Ararat College

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The Victorian Government is offering the chance for eligible students to attend free holiday camp programs during the 2022 school holidays, as part of the Positive Start in 2022 initiative. For more information on eligibility and to express your interest, please visit the following link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VO6btFfGKQKFy3DbTURo_jc2wXCz7uwk/view?usp=sharing

Our Year 10 students have been ‘hopping mad’ in the kitchen, with kangaroo burgers on the menu. Just one of the delicious delicacies students have been making in their ‘Eat Well, Live Well’ elective! 🍔

Our VCE Physics classes had a fun and informative day at Luna Park yesterday, testing how fast rides go with the use of Newton’s Laws of Motion. Another fantastic interactive experience that will be applied back in the classroom! 🎡

Our Year 7 students swapped their pens for their tools, becoming engineers for the day at Earth Ed, Ballarat. Students explored renewable energies, energy transfers and even had a go at building their own wind turbine! We can’t wait to see the knowledge students will bring back into their science classes after a hands-on and fun experience was had by all! 😄

Our Year 7 students enjoyed three days jammed packed with activities on camp at Halls Gap! 😀😄

Last week we were excited to welcome our Year 7 families to the College for a casual BBQ dinner. It was a fantastic opportunity for students, parents and teachers to meet face to face and celebrate an extremely positive start to the year for our Year 7 students. We’re looking forward to showing you some happy snaps from camp this week! 😄😀

Maggie from the Western Bulldogs Youth Leadership Project visited our school to talk to our Year 9 students about a fantastic and free leadership opportunity 😀😀

Our reporting and student assessment process is changing this year, with families receiving more detailed regular feedback through continuous reporting! Further information has been mailed out to families and can be accessed via https://www.araratcc.vic.edu.au/reports

Science practical lessons are underway in our Year 7 & 8 classes 🔬

Year 12 Retreat has kicked off in Halls Gap with students jumping into Year 12! 😄

Welcome back to the 2022 school year! A special welcome to our new students and staff members joining us in 2022! 😀

View this weeks newsletter viahttps://www.araratcc.vic.edu.au/_files/ugd/4ff794_0f3f777bb32f4f0c9e71a18ac7df262a.pdf

Reminder to families regarding our return to school dates! We are looking forward to seeing students back in the classroom this week. For more detailed information regarding our return to school and COVID-19 updates please visit this link https://www.araratcc.vic.edu.au/covid-19 or check your XUNO parent portal

Ararat College
4-30 Barkly Street,
Ararat Vic 3377

Phone (03) 5352 4177
Fax (03) 5352 4966

We provide an education that empowers young people to find their voice and thrive in any endeavour with respect, responsibility and excellence.

Ararat College is located in the Central Highlands Region of Victoria approximately 100 kilometres west of Ballarat and is a 7-12 co-ed College of 400 students servicing a large rural community. The College was established in 1913 as one of the state’s earliest secondary schools on the current site. In 1969 it divided into High and Technical Schools. In 1991 the two schools were consolidated on on

e campus in Barkly Street. The concept for Ararat Community College began in 1994 when the TAFE campus was incorporated on the site to create an education precinct. In 2008 the school name was simplified to Ararat College. Students are transported to the College on six country buses from areas such as Elmhurst, Armstrong, Willaura, Maroona, Moyston and Buangor. These distances vary from a few kilometres up to about 40 kilometres. A variety of primary schools feed into the College, and the integration of students from small primary schools into a relatively large secondary college is a challenge, which the College believes it handles well. There are three state primary schools in Ararat itself, as well as a Catholic Primary School and a Catholic Secondary College. College buildings are situated in attractive, spacious and well-kept grounds with areas of landscaping. The buildings include well-resourced computer centres, a Middle Years open-learning Centre with adjacent outdoor classroom, Gymnasium, library, technology wing, Technology Skills Centre, Arts Centre, VCE Centre, newly constructed Science and Language Centre and a newly refurbished Administration area. As a result of many of its buildings being old and in a declining state of repair the college sought successfully to become involved in the DEECD’s ‘Building Futures’ Program in 2010 and it is hoped that the majority of the school will either be refurbished and/or rebuilt within the next five years. The enrolment at present is approximately 400 students, The current significant expansion of the local prison will undoubtedly have an impact upon the Ararat Community and is likely to result in an increase in the number of school aged children living within it. This is likely to result in an increase to enrolments at our school. The staff profile has changed markedly over the last three years, with the employment of a number of graduate teachers and the retirement of experienced staff. Succession planning in staff roles and responsibilities has been established to cover this loss of expertise. The College has a diverse and multi-skilled staff that work hard to provide an engaging and challenging program for all students. The College makes a feature of encouraging, recognising and celebrating the outstanding performance of students for academic excellence and in the areas of leadership and co-curriculum participation. In fact the College’s comprehensive range of co-curricular activities, including an instrumental music program, camps program, theatrical/musical production, Advance and sports program and VCAL program, after school homework program, involvement in the Alpine School and involvement in the G’day USA trip, support the growth of students into confident, successful and contributing citizens. Ararat College aims to develop individuals who are confident in the process of learning and who are open to change. The college strives to promote a climate conducive to personal growth and self-directed learning. The College provides a wide range of subject offerings to support students’ individual learning pathways and this will be further enhanced during the next School Strategic Plan period by providing students with 1:1 access to computers 24/7, increased participation in the Grampians Virtual School, involvement in the’ Innovative Languages Provision in Clusters’ Program and expanded implementation of the Ultranet. Our college aims to prepare our students for teenage living, employment, tertiary studies and family and community life. The friendly and supportive learning environment is a valued feature of the college. The teachers endeavour to make learning purposeful, challenging and relevant through individual and group work. There is a quiet working atmosphere in the college where teachers seek to promote respect, openness and sensitivity of others in a caring positive environment that nurtures its students in forming appropriate values.

