• Helping students individually – socially
• Relations between staff to students
• Staff support to students
• Experienced and competent body of staff
• Good working connections with the community, especially the primary schools
• Student management team and structure
• Extra curricula program – especially sport
• Staff putting in extra time –outdoor ed programs etc
• Strong base for students with learning difficulties- Restart etc

• We've prepared students pretty well for VCE
• We do a good job across the board with all kids- given the extra help we give
• WCB elective program gives them give choices
• Strong pastoral system
• Strong follow up on “caring” issues
• Majority of kids relate well to majority of staff
• When discipline procedures are followed through they are very good (*but is tiring)
• Some facilities are OK

• Collegiate camaraderie –common goals and objectives; [historically]
• Good at getting kids through to the end of Year 10
• Supportive of students, and their families, even when they are difficult
• Very good curriculum / strong teaching of mixed ability groups
• Have tried to make connections; use out of school opportunities; eg sports, part time work, social settings
• Preparation for post Year 10
• Teachers here are innovative – manage a wide cohort. More flexible in our approach.

• Innovative – eg T12, Flying Start, P1-0
• Very skilled staff across broad range
• Many with prior industry experience
• Strong local community support
• Success in sport, energy etc, many and varied in all areas
• Prepared to continually question and revise methods and aims on constructive self reflection
• Strong response to DET initiatives
• Emphasis on continuing Curriculum Development
• Student input actively encouraged
• Strong efforts to build resources

• Lawns and garden beds, pruning
• Welfare
• Implementation of CSF2
• Implementation of Middle years teaching strategies
• A lot of choices in years 9+10

Extra curricula activities, eg:

• Deb ball
• Energy Breakthrough
• Production
• Band and Choir
• Sport

•  Excursions and activities

• Trade subjects and facilities
• Instrumental music program
• Broad curriculum
• Energy breakthrough
• Strong Sports Program
• Production
• Food Tech Facilities and Program
• Art Work Displays
• Extensive grounds
• Welfare program
• Information evenings
• Caring Staff
• Horse Studies

• Strong technology background (‘tech' school)
• Cater for underachievers (programs – boys education, school to work, Restart, strong Pastoral program : eg first state school to have a chaplain).
• Good facilities – hall, kitchen ,library, oval, grounds,
• good location - bike track, lake Weeroona ,
• “Old teachers” – plenty of skill, stable staff
• parents of kids taught by teachers of their kids
• heaps of excursions
• links to primary schools
• Camps

• Technology subjects
• Historical reputation for catering for boys education
• Catering for lower achieving students
• Pastoral program strong
• Chaplain – welfare system historically strong
• 70s – facilities were new – Hall, Library, Gym, Kitchen, oval
• Grounds have always been good, location
• Experience of teachers / skill level high
• Skilled experienced staff

• Experienced staff
• Adapted to change

Tech - to Secondary

All boys to 7-12 co-ed to 7-10 to P-10

Curriculum changes

• Plenty of grounds / play areas
• Extra curricula opportunities
• Links with community – sport, work experience
• P-10 unique identity
• Catering for boys – technology strength
• Catering for students with special needs
• Capacity to implement change
• Student management / welfare system – program

• Cluster links – transition programs
• Strong welfare program
• Facilities – hall, gym, specialist programs
• Info evenings
• Flying Start
• Tech program
• Strong Sports programs

• Musicals and production
• Camps program was very good
• Bendigo East and Whitehills=Weeroona (P-10)
• Middle years (intro)
• Horse studies
• Home Economics
• End of year program

• Deb balls
• School Productions
• Choir
• Staff support
• Tech school – hands on programs , relevant to trades

• Merger with primary – mentoring
• Academic excellence in maths, science.
• Welfare of students
• T.O.P
• Energy Vehicles

• Delivering an excellent comprehensive curriculum
• Teaching of mixed ability groups – we do this very well – cater for individual needs
Staff know their students well and make ever effort to engage students in a variety of ways – make connections between school life and “outside” community life
• Extra Curricula activities

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