Middle School

Illustration by Rosie. 2020, Year 10 Student.

Welcome to the Middle School

Founders’ Hall is the main Middle School campus for Years 5-7. It is located on Molle Street in Hobart, opposite the Senior School. Year 8 can be found in the newly renovated Tremayne building on our Senior School Campus.

Designed for the learning needs of young adolescents between 10 to 14 years of age, the Middle School delivers a supportive environment which acknowledges the change and growth associated with this time of development.

Student Development

Throughout their Middle School journey, students are encouraged to become less reliant on the direct support of teachers and parents, who then begin to take on a more adult, mentoring relationship with their girls.

In the Middle School students begin to control and understand how to self-regulate their social, emotional, spiritual, physical and intellectual interests.

We encourage the further development of innovation, imagination, inquiry skills and the capacity to take a chance.

Students develop key skills in teamwork, communication, problem-solving, empathy, gratitude and respect for all.

Increased personal responsibility, taking and using initiative and learning to lead is also central to the Middle School experience.

Our Learning

The Middle School program is aligned with the Australian Curriculum and offers the core subjects of English, History, Geography, Mathematics and Science.  All year groups also take part in Faith and Life, Health and Physical Education, LOTE and an increasing number of electives in the Expressive Arts or Project Based Learning areas. All subjects are led by specialist teachers who have a genuine passion for their learning area.

Students are able to choose from a wide range of co-curricular activities including music, art, dance, drama, sport, debating and public speaking, clubs and EDGE.

We support our students to strive for their personal best in all areas of their development.

Middle School students walking in school grounds

Student Support and Wellbeing

St Michael’s Collegiate believe that the mental health and wellbeing of our students is key to developing healthy, capable and confident young people. Each student is assigned a Mentor, who is a teacher focused on their wellbeing. They will ensure each student is known, cared for and connected to our learning community. Students meet with their Mentor group at least once each day and in 2023 we have begun using Open Parachute as a resource to support the teaching of key topics related to wellbeing and social-emotional development.

At Collegiate we also have a dedicated Student Management Team, who work primarily to understand and support each individual student as they journey with us. This includes Year Level Coordinators, Learning Support Coordinators, our School Chaplain, Educational Counsellor, School Psychologist, Heads of Schools and our Deputy Principal.  We do this by considering not just their learning, but their overall sense of self and their social, emotional and physical well-being.  

Wellbeing is a theme that runs throughout our school and in addition to the above team, a large percentage of our staff have been trained in Mental Health First Aid. In 2023 our Year 8 and Year 10 students will also undertake the Youth Mental Health First Aid training.

Overall, we see education as a partnership between home and school and the first point of contact with Collegiate is the Mentor teacher.

Middle School Snapshots

All Snapshots

Grandparents and Special Guests Day

Our Middle and Senior School students welcomed their Grandparents and special guests to school yesterday. Over 200 visitors enjoyed tours of our classrooms and new facilities, followed by morning tea while being entertained by our wonderful Founders’ Choir and String Musicians.

State Hockey Placement

Madeline Nogajski has been selected in the State U13 Hockey Team. The tournament will be held in Hobart in October. Well done, Madeline!