Immersive Learning
Powerful Learning
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Experiences
In 2015 the MLC School sequential, immersive learning program plunged the students into rich, broad experiences with focused goals and measurable results. Down the Rabbit Hole
Chiang Mai
A Week in Shakespeare’s World
Down the Rabbit Hole
A Week in Shakespeare’s World
Chiang Mai
The Year 6 major work project absorbed the students in Lewis Carroll’s ingenious 1865 work, placing them in Alice’s shoes as she descends between worlds and alters in form and perspective. The girls chose their own topic of study, inspired by the novel, to independently explore over seven weeks. The ideas examined included ‘Who are we?’, ‘Where do girls fit in the world?’ and ‘The line between dream and reality’.
The Year 7 Illumination Project stimulated and challenged the students through master classes and play building sessions stemming from Shakespeare’s extraordinary body of work. Directors from the award-winning repertory theatre company Sport for Jove led them to learn and honour the great bard’s point of view and the notion of story. The project culminated in a new Shakespearean production staged in locations around the Senior School campus and starred over 100 Year 7 students.
For the first time, the MLC School Enlightenment program went global with a trip to Thailand that immersed Year 10 students in a variety of rich cultural experiences and strenuous service work. The students helped construct a school for one remote community and a playground for another, facing personal and physical challenges while deepening and strengthening relationships within their year group.
Broken Hill This transformative program took place more than 1000 kilometres from Sydney and engaged Year 9 girls in cultural, wilderness and service experiences while staying in small outback cabins where they took responsibility for their own shopping, cooking and cleaning. The artefacts produced included an illustrated storybook, a cookbook and exquisite artworks that reflect a truly out of the ordinary experience.
City Experience This two-week Year 8 cultural, academic independent learning program took the students beyond the school gates to the ‘classroom’ of the CBD. They explored Sydney’s key areas and landmarks, challenging themselves to inquire, think critically and dig deep. In research teams, the students interviewed, collated and analysed their data, operating out of Karstens Conference Centre in the Rocks to better understand the daily work and interactions of the bustling inner city.
City Experience