Years 9 & 10

Year 9 Learning Program

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The Year 9 Curriculum design includes:

• an explicit focus on core literacy and numeracy skills across all learning areas.
• a range of elective choices to enable students to have greater agency over their preferred learning pathway.
• Curriculum design and enrichment programs that assist students to develop and extend their creative thinking, communication skills, adaptability, and curiosity.
• Enrichment Week programs in Terms 2, 3 and 4 that include Social Justice activities, career focused testing and an adventure camp week.
• provision of programs to support and enhance student wellbeing through social and emotional learning.

Year 9 students engage in core and a range of elective studies in the following learning areas:

• Arts
• English
• Health and Physical Education
• Humanities
• Languages - Chinese or French
• Mathematics
• Religious Education
• Science
• Technology

Year 10

In Year 10, girls become part of the Senior School and their subject choices expand significantly.
Students continue with a combination of core and elective studies which can include application based acceleration into VCE and VET studies. Comprehensive support is provided for students and parents / carers to assist with subject selection and pathways planning.

Core Units

• Religious Education (selecting from Religious Education electives and Youth Ministry)
• English (selecting from Mainstream English or Foundation English)
• Mathematics (selecting from Enhancement Maths, General Maths or Essential Maths)
• Health and Physical Education
• Science

Electives

In addition to this, students select six electives. This selection must include at least one elective from two of the following learning areas:

• ‍Arts
• Humanities
• Languages
• Design and Technology

Students can also apply to include an Accelerated VCE Study in their program.