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JOHN FORREST SECONDARY COLLEGE
180 Drake Street MORLEY WA 6062
T: 9473 4000 F: 9272 6504 E: johnforrest.sc@det.wa.edu.au
John Forrest Secondary College is a progressive, comprehensive college with a proud tradition of excellence in both the achievement of its students and the quality and range of programs on offer. The extensive range of specialist facilities that support the college's learning programs includes a new state of the art Trade Training Centre, specialist classrooms for Home Economics, Science, Photography, Music, Art, Design and Technology, Media, Drama, Languages and Information Technology as well as a Pre Vocational Centre, five computer laboratories, a Gymnasium, a Dance Studio, a Library Resource Centre and a turf wicket. Full integration of technology into the teaching and learning activities is supported through the provision of a sophisticated computer network.
Our college boasts a strong pastoral care tradition and a Student Services Team that competently and effectively responds to the needs of students. REO (Respect Each Other) is a whole college program that promotes the development and maintenance of positive working relationships across the college.
 THE JOHN FORREST SECONDARY COLLEGE/MPA SKILLS PARTNERSHIP At a prestigious ceremony at the Brisbane Convention Centre on 25 November, the John Forrest/MPA Skills Partnership was awarded the Federal Government's 2011 Australian Training Award for the Best School Pathway to VET Program in Australia! This is a sensational achievement which gives national acclaim to the outstanding opportunities being provided and impressive outcomes being achieved through the John Forrest Trade Training Centre and the world class partnership that has been forged between John Forrest and the industry’s Plumbing and Gasfitting and Painting and Decorating leaders in training – MPA Skills. This partnership was also the State Winner of the Schools First Award in 2010. The Painting and Decorating and Plumbing and Gasfitting programs offered through the MPA Skills/John Forrest partnership address industry shortages and provide a win-win arrangement for all stakeholders. Through these programs, students begin the first stage of a mapped and highly supportive lifecycle for employment that begins with the integration of the School-Based Pre-Apprenticeship and School-Based Apprenticeship training programs within the senior school curriculum. The pathway continues through to potential employment by MPA Skills as full-time apprentices on completion of Year 12 or in lieu of finishing secondary schooling. As employees of MPA Skills, students remain in the supportive and nurturing MPA Skills environment and have ongoing access to training expertise, industry mentors and the huge range of employers and trades people who form the membership of the Master Plumbers and Gassfitters Association of Western Australia and the Master Painters Australian (WA). |