Middle School

Year 6 – Year 9

POWERFUL LEARNING COMMUNITY

We envision a Middle School Community made up of Powerful Learners who are committed to lifelong learning.

Our teachers strive to develop learners to become more:

• Resilient – to manage learning risks and opportunities, embrace error and persist with learning;
• Relational – to make use of relationships to learn in productive, enjoyable, and responsible ways;
• Resourceful – to draw on a wide range of learning methods and strategies;
• Reflective – to think profitably about learning and themselves as learners.

A COMPELLING LEARNING JOURNEY

Building on Junior School foundations we provide a compelling learning journey for students to grow in their spiritual formation, social and emotional learning, and academic learning. Each year has a unique Pastoral Care program focus and Cross Curricular theme to immerse our students in learning.

• Year 7 – Heroic Habits | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures 
• Year 8 – Anchored | Australia’s Engagement with Asia
• Year 9 – Rite Journey | Leadership and Sustainability

Students in Year 7 develop deep relationships with their Pastoral Care teacher who also teaches them for the CORE subjects of English, HASS, Maths, and Science. Students in Year 8 and 9 have their Pastoral Care teacher for English/HASS or Maths/Science in preparation for developing broader learning relationships in Senior School with multiple teachers. We strive to embrace a flexible approach to diverse learning needs so that every child can access and experience success in their Middle School learning journey.

DESIGN FOCUSSED

Middle School students experience a variety of specialist subjects with a focus on the Design process in a range of contexts including Food, 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, Wood, Media, as well as Creative and Sustainable Technologies.

BECOMING MORE TYNDALIAN

Middle School is a time of deepening learning relationships, exploring opportunities, and taking learning risks in and beyond the classroom walls. Belonging to our school community is strengthened through being involved in House activities, Sports Days, Camps, Musicals, Missions, Representative Sports, Leadership opportunities and Chapel.