Operating as usual

17/03/2022

11/03/2022

10/03/2022

08/03/2022

04/03/2022

Our Year 7 students enjoyed three days jammed packed with activities on camp at Halls Gap! 😀😄

28/02/2022

23/02/2022

Maggie from the Western Bulldogs Youth Leadership Project visited our school to talk to our Year 9 students about a fantastic and free leadership opportunity 😀😀

22/02/2022

18/02/2022

Science practical lessons are underway in our Year 7 & 8 classes 🔬

10/02/2022

Year 12 Retreat has kicked off in Halls Gap with students jumping into Year 12! 😄

04/02/2022

31/01/2022

19/01/2022

COME WORK WITH US

For more information about the position and the attached funding please view Job ID 1262617 on Recruitment Online

17/01/2022

Back to school dates 2022 📒😄

24/12/2021

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16/12/2021

Congratulations to our Year 12 Dux- Jack Ward👏👏

16/12/2021

Commercial cookery student wins First Year Apprentice Award

Congratulations to our former student Chloe Graham for this excellent achievement 👏👏

Commercial cookery student wins First Year Apprentice Award "I was pretty shocked to be honest."

16/12/2021

Congratulations to these students for being awarded Dux of their year level! 😄👏🙌

09/12/2021

Ararat College’s Year 9/10 Visual Arts Exhibition, titled 'Covid Response’ is on display at the Ararat Art Gallery TAMA. Congratulations to the students involved in these art pieces and a huge thank you to Mrs Nicole Potter for her organisation of this amazing opportunity! 🖌🖌

06/12/2021

Presentation Night 🎤

26/11/2021

Year 10 Work Experience Week commencing Monday 29th November 😄😄

24/11/2021

Curriculum Day on Monday 29th November 😃😀

18/11/2021

Please register your interest for the Senior School Parent Information Night, via https://forms.gle/HV8ptb1JxvhXWTub9

14/11/2021

All primary close contacts (PCC) have now been notified.

No students have been identified as primary close contacts at this time.

Thank you to everyone for your understanding and support.

School will resume on Tuesday as normal. The Senior School Step Up program will commence as planned on Tuesday.

If you have any questions at all please email [email protected].

Kind regards,
Ellie McDougall
Principal

12/11/2021

Yesterday our Year 9 & 10 Outdoor Education students participated in a full day of rock climbing in Halls Gap! 🧗‍♀️🌳

11/11/2021

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04/11/2021

Year 11 students dressed for a day at the races for the Oaks Day luncheon! 💐🐴

29/10/2021

Happy Teachers' Day 😀😃

29/10/2021

Power has just been restored! 🙌
Our phones are still down. There will be food available for students who need it! 🍴
School buses will continue to run as normal. 🚌

26/10/2021

We wish our Year 12 VCE students and other students completing a Year 12 VCE subject the best of luck with exams starting today! 😀😃

19/10/2021

Today our Year 12 students celebrated their final day of formal classes.
We wish all these students the best with their future endeavours 🎉😀

18/10/2021

We are very excited to be welcoming ALL students back to full time face to face learning this Friday October 22nd! 🥳

For more information visit http://www.araratcc.vic.edu.au/coronavirus 💻 or call 5352 4177 ☎️