Our Pakenham and Berwick campuses offer high quality education to students from Prep to Year 12. Pakenham is also home to our Little Beacons infants and early learning programs as well as the Tennis School of Excellence.
Beaconhills College offers an holistic education that inspires excellence and nurtures confident, independent learners. Our mission is to ensure our students have values that empower them to be responsible, caring citizens in the their local and global communities. Our vision is to be an innovative learning community that is focused on Learning That Matters.
We are regarded as an academic school in our region with most of our families aspiring for their children to graduate and move on to higher learning. Our students consistently achieve VCE Season of Excellence awards in subject areas such as Technology, Media and Performing Arts.
Most schools now have some environmental focus, but we have taken a strategic approach and embed this into all of our decision making. We are proud of our:
The size and scope of our Global Beacons program is unique to schools in our region. We offer:
We want our students to become positive and active world citizens, who care deeply for others and their environment. Our challenging and diverse curriculum leads to many and varied career pathways. Religious and Values Education (RAVE) is a compulsory program from early learning at Little Beacons and the College has six chaplains. Students have many opportunities to extend their learning in Sport, the arts, international travel and service.
Specialising in early learning from six months to six years, Little Beacons Learning Centre is a child-focused environment offering a safe, supportive and peaceful place for children to grow and develop on their path towards school.
Little Beacons Learning Centre has achieved an ‘Excellent’ rating by the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) - the highest rating a service can achieve under the National Quality Framework. This superior standard is evident as soon as you enter the beautiful, purpose-built facility at the College’s Pakenham Campus.
Setting the foundation Junior School curriculum focuses on laying firm foundations in English, Mathematics and fundamental skills, along with developing a positive attitude and healthy social skills. Students receive the best individual care and attention to help develop their self-esteem and confidence.
Each class teacher integrates Science, Humanities, Health, Computer Studies and Technology within topic-based study units. Specialist subjects include Physical Education, French, Japanese, Visual Arts, Performing Arts and Religion and Values Education – all taught by specialist staff. Students also take part in camps and a swimming program, part of the all-inclusive College fees. Junior School students have extensive opportunities to take part in the Performing Arts, from our Year 2 Strings Program to involvement in College musicals.
Our College recognised many years ago that Year 9 was a critical time where teenagers can lose interest in school. It is a time where they also begin to explore their world view and question their place in it. So we designed a unique Year 9 program which we deliver from our purpose-built Year 9 Centres at both campuses.
They are multimedia-rich places of learning, staffed by teachers with special skills in teaching Year 9s. The focus is not only about learning through experience but providing challenges and fostering independence, decision-making, team-building and character development in our young people.
At Year 9 students have the opportunity to select from a broad range of electives and choose their academic pathway to the Senior School. As part of the core program students complete units in Mathematics, English, Science, Humanities, Personal Development, Physical Education and a choice of French or Japanese.
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Beaconhills College, Pakenham, has been a revelation for my child; the dedicated staff and stimulating Australian curriculum propel every student towards remarkable growth and success.
By Emily Harper (Aug, 2024) |