Bentleigh Secondary College
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Bentleigh Secondary College is a coeducational public high school in Bentleigh East, Victoria
, Australia
. Established in 1956, it has been renamed several times before becoming Bentleigh Secondary College. The current Principal is Karen Wade.
Bentleigh Secondary College has recently been re-developed. In stage one of the building program, funded by the state government, a new performing arts centre, administration block, and sports stadium were built. The building that was previously the college library has been converted into a VCE centre. A new science block was also been completed in late 2008, following the demolition of what was previously B-block and C-block.
B-Block and C-Block, both chiefly consisting of general purpose classrooms, were demolished under the college's building program. C-Block also had several textiles, food technology and IT rooms.
The college grounds include a sustainable garden
, a football
oval and soccer pitches
.
Program whereby students, based on the results of a standardised test undertaken before entering high school, of high potential to achieve are grouped into one class until the end of year nine.
Every year in the third term, a school production is performed. Past productions have included Fame, The Witches (which toured local primary schools), Alice In Wonderland, Urinetown, Under Milk Wood, Annie, and The Truth.
Footloose was Bentleigh's 2010 School Production. Every show sold out, and the performance demonstrated the many talented students attending Bentleigh Secondary College, giving the school an impressive image.
'Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville' is the School's production for 2011.
For each school Production, the Music Department also organises a Production Band of students and staff to accompany the Actors.
20th Century History
Automotive (VET)
Accounting
Biology
Business Management
Chemistry
Drama
Design & Technology
English
English As A Second Language
Food & Technology
General Mathematics (Further)
General Mathematics (Specialist)
Health and Human Development
History (Revolutions)
Hospitality (VET)
IT- Applications
Japanese
Legal Studies
Literature
Mathematical Methods
Media
Musical Performance (Solo)
Physical Education
Physics
Psychology
Studio Art
Visual Communication and Design
Bentleigh East, Victoria
Bentleigh East is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Glen Eira. At the 2006 Census, Bentleigh East had a population of 24,520....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Established in 1956, it has been renamed several times before becoming Bentleigh Secondary College. The current Principal is Karen Wade.
Bentleigh Secondary College has recently been re-developed. In stage one of the building program, funded by the state government, a new performing arts centre, administration block, and sports stadium were built. The building that was previously the college library has been converted into a VCE centre. A new science block was also been completed in late 2008, following the demolition of what was previously B-block and C-block.
Campus
The college is made up of eight main buildings:- A-Block, consisting of about eight classrooms along a long corridor, is one of the oldest buildings in the school. Several of the classrooms have been purpose-built for science labLaboratoryA laboratory is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which scientific research, experiments, and measurement may be performed. The title of laboratory is also used for certain other facilities where the processes or equipment used are similar to those in scientific laboratories...
sessions, while others are for general use. Typically, scienceScienceScience is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
and mathsMathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
classes are held here. Year 9 lockers are housed beside this block. - D-Block is used primarily for artArtArt is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
, ITInformation technologyInformation technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
and LOTELanguages Other Than EnglishLOTE or Languages Other Than English is the name given to language subjects at Australian schools, and New York schools. LOTEs have often historically been related to the policy of multiculturalism, and tend to reflect the predominant non-English languages spoken in a school's local area, the idea...
classes. It also contains year 10 lockers. - E-Block consists of several specialty classrooms including the woodworkWoodworkingWoodworking is the process of building, making or carving something using wood.-History:Along with stone, mud, and animal parts, wood was one of the first materials worked by early humans. Microwear analysis of the Mousterian stone tools used by the Neanderthals show that many were used to work wood...
, textileTextileA textile or cloth is a flexible woven material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres often referred to as thread or yarn. Yarn is produced by spinning raw fibres of wool, flax, cotton, or other material to produce long strands...
s and automotiveAutomotive engineeringModern automotive engineering, along with aerospace engineering and marine engineering, is a branch of vehicle engineering, incorporating elements of mechanical, electrical, electronic, software and safety engineering as applied to the design, manufacture and operation of motorcycles, automobiles,...
rooms. It also features three general purpose classrooms. This block, which also houses year 7, 11 and 12 lockers, is structurally dependent on the sports stadium. - The Administration Block was built in stage one of the college's building program. It consists of offices, conference rooms, a staff room, the sick bay and the library. Only two food technologyFood technologyFood technology, is a branch of food science which deals with the actual production processes to make foods.-Early history of food technology:...
rooms and the library are used for classes. - The Performing Arts Centre was converted in 2006 from the Bertrand-Mitchell Hall (a dual purpose, sports and theatreTheatreTheatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
building). While the same structure was kept, the interior was completely refurbished. The centre was re-named in 2009 to the 'Peter Stevens Performing Arts Centre'. The centre currently boasts a main theatre area, foyerFoyerA foyer or lobby is a large, vast room or complex of rooms adjacent to the auditorium...
