The curriculum promotes higher academic standards and challenges students to achieve their best. To meet the specific needs of the Lalor school community, a wide range of core and specialist subjects are offered.
Subjects are undertaken through a number of Key Learning Areas (KLAs):
- Arts, which includes the Visual Arts, the Performing Arts (Music and Drama)
- English, including English as an Additional Language (EAL)
- Health and Physical Education (HPE)
- Humanities, which consists of: History, Geography, Civics and Economics
- Languages (Italian, French, Greek and Macedonian)
- Mathematics
- Science
- Technology, which includes: Food Technology, Product Design & Technology; and Digital Technologies.
Our Year 7 – 10 courses are based on the Victorian Curriculum and taught to this approved documentation. The curriculum for Years 11 & 12 is set by the VCAA, with Lalor Secondary College offering a wide range of Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE), Vocational Educational Training (VET) and Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) courses. These provide students with numerous pathways to success once Secondary schooling is completed.
The detailed year level handbooks are provided as a parent and student information resource relating to all subjects, school organisation and processes. Year level information evenings supplement the handbook information.
- It is essential that all parents and student access the following Handbooks in order to be fully informed as to the individual subject choices.
- Please click here to download Lalor Secondary College 2023-2024 VCE & Vocational Major Handbook.
- Please click here to download Lalor Secondary College 2020-2022 Year 7 & 8 Handbook.
- Please click here to download Lalor Secondary College 2023 Year 9 Handbook.
- Please click here to download Lalor Secondary College 2023 Year 10 Handbook.
- Click here for VCE Subject Videos
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Accounting
Applied Computing
Biology
Business Management
Chemistry
Economics
English as Additional Language
Environmental Science
Food Studies
Foundation Maths
French – Language
General & Further Maths
Geography
Global and Australian Politics
Health and Human Development
History
Legal Studies
Literature
Maths Methods
Media
Music Performance
Physical Education
Physics
Product Design and Technology
Psychology
Sociology
Specialist Maths
Studio Arts
Theatre Studies
VCE English
Visual Communication and Design
- Click here for Year 10 Subject Videos
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Architecture and Industrial Design
Basic Psychology
Business Practice
Cold War History
Commerce
Dance
Digital Technology
Drama
Electronics
Film Analysis
Food Technology
Horticulture and Sustainability
Introduction to VCAL
Journalism
Juvenile Justice
Languages
Literature
Mechatronics and Engineering Systems
Media
Music Expression, Performance and Investigation
Photography
Product Design and Technology
Rivalry, Power and Passion
Studio Arts
The Commissioned Artist
The Global Citizen
Visual Communication and Design
- Click here for Year 9 Subject Videos
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2D Art
3D Art
Advance
American History
Applied Maths
Architecture and Industrial Design
Art in Fashion
Cake Decoration
Dance
Digital Design
Digital Technology – Hands On Digitech
Digital Technology
Drama
Electronic Music Production
Engineers Without Borders (STEM)
English in Love
Film and Television
Food Technology
Forensic Science
History’s Mysteries
Literature
Mechatronics and Engineering Systems
Music Expression, Performance and Investigation
Product Design and Technology
Sport Education
Visual Communication and Design