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Middle School
(Years 9 and 10)
The focus in Middle School is on balance and choice. Students are offered extensive academic and co-curricular programs within a stimulating learning environment.
The new home for Year 9 students, the redeveloped Dr Wood Learning Centre, includes flexible, collaborative learning and informal spaces. An adjacent amphitheatre seamlessly connects to a recreational and productive garden space. The building in its entirety embodies the spirit of sustainability connecting it with the MLC Marshmead campus. The Marshmead program focuses and explores the concepts of sustainability, community and leadership, offering students a practical, hands-on experience where they undertake a range of integrated units that tie in with the Kew based Middle School curriculum and key learning areas.
There are many leadership opportunities to prepare students for their final years of schooling and build foundations for independence, responsibility and the courage to take the initiative. Academic programs are designed to offer students a balanced curriculum that prepares students to access the range of different Senior School pathways. Within a ‘guided choice’ framework and extensive elective subjects, students are encouraged to try something different and discover new areas of interest.
Throughout Year 10, Careers staff work alongside the students’ teachers in providing support to students to guide them in their course and subject choices.
