About the Project
- encourage students to stay at school to Year 12
- improve the education results of Years 10-12 students
- provide modern facilities available for community-wide use
The project is part of the $1.9 billion Victorian Schools Plan and will take approximately four years to complete.
Why do we need the project?
Local parents and principals from 17 local schools came together a few years ago to find ways of offering an even better education in Broadmeadows. They decided to:
- merge some schools
- build new facilities, and
- update the teaching methods.
How many schools are involved in the project?
There are 17 schools involved in the project - 3 secondary, 12 primary and 2 special schools.
- One new secondary college (the 3 secondary scools merged in 2007 to form Hume Central Secondary College).
- Eight primary schools will merge to create 3 new primary schools.
- New facilities will be built for:
- the secondary college and 3 primary schools
- both the special schools, and
- one primary school that is not merging
- Some schools will move to new locations also.
- All schools will update the way teachers teach.
How will teaching change?
All 17 schools in the project will update how they teach. Reading, writing and maths will remain central to every student's learning. But it is known that each student learns differently, so teachers will look at ways of teaching that better suits the individual student. This will allow students to learn at their own pace and means they are more likely to stay interested in learning for longer.
The project is managed and funded through the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD). To date, the project has received $61.6 million from the Victorian government. The project hopes to receive more funding in the May 2010 State budget.
Read more about the schools involved
View the plans for the new schools
Find out how teachers will teach at our schools
