Senior School (Years 10–12)
Pathways to Success
Senior School is a pivotal stage where Year 10 - 12 students take greater responsibility for their learning and actively prepare for their future.
Our Senior School provides a supportive and aspirational environment in which educators guide students through the final years of schooling, encouraging academic achievement, personal growth and a love of lifelong learning. While we are proud of our strong VCE results, our focus extends beyond academic success. We are committed to developing well-rounded individuals who are prepared for life beyond school. Senior School teachers play an active role in supporting students as they transition toward independence, helping them approach this important stage with confidence and clarity.
With access to personalised guidance, career development programs, and the opportunity to undertake VCE subjects from Year 10, students are empowered to build the skills, knowledge and values required for their future pathways. Purposefully designed learning environments foster collaboration, engagement and meaningful connection between students and staff.
Pastoral Care
The Senior School horizontal pastoral care model ensures that students remain within the same Mentor Group throughout Senior School, fostering a strong sense of belonging, continuity of support, and meaningful connections with their Mentor - their first point of contact for guidance and wellbeing.
Our comprehensive Pastoral Care Program equips students with essential life skills, fosters resilience, and enhances academic and personal wellbeing. Through structured mentoring, we:
- Develop students’ time management, communication, and study skills.
- Reinforce expectations around attendance, punctuality, and uniform.
- Provide early intervention and tailored support for individual needs.
- Celebrate achievements and encourage personal growth.
- Offer guidance on study pathways, peer relationships, and future opportunities.
- Promote wellbeing through counselling, health education, and academic care.
With a structured pastoral care curriculum from Years 10 to 12, our program nurtures the whole person—shaping confident, capable, and compassionate young adults. Delivered by mentors, peers, and expert providers, it ensures students are equipped to navigate challenges, embrace opportunities, and thrive.
Learning Excellence
We are committed to ensuring every student has the opportunity to achieve their personal best in every subject they choose. This commitment is strengthened through our homework policy, enrichment and enhancement programs, and a diverse range of co-curricular opportunities.
The Year 10 program is developed around allowing student choice of the subjects they wish to study and pursue. It allows individuals to cater for their needs, evaluate their options and make decisions based on their future pathways. This program provides flexibility and engagement for students, as well as providing them with the necessary foundation skills to move into a VCE program and life beyond Overnewton.
At Year 10, subjects are a semester in length. Students choose a total of seven subjects in both Semesters 1 and 2.
At Year 11 and 12 Overnewton offers students the option to study either the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) or the VCE Vocational Major (VCE VM).
Pathway Options
Senior School Course Guides
View information about pathways to VCE and detailed descriptions of subjects offered within the VCE and VCE Vocational Major pathways.
Student Leadership
Leadership development is a cornerstone of the Senior School experience. Students can take on formal roles such as Student Executive, House Captains, or Student Representative Council Leaders. These opportunities, often involving an application or interview process, enable students to build leadership skills and contribute meaningfully to the College community.
Principal Emily FitzSimons and the 2025 Student Executive
Co Curriculum
The Senior School Co Curricular Program supports students to explore their passions and shine beyond the classroom. By participating in these programs, Overnewton students develop as well-rounded individuals who can thrive academically, socially, and personally.
Activate
The Activate Sport Program promotes teamwork, leadership, and athletic development. Students participate in a variety of sports, enhancing their fitness while embodying the College’s values of Community, Excellence, Learning, and Respect. Through the weekly Association of Co-educational Schools (ACS) competition, students in Years 10–12 compete in ability-based teams, with mandatory participation for Years 10 and 11. Year 12 students may choose it as part of their co-curricular commitment
Be Heard
Debating develops critical thinking, public speaking, and argumentation skills. At Overnewton students can participate in activities, such as Senior School House Debating, Debaters Association of Victoria and British Parliamentary Debating.
Students in different year levels can also enter a variety of public speaking competitions. Overnewton has enjoyed repeated success in many of these competitions including VCAA Plain English Public Speaking, WynSpeak, Rostrum Voice of Youth, YMCA Youth Parliament, UN Regional Youth Summit and ACS Public Speaking
Encore - Instrumental Music
Students also have access to a comprehensive Music Program from Prep to Year 12, with expert tuition in various instruments, and opportunities to perform in instrumental groups, choirs, and music ensembles. Performance examinations, including AMEB and ANZCA, are available for students seeking further development.
Encore - Performing Arts
The Encore Performing Arts Program offers students the chance to explore and express their creativity through dance, drama, and music. Students participate in performance activities such as the Senior School House Performance, College Presentation Night, the College Musical and drama events.
Synergy
Overnewton's Synergy Program allows students to learn to be influential within local, national and global communities and supporting them to develop as individuals and leaders. Connecting our Christian values of service and the promotion of social justice, Overnewton aims to create ethical and compassionate thinkers who are willing to take action. Student voice, agency and leadership are intrinsic to the Synergy Pillar and our service-learning model promotes opportunities for hands on experiences and personal reflection. Senior School students can participate in groups, such as the Sustainability Team, the Delta Group, the Kindness Collective, People of Colour Alliance and RAP Committee
House
The House Program fosters community, belonging, and teamwork across all year levels, supporting students’ physical and emotional wellbeing. Students compete for shields in various activities throughout the year such as Activate – Swimming, Cross Country, Athletics, and Lunchtime Round Robins, Encore – Senior School House Performance, Be Heard – Debating and Public Speaking, Synergy – Community Service.
Explore the World with Overnewton
At Overnewton, learning extends far beyond the classroom. Our Co-Curricular Getaways Program offers students unforgettable educational travel experiences designed to inspire, challenge, and broaden their horizons. Whether it's immersing in Indigenous culture on Country in the Northern Territory, performing on world-class stages in New York and LA, embarking on an adrenaline-fuelled adventure in New Zealand, discovering the rich heritage of China, or living the dream on an elite soccer tour in the UK—these once-in-a-lifetime opportunities foster independence, global awareness, and lifelong memories.
Where will your Overnewton journey take you?
Career Development and Support
In an evolving world of career complexity, globalisation, and technology, students need the skills to navigate a dynamic future. At Overnewton, we empower students with expert career development services designed to build confidence, skills, and informed decision-making.
Our experienced career practitioners provide personalised guidance, resources, and opportunities, ensuring our students can explore pathways, create effective career plans, and step into the future with purpose.
We acknowledge and pay respect to the Marin Balluk people of the Kulin Nation, the Traditional Custodians of the Land on which Overnewton Anglican Community College stands. We respect the knowledge that will be forever embedded within the Aboriginal Custodianship of Country and remember the loss of cultures, languages and Lands they have endured. Like the Marin Balluk people, we at Overnewton want to respect the Land, the cultures and the heritages, and learn from those who have come before us in the passing on of knowledge and the teaching of life skills, as well as continue with wise stewardship of our buildings and grounds. We honour their custodianship of this Land and offer them our deep respect.