ELEV8 - Integrated Learning of English, Humanities & Health

Elev8 is a concept and inquiry-based classroom program which integrates multiple curriculum areas: Health, English and Humanities. Catering to the needs of the modern learner who can often feel disconnected from traditional modes of teaching and learning, we at Warrnambool College recognise the changing world around us and the differentiated needs of the modern learner, and the need to face a continuously evolving world. The Elev8 program is focused on preparing our Year 8 students for a lifetime of learning. Through a combination of facilitation, explicit skill teaching and project based learning, the program aims to address the specific needs of our students, supporting underlying issues of alienation and discontent. It will also look holistically at students as lifelong learners through engagement and connection, enabling them to continue to grow and challenge themselves. Students will gain skills that will translate into their lives into the future beyond Warrnambool College.

The program is based on three foundational ideas: 

• Who am I? 

• How am I connected to my community? 

• How can I actively participate in creating a better world?

These questions will be explored through the curriculum and big ideas such as: 

• Identity and belonging 

• Sustainability

• Liveability

• Freedom and Justice

• Relationships

Students will also be empowered to ask, challenge and explore their own ideas and follow their own interests throughout the year.

Maths and Science remain core subjects and whilst referencing Elev8 themes when relevant, run as separate subjects.

The aim of the Year 8 curriculum is to continue to offer a broad range of subjects, allowing students the opportunity to experience all key learning areas and enabling students to make informed choices in later years.

The school year is divided into two semesters, with elective subjects organised in accordance with the table below: