We believe in our students and have high expectations for their learning. We work with students and their families/carers to set goals and plans for their futures. We help give students the tools and skills they need to move into further education, training or employment.
To do this, we provide students with an engaging and meaningful curriculum that is relevant to their lives. Our Year 7-10 Victorian Curriculum prepares students to thrive, achieve and belong ahead of their Senior Secondary Certificate.
Students are offered many learning opportunities that align with five Victorian Curriculum key learning areas:
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- The Arts
- Technologies
- Health and Wellbeing
Our curriculum is rigorous, engaging and relevant to the lives of students. Our staff have high expectations for all students and our teaching and learning are differentiated to meet the needs of each student.
Here's a snapshot how:
Literacy
Literacy Our Literacy program is designed to support every student in all three key areas of the Victorian English Curriculum: Reading and Viewing, Writing, and Speaking and Listening. These strands are taught using real-world contexts so that our students are able to easily translate their skills and knowledge for their futures. To support our students to learn, each campus has a library with the best and most up-to-date young adult books from around the world, including a range of texts by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and LGBTQIA+ authors. We also use Essential Assessment, MacqLit and DIBELS to help identity what our students need to know, learn and improve on, in order to build their capacity and mastery.
Numeracy
In Numeracy class, students are taught each area of the Victorian Mathematics Curriculum: Number, Algebra, Measurement, Space, Statistics and Probability.
Students learn new concepts with various hands-on manipulatives like counters, blocks, and cards. They develop their mathematical thinking through exploration, games and conversations.
We also use Essential Assessment and Maths Mastery to help identify how to support our students' individual needs and grow their numeracy skills. Students learn numeracy based on what they need and build their knowledge and skills with the support of their peers and teachers.
The Arts
Each campus offers a range of electives and weekly opportunities for art expression, so that students can explore themselves creatively and critically in the Arts. The Arts includes:
- dance
- drama
- media arts
- music
- visual arts
- visual communication design.
Students express, represent and communicate ideas in modern, traditional and emerging arts forms. The significant contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to Australia’s art are explored, and students are encouraged to learn more about these unique and evolving traditions in Art Classes.
Design and Technologies
Our campuses offer weekly and elective opportunities to engage with different technologies, such as Food Technology and woodwork.
Students also learn how to use digital technology to communicate creatively and critically. Teachers model how to use different apps on iPads and laptops like the Microsoft 365 Suite, Stop Motion Studio, Procreate, iMovie, Zoom, Canva and real-time collaborative web platforms like Padlet.
Every student has access to an iPad and laptop at our School and is supported to safely and ethically investigate and solve challenges using a range of tools, software and hardware on these devices.
Wellbeing
Our campuses offer weekly and elective opportunities to engage with different technologies, such as Food Technology and woodwork.
Students also learn how to use digital technology to communicate creatively and critically. Teachers model how to use different apps on iPads and laptops like the Microsoft 365 Suite, Stop Motion Studio, Procreate, iMovie, Zoom, Canva and real-time collaborative web platforms like Padlet.
Every student has access to an iPad and laptop at our School and is supported to safely and ethically investigate and solve challenges using a range of tools, software and hardware on these devices.
Health and Physical Education
In Health and Physical Education, students develop the knowledge, understanding and skills to strengthen their sense of self and build and manage healthy relationships.
The curriculum helps students to be resilient, and to make decisions and take actions to promote their health, safety and physical activity. Students are also exposed to lessons about healthy, active living, healthy eating, physical exercise and teamwork.
