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The City Centre is a unique learning space in the heart of Melbourne that offers a range of programs to Victorian Year 9 and 10 students. Schools are provided with support both pre and post their week in the city centre for all our programs. The City Centre has the potential to model a radical reform of the middle years of schooling. All of our programs put into direct action everything that research shows is needed to achieve success in educating adolescents:
- Providing opportunities for student learning and participation beyond the classroom
- Making use of learning resources in the community
- Catering for individual needs in the classroom
- Providing opportunities for students to explore their own interests, abilities and values
- Emphasising peer relationships, collaborative activities and cooperative learning
- Offering meaningful, experiential and active learning connected to the real world
- Supporting the development of independent learning skills and providing opportunities for their use
The programs offered to public school in Victoria are:
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The Core program
A week of student-led experiential learning using the city as a classroom. Students undertake interviews, surveys and relevant research within a focus area of their choice. They discover iconic Melbourne sites and participate in city discovery trails designed to develop a greater knowledge and familiarisation of the city and the transport system. The program incorporates workshops that empower young people to step out of their comfort zones and explore themselves as young adults, the city and their place in the world.
Register your school
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WOW (The Worlds of Work) program
A new program of the City Centre, which began as a pilot in August 2007 and now in the first year of roll out. WOW leads Year 10 in the first half of the year and 9 and 10 in the second half of the year; through a week-long journey on "What It Takes To Succeed In The Global Worlds of Life and Work". During the week's journey students are in communication with professionals from a range of businesses and organisations, they undergo workshops in a variety of skills. WOW Is About Being Who Yuo Are and Stepping Into What You Might Become
WOW Information Flyer
WOW Evaluation of 2007 Pilot Program
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The Step Up program
Students who have benefited from their week at the City Centre and eager to take the next step in their development are nominated by their teachers to take part in the annual Step Up program over five days. Thirty-five promising students from public schools around Victoria focus on several key areas including independent learning, trust and responsibility, awareness of self and personal strengths, empathy, teamwork and leadership and connections to the Melbourne community.
Contact the City Centre
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YouThink
Youthink is a program for year 9 students coordinated by the Education Foundation with support form the City of Melbourne. Through Youthink, students develop an idea of how to make Melbourne even better. THey work in teams to think, plan, research and communicate their idea to a diverse audience at the end of the year. The audience will include Local Government representatives, philanthropists, chane-makers, business representatives, educators and other young people.
Contact the City Centre
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Beyond the Classroom
Beyond the Classroom is a professional learning curriculum for teachers attending the City Centre. It provides teachers with the knowledge, skills, models and resources for engaging students in active authentic real life learning using the City Centre programs (Core, WOW, Step up and Youthink) as a mirror model of what is achievable in the school community and beyond.
Contact the City Centre
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