife skills and techniques for shallow fried crumbled chicken and strips of deli...

Raising a village

6th July 2020

At Springbank Secondary students don’t just think outside the box, they think of what they can do with the box. An exhibition of year 8 creativity was on show during the end of term assembly dem...

Looking After My Wellbeing (poster)

1st July 2020

Am I stressed or anxious?  How can tell?  So what can  do?

Supporting Students (poster)

1st July 2020

Is this a stressful time for you and your teenager?

Review Submissions Closed

2nd June 2020

Submissions are now closed for the Springbank Educational Review  Submissions to the Springbank Educational Review on the future secondary education needs of young people in the local area are...

No Ice, Noice!

1st June 2020

What do you do when the most fundamental aspect of fielding an Ice Hockey team is missing? Adapt! The Springbank Sabres are not letting the fact that they have no ice hinder them from bringing the ...

Garden benefits

3rd April 2020

Students at Springbank have been diligently relocating and replanting a number of the school’s potted plants to ensure they receive the necessary care from the sun, rain and shade trees in the f...

Student Wellbeing

1st April 2020

It can feel stressful and overwhelming during an event like the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and we can all be affected differently.

Springbank Secondary College Review

6th March 2020

Details regarding the school review, please select 'READ MORE' below.

Tops for Sabres

24th February 2020

Springbank Secondary College acknowledges the generous contribution from the ‘Advancing Youth Foundation inc’ for their kind donation of our new Ice Factor guernseys. 

Flinders University Conference

14th February 2020

As part of our strategy for improving learning outcomes for students at Springbank, senior students were given the opportunity to attend a free Flinders University conference for the Student Developme...

2019 Year 12 Formal Celebration

5th December 2019

Year 12 students celebrated the completion of their final year of education at Springbank with a formal celebration dinner at the Glenelg Golf Club function room on 3 December 2019.

$20 Boss

1st December 2019

Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences students engaged in a $20 Boss entrepreneurial challenge in term 4.

Remembrance Day Ceremony

13th November 2019

Springbank Secondary College students presented a respectful and dignified Remembrance Day Ceremony to our community today. Congratulations to the recipients of Repat Museum Awards this year presented...

Masterchef Challenge

5th September 2019

Students at Springbank Secondary College were given the exciting opportunity to work in collaboration with the Australian Science and Mathematics School (ASMS) during week 7 to produce meals sourcing ...

Astronomy Night

4th September 2019

A good crowd turned out for our first SSC Astronomy Night on Wednesday despite some cloud cover delaying our view of the night sky for a portion of the evening. Guests were not discouraged, however, a...

Ice Factor news

1st August 2019

Springbank’s Ice Factor ice hockey team were guests invited by his Excellency the Honourable Hieu Van Le and Mrs Le at a civic reception at Government House.  

At Breaking Point

25th July 2019

An individual student’s assessment yielded impressive results in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics today.

Bridges Expo

5th July 2019

Springbank’s year 8 STEAM Bridges Expo was a wonderful success with students, staff and guests witness to a room of innovation, engineering and design.

DfE Gallery Exhibition

1st July 2019

Congratulations to Springbank Secondary students who exhibited their art work in the foyer of the Department for Education (DfE) in Flinders Street as part of the Dream Big Children’s Festi...

Bridging the gap

27th June 2019

Year 8 students are actively involved in their final STEAM task of term 2 by investigating, planning and designing bridges in readiness for our Springbank bridge expo on Friday 5 July.

Electronic Recycling

21st June 2019

Unit Year 10, 11 and 12 students recently visited E-recycling as a joint investigation into electronic recycling and sustainability

The Science of Water Filtration

5th June 2019

The World Health Organisation states that 844 million people lack even a basic drinking-water service, including 159 million people who are dependent on surface water, with at least 2 billion people g...

MAD Night

31st May 2019

An eruption of sound marked the arrival of Springbank’s first MAD night for 2019 with a ‘Spicks and Specks’ percussion routine standing front and centre on the Tower Art Centre stage...

Basketball Academy

29th May 2019

During semester 1, Springbank Secondary College Basketball Academy and senior Health and Physical Education students had the opportunity to participate in a Functional Movement Screening program with ...

Zone sports Badminton

27th May 2019

In recent months several year 8 and 9 students have participated in Zone sports after school badminton competition. Springbank students competed against a number of local schools, showing terrific ded...

I am your density

22nd May 2019

Ever wondered why oil floats on water while syrup sinks to the bottom? It is all about density! Year 8 students investigated the characteristics of several household products building a layered densit...

Senior Kayaking Practical

20th May 2019

The year 12 Physical Education class spent three days at the start of term 2 participating in a kayaking practical at the West Lakes Aquatic Centre. This was one of their three practical topics that t...

Basketball Academy

5th April 2019

Springbank has been fortunate to be working in partnership with Flinders University for the student functional screening program. Student have completed two lab sessions so far with Flinders Univ...

Scalpel!

5th April 2019

With a scalpel and forceps in hand, year 9 students actively participated in a heart dissection on Friday, week 10. They explored how the organ pumps blood throughout the body via the circulatory syst...

Open Day 2019

27th March 2019

A wonderful turn out of parents, friends, relatives and prospective students to our 2019 Open Day. Guests were welcomed by Principal Wendy House in the school's Tower Art Centre (TAC) and given an...

Harmony Day 2019

19th March 2019

A Harmony Day tradition that began at our school in the early 2000s was again uniquely celebrated on Tuesday 19th March and what a great success it was again this year. The perfect synergy of harmony...

CO2 Dragsters race off

16th March 2019

Weeks of preparation by our inventive Unit students came to a head as they raced their CO2 dragster creations against each other in the basketball stadium on Friday 15th March.

SRC training days

15th March 2019

The SRC representatives all attended a full day “training day” held at the Mitcham Council Chambers where the students met the Mayor, Heather Holmes-Ross and asked questions about what lea...

Student Development Program Day at Flinders University

13th March 2019

Senior School students were given the opportunity to explore a future as a Flinders University student during Springbank’s Student Development Program (SDP) day ........

Springbank Secondary College Launch

8th February 2019

On Friday 8 March we formally launched the new identity of the school as Springbank Secondary College. Our students welcomed the Minister for Education, the Hon John Gardner, Shadow Minister for Educa...

Congratulations to the Class of 2018

1st February 2019

We congratulate all of our Year 12 students on their wonderful results.