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The Mosman Preparatory School, officially the Mosman Church of England Preparatory School and commonly abbreviated as ''Mosman Prep'', is a dual-campus
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for boys, located on the Lower North Shore and the
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, Australia. The school was established in 1904 and is based on the UK preparatory school system. The school provides a religious and general education to boys from Year K to Year 6 across two campuses, located in and in .


History

Mosman Preparatory School was founded in 1904 by A. H. "Tibby" Yarnold, who aimed to create a school to which parents could "confidently send their boys". The school started with 26 boys with ages ranging from 9–14 and numbers grew but then dropped during the
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, after which numbers steadily started to rise once more. There are now more than 300 boys attending the school, with the range of years being from Kindergarten to Year 6. The school opened its outdoor educational campus in Terry Hills. Nowadays the school aims to provide a social and sporting as well as academic education.


Houses

The school's three houses were named after three previous headmasters of the school. Houses were introduced to the school in Mr. Begbie's time as headmaster. * Yarnold * MacDougall * Bradley


Campuses

The School has two campuses, the main school in the suburb of Mosman and its
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al campus located in Terrey Hills, it was designed to teach students about the outdoors, to have a change in the learning environment from in a classroom to an open area and to be used as a sporting facility for weekend sport and training.


Headmasters

The following individuals have served as Headmaster of Mosman Prep:


See also

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References


External links

* {{Official website, http://www.mosmanprep.nsw.edu.au/ Boys' schools in New South Wales Preparatory schools (Commonwealth) Educational institutions established in 1904 1904 establishments in Australia Mosman, New South Wales Anglican Diocese of Sydney Anglican primary schools in Sydney