, danceDanceDance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
room, dramaDramaDrama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
room, two musicMusicMusic is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
classrooms and music practise rooms. Featuring retractable tiered seatingStadium seatingStadium seating or theater seating is a characteristic seating arrangement that is most commonly associated with performing-arts venues, and derives its name from stadiums, which typically use this arrangement...
, it is also attached to the canteen. - The Sports Stadium, informally known by students as "the barcode" due to its prominent design, boasts two sports courtsGame courtGamecourt is one of the names for a multisport gamecourt more commonly referred to by the generic term "sport court." Gamecourts, or game-courts, typically incorporate basketball, paddle tennis, volleyball, and up to a dozen more court sports and activities within the same playing area and are...
and changeroomChangeroomA changing room, locker room, dressing room or changeroom is a room or area designated for changing one's clothes...
s. Heavily utilised by sportSportA Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...
s and P.E.Physical educationPhysical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
classes, the stadium is also rented to the community, and sports organisations such as basketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
teams are based there. - The VCE Centre was converted from the former library. It has an open planOpen planOpen plan is the generic term used in architectural and interior design for any floor plan which makes use of large, open spaces and minimizes the use of small, enclosed rooms such as private offices...
style with teachers' desks at the centre, several classrooms, and generous study space. It is used by students, particularly those in year 12, undertaking VCEVictorian Certificate of EducationThe Victorian Certificate of Education or VCE is the credential awarded to secondary school students who successfully complete high school level studies in the state of Victoria, Australia. Study for the VCE is usually completed over two years, but it can be spread over a longer period in some cases...
studies. - The Science Block was completed under stage two of the college's building program, and incorporates the college library. Year 8 lockers are located beside this block.
- The J-Block is where Year 7 lockers are and main classrooms. There are 7 classrooms and all except 3 are joined.
B-Block and C-Block, both chiefly consisting of general purpose classrooms, were demolished under the college's building program. C-Block also had several textiles, food technology and IT rooms.
The college grounds include a sustainable garden
Sustainable gardening
Sustainable gardening comprises a disparate group of horticultural interests that share, to a greater or lesser extent, the aims and objectives associated with the international post-1980s sustainable development and sustainability programs...
, a football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
oval and soccer pitches
Association football pitch
An association football pitch is the playing surface for the game of association football made of turf. Its dimensions and markings are defined by Law 1 of the Laws of the Game, "The Field of Play".All line markings on the pitch form part of the area which they define...
.
LOTE
One of three languages can be learnt. Students choose from learning Japanese, Indonesian or Greek and attend three periods of their eleceted language per week for Year 7 and 8. After Year 8, LOTE becomes an elective subject however in most years there have been insufficient numbers to continue running a higher level Indonesian or Greek class.Gifted & Talented Program
The college has implemented a Gifted & TalentedGifted education
Gifted education is a broad term for special practices, procedures and theories used in the education of children who have been identified as gifted or talented...
Program whereby students, based on the results of a standardised test undertaken before entering high school, of high potential to achieve are grouped into one class until the end of year nine.
Performing Arts
Performing arts at Bentleigh Secondary College consists of music, drama and dance. With the option to study an instrument, there are several well-developed school bands. The Symphonic Wind Ensemble is the most senior of the bands made up of brass, woodwind and percussion players. This ensemble competed in the Advanced Concert Band section of the Melbourne School Bands festival for the first time in 2009. There is also a concert band, Intermediate Band and Year 7 Concert Band. There are Senior, Intermediate and Junior Jazz Bands, as well as senior rock band which perform at the annual "Big Band Boogie" and on concert nights. In addition to these bands there are a dozen or so small ensembles such as brass ensemble and clarinet ensemble. Also new this year is the college choir, which is open for all students to join.Every year in the third term, a school production is performed. Past productions have included Fame, The Witches (which toured local primary schools), Alice In Wonderland, Urinetown, Under Milk Wood, Annie, and The Truth.
Footloose was Bentleigh's 2010 School Production. Every show sold out, and the performance demonstrated the many talented students attending Bentleigh Secondary College, giving the school an impressive image.
'Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville' is the School's production for 2011.
For each school Production, the Music Department also organises a Production Band of students and staff to accompany the Actors.
Subjects
VCE/ Year Twelve subjects offered in 2011:20th Century History
Automotive (VET)
Accounting
Biology
Business Management
Chemistry
Drama
Design & Technology
English
English As A Second Language
Food & Technology
General Mathematics (Further)
General Mathematics (Specialist)
Health and Human Development
History (Revolutions)
Hospitality (VET)
IT- Applications
Japanese
Legal Studies
Literature
Mathematical Methods
Media
Musical Performance (Solo)
Physical Education
Physics
Psychology
Studio Art
Visual Communication and Design