Year 9 and 10 Course Structure and Subjects

Year 9 Course Structure and Subjects Offered
Year 9 students will study a range of core subjects, as well as a minimum of one semester of an Art Elective and one Technology elective. Year 9 continues to follow the Victorian Curriculum (F-10), whilst allowing students to explore a variety of subjects they may not have had the opportunity to study previously.
All year 9 students will study the following core subjects and will also choose a further four electives (from any Domain Area).
CORE |
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English |
Mathematics |
Science |
Humanities |
Health and Physical Education |
Arts elective (studied for one Semester) |
Design and Technologies elective (studied for one Semester) |
ELECTIVES | |
|---|---|
The Arts – Performing and Visual | |
| Semester-based | Art |
| Drama | |
| Mask and Make-Up | |
| Media: Photography and Photoshop | |
| Music | |
| Sculptural Ceramics | |
| Visual Communication Design | |
Design and Technologies | |
| Semester-based | 3-Dimensional Makers |
| Food Whiz | |
| Games Programming | |
| Product, Design and Technology (Wood, Metals, Plastic) | |
| Textiles: Fashion | |
| Web Design and Development | |
English | |
| Semester-based | Literature: Words and Works |
Health and Physical Education | |
| Year-long | Duke of Edinburgh |
| Semester-based | Sport, Exercise and Nutrition |
| Coaching and Athletic Performance | |
Humanities | |
| Semester-based | A Current Affair |
| History Mysteries | |
| Money Matters | |
| Philosophy | |
| The Law and You | |
Languages | |
| Year-long | German |
| Japanese | |
Mathematics | |
| Semester-based | Wonderful World of Mathology |
Science | |
| Semester-based | Astronomy |
| Forensic Science | |
Year 10 Course Structure and Subjects Offered
In Year 10, students study six subjects per semester, in alignment with a VCE timetable. Each subject is allocated three 74-minute lessons per week. Year 10 provides students with an opportunity to explore a variety of subjects to find interests and passions that may be pursued into Year 11 and 12. It also allows students who are invited, to accelerate and undertake a Unit 1 & 2 subject in Year 10.
All Year 10 students will need to study at least onesubject from each of the following CORE domain areas:
CORE | ||
English (Year-long) | All students: OR EA students & students with a College invitation: | English / English as an Additional Language (EAL)
Enhanced English |
Mathematics (Year-long)
| Choose 1 of:
EA students & students with a College invitation | Core: Foundation Mathematics Core: General Mathematics Core: Mathematical Methods
Core: Enhanced Mathematics |
| Science | All students choose one of:
| Physics and Chemistry of Motion (Semester-based) |
Biology and Chemistry of Life (Semester-based) | ||
Science (Squared) (Year-long) | ||
Humanities (Semester-based) | Choose at least one Humanities Subject from the humanities electives listed below.
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The remainder of student subjects may comprise Electives (from any Domain Area), further Core (Humanities and/or Science), VET, and/or a VCE Units 1 & 2 subject (Including VCE VM). If a Unit 1 & 2 subject is undertaken in Year 10, this will take the place of two elective subjects. If the Unit 1 & 2 subject is from either Humanities or Science, the student is still required to undertake the Year 10 Humanities and Science electives.
ELECTIVES | |
The Arts | |
Semester-based
| Art |
| Devising Theatre | |
| Media Art: Film | |
| Media Art: The Digital Age | |
| Music | |
| Visual Communication Design | |
Design & Technologies | |
Semester-based | Applied Computing |
| Creative Food Design | |
| Emerging Technologies, Systems and Design | |
| Food Technology | |
| Textiles: Project Runway | |
| Product Design & Technology (Wood, Metal, Plastic) | |
English | |
Literature : Words and Works Semester-based | |
Bridging EAL (as an additional English to EAL) Year-long | |
Health & Physical Education | |
Semester-based | Lifestyle Physical Activity |
| Outdoor Education | |
| Sports Science | |
| What the Health? | |
| Year-long | Peak Performance: Science and Training |
Humanities | |
Semester-based
| Accounting |
| Economics and Business | |
| Legal Studies | |
| Global Issues | |
| People, Planet and the Future (Geography & Environmental Science) | |
| Philosophy | |
| World at War | |
Languages | |
Year-long
| German |
| Japanese | |
Science | |
| Semester-based | Psychology |
VET | |
| Please see the Careers Counsellor for more information | VET (external) - By College Invitation |