Discover Middle Years
In Melbourne Girls Grammar’s Middle Years (Years 5 – 8) Program, students begin a robust, research-based curriculum tailored specifically to the needs of contemporary adolescent girls.
Above all, there is a sense of community and belonging. We are aligned in our purpose and values, emphasising a collaborative working style between students, educators and mentors.
Set her up for success
We have purposefully designed two learning experiences, Wildfell (Years 5 and 6) and St Hilda’s (Years 7 and 8), which promote an integrated approach combining both academics and wellbeing.
Rich and varied, the Middle Years nurtures healthy, positive girls who use their minds well to respond thoughtfully, ethically and with action to personal, community and global challenges.
In the Middle Years, our girls encounter choice and challenge. With a highly engaging experiential program, we see students embracing the full range of opportunities in front of them inside and outside of the classroom.
Above all, there is a sense of community and belonging. We are aligned in our purpose and values, emphasising a collaborative working style between students, educators and mentors.
As an independent school, we are proud to have created an agile curriculum that is true to the heritage and values of the School, while being at the forefront of innovation.
We celebrate diversity, identity and responsibility in every girl, every day.
Watch the video below to discover what learning at MGGS looks like for our Middle Years students.
Middle Years Curriculum Handbook
Download the Middle Years Handbook (.pdf)
Explore Our Curriculum
The Wildfell Program
The Wildfell Program is a time in our Middle Years girls’ lives when there is much to explore and understand about the complexities of the world and their place within it.
Read moreThe Wildfell Program successfully bridges primary and secondary models of education, with our Years 5 and 6 girls confidently exploring the wider Merton Hall campus and integrating with students from other years and programs.
Wildfell girls are:
- Creative thinkers
- Independent learners
- Reflective learners
- Team workers
- Self managers
- Effective participators
- Leaders of self and others
Each Wildfell girl is a part of a rigorous academic program with five core and three elective subjects per semester.
Core Subjects
- English
- Mathematics
- Science
- Cross Curricular Studies (including Personal Dimensions, History, Geography, Literacy, Civics and Citizenship)
- Health and Physical Education
Elective Opportunities
- Modern Languages (including Italian, French and Chinese)
- Visual Arts (including Art and The Art of Design)
- Performing Arts (including Music and Drama and Contemporary Movement)
The St Hilda’s Program
The St Hilda’s Program is an exploration of who our girls are as individuals, facilitating their positive growth, independence and confidence that will underpin their success in life.
Read moreBy engaging with the key areas of our St Hilda’s Program, our girls work towards achieving their personal best, and in doing so prepare well for the transition to the Senior Years.
Each area of the St Hilda’s Program is framed by four guiding concepts: valuing diversity, identity, responsibility, and building the capacity to lead and experience change.
St Hilda’s girls investigate an educational framework that echoes the core and elective subjects offered throughout Wildfell, consolidating and expanding their knowledge of these programs.
Central to this program is the belief that students must have an opportunity to exercise independence and choice in order to discover talents and passions in various areas of the curriculum.
Students will experience five core and three elective subjects per semester.
Core Subjects
- English
- Mathematics
- Science
- Global Perspectives
- Health and Physical Education
Elective Opportunities
- Modern Languages (including Italian, French and Chinese)
- Visual Arts (including Art and The Art of Design)
- Performing Arts (including Music, Drama and Contemporary Movement)
Paving personalised learning pathways
MGGS understands that no two girls are the same – which means no two learning journeys are identical. Our approach is supportive and personalised, ensuring each girl reaches their own personal best and has the opportunity to excel in whatever pathway they pursue.
Our Philosophy
Our Middle Years experiences reflect and acknowledge the challenging and ever changing world in which our girls live.
The Wildfell and St Hilda’s Programs offer rich, varied and engaging learning and wellbeing experiences for our girls.
Our Programs are built on a philosophy of choice, academic challenge, personal challenge and raised expectations.