Learning outside the school gates

Year 9 City School

Ask any former  Year 9 at Northcote High School and they will tell you that the City School Experience is one of the highlights of the year. The current Year 9s are in the city now working hard on their research project and enjoying city life. This year we were joined by the Year 11 VCAL students who designed and ran the ‘Amazing Melbourne’ City Exploration for the Year 9s as part of their community project.

The Year 9s have also visited the Big Issue to learn about issues for people experiencing homelessness. They recorded a radio program exploring youth issues at SynFM. Each group also have interviewed a experts and surveyed members of the public to learn about their social research project. Topics under investigation range from car buying habits of CBD residents to homelessness to the media. One group even interviewed Channel 9 stalwart Peter Hitchener! The students' findings will be presented to friends and families at our Presentation evening on November 21.

The experience in the city helps our students to develop their enterprise skills such as team work, navigation, communication and self-management. Thank you to all the staff that have supported the students on this journey.

Sarah Green and Steven Flight

Year 9 team