Heathmont College - Prospectus 2019

7 EXCEL Weextendandchallenge students throughadifferentiated learning program within all our classrooms where students are provided learning experiences appropriate to their learning level. This allows us to accelerate and enrich those capable of taking a deeper dive into and beyond the core curriculum. Students express their potential through research, creative thinking, and open-ended tasks that involve problem solving. Formal and informal assessment provides the data sets that teachers and students use to determine the next learning step. This ensures each learner engages with the right learning for them, at the right time, in the right context. In this process we are able to maximise growth for all learners. STEM STEM encompasses Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. STEM develops student’s skills beyond the traditional Science, Technology and Mathematics curricula. They apply their skills from these lessons to complete transdisciplinary projects, solving real-world problems. These projects not only enrich the acquisition of STEM skills, but develops core capabilities such as digital literacy, problem solving, communication, creativity and critical thinking. Students from YEAR 7-12 have the opportunity to embrace STEM as part of their learning journey at Heathmont College. The STEM program is structured as follows: Year 7 Digital Technologies using Scratch as a beginning language Year 7 & 8 Coding in Maths using JavaScript and Python through the use of Microbits and Sphero’s Year 9 Robotics and Flight Year 10 Coding using Arduino Technology Year 11 & 12 Computing Informatics Across the school year there are numerous projects for students to join from any year level. Some of the highlights would be our partnership with Rotary and Kenworth Trucks to participate in an engineering competition against 20 other local schools. We work with Melbourne Water and Friends of Dandenong Creek to electronically monitor the environment in and around our local creek. All of the Year 7 students participate in an excursion to the Grand Prix with a focus on sustainable travel, self-driving vehicles and flying cars.