Private Schools Guide Victoria 2019

MELBOURNE NORTH
P. 40
YEARS: ELC to Year 12
AFFILIATION: Non-denominational
Tel: 03 9437 1421
ELTHAM COLLEGE
ELTHAM College grows the heart and mind of each child. They
believe school is a daring adventure where children learn to think
for themselves in preparation for a future of exciting possibilities.
ELTHAM College offers students opportunities beyond the traditional
academic domain, with exceptional visual and performing arts, sport,
technology, hospitality, outdoor education, international exchange
and intercultural connections programs that challenge and inspire.
Schools are constantly juggling the needs of a conventional
classroom and the demands of an ever changing, connected world.
At ELTHAM College they are committed to providing experiences that
respond to the intellectual and personal diversity of students while
creating spaces and opportunities for collaborative learning. The
young people at ELTHAM are encouraged to see life as a chance for
unlimited learning, while educators have the privilege of helping to
grow the hearts and minds of the next generation.
The College is constantly adapting to the changing needs of young
people and their world. They support students on their learning
journey to unlock talents through one of Victoria’s broadest
curriculums. More importantly, teachers guide each young person to
become empowered with the self-confidence and independence to
manage all aspects of their future lives. They aim for their graduates
to step into life after school as proactive young people, equipped with
the skills and desire to continue successful learning.
At ELTHAM the aim is to ensure that young people can relate to
the world, understand their effect on it and use their creativity to
help shape it in positive ways. Staff ensure that young people are
nurtured, can aim high in life, continue learning, form successful
relationships, juggle the demands of life, achieve independence and
greet opportunities with confidence. They aim to promote harmonious
student-teacher partnerships and value each parent’s participation as
true education partners. In addition, the co-educational environment
creates equal opportunities for girls and boys to be successful
individually and together.
ELTHAM College ultimately provides a supportive and challenging
environment where every person has the opportunity to discover
their talents and believe in their own potential. They offer a truly
independent education that recognises each young person’s
individuality and provides challenging and diverse subject
combinations that inspire, motivate and captivate the creative,
intellectual and dynamic learner in everyone. With a belief that all
students should strive to achieve their personal best, they foster
creativity and risk to allow young people to learn without fear of
failure. The College encourages students to develop problemsolving
skills to build confidence and encourage positive actions
and a ‘can do’ attitude. All of this combines to ensure that each
ELTHAM graduate leaves the College with the skills, knowledge and
determination to succeed in the changing world.
The College prides itself on not having a one-size fits all policy,
but instead fosters a culture and program that works with each
individual, empowering them to own their behaviour, be accountable
and develop as resilient young men and women. Not only do they
make learning exciting and relevant to life, they also create a
liberating environment where teachers and students share trust
and friendship and work together in mutual respect.
That’s why schooling at ELTHAM is built on a culture that champions
not only getting the right answers, but also asking the right
questions – prizing individual expression, innovative thinking and
the development of dispositions that promote lifelong learning. The
future requires people who know how to learn, who can grow and
change with the world around them. ELTHAM students are ready
for the future.
Located in an extraordinary environment students experience an
engaging, rigorous, world ready curriculum while being supported
with warmth care and respect.
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