year 9 and 10 course guide 2022-2023

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Year 9 and 10 Course Guide

2022-2023

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TABLE OF CONTENTS From Our Principal ................................................................................................................................... 4

COURSE STRUCTURE ............................................................................................................................. 5

Year 11 Subject Recommendations ........................................................................................................ 7

QUEENSLAND ATAR ............................................................................................................................. 10

The Structure of Learning in Years 11-12 ............................................................................................. 11

YEAR 9 SUBJECT OUTLINES ................................................................................................................ 12

Year 9 Business...................................................................................................................................... 13

Year 9 Chinese – Semester 1 ................................................................................................................. 14

Year 9 Chinese Semester 2 ................................................................................................................... 15

Year 9 Dance – Option 1 ........................................................................................................................ 16

Year 9 Dance - Option 2 ........................................................................................................................ 17

Year 9 Design ......................................................................................................................................... 18

Year 9 Design and Technologies Food and Fibre Production ........................................................... 19

Year 9 Design and Technologies Food and Fibre Production – Designing Material Solutions ........ 20

Year 9 Design and Technologies Materials and Technologies ........................................................... 21

Year 9 Digital Technologies ................................................................................................................... 22

Year 9 Drama – Option 1 ........................................................................................................................ 23

Year 9 Drama - Option 2 ......................................................................................................................... 24 Year 9 English ........................................................................................................................................ 25

Year 9 Geography ................................................................................................................................... 26

Year 9 Health and Physical Education .................................................................................................. 27

Year 9 History ......................................................................................................................................... 28

Year 9 Japanese – Semester 1 .............................................................................................................. 29

Year 9 Japanese - Semester 2 .............................................................................................................. 30

Year 9 Mathematics ................................................................................................................................ 31

Year 9 Media ........................................................................................................................................... 33

Year 9 Music – Option 1 ......................................................................................................................... 34

Year 9 Music - Option 2 ......................................................................................................................... 35

Year 9 Religious Education ................................................................................................................... 36

Year 9 Science ........................................................................................................................................ 37

Year 9 STEM ........................................................................................................................................... 38

Year 9 Visual Art – Option 1................................................................................................................... 39

Year 9 Visual Art – Option 2................................................................................................................... 40

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YEAR 10 SUBJECT OUTLINES .............................................................................................................. 41

Year 10 Business .................................................................................................................................... 42

Year 10 Chinese...................................................................................................................................... 42

Year 10 Dance ......................................................................................................................................... 42

Year 10 Design and Technologies Food and Fibre Production.......................................................... 42

Year 10 Design ....................................................................................................................................... 42

Year 10 Digital Technology .................................................................................................................... 42

Year 10 Drama ........................................................................................................................................ 42

Year 10 Engineering ............................................................................................................................... 42

Year 10 English ...................................................................................................................................... 42

Year 10 Geography ................................................................................................................................. 42

Year 10 Preparation for Senior Physical Education ............................................................................. 42

Year 10 Preparation for Senior Health .................................................................................................. 42

Year 10 History ....................................................................................................................................... 42

Year 10 Hospitality ................................................................................................................................. 42

Year 10 Design and Technologies Materials and Technologies ......................................................... 42

Year 10 Japanese ................................................................................................................................... 42

Year 10 Media ......................................................................................................................................... 42

Year 10 Music ......................................................................................................................................... 42

Year 10 Preparation for Essential English ............................................................................................ 42

Year 10 Preparation for Essential Mathematics ................................................................................... 42

Year 10 Preparation for General Mathematics ..................................................................................... 42

Year 10 Preparation for Mathematical Methods ................................................................................... 42

Year 10 Preparation for General Sciences ............................................................................................ 42

Year 10 Preparation for Science in Practice ......................................................................................... 42

Year 10 Religious Education ................................................................................................................. 42

Year 10 STEM ......................................................................................................................................... 42

Year 10 Visual Art ................................................................................................................................... 42

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CLAIRVAUX MACKILLOP COLLEGE

From Our Principal

What a great moment in time – the step from Year 8 into the world of learning possibilities that are open to our students of Years 9 and 10!

Some parts of your coursework for the next two years are decided for you. They are the core aspects of Australian Curriculum that all students are mandated to study.

You also have some choices to make. Think of these, not so much as life-changing choices, but more as life-giving choices. Irresistible possibilities for learning and exploring and discovering. Opportunities to widen your interests and deepen your learning. Your choices now will not dictate your life’s destiny. Many varied pathways lie ahead of you and there are many varied ways of taking those pathways.

Choose with the following in mind:

• What subjects would I really look forward to going to everyday? • What subjects do I really want to explore? The interesting ones? The ones I’m curious about? The ones I would love to have a go at? • What subjects will challenge me enough to keep me stretching me and challenging me enough for me to be really proud of what I achieve? • What am I already pretty good at that I would like to continue?

Read and listen to all of the information available to help you make your decisions. Make decisions and stick with them. Give Years 9 and 10 your very best effort. You will be well prepared for what comes next in your school years and in your life. You will be successful.

By Effort and Faith.

Christine Clarke Principal

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COURSE STRUCTURE

The Year 9 to 10 Curriculum allows students to choose an individualised pathway through to their senior school years. Students in Year 9 study six core subjects of Religious Education, English, Mathematics, Science, History, and Health and Physical Education. Semester units in non-core elective subjects are generally available in each semester in Year 9.

Students need to be aware that it is recommended that if they wish to study a language in years 11 to 12, they should choose it in years 9-10 also.

YEAR 9 CORE SUBJECTS

SUBJECT DURATION SUBJECT CODE Religion Full Year RE English Full Year ENG Mathematics Full Year MAT Science Full Year SCI Health and Physical Education Full Year HPE History Full Year HIS

YEAR 9 ELECTIVE SUBJECTS Year 9 students will study four electives - two per semester.

SUBJECT DURATION SUBJECT CODE

Chinese Semester CHI/CHI2 Dance Semester DAN/DANC2 Digital Technologies Semester DIGTEC Design Technologies (Graphics) Semester DT Design and Technologies (Food and Fibre Production) Semester DTFFP/DTFFPC2 Design and Technologies (Materials and Technologies) Semester DTMAT Drama Semester DRA/DRAC2 Economics and Business Semester ECBUS Geography Semester GEO Japanese Semester JAP/JAPC2 Media Semester MEDA Music Semester MUS/MUSC2 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Semester STEM/STEMC2 Visual Arts Semester VARTS/VARTSC2

Towards the middle Year 9, students start looking at their pathway into their senior years of schooling. They will study Core subjects and select Preparatory core subjects and elective subjects that they are hoping to continue into Years 11 and 12 while keeping in line with the Australian Curriculum nominal hours. Students need to be aware of recommended subjects to Year 11 and 12 courses of study. In years 11 and 12, students have choices between General, Applied and Certificate subjects; the subjects they choose in Year 10 are in preparation for these.

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Students must choose whether they would like to apply for university directly at the end of Year 12 or whether they would like to take another pathway. If a student is undecided, we can guide them on keeping their options open. For a student to apply to university they would ensure they are ATAR (Australian Tertiary Entrance Rank) eligible. To ensure this, they would choose General Preparatory Core subjects.

