Transition from primary to secondary school is navigated with care. Assumption College prides itself on its partnership with school families as well as its transition of new students into the world of innovative education, locally in Kilmore.
The successful myStep program at Assumption College is an extensive transition program allowing Year 6 students at St Patrick’s Primary School to become familiar with their new environment. St Patrick’s students visit the College in the final semester of Year 6, participating in a class during the semester to help them familiarise themselves with the College.
A Quaere Program runs for the first semester for all new Year 7 students to the College and enables students to engage with learning domains across all areas of the Victorian Curriculum. It provides students, parents and teachers with a semester of broad learning to better understand their goals, interests and capacity for future learning.
The Quaere Program also creates opportunities for stronger connections and engagement with learning. These programs and activities have been designed to educate for the future within a fast-paced, ever-changing world.
Students of all year levels are invited to orientation days and guided through subject selection, uniform purchasing and bus travel as required.
“Every child is different, and it is our role to continue to look at innovative ways to support transition from primary to secondary, and to support those coming across to the College, so they can receive the very best start, and the confidence to learn, grow and flourish”, said Principal, Kate Fogarty.
Assumption College students are connected through multi-age home groups, known as Learning Mentor Groups, often grouped alongside their siblings where a strong bond can be formed between the Learning Mentor, children, and their parents.
The innovative myMAP curriculum focuses on stage not age learning, offering a vast range of subjects and pathways. The program provides learning opportunities across different levels, represented by the colours of the college crest rather than traditional year levels.
As students enter their senior school years, they can personalise their VCE journey with courses including the VCE, Vocational Education and Training or School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships.
There is also the option for students to complete accelerated VCE studies within the myMAP years and enter accelerated university subjects during VCE that contribute to their ATAR.
Subjects such as High Performance Sport, with partners such as Liverpool Football Club, Essendon Football Club, Basketball, Netball and Cricket Victoria, are further ways boarding and day students find connection, along with an extensive co-curricular program and activities.
“We have rethought the way we deliver our curriculum to benefit all our students. The traditional four-year experience across Years 7 to 10 has been replaced with a groundbreaking myMAP program. This is a program, aimed to foster Mastery, Autonomy and Purpose to enable a culture of connection, ownership and engagement with learning.”
Families are invited to start their child’s secondary school learning journey with Assumption College and welcomed to be part of their supportive community set in an idyllic, rural environment with outstanding facilities.
For families that are considering Assumption College for their child’s secondary education, applications for Year 7, 2025 close on Friday, 18 August, 2023.
Limited places have been made available in Years 8-12, applications are also invited prior to 18 August, 2023.
For more information, visit assumption.vic.edu.au
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