Muirfield High School offers a comprehensive curriculum and has a focus on leadership, enterprise and achievement for a changing and challenging work environment. The school’s educational and personal development programs and management practices reflect the well-accepted school ethos “Educating Today for Managing Tomorrow”.
Facilities: Include multi-purpose hall, dance studio, drama room, fitness centre and weights room, 2.7-hectare farm, commercial kitchen, six computer centres, mathematics computer lab, darkroom, museum and history hut, sporting fields, baseball diamond, and library providing access to print and online information resources.
Electives Years 7 and 8: Students complete a common course that includes Agriculture, Japanese, French, German, Applied Computing, Design and Technology, Visual Arts, and Integrated Sport.
Electives Years 9 and 10: History, Music, Sport Science, Technics Graphics Technology, Visual Arts, Wood Technics, Agriculture, Commerce, Computing Studies, Dance, Drama, Food Technology.
Electives Years 11 and 12: Mathematics, Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry, Drama, Industrial Technology, Physics, Senior Science, Economics, Business Studies, Legal Studies, Ancient History, Modern History, Music, Visual Arts, Photography, PD/Health/PE, Information Processes and Technology, Society and Culture, Software Design and Development, Japanese, Food Technology. TVET courses such as Hospitality Operations, Construction, Information Technology and Primary Industries are also offered. Religious education is provided by on-site youth workers.
Sport: There is a comprehensive program of recreational and competitive sports including athletics, swimming, rugby union, soccer, softball, volleyball, hockey, touch football, netball, cricket, tennis, basketball, baseball, golf, water polo, ice-skating, weights and fitness training. There are extra costs for some sports.
Extracurricular activities: Computer-user group, debating, public speaking and writing competitions, drama and music theatre, concert band, Rock Eisteddfod, art and technics exhibition, golf program, peer support, Japanese School Visits Program, Intercultural Exchange Program, Castle Hill Show team (winners Best School Display 2004, 2005 and 2006).
Welfare and personal development: The school provides special educational programs for students from non-English-speaking backgrounds and for those experiencing learning difficulties. Enrichment activities are provided for academically gifted and talented students and talented athletes. The school’s published discipline strategies are based on a code of responsibilities and rights. An active SRC and a house-based student welfare network provide students with opportunities to contribute to school policy and management practices.