YEAR 10 CORE SUBJECTS

SUBJECT DURATION SUBJECT CODE Religion Full Year 10RE History Full Year 10HIS

YEAR 10 PREPARATORY CORE SUBJECTS

SUBJECT APPLIED DURATION GENERAL DURATION ATAR DURATION English Essential English

(10ESS) One Year General English

(10ENG) Full Year

Mathematics Essential Mathematics

(10EMA)

Full Year General Mathematics

(10GMA)

Full Year Mathematical Methods (10MAM)

Full Year

Science Science in Practice

(10SCIC2)

Full Year General Science (10SCI)

Full Year

YEAR 10 ELECTIVE SUBJECTS

SUBJECT DURATION SUBJECT CODE Design Technologies Design and Technologies (Food and Fibre Production) Full Year 10DDTFFP Design and Technologies (Materials and Technologies) Full Year 10DTMAT Digital Technologies Full Year 10ICT Dance Full Year 10DAN Drama Full Year 10DRA Business Full Year 10BUS Engineering Full Year 10DTENG Chinese Full Year 10CHI Geography Full Year 10GEO Hospitality Full Year 10HOS Media Full Year 10MED Japanese Full Year 10JAP Music Full Year 10MUS Visual Arts Full Year 10VAR Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Full Year 10SCIEXT Preparation for Senior Health Full Year 10HED Preparation for Senior Physical Education Full Year 10HPEC2

IMPORTANT NOTE TO STUDENTS:

• Students wishing to study Chinese or Japanese in Years 10-12 need to complete both semesters in Year 9. • Students must achieve and maintain a B in both Mathematics and Science to be eligible to choose their

course.

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Year 11 Subject Recommendations Clairvaux MacKillop College applies recommendations to senior subjects to ensure students select courses in which they have the best chance of success. Students need to demonstrate at least a C standard in English to undertake any General subject in Year 11.

Recommendations list Year 11 Subject Department Recommendations Subject Type

Accounting Humanities ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English General

Ancient History Humanities ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English General

Biology Science

✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English ✓ B in Year 10 Prep Senior Science ✓ C in Year 10 Prep Maths Methods or B in Year

10 Prep General Maths

General

Building and Construction Skills ITD ✓ No recommendation Applied

Business Humanities ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English General

Business Studies Humanities ✓ C in Year 10 English (Essential or General) Applied

Certificate III Business Humanities ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English Recommended VET

Certificate IV in Crime and Justice Humanities ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English VET Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care

Home Economics ✓ C in Year 10 English (Essential or General) VET

Certificate II in Electrotechnology * ITD ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General Maths/Maths Methods/Essential Maths VET

Certificate III in Fitness * HPE ✓ C in Year 10 English (Essential or General) VET

Certificate III in Health Services Assistance * HPE ✓ C in Year 10 English (Essential or General) VET

Certificate III in Hospitality Home Economics ✓ C in Year 10 English (Essential or General) VET Certificate III in Information, Digital Media and Technology ICT ✓ No recommendation VET

Certificate III in Sport and Recreation HPE ✓ C in Year 10 English (Essential or General) VET

Chemistry Science



General

Chinese Languages ✓ C in Year 10 Chinese ✓ C in Year 10 English

General

Dance The Arts ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English General

Design ITD ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English ✓ C in Year 10 Graphics

General

Digital Solutions Technology ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General Maths or Maths

Methods General

Diploma of Business Humanities ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English VET

Drama The Arts ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English ✓ C in Year 10 Drama (recommended) General

Drama in Practice The Arts ✓ No recommendation Applied

Economics Humanities ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English General

Engineering ITD

✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General Maths or Maths

Methods ✓ C in Year 10 Engineering

General

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Essential English Languages No recommendation Applied

Essential Mathematics Mathematics ✓ No recommendation Applied

Fashion Home Economics ✓ No recommendation Applied

Film, Television and New Media The Arts ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English General

Food and Nutrition Home Economics ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English ✓ C in Year 10 Prep Senior Science

General

Furnishing Skills ITD ✓ No recommendation Applied

General English Languages ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English General

General Mathematics Languages ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General Maths or

C in Year 10 Prep Maths Methods General

Geography Humanities ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English General

Health HPE ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English General

Information & Communication Technology Technology ✓ No recommendation Applied

Japanese Languages ✓ C in Year 10 Japanese ✓ C in Year 10 English

General

Legal Studies Humanities ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English General

Literature Languages ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English

General

Mathematical Methods Mathematics ✓ C in Year 10 Prep Maths Methods General

Media Arts in Practice The Arts ✓ No recommendation Applied

Modern History Humanities ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English General

Music The Arts

✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English ✓ Ability to sing or play a musical

instrument to a competent level ✓ C in Year 10 Music

General

Music Extension The Arts ✓ Year 11 and 12 Music General

Music in Practice The Arts ✓ No recommendation Applied

Philosophy & Reason Humanities ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General Maths/Maths

Methods General

Physical Education HPE ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English ✓ C in Year 10 HPE

General

Physics Science



General

Psychology Science



General

Religion and Ethics Religion ✓ No recommendation Applied

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Science in Practice Science ✓ No recommendation Applied

Specialist Mathematics ** Mathematics ✓ C in Year 10 Prep for General English ✓ B in Year 10 Prep Maths Methods

General

Study of Religion Religion ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English ✓ C in Year 10 Religion

General

Tourism Humanities ✓ No recommendation Applied

Visual Art The Arts ✓ C in Year 10 Prep General English ✓ C in Year 10 Visual Art

General

Visual Art in Practice The Arts ✓ No recommendation Applied

N.B.:

* These courses are VETiS-funded. Students are eligible for VETiS funding for one Certificate course only. If undertaking additional VETiS-funded courses, the listed course costs will be incurred. ** Students who study Specialist Mathematics must also study Mathematical Methods This information was correct at the time of printing however requirements and class availability are subject to change over the period this document is intended to cover due to responses to Australian Curriculum, QCE and ATAR updates, teacher availability and student interest. **VET courses, as well as apprenticeships, are not available to overseas students.

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QUEENSLAND ATAR The following is taken from https://www.qtac.edu.au/atar-my-path/atar

From 2020, the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) will replace the Overall Position (OP) as the standard pathway to tertiary study for Queensland Year 12s. The ATAR is the primary mechanism used nationally for tertiary admissions and indicates a student’s position relative to other students. QTAC will calculate ATARs for Queensland school leavers.

What is the ATAR? The ATAR is the standard measure of overall school achievement used in all other Australian states and territories. It is a rank indicating a student’s position overall relative to other students. The ATAR is expressed on a 2000-point scale from 99.95 (highest) down to 0, in increments of 0.05. ATARs below 30 will be reported as ‘30.00 or less’.

ATAR eligibility To be eligible for an ATAR, a student must have: • satisfactorily completed an English subject • completed five general subjects, or four general subjects plus one applied subject or VET course

at AQF certificate III or above • accumulated their subject results within a five-year period. While students must satisfactorily complete an English subject to be eligible for an ATAR, the result in English will only be included in the ATAR calculation if it is one of the student’s best five subjects.

ATAR Calculation The ATAR will be calculated by combining a student’s best five subject scaled scores. Scaled scores will be derived from a student’s subject results as reported to QTAC by the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA), using a process of inter-subject scaling.

Inter-Subject Scaling Inter-subject scaling is where raw scores for a given subject are adjusted so the results for that subject can be compared fairly with the results of any other subject. If a student of a given ability studies an easier Maths subject they might get a 90/100. But if the same student studied a harder Maths subject they might only get a 70/100. However, if scaling works, they should end up with the same scaled score for inclusion in their ATAR calculation. If subjects were not scaled, students could maximise their ATAR by studying what they believe are the easiest possible subjects to get the highest possible best five subject results to comprise their ATAR. Inter-subject scaling will not enhance or diminish a student’s performance in their subjects. The student’s ranking relative to other students in their subjects does not change. Scaling simply allows for performances to be compared across all subjects, and then only for the purposes of including these in the calculation of a student’s ATAR. Students should choose subjects that: • they enjoy • think they will achieve well in • that are subject prerequisites for tertiary courses that they will be seeking entry to.

