Our classrooms are designed with each stage of learning in mind from the colourful, playful surrounds of the Early Learning Centre to the stunning Greenways building, the light filled Eblana Learning Centre for the primary years (Foundation – Year 4), and the bright and open Senior Years Learning Centre.
Mentone Grammar's newest development is the Keith Jones Learning Centre for Years 5 & 6. This exciting new space is purpose-built for our middle years students to practice their independence and cultivate their interests, while enabling teachers to continue to provide the structure and support needed during these formative years.
The Centre consists of eight light-filled classrooms, a reading lounge, breakout spaces, a multi-purpose performance auditorium and an outdoor learning deck. A professional film studio and recording booths incorporates invaluable digital media skills into the curriculum, enabling students to create video blogs, VoxPops, music and short films to complement their learning. The Keith Jones Learning Centre is emblematic of a new era in primary education, better preparing students for a running start into their senior years.
Our School has a deserving reputation as a leader in the visual and performing arts with an events calendar filled with extraordinary productions. The Creativity Centre is an outstanding facility which includes a 450-seat theatre, light-filled purpose designed visual arts studios for painting, sculpture, drawing, digital photography, printmaking and visual communication design and specialist labs for robotics, animation, 3D printing, materials and food technology. In addition, there is a recording studio which is part of an extensive new music school, drama and dance studios, passive and active learning zones and courtyards surrounding a stunning gallery space.
An extensive list of sports is offered as either core or co-curricular programs. These include swimming, softball, netball, tennis, athletics, cross country, cricket, basketball, hockey, soccer, triathlon, surf lifesaving, surfing, golf, snow sports, aerobics, touch rugby, badminton, AFL football, table tennis and sailing. Our Coaching Academy provides specialist coaching across a broad range of sports and makes the most of our excellent sporting facilities. Our sporting facilities include;
Our students love learning Science in our state-of-the-art Science and Environmental Studies Centre. Setting a new benchmark for science facilities in Australian schools, the Centre boasts four specialist laboratories for the study of Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Environmental Studies, two general laboratories, an aquarium, university standard microscope system and multimedia technology. A learning lounge, all-weather courtyard and outdoor learning deck further enhance learning and pastoral care opportunities.
Our three-hectare beachfront site at Shoreham, on the Mornington Peninsula, is the perfect location for our recreational camps and off-campus programs. Students engage in leadership programs and team building, as well as studying environmental and marine studies in the Shoreham Learning Centre.
