Callaghan College Jesmond Senior Campus provides students in Years 11 and 12 with a broad range of wonderful opportunities.
Our campus values of commitment, opportunity, respect and excellence are core to our teaching and learning practices each and every day.
At Jesmond Senior Campus, students can choose from the broadest range of electives and vocational programs in Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and the Hunter region.
Our programs are personalised to ensure that we are capable of meeting a range of student needs in an inclusive, innovative 21st century learning environment.
Our school is a high expectations senior learning environment of quality teaching and quality learning, providing students with exceptional support throughout their studies.
At Callaghan College Jesmond Senior Campus we offer the following support systems to our students, their families and our staff:
Inclusive support and relationships
- Active Student Representative Forum (SRF)
- High expectations on student attendance
- Wellbeing programs for students and staff
- Inclusive practices and policies to ensure equity for all students
- Counselling and other wellbeing services available onsite
- Comprehensive transition program for Year 10 students
- Student peer-to-peer tutoring program
- Full calendar of events including celebrations for NAIDOC, Multicultural Week and Education Week
- Year 12 Formal Assembly and Formal where students and staff celebrate the completion of high school learning
Quality teaching and learning
- Greatest choice of HSC curriculum on offer
- All our teachers are experts in senior curriculum
- Learning environment is well supported by comprehensive technology systems
- Professional development regularly held on campus and across Callaghan College, ensuring staff are highly proficient in curriculum knowledge and classroom practice
- Inspire pathway program for high achievers
- Vocational Education and Learning (VET) available
- New scheme teacher program to encourage new graduates.
Modern learning environment
- Comprehensive timetable of more than 50 courses
- Modern learning spaces, including new Creative and Performing Arts Centre and Auditorium with multiple purpose facilities including sport, dance studio, blackbox theatre, sound proof recording studios
- Fully furnished technical learning spaces, including commercial kitchens, industrial arts centre and Apple Mac design studio
- Superior theatre production facilities that are student-operated for school and community events
- Onsite sporting fields and large undercover courts for all weather learning activities and competitions
- Work, Health and Safety (WH&S) adherence
- Leading technology systems for 24-hour access to learning and administration resources, including Canvas, Sentral, Sharepoint and Schoolbytes as well as technical software for specialist subjects.