Heathmont College - Prospectus 2019

9 Years 7, 8 and 9 In educating our pre-teens and adolescents our goal is to know and nourish each one; to attend to their specific life stage and learning needs; to instil a love of learning, the willingness to take risks and learn by mistakes; to maximise engagement and movement along the learning continuum that represents a year’s growth for a year’s learning. Students and teachers work together to create the safe environment and learning conditions that foster each student’s growth toward becoming the best version of themselves. It ensures students not only achieve great outcomes, but enjoy the process. We welcome and support our Year 7 students through a comprehensive transition program that enables them to settle in quickly and begin enjoying the benefits of a Heathmont College education. They study English,Maths, Science, Humanities, Indonesian or German, Art, Music and Drama, Food Technology and Textiles, and Physical Education and Sport. In Years 8 and 9 we continue to hold each student to high expectations of behaviour and effort. A core curriculum continues to provide a balanced, rich and rigorous learning program for students. Discover Program The Discover program is flexible and can change based on teacher expertise and student voice. Students choose which activity they would like to participate in each Term. They then participate in one activity every fortnight per Term. By the end of the year students will have completed four terms of fun and engaging activities that are aimed to promote relationship building and school connectedness. Examples of activities are: • Team Sports • Individual Sports • Indoor Games • Learn to be a Referee • Make Up Class • Just Dance • Walk & Explore Transition Program Heathmont College delivers a comprehensive Transition Program across the final years of primary schooling. This begins with Year 5 students from local primary schools invited to events such as the Science and Maths Challenges. These events allow primary students to meet the teachers and students of the college, the subjects they will encounter when they reach secondary school as well as introducing them to students from other primary schools who may also attend Heathmont College in Year 7. Additional transition events include our Asia Day and German Day, which provide engaging and interactive exposure to the languages we study at Heathmont College as well as an invitation to local primary schools to a matinée performance of our annual production. During Year 6, our Transition Coordinator visits every student enrolled to attend Heathmont College the following year, to speak with the student and their teachers to determine how best to support them in Year 7. We offer three additional transition days on top of the state wide day in December, for groups of students who may be feeling anxious about beginning secondary school or who are coming from small schools. Our Transition Camp is held in the first weeks of Year 7 allowing students and teachers a fantastic opportunity to get to know each other.