Victory is Unique
Victory Christian College is a Prep to Year 10 College, which caters for individual needs and interests within a caring and disciplined environment. We provide a strong academic and diverse curriculum, which engages students and challenges them to achieve their best. At Victory, students are encouraged to develop a personal relationship with God and to understand that through this relationship, they have a life filled with purpose and promise.
Student Leadership is a Priority
Developing young leaders is an important part of the ethos at Victory. Students are provided with many opportunities to build leadership skills in both primary and secondary areas. We have an active Student Representative Council, Primary and Secondary House Captains and Senior School Captains. Our students are given a range of leadership opportunities from representing the College at major community events to leading weekly assemblies or speaking at our church and chapel services. Primary and Secondary students involved in leadership roles attend state organised leadership development days each year, and from 2009, senior school leaders will participate in the Duke of Edinburgh Award.
Transition and Pathways
A comprehensive transition process is in place to support students commencing at the College, moving from primary to secondary or exiting to commence Year Eleven or Pre-Apprenticeship studies.
Younger students are involved in an extended orientation and getting ready for school program.
Our own Grade Six students participate in a range of activities to assist with their transition into the secondary school environment, which is greatly assisted by their familiarity with the staff and learning environment. New students commencing Year Seven attend information sessions and orientation days, with a Year Seven Orientation Camp held early in Term One to help complete their transition.
Year Ten students undertake a broad pathways preparation program, which includes work experience, investigating career pathways and options, and participating in Year Eleven transition days.
‘Come and Try Days’ are open to any families who are considering sending their children to Victory.
We Specialise in a Number of Areas
Technology
We provide a comprehensive technology and electives based program from Grade Five up, with increasing diversity at senior levels. These subjects include Woodwork, Metalwork, Electronics, Small Engines, Food Technology, Textiles, Art, Graphics, ICT and Multimedia. From 2009 we will also be offering a number of Vocational Education and Training (VET) Certificates
Physical Education and Sport
Victory has an extensive Physical Education and sporting program, with many opportunities provided throughout the year for all students to develop their skills and compete both at local and state levels in a wide range of disciplines. Outdoor Education and Sports Science are offered at senior levels and from 2009, Year Nine and Ten students will have opportunity to complete a Certificate 2 in Outdoor Recreation.
Performing Arts
Victory specialises in Performing Arts with a major school production each year, and a comprehensive music curriculum running from Prep to Year Ten. Students who have musical skills are encouraged to join our Primary or Secondary Chapel bands, extend their skills through our instrumental music program or join our College choir.
Language Other the English (LOTE) - Indonesian
Students begin to learn the Indonesian Language at Victory when they are in Prep. A sequential curriculum builds to Years Nine and Ten, where Indonesian is offered as an elective to prepare interested students to study the subject at VCE level.
Mathematics
At Victory we provide a streamed Mathematics Curriculum from Prep to Year Ten. Maths is timetabled across the College at the same time each day, enabling students to develop skills at their own pace, with some students being accelerated up to three years ahead. This includes an opportunity to undertake VCE Maths.
We cater for Special Interests and Abilities
We provide after school tutoring and homework assistance, individualised literacy and support, and a gifted and talented enrichment program, which includes participation in the Regional Tournament of Minds Competition.
A New College Campus Is Underway
A brand new school complex is planned for the corner of Condon St and Kairn Rd, Strathdale. Construction is expected to be completed in 2009. The Complex will include modern classrooms, indoor and outdoor Physical Education spaces, Multi Media, Drama and Music facilities, Performing Arts Centre, Trades area and many other outstanding features.
College History
Victory Christian College is a ministry expression of History Makers Church (formerly known as Victory Church), the Apostolic Church in Bendigo. The school and land are owned by, and operated under the direction of, the Apostolic Church Trust through the History Makers Church eldership. The College was opened in 1995 to provide an opportunity for people of all denominations to place their children in a Christian school, under the covering of History Makers Church.Through it’s Committee of Management structure and the employment of Christian teachers from a variety of denominations, the school has ensured that all aspects of school life are available to, and inclusive of, the Christian community.
The Apostolic denomination is a Pentecostal church birthed in the early 20th Century in Wales, through the influence of the Welsh Revival of that time. History Makers Church is part of that Pentecostal expression in Bendigo and, consequently, the worship and ministry experienced during school life, for example, chapel services, camps, etc. may, at times reflect that expression. The balanced approach to all forms of contemporary ministry, the emphasis on spiritual integrity and the high standards expected of all staff members, visiting chapel speakers and other school personnel allow all Victory Christian College families to feel confident in the Christian environment provided. Victory Christian College respects the many varied expressions of the Body of Christ in this city and trusts that all parents who place their children in the College also respect the uniqueness of History Makers Church and its role in reach Bendigo for Christ.
The College’s aim is to serve the Christian Community in Bendigo and surrounding districts with a message that Jesus forgives, saves, heals and restores. It is our belief that our young people need to know loving support and discipline as they grow academically and in the knowledge of the Lord. Students must know that they are loved and accepted whilst they are challenged and disciplined to grow as young Christians.