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Taylors Lakes Secondary College 1- 39 Parmelia Drive, Taylors Lakes 3038 Telephone: 9390 3130 Fax: 9390 3056 |
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Taylors Lakes Secondary College 1- 39 Parmelia Drive, Taylors Lakes 3038 Telephone: 9390 3130 Fax: 9390 3056 |
Middle Years Enrichment Program
Taylors Lakes Secondary College will be in its sixth year of a Middle Years Enrichment Program. It is aimed to engage students in an environment that will extend their knowledge and challenge their learning. The carefully structured program is designed for students who show potential for learning beyond the classroom.
Students are able to contribute to a range of group based topics that develop their knowledge, skills, confidence and a positive attitude to learning.
Students who are most suited for the Middle Years Enrichment Program are those who:
How does the program work?
Each week, students are required to attend 2 Enrichment classes which will be rotational basis, which will avoid missing out on the same class.
In these classes, each year level will have a respective teacher to lead them that has been trained to teach and advance skills which will be required for outside the classroom. To assist them in this process there has been a numerous amount of suggestions, by students to introduce new projects, competitions and topics.
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever"
-Mahatma Ghandi
There have been a few competitions where students from schools all around Australia have been given the opportunity to display their skills, talents and general ability, to solve a random or community-based problem. Students are encouraged to participate in these competitions to challenge their learning and assist in applying skills associated with lateral thinking as well as giving them an insight of what society holds for them outside the school. The successful students in these events receive state and national acknowledgment as well as rewards for the college.
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Community Leadership An expectation for the Enrichment students has been set for them to participate and assist to organise special events and publicise the school in the local community. Visiting local primary schools, organising school expos and leading various groups are just some of the activities and events which the students are involved in.
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Team Building
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Selection Process The Enrichment program is a very popular program and it constantly has double the applicants than spots available. At each year level, there will only be a maximum of 25 students selected. These students will be selected from Year 7 and move up with the program, year by year. As selection process has been implemented and the process for this is such:
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As part of the Enrichment program, students have been learning and putting into action various Thinking & Learning skills. One of these skills includes Art Costa's '16 Habits of Minds'. These intelligent habits are to help students become more pro-active problem solvers both at school and in their everyday lives. 'Thinking about Thinking' and 'Thinking Interdependently' are just two examples of the '16 Habits of Minds' the students are studying this year.
As they get involved with these programs, they start to develop public speaking skills and it also increases their confidence level. In 2009, the Enrichment Program will once again focus on developing leadership skills of students. This will be achieved by the Brimbank Y.M.C.A. facilitating leadership workshops with the students further enhancing these skills.
At the beginning of the school year, all Enrichment students participate in a Team Building and Problem Solving Day. On the last several occasions, the students have been to Anglesea and have completed an initiative course designed to test their perseverance, initiative and teamwork abilities, conducted by the Go Ride a Wave group.