ENGLISH

English

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The English KLA would like to bid Lucy Badrock and Prue Bon a fond farewell. Ms Badrock is going to teach year 12 English Language at a Catholic school and Ms Bon is taking a year of leave to study.   Our senior students are busy doing orientation for VCE. We… Read More

LANGUAGES

Languages

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Is it already Term 4? Well, well, the year really has gone quickly! However, Mooroolbark College’s Language classes are abuzz with end of Year activities. There’s the regular coursework and of course, the cultural aspects to language learning that will become more important in the coming weeks, as the grades… Read More

ENGLISH

English

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Farewell and Good Luck to our year 12 students  The Year 12 English Team are proud of the work that students have put in this year and for the resilience that has been shown when overcoming the challenges presented throughout the last two years. A highlight of the year was… Read More

HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Health & PE

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It has already been a busy start to Term 4 but before we get there, I would like to take this opportunity to reflect on some of the other incredible activities and accomplishments of our students that occurred during the back end of Term 3.   Starting off with a… Read More

SCIENCE

Science

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In Science we would like to congratulate and say goodbye to our Year 12s who have finished their final VCE classes. We hope that they continue to strive and assist the scientific community in their futures. We thank them for their contribution to Science over the past 6 years. All… Read More

THE ARTS

The Arts

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Our annual Night of Excellence was another huge success for The Arts. The multipurpose room was the venue for our amazing VCE Arts Showcase exhibition that displayed the incredible work completed by VCE students in Art, Media, Studio Arts and Visual Communication Design. The night also saw our junior students… Read More

EAL

EAL - English as an Additional Language

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2022 is a year packed with excitement as we finally have the opportunity to complete a whole year of teaching and learning on-site, and participate in camps, excursions, and other school events like we used to after two years of pandemic life. To many, the year feels incredibly long. Yet,… Read More

ENGLISH

English

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Year 7 English  Year 7 English has just finished their study of Things a Map Won’t Show You. The last story we studied was The year King by Michael Pryor which is a fantasy story. As a creative task Ms. Farrell’s 7E created their own fantasy characters and then brought… Read More

HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Health & PE

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What a jam-packed Term 3 it has been. With 2 weeks to go it is a timely reminder to sit back and reflect on all the wonderful achievements and adventures our students have been completing in Health and Physical Education. I am so proud of all our students who have… Read More

STEAM

Curriculum

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We are STEAMing ahead at Mooroolbark College with bringing in many new STEM/STEAM initiatives for students.   In a most recent STEM experience students from Year 9 Innovate Science took part in a STEM challenge where they designed a Shake table and Tower to test the integrity of the structure.… Read More