Dickson College at a Glance
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Year 11 2014 excellence opportunity community creativity innovation ideas happens happens happens happens happens happen here here here here here here 2 DICKSON COLLEGE AT A GLANCE 2012 Median ATAR: Number of solar panels 80.7 feeding into the grid: Average class size: 87 less than 20 students Number of pastoral care clubs: 39 Number of different Number of AST Tutorial courses offered for study: Number of Student Groups: Wellbeing Centre staff: 11 46 10 Number of overseas excursions in 2013: Number of VET Certificates 4 issued in 2012: Number of sports (Japan, New Zealand, 115 Vanuatu, China) competitions39 in 2012: Total fund-raising effort by DC students and staff in Number of students in the Number of DC 2013 DC Jazz group: 2012/2013: student presenters at 28 more than $45,000 TEDxCanberra: 3 Number of years the Number of attendees from DC Global Challenges DC and local high schools Conference has been run at Number of years the DC at DC Science Symposium ARTS Exhibition has been the ANU: with Nobel Prize winning celebrating student4 work: 3 Physicist,over Brian 250 Schmidt: Dickson College | Phillip Avenue | Dickson ACT | 02 6205 6455 | [email protected] Dickson College | Phillip Avenue | Dickson ACT | 02 6205 6455 | [email protected] Web: www.dicksonc.act.edu.au | Twitter: @DicksonCollege and @PositiveSchool | Facebook: www.facebook.com/dicksoncollege Web: www.dicksonc.act.edu.au | Twitter: @DicksonCollege and @PositiveSchool | Facebook: www.facebook.com/dicksoncollege 3 Dickson College is committed to providing a supportive, innovative and educationally enriched learning environment. Together, we work to develop informed, caring, creative and confident global citizens. excellence | opportunity | community excellence opportunity community creativity innovation ideas happens happens happens happens happens happen here here here here here here Dickson College | Phillip Avenue | Dickson ACT | 02 6205 6455 | [email protected] Dickson College | Phillip Avenue | Dickson ACT | 02 6205 6455 | [email protected] Web: www.dicksonc.act.edu.au | Twitter: @DicksonCollege and @PositiveSchool | Facebook: www.facebook.com/dicksoncollege Web: www.dicksonc.act.edu.au | Twitter: @DicksonCollege and @PositiveSchool | Facebook: www.facebook.com/dicksoncollege 4 Contents 2. Dickson College at a glance 3. Ethos 4. Contents 6. Welcome 9. School Leadership Team 10. Satisfaction data 11. 2012 Results 12. Student Wellbeing Centre 14. Student Leadership Group 15. Inner North Cluster Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Agreement 16. Teaching and Learning Areas 65. Library 66. Vocational Education and Training 67. Australian School Based Apprenticeships 68. Careers and Uni Advice 69. Dickson Green 70. International Students 73. Key Dates Dickson College | Phillip Avenue | Dickson ACT | 02 6205 6455 | [email protected] Dickson College | Phillip Avenue | Dickson ACT | 02 6205 6455 | [email protected] Web: www.dicksonc.act.edu.au | Twitter: @DicksonCollege and @PositiveSchool | Facebook: www.facebook.com/dicksoncollege Web: www.dicksonc.act.edu.au | Twitter: @DicksonCollege and @PositiveSchool | Facebook: www.facebook.com/dicksoncollege 5 Teaching and Learning Areas • Arts and Ceramics • Maths for Living • Biology • Specialist Mathematics • Business Extension • Chemistry • Specialist Mathematics • Chinese (Mandarin) Methods • Dance • Media Studies • Design & Graphics • Music and Music Advanced • Drama (ANU) • English • Oceanography • English as a Second Language • Outdoor Education • ESL Accounting • Photography • Exercise Science • Physical Education • Fashion Design and Textiles • Physics • French • Psychology • General Science • Science • Geography • Social and Community Work • Global Studies • Sociology • History • Hospitality and Food for Life • Sports Development • Information Technology • Sports Studies • Japanese Workshop Technologies: • Latin • Automotive Technology • Legal Studies • Construction • General Mathematics • Metal Technology • Mathematical Applications • Wood Technology • Mathematical Methods Dickson College | Phillip Avenue | Dickson ACT | 02 6205 6455 | [email protected] Dickson College | Phillip Avenue | Dickson ACT | 02 6205 6455 | [email protected] Web: www.dicksonc.act.edu.au | Twitter: @DicksonCollege and @PositiveSchool | Facebook: www.facebook.com/dicksoncollege Web: www.dicksonc.act.edu.au | Twitter: @DicksonCollege and @PositiveSchool | Facebook: www.facebook.com/dicksoncollege 6 Welcome ickson College is a thriving, students compete in team challenges at vibrant college in Canberra’s the ANU. Dinner north, a wonderful place to Annually, we have an Arts exhibition work and study! The College is situated showcasing the fantastic work