Our Learning
Curriculum
We follow the Victorian Curriculum for Years 7-10, which incorporates the Australian Curriculum and reflects the Victorian Standards and Priorities. Our curriculum exposes our students to a broad range of subjects in the early years, before providing a more individualised program from Year 9.
Our curriculum is separated into the following stages:
Breadth stage (Years 7–8)
Our girls are exposed to a broad range of subjects in Years 7 and 8 to open their minds to a range of ideas, topics and possibilities.
Pathways stage (Years 9–10)
In Years 9 and 10, our girls begin to choose a more individualised program that suits their particular interests and pathways. Year 9 Curriculum Handbook
In Year 10 some of our students elect to complete a VCE subject in an area of their interest.
Years 11 & 12
Our Years 11 and 12 our girls have access to a wide range of Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) subjects and for our applied learners we also have a very engaging Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) Program.
In both our VCE and VCAL Programs we encourage our students to undertake School Based Apprenticeship and Traineeship (SBAT) and/or Vocational Education and Training (VET) subjects.
Our teachers provide guidance in selecting subjects that suit their interests and strengths.
Key Strengths
Skills such as critical thinking, creativity, problem-solving and digital literacy are vital for our students to flourish in an ever-changing world. Recognising this, MFG has lead curriculum innovation in the areas of:
- STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics)
- Outdoor Education
- The Arts
STEAM
We work closely with Deakin University, The Gordon and a number of secondary schools to create interesting and rigorous STEAM investigations.
Our students run digital workshops with local primary schools focusing on programming, robotics, circuitry and Virtual Reality.
Our new building works will include a new digital technologies room and three 21st Century science laboratories.
Outdoor Education
In keeping with our belief in Earth Care, we believe that learning about, nurturing and engaging with our environment is essential for our students.
Outdoor Education is one of our most popular electives. From Year 9 through to VCE our students explore different leisure activities in a range of outdoor environments.
Year 9 and 10 study local environmental concerns in Geelong and the Bellarine and Surf Coast. In VCE the students investigate environments further afield including the Otways, the Glenelg River and alpine areas. Camps and activities include mountain-bike riding, cross-country and downhill skiing, snow camping, hiking, surfing, sailing, snorkelling, rock climbing, bone-seed weeding, kayaking and stand-up paddle boarding.
We pride ourselves in achieving consistently outstanding VCE results in this area.
The Arts
Music is major focus at MFG. In addition to our core music curriculum and instrumental program, we offer VET Certificate IV in Music Industry (Performance). And of course we are immensely proud of our acclaimed Sweethearts band!
