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OUR SCHOOL HANDBOOK

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MELVILLE'S POLICIES

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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

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INDEPENDENT PUBLIC SCHOOL REVIEW

Acknowledgment of Country

It is a privilege for the Melville Senior High School community to be on Whadjuk Noongar country since 1960.

We acknowledge the contributions of Aboriginal Australians to the education of all children and people in this country we all live in and share together.

We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and sky and the spiritual rainbow serpent, the Wagyl.

We also acknowledge all other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people throughout this country, and pay our respects to Elders past, and present.

Our Connection to Country

Willagee Boodjar continues to be spiritually important to the Whadjuk Noongar people. It is traditionally important as the ochre is particularly red and is a large breeding ground for wetj, emu.

The traditional people not only ate the wetj and their eggs when carefully blown, but the shell was carved and skins and feathers used for clothing and decorations. Utensils were also made from emu bones.

Artwork storylines

Kevin Bynder, Whadjuk-Yuet Nyungar and Widi-Badimia Yamatji artist from the Kimberely region in Western Australia designed the artwork to show connections to our school and community.

The Southern Cross in the sky, represents guidance. Aboriginal people used the Southern Cross the guide them at night as a compass when travelling.

The circle in the middle represents community and connection to our school. The arch symbol and straight line around the circle represents the students.

The wavy triangles represents the winds of change, the students who have come and gone from Melville over the years.

Artwork along the bottom corners represents the hills around Melville and the Darling Range which is the body and final resting place of the Wagyl Rainbow Serpent.

Welcome to Melville Senior High School

Melville Senior High School is a vibrant multicultural school that provides students with a world-class education achieved through opportunities for development in the academic, physical, creative and social domains, combined with high-quality teaching and pastoral care relationships.

We are a comprehensive Independent Public School with a student population of 1,400 students and over 180 teaching and non-teaching staff.

Overlooking the Derbarl Yerrigan Swan River between Perth and Fremantle, our location and availability of public transport along Leach Highway welcomes students from across Perth and around the globe.

We enjoy the support of a dedicated School Board, a committed Parents and Citizens Association, and specialist program parent support groups.

Programs

Gifted and Talented

A State-wide Gifted and Talented Academic Selection Program in the Humanities and Social Sciences, English, Mathematics and Sciences.

Specialist Programs

State accredited specialist programs in Aviation Studies, Graphic Design Media and Netball.

Music in Focus

A widely acclaimed Music in Focus program.

Academic Extension Course

A school-based merit-selected Academic Extension Course (AEC).

In Years 7 to 9, we offer students access to an extensive range of mainstream courses and a wide range of electives. In Year 10, students are introduced to more specialised curriculum programs as they begin their transition into senior school. In Years 11 and 12, there is a large selection of academic (ATAR) subjects and vocationally-focused certificate courses to choose from.

Students are guided and supported by classroom teachers and the Student Services team, smoothing their transition from school to post-secondary education or meaningful employment.

Melville Senior High School has an Intensive English Centre (IEC) and welcomes International Fee Paying students who are attracted, in part, to the additional language support that is provided by our dedicated team of specialist English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers.

Melville Senior High School offers a wide range of extra and co-curricular activities including sport, music productions, dance and band festivals, debating, outdoor pursuits, wilderness expeditions, State Emergency Services cadets, academic challenges, and orientation and extension camps.

At Melville, we continually improve our facilities. In addition to over 80 general classrooms, we have an attractive Learning Resource Centre (library); a Student Services Centre; Science Laboratories; an Aviation Centre with two flight simulators; and a Performing Arts Centre with a state-of-the-art theatre, dance, drama, film and television, multi-media and music studios; three visual arts studios and a specialised graphic design laboratory and specially designed ‘maker-spaces’. Recreation facilities include a swimming pool, gymnasium, weights room, a grassed oval, and tennis, netball and basketball courts.

Our primary focus will always be maximising the learning successes of our students. At Melville SHS, we recognise each student as an individual and strive to meet their academic, cultural, sporting, civic and pastoral needs while preparing them to meet the challenges of the future.