Extensive offerings empower students to discover and pursue their passions with purpose, making the most of every opportunity. Students participate in Curriculum subjects and learning experiences offered by our partner schools with the flexibility to adapt some of the areas of learning as determined by changing needs which are monitored and reviewed with students and their family over time. We offer a range of senior secondary options including VCE subjects offered by our partner schools, VCE Vocational Major (VM) delivered jointly by our partner schools, RTOs and St Mary’s College or the VPC, a senior secondary individualised program focusing on work readiness.
Our learning approach
St Mary’s College is renowned for high achievements and successful outcomes for every deaf and hard of hearing student. Our tiered approach to educating and supporting our students allows for full participation and immersion in our partner school classes to a more personalised study courses that divides the day between mainstream classes and targeted teaching.
Additional to the Victorian Curriculum, students can choose to study Extended Literacy, Extended Numeracy or Capabilities which covers essential skills and knowledge including communication, careers education, identity and self-advocacy. These additional curriculum areas are designed using research on how deaf and hard of hearing students learn best and develop confidence.
Our teaching approach
Our vision for learners is to have every lesson delivered in a systematic and research-based way that empowers them to not only understand what they are learning but what they need to do to improve. We are very proud of our literacy program where are students achieve at or above age expected reading & writing growth throughout their education. St Mary's and our partner school teachers use the Science of Learning to teach English and Maths skills and knowledge with assessment and a clear, visible learning sequence.