Vocational Education and Training (VET) and the ATAR Each VET qualification level (certificate III or higher) will have a single scaled score that can be included in a student’s ATAR. For example, a Certificate III in Hospitality and a Certificate III in Laboratory Skills will each have the same scaled score; this will be regardless of the duration or area of study of the certificate III. It is expected that the scaled score for a completed VET Diploma will be higher than that for a completed VET Certificate IV, which in turn will be higher than the scaled score for a completed VET Certificate III.

How Will Specific Subjects Scale? As scaling is based on actual subject achievement data, it will not be possible to provide the scaled subject data until 2020 when the first students qualify for ATARs in the new system. The first year of the ATAR system will provide base line information about the scaling of subjects for inclusion in the ATAR calculation. Trend information on the scaling of subjects will be available in the years immediately following the first year.

https://www.qtac.edu.au/atar-my-path/atar

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The Structure of Learning in Years 11-12

In the QCE system, Units 3-4 are summative and contribute to subject exit levels of achievement and the calculation of ATAR scores for eligible students. For teachers to deliver the QCAA recommended learning hours before the date of external exams in Year 12 Week 4, Term 4, students will commence Unit 3 learning in Term 4, Year 11.

In most subjects, Year 11 students will undertake summative assessment for Unit 3 learning in Term 4, Year 11. Student results in Term 4, Year 11 will count towards their final exit subject achievement and ATAR calculation if applicable.

Below is a general representation of Units 1-4 learning for Year 11, 2021 students. Exact start and finish times for learning within Units 1-2 and within Units 3-4 may differ according to the recommended hours of learning for unit topics. However, all Year 11, 2021 students will commence Unit 3 at the beginning of Term 4, Year 11.

Year 11 - 2022

Formative Assessment Summative Assessment

Unit One Unit Two Unit Three / Four pair

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

Year 12 - 2023

Summative Assessment

Unit Three / Four pair External Exams

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

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YEAR 9 SUBJECT

OUTLINES

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Students will develop and apply enterprising behaviours and capabilities, and knowledge, understanding and skills of inquiry, to investigate a familiar, unfamiliar and/or hypothetical national, regional or global economics or business issue.

The economics or business issue investigated will enable students to: explain the role of the Australian economy in allocating and distributing resources within the broader Asian and global economy; analyse why and how participants in the global community are dependent on each other; and explain why and how businesses seek to create and maintain a competitive advantage in the global market.

Key questions:

• How do participants in the global economy interact? • How does creating a competitive advantage benefit business?

Learning Experiences Students will also develop and apply enterprising behaviours and capabilities, and knowledge, understanding and skills of inquiry, to investigate a familiar, unfamiliar and/or hypothetical business issue.

Students will follow a six-phase plan to create and build a business, using the starting funds of $20. This subject leads to Year 10 Business. This subject caters to all students.

Recommended Nil

Assessment Task 1: Exam Task 2: Assignment

Resources Required Nil $20 Boss product development activity. Cost $20

Year 9 Business Code 09ECBUS Availability Semester Length Semester

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In Year 9 Chinese Semester 1, students will consolidate their knowledge of basic greeting, self-description, family information, and build on their knowledge of Chinese characters. Course content is based on the textbook Chinese Made Easy, and topics covered include how to socialise, giving our family information, days, dates and months, and traditional cultural activities.

This subject leads to Year 9 Chinese Semester 2 and Year 10 Japanese.

This subject caters to students with an interest in the Chinese language and culture, who enjoy communicating in Chinese and have a strong desire to develop their language skills, and who may be interested in overseas travel, or a career in which they can utilise these skills, such as international business and law, diplomacy, tourism and hospitality, or teaching.

Recommended Year 8 Chinese

Learning Experiences • Initiate and sustain interactions to share experiences, personal opinions, aspirations, thoughts and

feelings and to discuss aspects of young people’s experience • Develop classroom language to participate in interactions such as clarifying, apologising, showing

appreciation, complimenting, and reflecting on their learning experiences • Access ideas and information from a range of spoken, print and multimodal texts, compare views, state

opinions, and present information in different formats to inform or interest others • Convey information, ideas and opinions using different modes of presentation that take account of

context, purpose and audience • Translate familiar social and community texts, such as emails, chat room posts, public signs and notices,

from Chinese into English and vice versa, considering the role of culture when transferring meaning from one language to another

• Participate in intercultural interactions, recognising how their own cultural norms impact on language use and that intercultural communication involves shared responsibility for meaning making

Assessment Students will be assessed in each of the four macro skills:

• Listening • Speaking • Reading • Writing

Listening, Reading and Writing are assessed in written exams each term, and Speaking is assessed once per semester through a dialogue with the teacher or a spoken presentation.

Resources Required Nil Students may be offered opportunities to attend cultural events that afford language immersion. These experiences may involve a cost.

Year 9 Chinese – Semester 1 Code 09CHI Availability Semester 1 Length Semester

Y 9 Chi

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In Year 9 Chinese Semester 2, students will consolidate their knowledge of greeting, personal information, family details and build on their knowledge of Chinese characters. Course content is based on the textbook Chinese Made Easy, and topics covered include how to socialise, expressing their future job preference, countries that they like to go, and traditional cultural and festivals activities. This subject leads to Year 10 Chinese. This subject caters to students with an interest in the Chinese language and culture, who enjoy communicating in Chinese and have a strong desire to develop their language skills, and who may be interested in overseas travel, or a career in which they can utilise these skills, such as international business and law, diplomacy, tourism and hospitality, or teaching.

Recommended Year 8 Chinese Learning Experiences • Initiate and sustain interactions to share experiences, personal opinions, aspirations, thoughts and feelings • Develop classroom language to participate in interactions such as clarifying, apologising, showing


opinions, and present information in different formats to inform or interest others • Convey information, ideas and opinions using different modes of presentation that take account of context,

purpose and audience • Translate familiar social and community texts from Chinese into English and vice versa, considering the role

of culture when transferring meaning from one language to another • Participate in intercultural interactions, recognising how their own cultural norms impact on language use

and that intercultural communication involves shared responsibility for meaning-making




Resources Required Nil Students may be offered opportunities to attend cultural events that afford language immersion. These experiences may involve a cost.

Year 9 Chinese Semester 2

Code 09CHIC2 Availability Semester 2 Length Semester

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**09DANC2 only runs in Semester 1. If students wish to study a full year of Dance, they will also need to select 09DANC2 for Semester 2.

This unit explores a variety of Popular Dance and Contemporary styles, with a focus on developing skills in communicating meaning.

This subject leads to Year 10 Dance.

This subject caters to students who study Dance to develop lifelong skills of critical and creative thinking, problem solving, collaboration, reflection, and persistence. This subject caters to all learning styles and progresses developmentally towards Senior Dance.

Recommended Nil

Learning Experiences • Students engage in dance lessons to experience the unique nature of the Dance classroom. • Participate in partner dances e.g. The Lindy Hop. • Participate in social dancing, Funk and Hip-Hop classes. • Participate in a Hip-Hop workshop with instructors from Raw Metal Dance Company. • Performance skills. • Expressive dance skills. • Research skills. • Functions of dance – Ritual, Social and Artistic. • Learn about the historical, socio-cultural and geographical contexts of each dance style studied. • Research a chosen dance style looking at the historical, socio-cultural and geographical functions of that

dance. • Choreograph short partner dances in a chosen dance era. • Present informal demonstrations of social dances. • Performance of a teacher devised popular dance. • Students will rehearse and perform choreography as taught in class. • View videos to support the learning of each style, e.g. Grease, Saturday Night Fever, etc. • Present an oral seminar presentation on a chosen dance from “So You Think You Can Dance”.

Assessment • Small group performance • Individual and Group choreography • Short Response Exam

Resources Required All students are required to have black leggings or trousers and a black fitted top for performance. Black socks are also required.

Year 9 Dance – Option 1 Code 09DAN Availability Semester Length One Semester

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This unit is project-based and the students develop skills in dance-making to educate an audience. The focus will be on students choreographing movement and exploring how production elements can enhance a performance. This subject leads to Year 10 Dance.

This subject caters to students who study Dance to develop lifelong skills of critical and creative thinking, problem solving, collaboration, reflection, and persistence. This subject caters to all learning styles and progresses developmentally towards Senior Dance.

Recommended Nil

Learning Experiences • Students participate in Contemporary technique classes learning about correct alignment and parallel feet. • Apply choreographic form, devices and technique to create dance movement phrases and choreograph

short danceworks using dance actions. • Students will shape Contemporary dance actions to create meaning and mood. • Students will create abstract movement sequences in response to various stimuli such as: photographs,

music, poetry, words and emotions. • Perform Contemporary dance exercises and sequences. • Students will research and view works by key Contemporary dance practitioners and evaluate the impact,

mood and meaning conveyed through various danceworks. • Students will identify and discuss the use of choreographic devices in their own and others’ Contemporary

danceworks. • Students will workshop dance actions specific to a number of dance styles including, Indigenous Dance, Irish

Dance, Bollywood, Flamenco, African, Chinese Ribbon Dance and various Latin styles. • Students will analyse, interpret and evaluate ritual dances through research, film excepts and movement

demonstrations. • Students will sequence dance actions into short dance sequences and rehearse and perform world dance

sequences as partners, groups and individually. • Students will perform both rehearsed and improvised dance sequences. • Students will research various cultures and examine the role of dance. • Critique their own and others’ dance performances focusing on the dynamics of each individual world dance

style.

Assessment • Group performance and choreography • Written exam

Resources Required All students are required to have black leggings or trousers and a black fitted top for performance.

Year 9 Dance Option 2 Code 09DANC2 Availability Semester Length One Semester

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This study area is about drawing, designing and communicating information. Each of the units in the study is about relating the use of designed products in a ‘real world’ context. In learning about Design students will: • Form and develop the ability to analyse and interpret information; • Meet the needs and solve problems in creative ways, using imagination and visualisation; • Transfer information and ideas; and disseminate knowledge to a variety of audiences.

This subject leads to Year 10 Design. This subject caters to students interested in further studies in Design or Engineering. Recommended Nil

Learning Experiences This study area is about drawing, designing and communicating information. Each of the units in the study is about relating to the use of graphic information products to a “real world” context. In learning about Design, students will gain knowledge of: • Selection of 2D or 3D viewing system • Elements of Design • Standards and Conventions • Sketching and dimensioning components • Presenting drawings using CAD • Rendering techniques • Corporate identity • Visual language, symbolism and imagery • Presenting information – quality, layout and techniques • Information gathering and concepts in

market research

Assessment

• Exam • Design Folio

Resources Required

Pencil for sketching, eraser and 48 page A4 writing book.

Year 9 Design Code 09DT Availability Semester Length One Semester

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This unit looks at technology in use in day to day life. It involves 2 units of work – • Unit 1 - Designing Good Health- Technology Essentials • Unit 2 - Technology and Textiles

This subject leads to Year 10 Food and Fibre Production, Year 10 Hospitality, Year 10 Fashion Design.

This subject caters to Year 9 students interested in learning the life skills of basic sewing and design, as well as how to prepare healthy food for themselves.

Recommended Nil

Learning Experiences • Designed solutions for good health • Investigating Australia’s eating patterns- our multicultural menu • Food preparation techniques • Impact of technology on the modern Australian diet • Adolescent food choices • The development of basic sewing skills to create a textiles article • Applying the elements and principles of design to a textiles design project. • Applied textile embellishment

Assessment • 1 completed textile design project • Continuous weekly practical lessons • Theory test • Design Challenge Assignment- foods based • Class work

Resources Required Apron

Most requirements for this unit (both Textiles and Food), are supplied for students each week, though the practical cookery Design Challenge will require students to provide ingredients to meet individual requirements.

Year 9 Design and Technologies Food and Fibre Production

Code 09DTFFP Availability Semester Length One Semester

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This unit looks at technology in use in day to day life. It involves 2 units of work

• Unit 1 – Getting Crafty with Technology and Materials • Unit 2 – Technology’s Impact on Modern convenience products and commodities – a gateway to the world. This subject leads to Year 10 Food and Fibre Production, Year 10 Food Specialisation in Hospitality, Year 10 Fashion Design.

This subject caters to Year 9 students interested in learning the life skills of basic sewing and design in 21st Century textiles techniques as well as how to prepare healthy food for themselves using latest food technology products.

Recommended Nil

Learning Experiences • The development of craft and refurbishment skills to create a textiles article • Creative design of a textiles item • Use of 21st century textile innovations • Investigating Australia’s use of convenience food products • Food preparation techniques • Impact of technology on the modern Australian diet • Designing food solutions for modern life

Assessment • 1 completed sewing article • Continuous weekly practical lessons • Design Challenge- foods practical and journal • Theory test • Class notebook

Resources Required Apron Most requirements for this unit (both Textiles and Food), are supplied for students each week, though Practical cookery assessment will require students to provide ingredients to meet individual requirements.

Year 9 Design and Technologies Food and Fibre Production – Designing Material Solutions

Code 09DTFFPC2 Availability Semester Length One Semester

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Technology and Design is an area of study that provides both theoretical and practical applications of design, materials and actual production of project items. These can range from timber boxes to items of furniture or design of projects by students that allow students to develop critical thinking skills through research and analysis.

This subject leads to Year 10 VET Studies.

This subject caters to students who have an interest in producing useful projects and development of hand skills and/or students interested in future studies in Industrial Technology subjects.

Recommended Nil

Learning Experiences Project: Drawings, timber projects • Safety and hazards in the workshop • Hand tool identification • Basic woodworking and machine identification • Introduction to materials • Basic design sketching • Shaping and forming timber materials • Production and evaluation procedures • Calculating quantities of materials •

Assessment • Folio – basic drawings, tools and equipment theory • Project Production • Project evaluation

Resources Required Pencil, Safety Glasses and 48 page A4 writing book.

Year 9 Design and Technologies Materials and Technologies

Code 09DTMAT Availability Semester Length One Semester

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Programming for Digital Technology is a course which covers topics relevant to students interested in games programming and Arduino Micro Systems. The material covered will include:

• Introduction to coding and creating games using Game Maker Studio 2 • Arduino Micro Systems – Controlling lights, motors and actuators through programming.

This subject leads to Year 10 Digital Technology; Year 11 Information and Communication Technology (ICT); Year 11 Digital Solutions.

This subject caters to students interested in future studies in Digital and Communication Technology.

Recommended Nil

Learning Experiences • Programming using Game Maker Studio 2 • Design & Develop small computer games • Programming with Python to control Arduino Micro Systems • Control inputs and outputs such as sensors, lights and motors through programming techniques

Assessment 2 x Practical Assignments

Resources Required All students will require a 32G USB.

Year 9 Digital Technologies Programming for Digital Technology

Code 09DIGTEC Availability Semester Length One Semester

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**09DRA only runs in Semester 1. If students wish to study Drama for the full year, they will need to select 09DRA2 for Semester 2.

Students will focus on the development of comedy through theatre history. They will begin with an exploration of the style of Commedia dell’arte, including stock characters, lazzi and burla, and then transition to the heroes and villains of the style of Melodrama. Students will end the semester by examining how these styles have impact comedy in its contemporary form.

This subject caters to students who study Drama to develop lifelong skills of critical and creative thinking, problem solving, collaboration, reflection, and persistence. This subject caters to all learning styles and progresses developmentally towards Senior Drama and Drama in Practice.

Recommended Nil

Learning Experiences • Investigating the style of Commedia dell’arte • Mask work • Improvisation • Performance and Published Scripts • Character development • Investigating the elements of Drama including: place, space, role, language, movement, relationships, focus,

mood, symbol. • Building team/group work skills • Analysing and evaluating own and others performance.

Assessment • Small group Improvisation (Commedia Characters) • Group Performance of Published Scripted Drama (Modern Comedy) • Performance Review (Melodrama)

Resources Required All students are required to have black clothing for performance.

Year 9 Drama – Option 1 Code 09DRA Availability Semester Length One Semester

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** 09DRA2 only runs in Semester 2. If students wish to study Drama for the full year, they will need to select 09DRA for Semester 1.

In this unit, students will focus on the importance of ‘the ensemble’ in Drama. They will look at a range of styles of Drama where a strong focus on ensemble work is featured, including Greek Theatre, Physical Theatre, and Collage/Documentary Drama.

This subject caters to students who study Drama to develop lifelong skills of critical and creative thinking, problem solving, collaboration, reflection, and persistence. This subject caters to all learning styles and progresses developmentally towards Senior Drama and Drama in Practice.

Recommended Nil

Learning Experiences • Explore the Concept of the ‘ensemble’ • Analysing and presenting published scripts • Exploring such styles as Greek Theatre, Physical Theatre and Collage Drama • Stagecraft • Investigating the elements of Drama including: place, space, role, language, contrast, movement,

relationships, focus, mood, symbol.

Assessment • Small group devising (Collage/Documentary Drama) • Small group performances (scripted) • Peer and Self Review


Year 9 Drama - Option 2 Code 09DRA2 Availability Semester Length One Semester

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In Year 9, students analyse the ways that text structures can be manipulated for effect. They analyse and explain how images, vocabulary choices and language features distinguish the work of individual authors. They evaluate and integrate ideas and information from texts to form their own interpretations.

Students create texts that respond to issues, interpreting and integrating ideas from other texts. They make presentations and contribute actively to class and group discussions, comparing and evaluating responses to ideas and issues. They edit for effect, selecting vocabulary and grammar that contribute to the precision and persuasiveness of texts and they learn to use accurate spelling and punctuation.

Unit topics include: Novel study; Poetry; Introduction to Shakespeare; Film Study.

This subject leads to Year 10 English. This subject caters to all students. Recommended Year 8 English Learning Experiences • Reading, comprehending and interpreting a variety of texts, both individually and in groups. • Creating literary texts, including hybrid texts that innovate on aspects of other texts. • Analysing and explaining the use of symbols and icons in still and moving images and how these augment

meaning. • Presenting an argument about a literary text based on initial impressions and subsequent analysis of the

whole text. • Investigating representations of Australian culture used in texts and evaluate their purpose and

accuracy. • Investigating and experimenting with the use and effect of extended metaphor, metonymy, allegory,

icons, myths and symbolism. • Using a range of software, including word processing programs, flexibly and imaginatively to publish

texts.

Assessment In English, assessment pieces are either Written or Spoken: • Written assessment tasks include the following genres: Persuasive Essay; Creative Writing; Analytical

Essay • Spoken assessment tasks include: Persuasive speaking

Resources Required Class Notebook, Document Folder

Year 9 English Code 09ENG Availability Full Year Length Full Year

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The Year 9 Australian Curriculum for Geography has two units of study: Biomes and food security and Geographies of interconnections.

Biomes and food security focuses on investigating the role of the biotic environment and its role in food and fibre production. This unit examines the biomes of the world, their alteration and significance as a source of food and fibre, and the environmental challenges and constraints on expanding food production in the future.

Geographies of interconnections focuses on investigating how people, through their choices and actions, are connected to places throughout the world in a wide variety of ways, and how these connections help to make and change places and their environments. This unit examines the interconnections between people and places through the products people buy and the effects of their production on the places that make them. Students examine the ways that transport and information and communication technologies have made it possible for an increasing range of services to be provided internationally, and for people in isolated rural areas to connect to information, services and people in other places.

Unit topics include:

Biomes and food security Geographies of interconnections. This subject leads to Year 10 Geography. This subject caters to all students.

Recommended Nil

Learning Experiences

Assessment Task 1: Skills Based Exam Task 2: Investigative Case Study and data broadsheet

Resources Required Nil

Excursion/ Field trip. Cost approx. $20

Year 9 Geography Code 09GEO Availability Semester Length One Semester

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In Year 9 Health and Physical Education students use a critical inquiry approach when investigating relationships and what is sustainable health. They apply movement concepts and strategies to new performance environments and apply criteria to judge and refine their performance in a variety of invasion games. They apply personal and social skills to establish and maintain respectful relationships and promote fair play and inclusivity whilst participating in various recreational games. Finally, they investigate the role physical activity has played historically in defining cultures and cultural identities whilst performing various multicultural dances.

This subject leads to Year 10 Preparation for Senior Health and Year 10 Preparation for Senior Physical Education.

This subject caters to all students who require the knowledge and skills to make decisions to improve their health, safety and wellbeing.

Recommended Nil

Learning Experiences Students will use a critical inquiry approach to investigate: Respectful relationships Sexual health Sustainable health for their future

Students to participate in the following physical activities: Invasion games – Speedball, Sofcrosse, Street Hockey Multicultural Dances Recreational activities

Assessment Teacher observation of physical performance Supervised Exam (discussion response) Investigation – Analytical Exposition

Resources Required Sports Uniform

Year 9 Health and Physical Education Code 09HPE Availability Full Year Length Full Year

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The Year 9 curriculum provides a study of the history of the making of the modern world from 1750 to 1918. It was a period of industrialisation and rapid change in the ways people lived, worked and thought. It was an era of nationalism and imperialism, and the colonisation of Australia was part of the expansion of European power. The period culminated in World War I 1914–1918, the “war to end all wars”.

Learning Experiences In this depth study, students investigate key aspects of World War I and the Australian experience of the war, including the nature and significance of this war in world and Australian history. The key inquiry questions for this unit are:

• What were the changing features of the movements of people from 1750 to 1918? • How did new ideas and technological developments contribute to change in this period? • What was the origin, development, significance and long-term impact of imperialism in this period? • What was the significance of World War I?

Unit topics include:

The Industrial Revolution and Movement of Peoples Australia in WWI This subject leads to Year 10 History. This subject caters to all students. Recommended Nil

Assessment Task 1: Source Based Skills Exam Task 2: Research Assignment


Additional Costs/ Excursion

Field trip to the ANZAC Gallery and State Library of Queensland. Cost approx. $15

Year 9 History Code 09HIS Availability Full Year Length Full Year

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In Year 9 Japanese Semester 1, students will consolidate their knowledge of the writing scripts, hiragana and katakana, and build on their knowledge of kanji. Course content is based on the textbook Obento Deluxe, and topics covered include days, dates and months, hobbies and sports, traditional cultural and club activities, places and transport, and describing daily routine.

This subject leads to Year 9 Japanese Semester 2 and Year 10 Japanese.

This subject caters to students with an interest in the Japanese language and culture, who enjoy communicating in Japanese and have a strong desire to develop their language skills, and who may be interested in overseas travel, or a career in which they can utilise these skills, such as international business and law, diplomacy, tourism and hospitality, or teaching.

Recommended Year 8 Japanese

Learning Experiences • Initiate and sustain interactions to share experiences, personal opinions, aspirations, thoughts and feelings

and to discuss aspects of young people’s experience • Develop classroom language to participate in interactions such as clarifying, apologising, showing




from Japanese into English and vice versa, considering the role of culture when transferring meaning from one language to another

• Participate in intercultural interactions, recognising how their own cultural norms impact on language use and that intercultural communication involves shared responsibility for meaning-making

• Convey meaning by appropriately selecting and combining hiragana, katakana and kanji characters, and use understanding of kanji to predict meaning of unfamiliar words




Resources Required Obento Deluxe Workbook. Approximate cost $35 - $40. (This should have been purchased previously and retained from the Year 8 Japanese course)

Students may be offered opportunities to attend cultural events that afford language immersion. These experiences may involve a cost.

Year 9 Japanese – Semester 1 Code 09JAP Availability Semester 1 Length Semester

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In Year 9 Japanese Semester 2, students will consolidate their knowledge of the writing scripts, hiragana and katakana, and build on their knowledge of kanji. Course content is based on the textbooks Obento Deluxe and Obento Supreme, and topics covered include discussing leisure time, making suggestions, expressing opinions, past tense of verbs and adjectives, telling the time, invitations, locations and housing.

This subject leads to Year 10 Japanese.


Learning Experiences • Initiate and sustain interactions to share experiences, personal opinions, aspirations, thoughts and feelings • Develop classroom language to participate in interactions such as clarifying, apologising, showing appreciation,

complimenting, and reflecting on their learning experiences • Access ideas and information from a range of spoken, print and multimodal texts, compare views, state

opinions, and present information in different formats to inform or interest others • Convey information, ideas and opinions using different modes of presentation that take account of context,

purpose and audience • Translate familiar social and community texts from Japanese into English and vice versa, considering the role of

culture when transferring meaning from one language to another • Participate in intercultural interactions, recognising how their own cultural norms impact on language use and

that intercultural communication involves shared responsibility for meaning-making

Convey meaning by appropriately selecting and combining hiragana, katakana and kanji characters, and use understanding of kanji to predict meaning of unfamiliar words

Recommended Year 8 Japanese (Semester 1) Assessment

Students will be assessed in each of the four macro skills: • Listening • Speaking • Reading • Writing


Resources Required Obento Deluxe Workbook. Approximate cost $35 - $40. (This should have been purchased previously and retained from the Year 8 and/or Year 9 Semester 1 Japanese courses.) Obento Supreme Workbook. Approximate cost $35 - $40. Students may be offered opportunities to attend cultural events that afford language immersion. These experiences may involve a cost.

Year 9 Japanese – Semester 2 Code 09JAPC2 Availability Semester 2 Length Semester

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Year 9 Mathematics advances their concepts studied in Year 8 and starts to add an element of digital literacy. It furthers algebraic skills and uses more theoretical contexts for solving problems. Students relate their knowledge of 2-dimensional shapes to the 3-dimensional world and start analyzing quantitative data, from both experimental and practical contexts. Students start extending their learning periods with exams covering whole terms and incorporating algebra from previous examination periods.

In Year 9 Mathematics students will study the following topics: • Number and Algebra - real numbers, money and financial mathematics, patterns and algebra, linear and

non-linear relationships • Measurement and Geometry - using units of measurement, geometric reasoning, Pythagoras and

trigonometry • Statistics and Probability - chance, data representation and interpretation

This subject leads to Year 10 Preparation for Essential Mathematics Year 10 Preparation for General Mathematics Year 10 Preparation for Mathematical Methods This subject caters to all students in the Year 9 cohort. Recommended Year 8 Mathematics

Learning Experiences • apply the distributive law to expand binomial expressions • apply Pythagoras’ Theorem and trigonometry to find unknown sides and angles of

right-angled triangles • apply the index laws to numbers and express numbers in scientific notation • calculate the distance between two points on the Cartesian plane, gradient and midpoint of a line

segment • calculate areas of shapes and the volume and surface area of right prisms and cylinders • calculate relative frequencies to estimate probabilities • compare techniques for collecting data in primary and secondary sources • construct histograms and back-to-back stem-and-leaf plots • solve problems involving simple interest • describe the position of the mean and median in skewed, symmetric and bimodal displays when

interpreting data • explain similarity of triangles • identify outcomes for two-step experiments and assign probabilities for those outcomes • interpret ratio and scale factors in similar figures • recognise the connections between similarity and the trigonometric ratios • sketch linear and non-linear relations

Year 9 Mathematics Code 09MAT Availability Full Year Length Full Year

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Assessment Assessment in Year 9 starts to transition students from short cycle learning to the requirements of senior assessment. Exams move from covering one concept in a five week unit to covering multiple concepts over a term. Assignments gradually require students to become more independent with more sections to be completed outside the classroom. Students will complete 3 assessments each semester. Term exam: one 90-minute exam each term that assesses content covered within the term in both familiar and unfamiliar contexts. Assignment: one assessment each semester that is completed over a three week period.

Resources Required CASIO fx-82AU PLUS II - scientific calculator

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Year 9 Media Studies involves constructing meaning using some intermediate level digital tools, with a more hands-on approach to equipment. Students consider audiences and the purposes that the media has. The learning focus is in making still and moving images, and digitising sounds – via stop motion animations – which is joined by work in written and spoken forms.

This subject leads to Year 10 Media Studies.

This subject caters to students who study Media in order to develop lifelong skills of critical and creative thinking, problem solving, collaboration, reflection, and persistence. This subject caters to all learning styles and progresses developmentally towards the Senior subject Film, Television and New Media.

Recommended Nil

Learning Experiences Students will aim to understand the impact of media on society and be able to research and analyse media-related issues. They will apply critique, language conventions and online research skills to their writing.

More specifically, students will understand animation styles, techniques, meanings communicated through animation, as well as refine their producing, creative collaboration and reflective skills.

Two units are covered as coursework for the semester – an anchoring unit on animation, a bridging unit on intermediate-level digital story-telling and the ‘hero’s journey’.

Assessment There are 3 formal tasks:

• Making a story pitch into a filmed scene/trailer; • Responding in a film review; • Making a short 20 second stop-animation.

Resources Required All students are required to have headphones and access to a laptop for editing purposes. Students will require a USB.

Year 9 Media Code 09MEDA Availability Semester Length One Semester

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This is a themed unit in which students explore the power of music to convey narratives and comment on social and political statements. This unit gives students the opportunity to develop their skills as musicians through performing, composing and responding to a range of music from different styles and eras.

This subject leads to Year 9 Music in Semester 2 and Year 10 Music.

This subject caters to students who study Music to develop lifelong skills of critical and creative thinking, problem solving, collaboration, reflection, and persistence. This subject caters to all learning styles and progresses developmentally towards Senior Music and Music in Practice.

Learning Experiences • Explore contemporary and classical music styles and genres • Develop musicianship – including music theory and aural skills • Practice, refine and perform a range of solo and ensemble repertoire with confidence, expression and

stylistic integrity. • Improvise, arrange and compose original works • Use notation and available technologies to record and share music • Justify their opinions and preferences about music • Develop music terminology to explain and describe the elements of music including: duration, expressive

devices, pitch, structure, texture, timbre.

Assessment • Performing (solo and/or ensemble) • Musicology exam • Composing

Resources Required All students are required to have headphones and access to an instrument on which to practice.

Year 9 Music – Option 1 Code 09MUS Availability Semester Length One Semester

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Description

Semester 2 Music is a themed unit in which students explore the ways that simple musical ideas can be borrowed, repeated, developed and manipulated to create masterpieces. This unit gives students the opportunity to develop their skills as musicians through performing, composing and responding to a range of music from different styles and eras.

This subject leads to Year 10 Music.


Recommended Nil

Learning Experiences • Explore contemporary and classical music styles and genres • Develop musicianship-including music theory and aural skills • Practice, refine and perform a range of solo and ensemble repertoire with confidence, expression and

stylistic integrity • Improvise, arrange and compose original works • Use notation and available technologies to record and share music • Justify their opinions and preferences about music • Develop music terminology to explain and describe the elements of music including: duration, expressive

devices, pitch, structure, texture, timbre.

Assessment • Performing (solo and/or ensemble) • Composing • Analytical essay

Resources Required All students are required to have headphones and access to an instrument/voice for practice purposes.

Year 9 Music - Option 2 Code 09MUSCC2 Availability Semester Length One Semester

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Making Sense of Jesus and Living Justly; Learning from the Past and Responding to the Future. Students develop their understanding of the experience of sin throughout human history and some ways in which the Church responded to the presence of good and evil in the past (c.1750 CE - 1918 CE). They learn about the priestly, prophetic and kingly work of Jesus Christ and ways in which believers live their Christian vocation by participation in this work. They consider sources of inspiration, strength and guidance for believers today, including Catholic social teaching, forms of penance, Scripture, celebration of the Sacraments of Healing and personal and communal prayer experiences. They are introduced to Biblical criticism, and develop the ability to apply it to help their understanding, interpretation and use of a range of Biblical texts. They continue to develop their understanding of prayer in the Christian tradition through an exploration of the writings of Christian spiritual fathers and mothers, prayers for forgiveness and healing, Christian Meditation and meditative prayer practices. Students learn about the divergent understandings of God in the monotheistic religions. They develop their understanding of three foundational beliefs of Christianity, the Incarnation, Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus, and consider their significance for believers. This subject leads to Year 10 Religious Education Units.

This subject caters to all students.

Recommended Nil

Learning Experiences Students will examine:

• Texts from the New Testament and the Hebrew scriptures • Writings of, and about spiritually inspiring people • The content of the Catholic social justice documents • Events and developments in the Church from c.1750CE – c.1918CE.

Students will investigate: • Writings of and about various religious and lay leaders. • Ways in which believers nurture their spiritual lives, especially through personal and communal prayer

experiences and the use of sacred text • The forms of penance (prayer, fasting and almsgiving) and the celebration of the Sacrament of Penance.

Students will analyse: • The times and teachings of Jesus • The application of Jesus’ teachings in the contemporary world by believers past and present • The causes and effects of events and developments in the Church. • a variety of prayer experiences, especially Christian Meditation and prayers with a focus on forgiveness and

healing (as they participate respectfully) Students will draw conclusions:

• The significance of foundational beliefs of Christianity in the lives of believers

• The distinction made between the priestly, prophetic and kingly work of Jesus Christ in the mission of the Church.

Divergent understandings of God reflected in the core beliefs and practices of the monotheistic religions, especially Christianity and Judaism.

Assessment Short Response Exam, Extended written response (booklet), Extended written response (journal entries), Short Response Exam.

Resources Required Exercise book, pens, colours, laptop

Year 9 Religious Education Code 09RE Availability Full Year Length Full Year

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This subject will cover biological sciences, chemical sciences, earth and space science and physical sciences in accordance with the Australian Curriculum.

Year 9 students will study energy, transfer and electricity. They begin to apply their understanding of energy and forces to global systems such as continental movement. Students will also study interactions within ecosystems. Students will study homeostasis in the human body as well as chemical reactions, atomic structure and how this can change through nuclear decay. This subject leads to Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Psychology, Science in Practice, 10STEM. This subject caters to students inquisitive about how the world works and those students considering a career in a Science, Engineering or Health field.

Recommended Year 8 Science

Learning Experiences In Year 9, students consider the operation of systems at a range of scales. They explore ways in which the human body as a system responds to its external environment. They are introduced to the notion of the atom as a system of protons, electrons and neutrons, and how this system can change through nuclear decay. They learn that matter can be rearranged through chemical change and that these changes play an important role in many systems. They are introduced to the concept of the conservation of matter and begin to develop a more sophisticated view of energy transfer. They begin to apply their understanding of energy and forces to global systems such as continental movement.

Assessment Students will be assessed in their learning in a variety of ways, including research investigations, student experimental reports and written semester exams. Both individual and group activities will be assessed. Grades will be awarded according to Australian Curriculum guidelines on standards.

Additional Resources Required Nil

Year 9 Science Code 09SCI Availability Full Year Length Full Year

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This subject is designed to develop both critical thinking skills and to lateral thinking and design by working collaboratively on projects to solve real world problems.

In Year 9 STEM students will study the following topics:

• Spaghetti Bridges • Sound (including 3D printing) • Biomimicry using Littlebits • Drones

Students have the opportunity to choose 9 STEM in both Semester 1 and Semester 2 (as a full year program) as different topics will be investigated. Students may also choose 1 Semester of 9 STEM on its own.

This subject leads to Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology

This subject provides students with opportunities to consolidate and integrate knowledge and skills learnt in science, IT and mathematics subjects to find solutions to real world, multidisciplinary problems. Students will also learn about the engineering methodology.

Recommended B in both Science and Maths

Learning Experiences Develop skills such as: team work, critical thinking skills and problem solving. It is expected that students are able to work independently.

Assessment Majority of assessment is project based which is developed and worked on through the term.

Additional Resources Required Nil Possible costs for transportation to university workshops/ engineering activities.

Year 9 STEM Code 9STEM/9STEMC2 Availability Full Year Length Semester (Students may enrol in both Semesters if desired)

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Building creativity from Introduction to Art in Years 7 and 8 through self-portrait drawing, painting & photography. Topics could include: • Elements and design of art and colour theory • Self-portrait • Drawing and painting techniques to express emotion • Photography • Appraising photographic art.

This subject leads to Year 10 Visual Art.

This subject caters to students interested in future Art studies.

Recommended Nil

Learning Experiences Design, drawing, painting, photography and Art appraising (including Art vocabulary).

Assessment • Making: completion of a photographic folio, photography appraising folio, Self-portrait painting and

mixed media suitable for displaying • Responding Task

Resources Required • 32G SD Card • 32G USB • Art Pack available for purchase from the College

Year 9 Visual Art – Option 1 Code 09VARTS Availability Semester Length One Semester

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Building creativity from Introduction to Art in Years 7 and 8 or Year 9 Semester 1 through painting and 3 dimensional mediums such as ceramics & stop motion animation.

Topics could include: • Ceramic gargoyle • Photography • Collage • Fantasy art painting • Appraising fantasy art. • Skate deck, street art, graffiti art.

This subject leads to Year 10 Visual Art.

This subject caters to Students interested in future Art studies.

Recommended Nil

Learning Experiences Design, drawing, painting, 3-D mediums, Art appraising (including art vocabulary) and under exam conditions.

Assessment Making: Visual Art journal, drawing, appraising, painting, sculpture Responding: Appraising exam

Resources Required • 32G SD Card • 32G USB • Art Pack available for purchase from the College

Year 9 Visual Art – Option 2 Code 09VARTSC2 Availability Semester Length One Semester

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YEAR 10 SUBJECT

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By the end of Grade 10, students should be able to explain how economic performance is measured and how governments, businesses and individuals respond to changing conditions. Students will also be introduced to senior subject areas of Law and Accounting.

