Gisborne Secondary College

Gisborne Secondary College
Address
Melton Road
Gisborne, Victoria 3437
Australia
Information
Type State-Government Secondary School
Established 1981[1]
Principal Mr. Andrew Robertson
Staff 120
Enrolment 1,031 (7–12)
Houses Barcham, Bennett, Bishop, Cherry, Dixon, MacDonald, Ross-Watt, Wurundjeri
Colour(s) Red, White and Blue
              
Slogan Respect, Diversity, Innovation, Achievement
Website www.gisbornesc.vic.edu.au

Gisborne Secondary College is a co-educational secondary school located in Gisborne near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The college was established in 1981. The current enrolment is 1031[2] students. Students attend from year seven to twelve. The college serves a large proportion of the Southern Macedon Ranges district in Victoria, with over 800 students attending school via school bus.

Australian representative athlete Troy de Haas attended the college 1992-1998.[3]

Year Seven and Eight Learning Centres

Year Seven and Year Eight students are educated from two learning centres. Students attend their core classes in the learning centres, but use specialist classrooms for technology, health and physical education, music, drama and some science classes. Each learning centre has a leader (Leading Teacher) and a core group of teachers who each teach half of the students in their specialist subject area.

Year Nine Learning Program

In 2015 Gisborne Secondary College plans to run a new Learning Program for students entering Year Nine. The program is intended to be engaging for students in Year Nine. Students will continue to attend core classes in English, mathematics, science, humanities, health and physical education. There will also be a range of elective and modular subjects available for student selection.

Senior School

Gisborne SC Library, constructed in 2011.

The senior school starts in Year Ten, and students can elect to study through a number of pathways to reach a senior school qualification. Students study towards the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE), the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL), as well as Vocational Education and Training in Schools (VETiS) programs and School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships.

The VCE, which is the main secondary student assessment program in Victoria, ranks students with an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) for university entrance purposes.

Performing Arts

The college has achieved some success in performing arts across Victoria in recent years, including prizes for the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge:

  • First Place - 2011 - Melbourne Raw Division grand final results
  • Second Place - 2007 - Open Division
  • Third Place - 2004 - Melbourne Grand Final, Premier Division
  • First Place - 2002 - Melbourne Grand Final, Open Division

The college also achieved five awards for the 2013 Wakakirri Secondary School Story Dance Challenge (Victoria),[4] including:

  • Best Overall Costume Design
  • Best Individual Piece Of Set
  • Best Lighting Design
  • Best Singing Performance
  • Best Individual Costume Design (Nomination)

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.gisbornesc.vic.edu.au/
  2. ↑ http://www.gisbornesc.vic.edu.au/
  3. ↑ http://namesdatabase.com/schools/AU/VT/Gisborne/Gisborne%20Secondary%20College
  4. ↑ "Victoria State Results". wakakirri.com. Retrieved 19 July 2014.

Coordinates: 37°29′55″S 144°35′06″E / 37.4985°S 144.5849°E / -37.4985; 144.5849


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