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 **// Lara //// Secondary College //** Indonesian is the Language Other than English that is covered at the Lara Secondary College from years 7 to 9. Year 10 and 11 students who wish to continue studying Indonesian will take the Indonesian VCE units 1 & 2 and units 3 & 4. Lara Secondary College first opened in January 2003 and this year will have delivered a second year of VCE Indonesian. VCE Indonesian student numbers have increased from last year which shows a growing interest in students wanting to learn another language. The Indonesian program offers special allotment classes in year 9 called ‘Ayo Indonesia’ or ‘Lets learn Indonesian’ which is designed to encourage and engage students in their Indonesian studies. The school Indonesian program is based on the VELS curriculum and incorporates the ‘tribes’ program in all learning areas. The LOTE school coordinator has a strong support community of staff which are supporting, sharing and communicative. They use //learning strategies incorporating Indonesian by facilitating the role of both Indonesian speaker and listener in a range of realistic situations, assisting with an understanding of cultural details focusing on the ways people behave and use language.//

=//**Rowville Secondary College**//=

Rowville Secondary College is a large dual campus secondary college, catering for 2000 students across both campuses, and is located in Melbourne's south eastern suburbs, at the southern boundary of the city of Knox. The Western campus opened in 1990 and caters for students in years 7 - 12. The Eastern Campus opened in 1996, approximately 4.5km from the West. Students are able to attend the Eastern campus in years 7 - 10 and then complete their post-compulsory education at the West.

The Mathematics/Science program area consists of about 40 committed teachers who work as a team across both campuses, with an emphasis on working as a team. The discipline team meets twice a term, and implement common approaches to content and curriculum delivery, the digitising and sharing of all resources, classroom management policies, and introduction of new technologies, such as CAS Calculators or Interactive Whiteboards. The aim is for all students to be offered the best possible Mathematics/Science education, uniform across the school, and for each student to achieve to his or her potential.

All students undertake Mathematics education in Years 7 - 10, with Year 10 students having the choice of taking General Mathematics or Advanced Mathematics. Most students continue their mathematics education in the post-compulsory years. All mathematics subjects offered by VCAA are taught at RSC. Particular emphasis is placed on analysis and problem solving.