Welcome to Collingwood College and Fitzroy High School’s Senior Program Guide. This shared program guide is a symbol of the continued commitment of both schools to provide the best senior school opportunities for our communities. By collaborating in an innovative, responsive, personalised and future-oriented senior school environment, the partnership looks to optimise educational outcomes for all students.
We, therefore, want to provide a range of educational options for all of our students moving into their senior secondary years. This includes both VCE and VCAL certificates. VCE, the main secondary school certificate, focuses on developing students’ academic skills and knowledge to transition to further tertiary study. VCAL is an alternative option and ideally suited to students who thrive in a practical learning environment and has the benefit of flexibility that allows for numerous paths to success. These include going straight into the workforce or further vocational training at TAFE or University following secondary school.
This is a very exciting time for current Year 10 students, in the process of making significant decisions for their senior and final years of secondary school. It is also an important time for current Year 11 students, who have an opportunity to refine their programs for Year 12; the final stage of the secondary school journey.
There are a number of factors to be taken into consideration. Importantly, decisions need to be made with a future-focus. A senior program needs to open up a future, which offers opportunity and flexibility. The course and subject choices will be critical to success, leading to a variety of pathways namely higher education, training or employment.
In the time we have been offering VCE and VCAL, we have established a legacy of student success, demonstrated by consistent academic results and transition to tertiary studies. Through our partnership, as well, with the Inner Melbourne VET Cluster (IMVC), students can access an extensive range of VET certificate courses. Many of our former students have gone on to tertiary studies to specialise in the area they studied in VET. In-house VET subjects are offered at Collingwood which have the advantage of access to their VET teacher beyond the face-to-face class time. This is beneficial in a busy senior school schedule.
The Senior Program Guide 2021 has been produced to support you with the Senior School application process. Please read carefully.
Next year will be full of challenges. We wish you well with your decision-making and planning and look forward to working with all our students and families in 2021.
We are looking forward to officially welcoming back our second wave of students on WEDNESDAY JUNE 10th. We’d like to congratulate the families of our first wave students P-2, and Year 11 and 12s for adhering to the new arrival and departure systems. You have made our job easier by using the specified gates outlined in the email from our College Principal Sam Luck.
Families in 3-6 and 7-10 please read the current information sent out by Sam as it outlines where the arrivals and departures will take place. We have specific gates open with teachers supervising at each gate. This information can also be found in our latest newsletter.
Congratulations on your efforts in the remote learning portion of Term 2. Everyone has done an amazing job.
A reminder that Tuesday June 9th is a report-writing day. We look forward to seeing you on WEDNESDAY JUNE 10th.
Our prep transition program will be starting in November. Newly enrolled students are encouraged to participate in our prep program from 9:15 am to 10:45 am on the following dates:
Tuesday 12th November
Tuesday 19th November
Tuesday 26th November
Tuesday 3rd December
This program is an early opportunity for our newest students to experience the beginning of their school journey prior to their commencement in 2020!
2021 Senior Program Guide
Dear students, parents and carers,
Welcome to Collingwood College and Fitzroy High School’s Senior Program Guide. This shared program guide is a symbol of the continued commitment of both schools to provide the best senior school opportunities for our communities. By collaborating in an innovative, responsive, personalised and future-oriented senior school environment, the partnership looks to optimise educational outcomes for all students.
We, therefore, want to provide a range of educational options for all of our students moving into their senior secondary years. This includes both VCE and VCAL certificates. VCE, the main secondary school certificate, focuses on developing students’ academic skills and knowledge to transition to further tertiary study. VCAL is an alternative option and ideally suited to students who thrive in a practical learning environment and has the benefit of flexibility that allows for numerous paths to success. These include going straight into the workforce or further vocational training at TAFE or University following secondary school.
This is a very exciting time for current Year 10 students, in the process of making significant decisions for their senior and final years of secondary school. It is also an important time for current Year 11 students, who have an opportunity to refine their programs for Year 12; the final stage of the secondary school journey.
There are a number of factors to be taken into consideration. Importantly, decisions need to be made with a future-focus. A senior program needs to open up a future, which offers opportunity and flexibility. The course and subject choices will be critical to success, leading to a variety of pathways namely higher education, training or employment.
In the time we have been offering VCE and VCAL, we have established a legacy of student success, demonstrated by consistent academic results and transition to tertiary studies. Through our partnership, as well, with the Inner Melbourne VET Cluster (IMVC), students can access an extensive range of VET certificate courses. Many of our former students have gone on to tertiary studies to specialise in the area they studied in VET. In-house VET subjects are offered at Collingwood which have the advantage of access to their VET teacher beyond the face-to-face class time. This is beneficial in a busy senior school schedule.
The Senior Program Guide 2021 has been produced to support you with the Senior School application process. Please read carefully.
Next year will be full of challenges. We wish you well with your decision-making and planning and look forward to working with all our students and families in 2021.
Christopher Millard
Acting Assistant Principal – Senior Programs
Collingwood College and Fitzroy High School