OPENING LEARNING CENTRE: What is the Open Learning Program?

The Open Learning program provides an innovative alternative approach to the school curriculum across years 7-12.  This learning program aims to span across the school curriculum by providing students with skills in handling information and problem solving. It concentrates on the individual student or small groups of students in a supervised setting where the teacher is a guide rather than an instructor.

 

One part of the Open Learning program is:

·       a program of Personal Interest Projects for students from Year 7 - 10 identified as potential “open learners”.

 

This will provide Year 7 students willing to contract for self-paced learning and improve their knowledge and skills in a particular subject with a chance to work individually or in small groups.  These  students are withdrawn from class for a double period each week for ten weeks to  complete their chosen task.  The double period varies across the week so that no one subject is affected.  The success of the Pilot program in 1994 has confirmed a school commitment to this learning program.

 

You will hear of other activities. Each year they vary according to the interests and abilities of the students and staff involved.

 

If you are going to be an effective member of the school and obtain the most benefit from your stay here, you need to be a participant, rather than an onlooker. Some students complain that there is little to do, but they are usually the ones who are not prepared to make the effort.

 

Take part and you will broaden your interests.