A huge congratulations to all staff and students who ran a brilliant open night for 2021! As always with the end of day light savings, running activities outside can be a daunting task, however, the night proved to be a great success with only a few patches of drizzle. This… Read More
Humanities was alive with colour and activity on Open Night. A huge thanks to all staff and students who helped showcase our great activities. Our rooms were filled with great assignments completed recently by Humanities students. Hands-on activities from Be Your Own Boss, our new Year 9 subject, were a… Read More
April has been a busy and productive time in The Arts faculty. We have been learning Guitar in Music, technical drawing in VCD, making short films in Media and preparing and setting up our amazing displays of student work and activities for potential new students for Open Night. Open Night was a huge… Read More
Humanities students have built on the knowledge and understanding they gained earlier this term, with many classes progressing on to more in-depth assignments in March. Our highlights have included: Year 7 Geography students completed assignments based on their photos and observations taken from around the College grounds. Year 7 Geography… Read More
As Term 1 rolls on towards the Easter Break, we in the Language Faculty are preparing for two of our major engagements: The Language Perfect World Championships and Mooroolbark College Open Night. The Education Perfect World Series – 16th of 23rd March Education Perfect is a handy interactive learning tool… Read More
We have had a number of special events over the last month. These are some of the highlights: On Tuesday 16th March, our school canteen had Burmese food available for order. This proved very popular with our school community and especially our staff! Our canteen is looking to make this food available at… Read More
At Mooroolbark College, we believe that fostering a love of reading and improving reading skills are essential to allow our students to access a range of opportunities in the future. Reading provides an outlet for students to use their imagination, as well as building transferable skills such as expanding their vocabulary. See the infographic below for more information… Read More
Our students are settling into their Science classes for the year as they busily experiment, investigate, observe and explore the world around them. In Year 11 Psychology, students have applied their knowledge of the human brain to construct play-dough models. Once developed, their brains received damage to the lobes and association areas. Students then predicted the likely behaviour of their patient after injury. Recently, our… Read More
It has been a busy start to 2021. We have successfully increased the level of student agency within our Mathematics curriculum with student learning goals incorporated into our Year 7 and 8 Mathematics classes. We are also continuing with our Numeracy program, allowing students to work collaboratively and creatively on open ended and real-life problem-solving tasks. We are pleased to… Read More
This month, we offer some rare insights into the experiences of our students undertaking Year 7 English, Year 10 Literature and Year 12 English Language. Year 7 English with Nikkisha Dempster How are you finding English this year? Easy because the content is explained well, in a way that I understand it. What do… Read More
