The provision of an excellent schooling experience for students in the twenty first century requires a multi-faceted and flexible approach.  Our society is characterised by rapid economic change, cultural diversity, pervasive growth in information and communication technology and an increasingly competitive labour market.

Our school curriculum has been planned taking account of these changes, and incorporates the following principles:

• Teaching strategies and curriculum should focus on the maturity levels of students. The learning and development needs of middle school students (Year 8 & 9) are different to those of senior school students (Years 10, 11 & 12).
• Students exit Mountain Creek State High School with a ‘worthwhile’ secondary education that prepares them for further education and training or full-time employment.
• A target pass rate of 87% for student performance.  That is, 87% of students are expected to achieve a minimum of a C standard in all of the subjects they study.
• A Whole School Approach to Effective Learning and Teaching, which incorporates a Literacy Strategy and an Information and Communication Strategy.
• Achievement of a minimum standard for promotion (prerequisites) from one year level to the next with provisions to achieve minimum standards.

At Mountain Creek, it is recognised that our students require not only a meaningful and relevant curriculum but also a cleverly designed school structure that better integrates the key element of good pedagogical practice with a pastoral care framework that best supports young people in a rapidly changing world.  Our split-shift timetable allows us to operate a ‘Senior School’ and a ‘Middle School’, enabling us to focus programs and teaching styles very sharply on the maturity level of our students.  At the same time, the sub-schools improve student learning through the promotion of positive student-teacher relationships.

The school’s Assessment Policy provides clear guidelines to staff and students, ensuring all assessment is successfully administered.  Semester Planners detailing assessment tasks and timelines are distributed to all students at the beginning of each semester.  A report is issued to students each term.  This report comments on industry, behaviour, homework and academic achievement.

Each student in the school participates in an Education and Career Planning (ECP) Program. Once a semester, a student and his/her parents or caregivers meet with a sub-school teacher to discuss the student’s progress.  The ECP database produces a complete profile of the student, which is the focal point of the individualised interview.  The student profile includes:

• Subjects studied from the commencement at Mountain Creek State High School
• Results in each of the subjects studied each term
• Career aspirations
• Attendance and behaviour records
• Co and extra curricular involvement
• Summary of the outcomes of previous interviews.

This Subject Selection Handbook has been designed to assist parents and students in making realistic and worthwhile subject choices to suit your particular aspirations and future needs.  The staff are always available to assist you with your selections.

If you have any concerns or enquires, please do not hesitate to contact the school on 5457 8333.  Staff are always available to assist you with your selections.

Yours Sincerely,

Nicole Haxton
Head of Middle School