Subject Selection Planner

SUBJECT SELECTION PLANNER YEAR 7 INTO YEAR 8 2023

All students in Year 8 study subjects in the core domains: Religious Education, English, Mathematics, Science, Humanities, Health & Physical Education. All students also complete a Languages subject that they will continue with from Year 7. Students are able to choose four electives that are semester based.

 

For more information about the elective options, please refer to the handbook information or visit the MSJ 7-10 Subject Selection website through SIMON.

DomainStudy ModeDuration
Religious EducationCoreWhole year - all students
English Core Whole year - all students
MathematicsCoreWhole year - all students 
Science CoreWhole year - all students
Humanities 

Core:

History 

Geography

Whole year - all students 

 

Health & Physical Education Core

Whole year - all students 

 

Languages

Core:

French

Italian

Japanese

Students study one language

 

Arts

Visual Arts

Visual Communication & Design

Music

Drama

Students choose two 

 

Technology 

Food Technology

Product Design & Technology

Digital Technologies

STEM

Students choose two 

 

 

Year 8 Outline Subject Selection

  1. All students in Year 8 study the core subjects outlined in the table above.
  2. All students need to choose a Languages subject – please indicate your selection.
Domain AreaSubject Name
Languages Semester 1 & 2 Italian / French / Japanese
  1. Elective choices – Arts Subjects – Choose two
Domain AreaSubject Name
1. Arts 
2. Arts 
3. Art Unit - Reserve 

4. Elective choices – Technologies subjects – Choose two

Domain AreaSubject Name
1.  Technology 
2.  Technology 
3.  Technology Unit - Reserve 

To be completed by August 18, 2023