Kyneton Secondary College is a secondary school

Secondary school

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 in Kyneton

Kyneton, Victoria

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, Victoria, Australia

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, approximately 90 km north of Melbourne

Melbourne

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. It was built in 1912, and opened in 1928 under the name of Kyneton High School.

History of the College

In 1966 a technical component was added to the school and it became known as Kyneton Technical-High School.

In 1985, a Vertical Unit Structure was introduced in Years 8-10, STC and Group 2 subjects were offered to Year 12 students along with Group 1 subjects and Year 11 courses became semester length.

In 1989 the Junior Complex was opened and in 1991 the second stage of the building program was completed, which included the Boomerang, Textiles, Art and Home Economics buildings.

Year 8 returned to a horizontal structure in 1992, with Years 9 and 10 returning to a partly horizontal structure in 1993.

Kyneton Secondary College became a ‘School of the Future’ in 1995.

In 1996 the V.U S. was replaced with a horizontal approach to curriculum delivery incorporating

Enrichment and Extension Electives and providing the opportunity for Year 10 students to study VCE Geography or Information Technology.

In 1998 Vocational Education subjects were introduced at Year 11. In 1999 the Table Small Groups cooperative learning approach was introduced at Year 7 with teacher teams and was extended to Year 8 in 2000. In 2002, the range of VCE units available at Year 10 was increased and extension electives incorporated with general electives. All year 10 blocks were aligned with VCE blocks in 2004 thus allowing greater flexibility for students in year 10 to do VCE subjects. The new Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) was introduced in Year 11 in 2003 and was extended to Year 12 in 2004. In 2007 an Applied Learning Program will be introduced a t Year 10.

The Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS) was progressively implemented in 2007 for years 7 to 10.

External links

• Kyneton Secondary College