Subject areas offered within the primary years include:
Mathematics
English (inc. Reading, Writing, Spelling, and Speaking & Listening skills)
Science
Humanities & Social Sciences
Music & Performing Arts
Visual Art
Languages
Health & Physical Education
Library
Christian Living
Incorporates courses in Christian Living, English, Mathematics, Science, Studies of Society and Environment, French, Health & Physical Education, Art, Technology, Drama and Music.
Alongside our core curriculum, a wide range of elective subjects may be offered, such as:
Computer-Aided Design
Cuisines of the World
Drones
LEGO Mindstorm & Robotics
Instrumental Music
Politics & Economics
Psychology & Sociology
Choose from Christian Living, English, Mathematics, Science, Studies of Society and the Environment, French, Health & Physical Education, Visual Art, Music, Technology, various electives, industry experience and workplace participation. VCE VM offers applied learning to help give students industry skills; Senior School VCE focuses on comprehension and analysis of text to help students develop writing and oral skills; and VETiS uses workplace participation to ease the transition from education to high education or vocational work.
We provide pathway planning for each student incorporating VCE, VCE VM and VET options.
The College’s Trade Training Centre provides an additional resource in preparing students for industry.
Classes include the core subjects of English, Mathematics, Science, HASS and Health & Physical Education. Along with Visual Arts, Design Technology, Music & Performing Arts and Languages.
For more information on elective subjects and core curriculum please refer to our Subject Infograph: Click here
Ballarat Christian College's Co-curricular Program provides a wide variety of non-core curriculum and extension activities for students. Students are encouraged into at least one co-curricular activity. Some activities, such as involvement in the various bands and ensembles at the College are ongoing in nature, whereas others are shorter in duration.
Our Student Wellbeing Team are trained and experienced in the areas of counselling, case management and pastoral care. The team offer a wide range of support to students, such as; the provision of confidential individual appointments, facilitating appropriate referrals to internal supports (through the Learning Enhancement Centre) or external agencies, offering wellbeing and pastoral support through secondary consultation with education staff. In addition they facilitate wellbeing focussed education sessions and homerooms for student groups, and provide support and holistic care for students experiencing educational barriers.
Our Student Wellbeing Team has had a focus on raising awareness of wellbeing support within the student body, and resourcing students with strategies that foster resilience and develop intrapersonal skills. The team is made up of:
Our Learning Enhancement Centre (LEC) is a purpose-built space supporting the learning needs of many students throughout the College. The LEC is a hub providing targeted assistance for students with additional needs, extension groups, students requiring literacy and numeracy support, and gifted and talented programs.
The LEC can also be used for staff and parent training sessions, as a venue for therapy services, welfare support, and private study spaces. The purpose of the LEC is to assist all students accessing its services to achieve better educational outcomes.
The Elev8 and Extend Learning program has been running at BalCC for several years and caters for the needs of Gifted and Talented students. The program is run by Miss Beth Simonis, Primary Elev8 Teacher & Program Coordinator, and Secondary Elev8 Teacher, Mrs Amelia Weir. The program is designed for students who are working 12 months or more ahead of their expected level of achievement in the key learning areas of English and/or Mathematics. The program assists classroom teachers to provide learning opportunities to extend students and works directly with identified students in small withdrawal groups on a weekly basis.
Miss Beth Simonis will communicate directly with parents and carers whose children have been identified to partake in the program. Participation in the program is based upon school assessment and observation and does not require students or parents to apply to be part of the program.
We give thanks to God as the Creator, owner and sustainer of this Land. We honour the Indigenous People who have tended and cared for it.
We acknowledge that we meet on the traditional lands of the Wadawurrung people. They are the first people to have lived in this region and the custodians of this area.
We pay our respects to the leaders past, present and emerging and extend that respect to other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who are present.
We ask Jesus’ blessing on all who continue to work for the healing and restoration of this Land and our Communities across Australia.
Every learner reaching their God-given potential
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