From the Learning Enhancement Department – Year 5 and Year 6 Opportunities

The High Potential Learning team is excited to announce the following offerings open to Stage 3 students. 

2026 Horizons Program – Stage 3: Year 5 and 6 applications are open 
Following the immense success of a pilot program in Stage 4 in 2025, MLC School will expand the Horizons program to include Stage 3 (Year 5 and Year 6). In Semester 1, this initiative is designed to explore intellectually rigorous topics that move beyond the standard curriculum, creating opportunities for depth and inquiry. Centred around small lunchtime sessions once per week, we explore a different “topic” each term. Year 5 to Year 6 classes will be held on Tuesday lunchtimes in 2026. Please note that applications for the Semester 1 Stage 3 Horizons Program are open and available until Monday 2 March at 3.15pm.

The application link can be found here. 

Teams for external competitions throughout Semester 1 2026, such as da Vinci Decathlon, will be drawn from Horizons student cohorts in the first instance. 

2026 Writer’s Society – Stage 3: Year 5 and Year 6 applications are open 

The Stage 3 Writer’s Society offers passionate young writers in Year 5 and Year 6 the opportunity to extend their creativity, craft and confidence as authors. Designed for students who enjoy playing with language and ideas, the program provides a supportive and inspiring environment where writing is explored as both an art and a discipline. 
 
The Stage 3 Writer’s Society is ideal for students who are motivated, curious and eager to challenge themselves as thinkers and communicators and share their writing beyond the classroom. Sessions will run every Wednesday before school and it is expected that each student makes the commitment for a Semester. Application for Stage 3 Writer’s Society can be found here. 

Learning Enhancement Department: led@mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au

– Stephanie Dimitrelis 
Director of Learning Enhancement