Facilities

A dedicated Careers Centre ensures senior students are well prepared when making decisions regarding their chosen career pathway.

The Careers Centre is a popular destination, especially for our Year 12 students. The Centre provides students and parents with up-to-date information on careers, courses, and admission requirements from tertiary institutions around Australia.

For more information, visit the Palmerston College Careers website palmerstoncollegecareers.com.

Our students benefit from a range of outstanding specialist commercial and home economics facilities at both campuses, including commercial-standard kitchens to offer students VET accredited courses in Hospitality.

Information technology plays an important role in everyday life at the College. Instructional, creative, assistive, and innovative technology tools are seamlessly integrated into the College’s teaching and learning programs, allowing students the chance to achieve academic goals in a way that would not be possible using traditional methods.

Students have access to iPads, laptop computers, and interactive whiteboards, and are encouraged to make use of these for classwork and related activities.

Two libraries offer a wide range of resources to support teaching and learning within the College. It is a contemporary learning facility designed around the needs of students and staff. The Library provides the flexibility necessary to suit students’ different learning capacities and styles. Differentiated environments allow for individual study and quiet reading and give students the opportunity to learn, develop and use their research skills.

The Library offers access to advanced technology, with print and electronic media selected to support independent and support study and provide a facility where teachers can conduct class research and technology-based class activities.

At both campuses, all students have the opportunity to participate musically through a wide array of curricular and co-curricular activities. Our music area features a dedicated teaching space and fully equipped recording studios and instruments.

Our dedicated Science Centre includes well-equipped modern laboratories and learning spaces. Maintained by a Laboratory Technician who works across both campuses, the facility caters for all levels of General Science, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.

Our custom-built theatre complex and dance studios at each campus allow a full performance experience for our students.

The Theatre at the 10-12 Campus features seating for 96 people, a stage, dressing rooms, a reception foyer, a ticket box, and a control box room.

The Dance Studio on the 7-9 Campus has a fully sprung floor, mirrored walls, and bars providing the perfect space for students to perfect their technique and dance rehearsals. The innovative flexible designs on both campuses mean that the stages can be opened and large public presentations and assemblies can be easily accommodated.

With classes in drawing, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, pottery, painting, digital media, and more, the College’s visual arts program consistently stimulates our students’ creativity. Our fully equipped ceramics studio allows students to explore and express their creative talents as well as learn valuable technical skills. Students have the opportunity to develop their technique, skills, and an appreciation for art.

Our 2 purpose-built fully air-conditioned gymnasiums contain facilities and playing courts for a variety of sports including badminton, netball, volleyball, basketball, and gymnastics. Housing climbing ropes and strength and conditioning equipment, there is something for everyone. The gymnasiums are also available for hire to outside user groups.

Additionally, the 10-12 Campus has an exercise  room with a variety of equipment from treadmills, weights, and rowing machines.

Our College also has two ovals for Australian Rules Football, soccer, and cricket, with two fully covered outdoor basketball courts available at each campus.

The Special Education Centre (SEC) is a purpose built centre on the grounds of Palmerston College 10-12 campus catering for the needs of students with disabilities in both the Middle and Senior years of schooling. Enrolment in SEC is subject to the student meeting the Department of Education (DOE) eligibility criteria. Please talk to the College if you need more information about verification.

Our comprehensive curriculum program is values based, ensuring that all students are provided with the full range of life skills and tools that foster independence. Our focus is on ensuring our students are supported whilst developing an appropriate pathway for the future.

Flexible Learning, as the name suggests, offers diverse supported education for students in mainstream with a diagnosed disability, social, emotional and behavioural support needs.

Students accessing Flexible Learning have Education Adjustment Plans (EAP) or Student Support Plans (SSP), and typically are active clients of Schools Support Services Disability and Engagement.

Education programs target individual needs, planned in collaboration with parents/carers, students (where appropriate), teachers and external agencies where necessary. Flexible Learning supports mainstream curriculum core subject and specialist subjects with intensive curriculum, through to 100% alternative curriculum; the Flexible Learning can create individual programs that include a range of these.