Years 10 - 12 - Northern Bay College

Year 10 and Senior Pathways

To help students explore their senior pathway options, they participate in two immersion days to trial both VM and VCE. Your teachers at Northern Bay College have created a Senior School Curriculum Handbook that will support you in your decisions for the future.

In Year 10 we are focused on providing and promoting opportunities to connect with community, ensure students grow from purposeful task specific feedback, will be confident, willing to take risks, reflect and have a growth mindset to be future ready, identify opportunities, have a higher level of self-efficacy and explore themselves and skills and enjoy learning.

We aim to prepare students for senior school, future careers, and their role in the broader world. We focus on three core concepts: cultivating a culture that celebrates learning and growth, developing student agency to empower informed, beneficial decisions, and fostering deep learning opportunities.

VM Taster Day

Students experience Literacy, Numeracy, Enterprise, and Work-Related Skills. TAFE providers also present VET options, a compulsory component of VM, allowing students to gain official qualifications in their chosen field.

VCE Taster Day

Students attend six potential VCE classes of their choice, such as Psychology, Biology, Legal Studies, Maths, and Arts. Each session provides an overview of the Year 11 curriculum and a short activity to introduce the subject.

These immersion days, held close to Program Selection Day, support students in making informed decisions about their senior years.

The Year 11 and 12 VCE Vocational Major (VCE-VM) and Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC) programs at Northern Bay provide students with a practical, applied learning pathway that prepares them for apprenticeships, traineeships, further education, employment and community participation. Students complete studies in Literacy, Numeracy, Work Related Skills and Personal Development Skills while participating in Vocational Education and Training (VET) and Structured Workplace Learning.

Throughout the program, students develop real-world skills through authentic learning experiences, industry partnerships, community projects and workplace opportunities. Students are encouraged to take on leadership roles within the college and contribute to initiatives that make a positive impact in the wider community.