SCHOOL FACILITIES

Canterbury College sits on 30.2 hectares of natural bushland, grassed ovals and landscaped grounds at Waterford in Logan City, midway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. This beautiful environment and its state-of-the-art facilities provide students with the best possible setting to support their academic and extracurricular endeavours.

Libraries: Our Junior School Discovery Centre and the Middle and Senior Schools Research and Next Centre are large, bright and welcoming spaces stocked with books, technology, and study areas conducive to individual and group work. Both contain texts and online resources, computers and smart boards, with specialist staff on hand to assist students. Canterbury students can also access our online library website HERE - a space rich in information and resources.

The Research and Next Centre also houses our Digital Hub, featuring all of the latest STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) technologies and equipment.

English Language Centre: Canterbury’s English Language Centre is operated by specialist staff and situated in the Middle and Senior Schools. It is used for Literacy enhancement for International students as well as for general ESL tutorial support.

Science Precinct: The Science precinct has eight laboratories equipped with industry-standard equipment. The Extended Experimental Investigation (EEI) Analytical Room has more than 30 data loggers and an EEI store/workroom to help students complete their EEIs.

Trade Training Centre (TTC) The TTC includes state-of-the-art facilities in key vocational areas. A furnishing workshop and construction courtyard make up the industrial training facility and the hospitality training facility comprises a commercial kitchen, restaurant and bar training area. These $1.5 million amenities enable students to develop skills in furnishing, construction and hospitality.

Canterbury Events Centre (CEC): The CEC seats around 2000 people and includes a stage large enough for a full orchestra, acoustic walls and ceiling, full theatre curtaining, a mezzanine level and a heat-and-serve kitchen. The sound and lighting enables professional-standard productions to be performed on stage.

Performing Arts Academy is the hub of all performance-related activity, and it includes:

• specialty classrooms
• a 220-seat tiered auditorium with professional sound and lighting
• a music laboratory equipped with composition software and keyboard computers
• 14 sound-proof studio rooms
• visual art rooms and a kiln, and
• a professional-standard sprung dance floor.
• open air amphitheatre that is regularly used for year-level meetings, lunchtime concerts and rehearsals.

Ovals and Fields:  The Canterbury campus includes three six sports fields. They house various athletics facilities, including two long jump pits and an eight lane athletics track.

Indoor Courts:  There are three multi-purpose courts inside the Canterbury Events Centre (CEC) that accommodate netball, basketball and volleyball. Each court comes with electronic scoreboards as well as floodlighting for evening matches.

Gymnasium:   A professional-standard, fully equipped gym on the CEC’s mezzanine level is used by staff and students.

Sports Hall:   The Sports Hall is used for TAS sporting fixtures, HPE classes and as a multi-purpose hall. It has two indoor courts, electronic scoreboards and can seat 1500 people.

Outdoor Courts:  There are three full-sized outdoor tennis courts located beside the Sports Hall as well as three beach volleyball courts.

The College adheres to the Queensland Government’s Safe and Supportive School Environments policy framework and the National Safe Schools Framework which provide stringent parameters to ensure safety within schools.