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LARA SECONDARY COLLEGE

Lara Secondary College offers both opportunities and challenges based on the notion that was established in 2003. A major task was to provide middle school students with a real sense of achievement and connection to their community. In an effort to address alienation and attendance the curriculum had to engage the year nine students on several levels. Students work one day a week with small teams of teachers on a range of challenges and community tasks. The terms are used to divide the year into a series of challenges.

Term 1: Personal Challenge (Physical & Academic) Students are required to experience three physical challenges include horse riding, mountain bike riding, abseiling, kyaking etc. Through each physical experience students record their learning journey in a visual reflection journey. Students take part in an overnight camp.

Term 2 & 3: Together We Do Better Students are given a taster of the nine connection projects offered at Lara Secondary College and must complete their selections at the end of the taster day. Community projects include St Lawrence Aged care Facility (creating memory boxes), Duke of Edinburgh, Fish for the Future, Peer Mentoring (Cross Aged Tutoring), Go TV (Media), The Great Puppet Caper, Community Event, Boat Building.

Term 4: A Tale Of Two Cities Students explore urban issues and contrast Geelong and Melbourne. Students attend a four day urban camp and explore urban issues such as multiculturalism, infrastructure, sport and recreation.

At the end of each term students present their visual diaries to a panel comprising a teacher, community member and another student. Go back to: School Visits