Our Curriculum at TSC

Tallangatta Secondary College encourages its students to strive for excellence in all of their endeavours. To achieve this, the school provides sequential teaching and learning programs that deliver a comprehensive, broadly based and culturally inclusive curriculum.

Tallangatta Secondary College provides a variety of programs that address the specific needs of students in relation to gender, special learning needs, disabilities and impairments, giftedness and students from language backgrounds other than English.

In order for staff to facilitate curriculum planning and implementation, scope and sequence documents, backward design maps, assessment criteria, record keeping documentation, handbooks and proformas are used.

The curriculum, F – Year 10 is based on the Victorian Curriculum and Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) guidelines in Years 11 and 12. Students in Year 10 have the opportunity for advancement into some VCE and VET classes. This will be considered on an individual basis.

The timetable is structured on a weekly basis. Timetable is based on 6 blocks where each block occurs 5 times a week. Each day has 6 periods and each period is 50 minutes. Each core subject runs for the whole year and electives are rotated each term.

The breakdown of the weekly cycle is as follows: