Senior Secondary Studies Years 11-12

The College offers a specialised program preparing students for secondary studies, generally of one semester for long term students needing full-time Intensive English development. This includes orientation to Australian teaching and learning and academic skill development before entering their mainstream year levels. Classes are conducted on campus in the Immanuel ELICOS (English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students) Centre. Students are able to observe some suitable high school classes and integrate into selected mainstream subject classes in their final term in the ELICOS Centre. The Senior School offers new levels of independence, with open spaces and creative learning environments that reflect modern workplaces. Spread across the Margaret Ames Centre and the brand-new Discovery Centre, students can access everything from meeting rooms and pitching spaces to green screens and a podcasting studio. Using these innovative spaces, students are encouraged to present assessments in non-traditional ways, demonstrating their understanding with the strongest possible response. Other pathways will take advantage of the state-of-the-art design, engineering, and manufacturing facilities, or the professional kitchen, art studio and fashion workshop, to develop fully realized projects that have real-world impact. Immanuel offers an extraordinary range of academic options and subject choices in Years 11 & 12 aimed at meeting each students individual needs.We offer the SMART Choices program in Year 11 to educate students on making the best possible choices now and in the future specifically aimed for teenagers. Recent topics have included positive well-being, safe social networking, safe driving, positive psychology, sleep, resilience, safe and respectful relationships, healthy eating and physical health.Our Great Futures program for Year 12 students covers topics such as university options, completing SATAC applications, gap year opportunities, post school experiences of Old Scholars, and other topics that help them prepare for life after school. Most Immanuel international students are assessed as having a high level of English proficiency and may enter mainstream studies directly. On occasion, a student may enrol initially for 20 weeks of Intensive English high school preparation and when their English proficiency develops to the level required, they will transfer to mainstream Middle or Senior School classes. The majority of Immanuel international graduates aim for and succeed in proceeding to tertiary education courses of their choice in Australia or overseas.