available. All supported by expert advice from Career Educators to guide the decision making process. Grounds, buildings and facilities The college is situated approximately 25 kilometres from the centre of Melbourne and sits on 30 acres of land in its own green belt with native vegetation and sports areas surrounding it on three sides. The campus of Aquinas College consists of seven building blocks. These are: the Senior Years Building, the Year 9 building (the original school building), the Dominic Arts & Media Centre (including the Aquinas Resource Centre), the Staff and Technology Centre, the Gymnasium and Mahon Theatre, the Middle Years Learning Centre and the MacKillop Chapel. The Senior Years Building contains the Year 12 Wing, social space and study facilities, as well as science labs, classrooms and computer facilities. The second floor is devoted to the Wurundjeri Trade Training Centre (WTTC), a purpose build kitchen and hospitality training centre use for VCE and VET subjects, as well as the Year 9 Cafe N9ne program. The Middle Years Learning Centre was opened in 2014. The building serves Year 7 and 8 students and includes 18 classrooms, a 150-seat lecture theatre, a multipurpose heated staircase capable for team assemblies and several outdoor learning areas (including two upstairs balconies). The Technology Centre, houses a fully operational Design & Technology workshop on the ground level and a Systems Technology & Hydraulics room on the second level. In addition, the school's grounds include tennis courts, three ovals for cricket and various codes of football and basketball courts for sporting purposes. Extracurricular activities Students are encouraged to explore and develop their talents and learn to appreciate the gifts of others through participation in activities such as musicals, plays, choirs, bands, debating, robotics, study and cultural tours and a wide variety of individual and team sporting activities. The College offers opportunities for participation for both younger and older students with a Junior and Senior Musical each year. The music program is renowned and Concert, Rock and Jazz bands and Vocal ensembles create opportunities for students to perform both at Aquinas and in the wider community. An individual music lesson program ensures that talents are nurtured by high quality professional musicians. The House system provides for healthy intra school rivalry at our swimming, athletics and cross country carnivals each year. As a founding member of Eastern Independent Schools Melbourne (EISM) Aquinas provides inter school sporting competition