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17Scotch Presents: Election Special 202207:15AM 17 May -
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17Junior School Tour (T2W3 2022)Week 309:15AM 17 May -
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19Early Learning Centre Tour (T2W3 2022)Week 309:15AM 19 May -
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22Pink Ribbon Breakfast 202210:30AM 22 May -
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24The Secret In The WingsStage 2 Drama07:00PM 24 May -
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27Meet the Makers 202206:00PM 27 May -
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31Middle & Senior School Tour (T2W5 2022)Week 509:00AM 31 May June
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04Ceilidh 202206:30PM 04 June -
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08Early Learning Centre Tour (T2W6 2022)Week 609:15AM 08 June -
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16Junior School Tour (T2W7 2022)Week 709:15AM 16 June -
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21Middle & Senior School Tour (T2W8 2022)Week 809:00AM 21 June -
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23Early Learning Centre Tour (T2W8 2022)Week 809:15AM 23 June -
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24Principal's Quiz Night 202206:30PM 24 June July
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29Old Collegians Annual City Dinner07:00PM 29 July August
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02Early Learning Centre Tour (T3W2 2022)Week 209:15AM 02 August -
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06Farewell to Blinman12:00PM 06 August -
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16Junior School Tour (T3W4 2022)Week 409:15AM 16 August -
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24Early Learning Centre Tour (T3W5 2022)Week 509:15AM 24 August -
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25Middle & Senior School Tour (T3W5 2022)Week 509:00AM 25 August September
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15Junior School Tour (T3W8 2022)Week 809:15AM 15 September -
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20Middle & Senior School Tour (T3W9 2022)Week 909:00AM 20 September -
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22Early Learning Centre Tour (T3W9 2022)Week 909:15AM 22 September October
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08Class of 2017 5 Year Reunion07:00PM 08 October -
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15Class of 1992 30 Year Reunion07:00PM 15 October -
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22Class of 1991 30 Year (Plus 1) Reunion06:00PM 22 October -
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25Junior School Tour (T4W2 2022)Week 209:15AM 25 October -
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29Class of 2002 20 Year Reunion07:00PM 29 October November
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02Middle & Senior School Tour (T4W3 2022)Week 309:00AM 02 November -
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Middle School
Middle School
The Middle School years form a distinctive phase in a child's education

Middle School
The Middle School years form a distinctive phase in a child's education
A distinctive phase in a child’s education, Middle School provides a stimulating learning environment, where students are challenged to become the best people they can be.
In a world full of disruption, uncertainty and breathtaking change, we aim to educate creative, lateral thinkers who value relationships and are calculated risk takers, with the critical thinking skills to understand diversity. Breadth of program, wide co-curricular offerings and a rigorous curriculum embody a learning program that at its core, values relationships and wellbeing.
Global mindedness, innovation and cultural awareness are critical skills for 21st Century citizens. The years in the Scotch Middle School are about recognising what happens in the world and giving our students the skills they need to work effectively in the senior years.
Our aim is to make our students 21st Century ready.
A Culture of Innovation
For two consecutive years, Scotch College has been acknowledged as one of the Australian schools at the cutting edge of change and innovation in the country.
In 2019, Scotch was featured in The Educator's annual Innovative Schools List for the Year 5-9 Live Well Program, culminating in 9@Scotch, which creates signature learning experiences that balance the curriculum demands of traditional disciplines and integrated inquiry learning with non-traditional assessment methods. In 2020, Scotch was recognised for its innovative industry consultation and collaboration process in curriculum design, specifically the establishment of an Agriculture Advisory Panel and an Education Committee Think Tank.
Visit The Educator to learn more.
Living Well
In Years 5-9, the Live Well program enhances each learner’s wellbeing encompassing Sustainable Living, Nutrition and Food Technology, Physical Education, Wellbeing and Values Education, Service Learning and Global Responsibility. This contemporary program equips students with the knowledge to evaluate and maintain their own health and wellbeing, with a view to making a positive contribution to the global community.
9@Scotch
A hallmark experience of Middle School is 9@Scotch; a program designed specifically to meet the needs of developing adolescents. Based on the key themes of Creative and Critical Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Intercultural Understandings and Personal and Social Capability & Sustainability. Students explore these themes across the year, making this program unique to Scotch.
The 9@Scotch curriculum challenges students to think critically and globally about real world issues. Students have to debate, research, identify their own and others’ inherent bias, work individually and in groups, use online collaboration tools and demonstrate resilience. 9@Scotch has an off-site residential experience, Scotch Odyssey, where all students attend a 12-night program.
The skills that students learn through this program will hold them in great stead for their transition to senior school, as well as their transition to post-school pathways.
Wellbeing
Wellbeing is integral to our offering, it is an approach and an attitude that is embedded in the interactions in the classroom, the way students and staff greet each other in the yard and the opportunities for development provided throughout our co-curricular programs. Our vision is to develop connected and engaged learners with the knowledge, passion and commitment to enhance their own and others’ lives.
We believe that it is only when we are at our best, that we can help others to be theirs.
Beyond the Classroom
A broad range of Co-curricular offerings ensure that your child’s learning does not end at 3:30pm. A commitment to sport is expected of students in the Middle School, fostering individual growth, teamwork and physical wellbeing. The scope of sports on offer caters for a range of interests as well as skill levels, with interschool competitions and representative opportunities available across most domains.
Opportunities for Enrichment and Enhancement are also available in domains such as STEM, Creative and Performing Arts, Critical Thinking and Global Communities, with each eld offering activities both within and outside of the traditional school day.
Outdoor Education
Learning outside of the classroom takes place through Outdoor Expeditions, excursions and participation in a range of other forums that value students learning through experience.
Being in the great outdoors is not only an opportunity to engage with our natural environment and the inherent conversations around sustainability. It is also about each child experiencing what it is to be great through challenging themselves with often new and exciting opportunities that develop confidence, relationships and resilience when overcoming challenges.
Differentiated Learning
Differentiated learning programs ensure that all students are appropriately challenged. In all Middle School classrooms, each student is able to achieve success through our teachers use of:
- flexible grouping strategies
- continuous feedback and assessment
- positive and strengths focussed learning environments
- the provision of appropriate support and clear learning objectives are principles applied in each lesson.
All specialist subject learning takes place in our well-equipped settings across the campus including the Agricultural facility attached to our farm, Science labs, Visual Arts studios, Design and Technology workshops, Drama theatre and Food and Hospitality kitchens.
The Importance of Transitions
We know adolescents experience significant growth and change emotionally, physically, psychologically and socially during the Middle Years. The journey of Middle School starts with transition. To support this important learning juncture, our Year 7 classes reflect a hybrid between a traditional primary and senior school model of learning. Homegroup classes, with a core teacher for about half of the day, provide the structure for supporting new expectations.
At each point in the student’s journey through Middle School, there are regular opportunities provided for parents to become engaged in the Scotch community. It takes a village to raise a child and at Scotch, we value the strength and opportunities that our community provides.

Scotch College
We are a school firmly committed to providing a holistic education and whole of life preparation. Here is a snapshot of our life on campus.