An inclusive and supportive learning culture
Our school is an inclusive educational community and offers a range of learning options and styles of learning for students from all backgrounds, all abilities, and aspirations.
Offering a range of learning styles, our school aims to provide our students with learning and personal skills to empower our students to pursue their passions and interests through a post-school pathway in employment or further education.
Morisset High School Big Picture Academy
Morriset High School is proud to be the only school in Western Lake Macquarie to partner with Big Picture Australia to offer a unique learning opportunity for our students.
Through the Big Picture learning design students are empowered to develop skills to become confident, independent, self-directed learners, whose theoretical knowledge is complemented by industry and career experience, helping them forge a path to success after finishing school. Big Picture Academy students complete an internationally recognised qualification, with several of our Morisset High School Big Picture Academy students successfully being enrolled to university degrees, some before completing their Year 12 studies.
Students from the Morisset area and out of zone are invited to apply for enrolment to the Morisset High School Big Picture Academy. To find out more about Big Picture learning and the Morisset High School Big Picture Academy, click here
Vocational learning opportunities offered on-site
Our school offers a broad range of curriculum opportunities, to empower our students, including school-based Vocational Education and Training (VET) programs in a range of fields including:
- Primary Industries (Agriculture);
- Retail;
- Business Services;
- Sports Coaching;
- Construction Pathways;
- Manufacturing and Engineering;
- Hairdressing, and;
- Hospitality (Kitchen Operations/Food and Beverages).
Our school has a commercial kitchen, hairdressing salon, and well-equipped industrial arts and PDHPE facilities on-site. Our VET teachers receive up-to-date training and have strong links with the local industry, so our students can develop career skills, and connections, without having to leave the school.
Supporting the learning and empowerment of all students
There are five Special Education Support classes at Morisset High School catering for students with additional learning needs.
Our Support Unit students learn in a safe and caring environment in a dedicated learning space, supported by highly qualified and committed teachers and teacher's aides.
Our school also has a strong focus on empowering our support students to gain valuable employment and learning skills through work placement, organised by the school with local businesses and industry.