Term 1 has been a very busy period in the Arts, with Production and Panto preparation in full swing, and students from all areas of the Arts showcasing their works across the college and wider community.   We wish Mrs Lisa Gaudion our Instrumental Music Coordinator and woodwind teacher all… Read More

LITERACY

The Literacy Team were inundated with entries into the remote learning Literacy Challenge, in which students were encouraged to send a ‘selfie’ or photo of their favourite reading spot at home and write a short explanation of why it was important to them. We had a range of entries – from students who were making the… Read More

2021 has started with students back in the workshop and getting busy. Students have looked at workshop safety and are starting to design their projects as well as learning the skills required to successfully execute their designs. This year, Technology studies welcomes the first Year 12 students for many years… Read More

Welcome back to all Humanities students! It’s been great seeing our classes engaged in so many collaborative activities in the early weeks of Term 1. Our new Year 9 subject “Be Your Own Boss” is a focus for fun, relevant and business-related activities. Recently students worked in groups on prioritising… Read More

THE ARTS

The Arts has hit the ground running in 2021. The junior students have already produced some amazing and creative work whilst our senior students have started to develop some truly incredible ideas that we can’t wait to see come to fruition.     MEDIA  Our Year 10 Media students began the semester by completing their… Read More

Welcome back to school everyone! Whether it’s welcome back to our returning students or to school generally for our new Year 7s, we would like to extend our welcoming greetings to everyone. We hope 2021 will be a return to normality. Mrs Henderson, Ms Jiang and I are very much… Read More

SCIENCE

A huge welcome to all of our students as we begin another exciting year at Mooroolbark College. We look forward to spending many lessons together exploring and experimenting to find out how the universe works. Our Year 7 students have already begun by transforming into detectives as they investigate the… Read More

A huge welcome back to all students for 2021. I would first like to welcome all of our Year 7s to the College. I hope you enjoy everything that Mooroolbark College has to offer in our Health and Physical Education program. I encourage all students to participate in house events and interschool sports. This is… Read More

ENGLISH

Welcome back to all our lovely new and returning English students. The year ahead is hopefully going to be a great one where we take back what we may have lost in the year that was. I want to take this opportunity too, to thank our amazing English faculty and… Read More

The Mooroolbark College Instrumental Music Program provides excellent opportunities for students to learn and participate in music performance. The proven benefits of learning an instrument include the enhancement of fine motor skills, improvement of short & long term memory, and ensemble participation expands student’s social networks. But most importantly, it’s… Read More