Curriculum

Mount Compass Area School Prospectus

Respect, Participate, Achieve

Middle School: Year 7 - Year 9

Successful learning in the Middle

Years is dependent upon the

level of engagement, wellbeing

and cognitive skills developed

across the Early Years. The

culture of this Reception to Year

12 school is supportive of the

development of these important

elements which foster the

essential learning qualities of

persistence, conscientiousness

and a sense of self-efficacy.

Middle School students are

challenged with greater

ownership for their own learning

as they engage in collaborative

problem solving, inquiry learning

and interdisciplinary learning in

flexible learning spaces. The

learning environment in Middle

School is more separated than

the Primary Years and there is an

expectation that students

become independent learners

with the capacity to be inventive

and innovative.

Students in Years 7-9 undertake

a range of subjects aligned with

the Australian Curriculum. Their

learning occurs through a

continuous mixing of explicit

teaching and negotiated

learning. Students are provided

with the skills to analyse their

own learning style and

negotiate a preferred method

of preparing and presenting

their learning.

Middle School students

undertake a common

curriculum in the following

learning areas:

• English

• Mathema,cs

• Science (including

Agricultural Science)

• Humani,es & Social Sciences

• The Arts

• Health & Physical Educa,on

• Technologies (Technical

Studies, Media, Design,

Home Economics,

Agricultural and Cross-

curricula Technologies)

Middle schooling at Mount Compass recognises the needs of the adolescent learner and provides a broad curriculum that allows students to develop independent learning skills in an environment of mutual respect and trust.