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MLC Marshmead Remote Campus
MLC Marshmead is our remote residential campus, located on 114 hectares in East Gippsland’s beautiful Croajingolong National Park. For 8 weeks, Year 9 students live together, learning about themselves, their community and the environment.
Established in 1991, MLC Marshmead was ahead of its time as one of the nation’s first environmentally focused, hands-on education settings. Students experience a low-energy lifestyle and become increasingly carbon conscious. They learn and benefit from involvement in a supportive, collaborative and connected community. Students manage their cooking, cleaning, heating and cooling within nine self-contained student houses, each featuring comfortable bedrooms, living area, kitchen, bathroom and solar hot water unit.
These experiences encourage students to build on their relationships with others while improving their communication, decision-making and interpersonal skills. Wellbeing is paramount at MLC Marshmead. All students support one another through the experience of living away from home, with dedicated staff and a Home Group teacher helping them through this process.
Whilst boarding at MLC Marshmead, students follow a curriculum program. Some Year 9 students each year choose to remain in Melbourne and follow an alternative ‘Melbourne Term’ curriculum program.