done in established, leafy suburbs, well served by Art, Drama and Music students by ACT and NSW bus lines. The College across a range of media. We have has proximity to, and relationships with, digital media labs running new 27” We achieve outstanding important national institutions like the iMacs, a Computer Assisted Drawing academic results, with 27 Australian National University, CSIRO, lab, soundproofed music studios, a percent of eligible students the Australian War Memorial, the ceramics studio, painting areas and National Library, the National Museum, textiles rooms. achieving an ATAR over 90 the National Gallery, the National Film and a median ATAR above and Sound Archive, the Australian Dickson College also proudly delivers Institute of Sport and the Australian Canberra’s leading robotics program 80 in 2012. Catholic University. and Unmanned Airborne Vehicle (UAV) project. Students have won national Our college is full of happy and creative and state robotics competitions such young people enjoying innovative and as Robocup and the Codarra Robotics challenging programs. We achieve Challenge. Students build robotics outstanding academic results, with 27 and program them to meet real world percent of eligible students achieving challenges such as designing life- an ATAR over 90 and a median ATAR saving robots and cars that can drive above 80 in 2012. We have large themselves! Add to that an exciting numbers of students completing new Engineering course and a cool 3D VET courses and receiving nationally printer, and you can see that innovation recognised certificates. We have is an important part of what happens refugee students, exchange students, here. International Private Students and exciting programs for Disability Dickson College students have the Our college is full of happy unique opportunity to be involved in the Education and an alternative high school and creative young people setting - all with a view to including and UAV Outback Challenge Competition. In engaging every student. this program, students from all parts enjoying innovative and of the college work together to develop Our curriculum is engaging and our a UAV that is capable of autonomously challenging programs. teachers are excellent. Dickson College locating a “lost tourist” in the outback pioneered the challenging Global Studies and delivering much-needed water and course, now adopted by other colleges medical supplies. This program offers a in the ACT. As a UN partnership school, great opportunity to apply wide-ranging students participate in an annual Global knowledge from the classroom to an Challenges Conference supported by authentic real world application. the ANU. There are opportunities for Exemplars of outstanding student students to be involved in program work in History, English and Psychology management, hardware and software are published on the internationally development, flying, team work, well-regarded Clio, Glyph and Gestalt business development, and promotions. websites. Legal Studies students debate Our students have presented at in the Legislative Assembly; Business TEDxCanberra, been subjects of ABC Dickson College | Phillip Avenue | Dickson ACT | 02 6205 6455 | [email protected] Dickson College | Phillip Avenue | Dickson ACT | 02 6205 6455 | [email protected] Web: www.dicksonc.act.edu.au | Twitter: @DicksonCollege and @PositiveSchool | Facebook: www.facebook.com/dicksoncollege Web: www.dicksonc.act.edu.au | Twitter: @DicksonCollege and @PositiveSchool | Facebook: www.facebook.com/dicksoncollege 7 Students at Dickson television documentaries, received its partnership with Canberra Organic scholarships to prestigious universities Growers who tend a community garden College are recognised and provided overviews of the on the college grounds. Two of the plots as creative thinkers with program to local and international high are run by a minority refugee group inquiring minds. technology firms. from Burma. Students in the Global Studies course raised money to buy In more traditional areas, Mathematics water tanks to nourish the gardens students compete in national Maths sustainably. competitions and a team of students compete in the ANU Maths Day events We are proud of our social and against national and international cultural diversity – we have a variety teams. of sub-schools such as the Secondary Introductory English Centre (SIEC), Science students are offered courses Foundations for Independence Program in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, General and Connect10 alternative high Science and Oceanography – we are school setting. We also have a special near enough to the South Coast to bridging program for refugees with make for engaging Oceanography field limited educational background – these trips. In 2013,