Curriculum News

Good Mental health

This term, VCAL students have been working on a health unit. The year 11 and 12 students have been given the opportunity to attend 5 Gym sessions down at Plus Fitness Cranbourne. Students have been learning about what good mental health looks like and how important good nutrition and exercise is and how it should be factored into their lives on a daily basis.  At the end of the term, students will be attending 1000 steps, to test their new found fitness. 

Year 11 VCAL has just become fully digital. All students are now required to bring a device to every class. All work set will be provided on a weekly newsfeed for the students to access  and all tasks are required to be uploaded onto Compass. This change is taking the students a bit of time to get used to but it is going to be an effective way for students and parents to be able to effectively keep track of all of their learning outcomes.

In May, a group of Year 7 students went to Biolab, in Geelong. Biolab is a Government funded “science school” that we can access for our students. It gives students opportunities to use modern, state of the art technology and equipment. Students were hooked up to GPS tracking equipment, while playing a game of netball. Students were able to monitor their performance while they were exercising and propose areas for potential improvement.  Overall, the students had a great day out.