Junior School

A flourishing learning community providing students with high expectations and support as they begin their secondary school journey.

At Melton Secondary College our focussed approach to the highest quality teaching and learning means that our Junior students are fully engaged in learning.

We work closely with our neighbouring primary schools to focus on strong routines that support students to be highly successful learners who are known and noticed.

Our teaching staff are highly skilled in developing learning programs for our young people. Many of our Junior School team members have formal primary school qualifications. In Year 7 and 8 many of our students have the same teacher for multiple subjects in order to support students and families to build strong connections upon entry into secondary school.

Our Independent Reading Program supports all our students to become fluent readers who choose to read as a lifelong pursuit.

Our Maths program teaches mathematics for understanding. In our Maths classes students use physical materials to explore, think and communicate. Maths lessons are often problem-based and are carefully planned to support every student to access the work and move to the next level in their learning.

In the Junior School, students study foundational subjects with a rotation of ‘Selectives’ throughout Year 7 and 8. In Year 9 students learning comprises of 50% foundational learning and 50% elective learning.

At MSC our Junior school students have access to a variety of extracurricular literacy, numeracy and social and emotional learning programs that cater for high achievers, reluctant learners and learners with additional needs. We ensure that no student is left behind, or held back from achieving great growth in their learning.

At our STARR Awards Rewards Shop students can convert hard earned Melton Money into a prize of their choosing –fancy a new piece of sports equipment? A cool item of stationery? Maybe you want to save that Melton Money for a Pizza Party with a Principal? Or maybe you want to work towards an iPad pencil or a shiny new school blazer.

Meet the Junior School team!