College
Scholars is an invitation only program that provides students with
opportunities to develop their writing, leadership and communication skills.
Scholars
classes run from Year Seven to Ten,
with mentoring continuing in Year Eleven and Twelve. Scholars are invited to attend workshops on study skills, leadership and learning styles.
Scholars
are taught using the Australian Curriculum using New Pedagogies for Deep Learning (NPDL). “6 C’s” make up the
21st Century skills used to work in a NPDL classroom.
Collaboration:
Work interdependently and
synergistically in teams with strong interpersonal land team-related skills
including effective management of team dynamics and challenges, making
substantive decisions together, and learning from and contributing to the
learning of others.
Character:
Learning to deep learn, armed with
the essential character traits of grit, tenacity, perseverance and resilience;
and the ability to make leaning an integral part of living.
Citizenship: Thinking
like global citizens, considering global issues based on a deep understanding
of diverse values and worldviews, and with a genuine interest and ability to
solve ambiguous and complex real-world problems that impact human and
environmental sustainability.
Communication: Communicating
effectively with a variety of styles, modes and tools (including digital
tools), tailored for a range of audiences.
Critical
thinking: Critically evaluating information
and arguments, seeing patterns and connections, constructing meaningful
knowledge and applying it in the real world.
Creativity:
Having an 'entrepreneurial eye'
for economic and social opportunities, asking the right inquiry questions to
generate novel ideas, and leadership to pursue those ideas and turn them into
action.
Units
of work are designed around the 6Cs, and consider the following components:
•the development of learning partnerships
between and among students, teachers, families and communities
•exploring a range of learning
environments exploring a range of learning environments
•embedding the use of technology (using
digital tools and resources in ways that accelerate and deepen learning)
•creating learning tasks that are
authentic, meaningful and allow for students to take responsibility for their
own learning.