Weeroona College Bendigo (WCB) operates across two campuses with our main campus located on the northern side of Bendigo with a population of 740 year seven to year ten students and a small cohort of Year 11 and 12 students completing VCAL. Our second campus (BFLO- Bendigo Flexible learning Options) is an alternative setting and is a collaborative partnership between the five Bendigo Secondary Colleges and Kalianna Specialist School that aims to reengage learners from year seven through twelve. The current enrolment at BFLO is 65 students.

 We have very strong educational partnerships with our associate primary schools in the White Hills cluster, the other three Bendigo year seven to ten colleges and Bendigo Senior Secondary College where our students transition for years eleven and twelve.

 Our modern learning spaces provide for a wide range of flexible teaching and learning activities including: independent study, peer tutoring, small and large group work, project based learning, lecture based learning, seminar style learning, research, performances and presentations by students and learning by building, doing and creating.

 WCB has a firm commitment to maximising the educational opportunities for each and every one of our students and we place a high emphasis on all students achieving personal excellence, which is one of our five core values. Each student has a Ready to Learn plan where teachers and parents can track progress with their students to ensure that individual learning needs are met. Literacy and Numeracy are a high priority at Weeroona College Bendigo where we work to ensure that our teaching supports all students across the curriculum. We are a community of readers and encourage reading opportunities at school and at home and we have a differentiated learning model for teaching Mathematics that supports individual learners. All teachers at WCB explicitly teach literacy skills in each of their classes, with a focus on vocabulary and we are supported to do this by our brilliantly resourced Global Learning Centre (library).

 Our College has made the development of a high-quality curriculum that caters for the needs of all students a major priority over the past few years. A balanced core curriculum is offered for year seven and eight students and year nine and ten students undertake a mixture of core and elective studies. Recently, we have commenced our involvement in a STEM specialisation. Our year 10 students have access to VCE courses and our year 9/10’s to VET programs with successful pathways to Bendigo Senior Secondary College, our year 11 and 12 provider.

 WCB has a strong culture of extracurricular programs. We have a proud tradition in the Performing and Visual Arts including a well-supported instrumental music program, bands and arts spectaculars and College productions. The College also has very high standard sporting programs, where our students compete as the Weeroona Warriors.  We are proud of our students who perform exceptionally well in a broad range of interschool sports activities. We have forged community partnerships with the YMCA Harriers, the Bendigo Umpires Association, the Sandhurst/Weeroona Cricket Club and the Bendigo & District Cricket Association as part of our Building Stronger Links Program. We are also part of the Bendigo Education Plan, Athlete Development Program with the other secondary schools. Another highlight of our College program is our participation in the Energy Breakthrough competitions. The College has an outstanding record of success over many years and the students, staff and families involved have benefitted enormously from this program.

 We have developed a culture of high expectations for all our students and have embedded a Learning Protocol framework based on our school values: Respect, Integrity, Personal Excellence, Innovation and Resilience. To support this, we have also developed a learning support plan that clearly articulates a consistent set of expectations by all staff through the use of a restorative approach.