The MBBC curriculum is designed and tailored to provide a seamless transition for each boy, with the end goal that every student achieves his desired post-school destination. This is achieved by broadening the experiences of the boys through an innovative, relevant and engaging curriculum.

The intensive pastoral program at MBBC is supported within the Primary School by having core subjects taught by the primary pastoral teacher, supplemented by specialist teachers for various aspects of the program.

This model is then continued to support the students in the Middle School, where the boys have a core group of teachers, supplemented by a wider variety of specialist teachers who all work together as a team to develop a cohesive and integrated curriculum program. Programs have been designed in the Middle School to assist boys in developing their leadership skills, study skills, public speaking and community service roles. The Middle School curriculum provides core learning enhanced by a wide variety of  subjects designed to broaden the experiences of the boys.  It demonstrates the rigour and types of assessment tasks to be expected of them at a Senior level, to prepare them for their final years of schooling.

Students in the Senior School work closely as part of a House-based pastoral group, within a wide range of subject offerings and pathway options.

At MBBC, we strive to provide the best possible opportunities and outcomes for students across the school. We have recently become an (IB) World School. The IB is an internationally accredited curriculum framework which aims to help students develop the intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills to live, learn and work in a rapidly globalising world. The IB framework builds upon the College’s use of higher order thinking skills and our inquiry based and differentiated model of curriculum development.

Meeting the needs of the individual is important to us at MBBC. All teachers plan their units of work using a differentiated model based upon the Inquiry process of the Primary Years Program (PYP) and the Middle Years Program (MYP) of the International Baccalaureate. This means that all boys, regardless of their abilities, are catered for within the mainstream setting, thereby avoiding a ‘one size fits all’ approach. All teachers within the College are active in ensuring that the units of work they teach are engaging for 21st century boys who are interested in innovation, creativity, technology, problem solving and critical thinking. Learning enhancement support is provided to those students with additional needs.

Our goal at MBBC is to help every boy achieve his desired destination at the end of Year 12, whether this be an OP pathway to university, a Selection Rank pathway such as school based apprenticeships, vocational studies on campus, as well as a combination of on and off-campus arrangements, including work placement. An individually tailored program for boys in the Senior Phase of learning is developed to assist them to achieve these goals.

Prep

Prep students learn within the PYP framework under the areas of

• Learning language and communication
• Early mathematical understandings
• Health and physical learning
• Active learning processes
• Social and personal learning

Religious Education

Religious Education is a compulsory, non-assessed subject.

Students are introduced, an an appropriate level, to the key components and themes of the Bible and Christian belief.

Lessons are generally taught by our College Chaplain.