Years 7 and 8 – Engage

The Middle Years are a significant time for brain growth and development, so it's important for students to gain skills in all learning areas. Across Years 7 and 8, we provide a broad and balanced education that builds essential knowledge, skills and understandings across learning areas, developing literacy, numeracy, critical and creative thinking, and personal and social capability, while deepening learning and supporting readiness for future subject pathways.

In Year 7, learning supports students in their transition to secondary school, building confidence through learning routines and an understanding of how learning works, and laying the foundations for informed decision making. In Year 8, students grow in confidence, build stronger learning habits, increase responsibility and students are provided with exposure to opportunities beyond school.

In Year 7 empowerED Program (commencing in 2027) - Students experiment across disciplines and engage in supported transdisciplinary inquiry, making connections between subjects and real-world contexts. They see themselves as capable, curious learners, building foundations for future growth.

In the Year 8 empowerED Program (commencing in 2027) - Students identify real-world problems and test ideas through purposeful transdisciplinary projects, making connections across learning areas as they develop confidence and agency as project managers and creative problem solvers.

Years 9 and 10 – Immerse

In Years 9 and 10, the Core Learning Program builds increasing independence, academic rigour and subject depth, strengthening essential knowledge and skills while preparing students for the expectations of VCE. Through diverse, term-based Breadth Options in combined Years 9 and 10 classes, students explore and refine interests, engage in specialist learning, and develop increasing agency.

Year 9 learning extends student agency and critical thinking by managing complexity, making connections and reflecting on learning choices, and expanding students’ exposure to pathways opportunities. In Year 10, learning fosters independence and analytical skills in preparation for the academic demands of VCE. Learners make more informed and independent choices about their future directions.

In the Year 9 empowerED Program (commencing in 2027) - Students investigate complex social and environmental challenges through increasingly independent transdisciplinary inquiry, drawing connections across disciplines to design solutions that extend their thinking beyond school.

In the Year 10 empowerED Program (commencing in 2027) - Students apply entrepreneurial thinking, rigorous transdisciplinary inquiry and leadership to real-world issues. They position themselves as emerging experts capable of creating meaningful impact beyond the School community.

Years 11 to 12 – Lead

At Ivanhoe Girls', the VCE program is extremely flexible. Students are able to pursue their passions in a vast array of subjects, either across a broad range of disciplines or concentrated on a particular field of study. Students are also given the flexibility to complete their VCE over three years, in order to accommodate participation in sporting competitions or to support individuals with chronic conditions. Learning culminates in sustained effort, exam readiness and subject expertise so that students can perform to their potential in the VCE, their ATAR and life beyond school.

In Year 11, students commence VCE studies with a focus on informed subject choice, increasing academic independence and the development of effective study habits, leading into Year 12 where learning consolidates subject mastery and refined study strategies to support strong performance in VCE and ATAR. Across Years 11 and 12, our Careers program strengthens student agency in decision-making through structured pathway planning, tertiary and industry engagement, and guidance with VTAC and scholarship applications, supporting a confident transition beyond school and the ATAR.