News & Events
Living Water Expedition - Celebrating 65 Years of Yarra Junction Campus
Follow the progress of students and staff as they canoe from Yarra Junction Campus to St. Paul's Cathedral for the school's Founders' Day Service on Sunday 29 April. The service recognises the founding of Caulfield Grammar School in 1881 but also the founding of its Yarra Junction Campus 65 years ago. The team of paddlers left Yarra Junction on Sunday 22 April carrying water from the Little Yarra River at Yarra Junction Campus. The water is symbolic of the 'Living Water' theme for the service on Sunday. Follow progress...
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Wheelers Hill Campus - School Tours
Immerse yourself at our Wheelers Hill Campus. Take a student and staff led tour and discover Caulfield 'live in action'. Find out more about our specialist programs and innovative approaches to teaching and learning.
- Friday 18 May 9.30am - 11.00am
For further information please contact Joan Goode, Registrar at Wheelers Hill Campus or telephone 03 8562 5222.
Open Days 2012
Come and see why Caulfield Grammar is more than a school. You can find out more about the broad range of learning experiences offered - from academia to internationalism to earth studies, and sensational music, theatre and sport. Talk to students, staff and parents to learn more at Open Day. Caulfield Grammar's three metropolitan campuses - Wheelers Hill Campus, Malvern Campus and Caulfield Campus will conduct the next Open Day on;
- Saturday 18 August
Of course tours are available at any time. Please Contact Us to arrange an appointment.
Early Learning Information Sessions
The Centre for Early Learning Excellence at our Wheelers Hill Campus holds information sessions for parents of prospective Early Learning students in a small group setting, enabling families to view the program and facilities in operation. Our Information Sessions for 2012 are:
- Friday 18 May, 9.30am - 11.00am
- Wednesday 5 September, 9.00am - 10.30am
Of course tours are available any time. For more information or to make a booking please contact Joan Goode, Registrar at Wheelers Hill Campus or telephone 03 8562 5222.
Parents and Preschoolers Program
Our Parents and Preschoolers Program will commence again at the Wheelers Hill Campus in Term 1, 2012.
The 1½ hour weekly sessions will be centered around creative, sensory and imaginative play and are designed to stimulate and engage children from 20 months to 3 ½ yrs. Parent involvement is integral to the program. Click here for a copy of the flyer.
For further infomation email Joan Goode or Click here to download a booking form.
Term Dates 2012 & 2013
For more information on Term Dates, please click on one of the links below:
The Arts at Caulfield - Calendar of Events for 2012
The arts play an integral role in the life of Caulfield Grammar School students, with over 100 scheduled concerts, performances, productions and exhibitions each year. To find out what's on during the year see our 2012 Arts Calendar.
Centre for Early Learning Excellence
The Centre for Early Learning Excellence at Wheelers Hill Campus is one of the finest new facilities for children's learning in Melbourne. Opened in 2003 at the Wheelers Hill Campus, the Centre for Early Learning Excellence builds on the School's reputation for highly innovative approaches to education. The Centre comprises Pre-Prep classrooms that support the acclaimed Reggio Emilia approach, along with Prep Classrooms, a Science and Technology Centre and a Centre for Special Needs. The physical environment is considered an important source of learning and great attention is given to the look and feel of the classroom. Clever design enables children to be aware of activities throughout the building, to have spaces of varying volumes with bountiful natural light, and internal/external views to stimulate and encourage an awareness of colour, texture, sounds and nature. The learning activities are supported by our specialist staff.
The playground takes children on a safe, sensory adventure and invites them to be creative and imaginative at every turn. It has many different aspects, textures, elements and discrete play-spaces that all combine to provide an interesting outdoor learning space.
Most adults take their perception of balance, touch and movement for granted, however these are critical skills that help young girls and boys develop physically. The playground is a child's paradise and it complements the Centre for Early Learning Excellence beautifully.
Science and Technology Centre
This is a specialised learning space where computer technology, robotics and experimentation are integrated into the learning programs enjoyed by our junior school students at all year levels.
Special Needs Centre
A Special Needs Centre is also available for our specialist teachers and those students involved in the School's Challenge Program. It is a flexible space designed for both small and large groups and allows for the delivery of individualised programs for children when required. For more information on the Centre for Early Learning Excellence please Contact Us
Learning Mentors
In an initiative designed to improve significantly the learning of every individual student, each Year 7 and Year 8 class has a dedicated Learning Mentor (in addition to the subject specialist teacher), who monitors the academic and pastoral progress of each child in their allocated class group. This is a further way of achieving our focus on both knowing the learning style of each child and on ensuring that each child's experience is as good as it can be. Caulfield Grammar School is the first school to introduce this innovative practice at secondary level.
The Learning Mentor is a qualified teacher who attends each core subject class (English, Mathematics, Science, Chinese, German, SOSE/ Humanities, Information Technology, Professional Development and Art) every day, with these same students. The Learning Mentor will attend additional subject classes whenever possible. The Mentor monitors learning environments, observes and assesses each child's learning preferences and their academic and social development, whilst supporting the specialist teachers who facilitate the formal learning activities. There are, therefore, two teachers with each Year 7 and Year 8 class in all core subjects enabling better teaching and learning to take place.
Through a structured program, the Learning Mentors provide valuable information about the progress of each individual student to the classroom teachers, pastoral care staff and through them, also to parents. The Mentors also work closely with the school's Special Education specialists to ensure the learning needs of individual students are being met across learning areas.
VCE @ Year 10
Students begin studying VCE subjects in Year 10 and particular emphasis is given to helping students focus on preparation for entry to the tertiary course or career of their choice. Year 10 students at Caulfield Grammar are able to include in their course of study a range of VCE units suited to their interests and abilities. This means in effect that the VCE is spread over three years rather than two, enabling students to tailor their own individual learning journeys for these three critical senior years. It also means that students in Year 10 can sample a wider range of the academic and additional learning programs that Caulfield Grammar offers. It will also allow a more comprehensive induction into VCE Units 3 and 4, which determine students' ENTER scores, and therefore their pathway to tertiary studies and career choices.It's an innovative approach to meeting individual needs learning and providing pathways to success.
Year 9 Learning Journeys
With our collective knowledge of how students at Year 9 best learn, gained from research and the successful Internationalism Program at our Nanjing Campus, the concept of Learning Journeys has been introduced to Year 9 to supplement the core learning areas of English, Mathematics and Extension Mathematics, Science, and Physical Education.With one day each week devoted to Learning Journeys, students are involved in an experiential and holistic learning model with focus on activities outside of what we view the traditional classroom to be. It is experiential, reflective and based on real-world problem solving - making it highly appropriate for students at this stage of their development. A team of specialist teachers leads the Learning Journeys, and at a ratio of 1 staff member to 15 students, the individual needs of students are well catered for. The curriculum is highly differentiated for each learner and is driven by assessment for learning of generic life long learning skills.
Some examples of Learning Journeys include:
- United Nations Week. Students from Wheelers Hill and Caulfield campuses come together to simulate the workings of the real United Nations. Students study countries and issues including human rights, poverty, refugees, sustainable development, indigenous people, disarmament, climate change, AIDS, drug control and crime prevention, health, and terrorism.
- Sustainability - A local response to the drought. Students consider the impact of drought on the nation and explore the problem of reducing the school's water consumption. Student groups tackle the problem in a variety of ways coming up with a diversity of solutions.
- National identity. Students explore the diversity of the Australian people and the key influencing factors which have shaped the nation and its people through four major strands: immigration, tracking Australia's development through the arts, welfare and reconciliation.
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