ACCOUNTING

• Manual accounting process for a business

LEGAL STUDIES

• Understanding Our Laws • The Court Hierarchy • Role of Police • Rights of the Individual • Crime and Punishment • Youth and the Law

ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS • Economic performance indicators • Links between living standards and Australia’s economy • Improving business productivity • Social Enterprise

This subject leads to three areas of study in Year 11 and 12 – Legal Studies, Accounting and Economics and caters to students interested in future studies in the Business, Finance and Legal areas. Recommended Nil Learning Experiences Students are introduced to the Queensland legal system and manual accounting processes in a business. They then participate in planning their own enterprise, whilst gaining an understanding of the Australian and global economy, and how economic performance is measured.

Students will learn the following skills:

• Organisation and planning • Innovation • Decision making • Research and communication • Collaboration • Reflection and action

Assessment Assignments, Exams and Presentations.

Resources Required Laptop

Year 10 Business Code 10BUS Availability Full Year Length Full Year

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Year 10 Chinese is a year-long course which will cover extensive topics relevant to senior Chinese study. The information covered will include topics such as:

• Curriculum and school • Diet and health • Physical description • Hobbies and interest

This subject leads to Year 11 and 12 Chinese.

This subject caters to students with an interest in the Chinese language and culture, who enjoy communicating in Chinese and have a strong desire to develop their language skills, and who may be interested in overseas travel, or a career in which they can utilise these skills, such as international business and law, diplomacy, tourism and hospitality, or teaching.

Recommended Year 9 Chinese Semester 1 /Year 9 Chinese Semester 2

Learning Experiences • Initiate and sustain interactions to share experiences, personal opinions, aspirations, thoughts and

feelings • Develop classroom language to participate in interactions such as clarifying, apologising, showing



context, purpose and audience • Translate familiar social and community texts from Chinese into English and vice versa, considering the

role of culture when transferring meaning from one language to another • Participate in intercultural interactions, recognising how their own cultural norms impact on language

use and that intercultural communication involves shared responsibility for meaning-making

Assessment

Students will be assessed in each of the four macro skills:




Students may be offered opportunities to attend cultural events that afford language immersion. These experiences may involve a cost.

Year 10 Chinese Code 10CHI Availability Full Year Length Full Year

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In this course students will build on technical, creative, and thinking skills introduced in the Year 9 Elective subject.

Year 10 Dance gives students an understanding of manipulating choreography to communicate meaning. Students view various dance works to evaluate choreographic intention. They also develop technical and expressive skills through working with teacher and guest artist choreographer to rehearse and perform dances within studied genre and style.

Semester 1: Dance or film unit explores popular dance and music through dance making. Students transition to a Razzle Dazzle unit which explores performing and responding to choreography within the musical theatre genre.

Semester 2: My Idol unit explores contemporary dance, specifically the Choreographic and structural techniques used to create abstract movement. Students continue to develop technical and analytical skills through Contemporary movement style.

This subject caters to students who study Dance to develop lifelong skills of critical and creative thinking, problem solving, collaboration, reflection, and persistence.

This subject leads to Year 11 and 12 Dance.

Recommended Nil

Learning Experiences • Students manipulate movement through the use of choreographic devices and the elements and principles

of choreography. • Students look at the development of film clips, music theatre, contemporary and cultural dance throughout

history. • Students research the historical understanding of popular dance styles. • Students choreograph film clip dances based on various themes using popular dance styles e.g. Hip-Hop,

Lyrical Hip-Hop, Funk, Vogue-ing. • Choreograph movement and develop sequences which demonstrate an understanding of popular dance

styles and technique. • Participate in classes in a range of popular dance styles including Jazz, Hip-Hop, Funk, and Break Dancing

styles. • Deconstructing and critically investigating the socio-cultural context of dance clips • Students participate in Contemporary technique classes learning about correct alignment and parallel feet. • Apply choreographic form, devices and technique to create dance movement pieces. • Students will shape Contemporary dance actions to create meaning and mood. • Students will identify and discuss the use of choreographic devices in their own and others’ Contemporary

dance works. • Students will identify and discuss the use of dance actions in their own and others’ Contemporary dance

works. • Students will research the history of Contemporary dance and the evolution of the art form. • Students will research and view works by key Contemporary dance practitioners/ choreographers and the

evolution of the art form.

• Students will workshop dance actions specific to a number of dance styles including, Indigenous Dance, Irish Dance, Bollywood, Flamenco, African, Chinese Ribbon Dance and various Latin styles.

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• Students will analyse, interpret and evaluate ritual dances through research, film excepts and movement

demonstrations. Hypothesising as to how such dances reflect various geographical, historical and socio-cultural contexts.

• Students will workshop dance actions specific to Indigenous Dance, Irish Dance, Bollywood, Flamenco, African, Chinese Ribbon Dance and various Latin styles.

• Students will sequence dance actions into short dance sequences as partners, groups and individually. • Students will participate in Jazz and Cabaret dance classes. • Students will focus on telling a story through song and dance. • Students will experiment with props and objects whilst dancing. • Students will analyse, interpret and evaluate the movement and non-movement components used in

Musical Theatre to convey a narrative.

Assessment

• Group performance • Individual and Group choreography • Analytical Essay • Exam

Resources Required

All students are required to have black leggings or trousers and a black fitted top for performance.

Students are invited to attend 1-2 live Dance experiences in each unit of dance. These will occasionally involve performances outside school. There will be a cost for each performance. These experiences are invaluable for enhancing students' knowledge, understanding and appreciation of Dance. These performances will constitute part of the assessment e.g. a critical review of a performance. Black sock are also required.

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Unit 1: Fashion and Textiles (1 semester) - Clothing is a necessity for everyday life: an understanding of the way textiles behave and how best to utilise them can enhance well-being. Theory of textiles is interwoven with practical construction tasks.

Unit 2: Food Technology – This unit looks at the nutrient components of food and how these interact with cooking processes to produce the food we eat. With food security and modern food technology constantly evolving this is an up to date look at the Australian food pattern.

n.b: Students will be directed to Year 10 Fashion in the event this subject is not offered due to insufficient student numbers.

This subject leads to Food & Nutrition, Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care, Certificate III in Hospitality and Fashion.

While this subject is ideally suited to students wishing to follow an ATAR Pathway, it is also very suitable for students wishing to complete study in the Childcare area, Fashion, as well as Hospitality.

This subject caters to students interested in developing more advanced skills in food preparation and textiles construction as well as those wishing to continue study during Senior schooling.

Recommended Nil


• Design solutions for health promoting and sustainable foods • Preparation of foods to meet differing needs • Design solutions for practical construction tasks for textile items • Sustainable textile use

Assessment

Theory tests for each unit of work

1 Basic Textiles item 2 Design Challenges –

• 1 textile based – including journal • 1 food based - Practical cookery exam - including journal


Requirements for practical tasks, related to both foods and textiles studies. Approximately 50% of items will be provided for students though students will be required to provide materials needed for individual design challenges

Year 10 Design and Technologies Food and Fibre Production

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This unit of study is about designing products, services and environments to solving real life problems and communicating through both written and drawing. Each of the units of study engage students in understanding ethical, social and economic impacts of designed products in our world.

This subject leads to Design.

This subject caters to students interested in further studies in Design.

Recommended Nil

Learning Experiences In learning about graphics and information, students will - • Form and develop the ability to analyse and interpret information; • Meet needs and solve problems in creative ways, using imagination and visualisation; • Transfer information and ideas, and disseminate knowledge to a variety of audiences using different

mediums.

Students study the following 3 areas of study throughout the year

• Product Design • Environment Design • Service Design

Assessment

• Exams • Design Folios

Resources Required

Pencil for sketching, eraser and 48 page A4 writing book

Year 10 Design Code 10DT Availability Full Year Length Full Year

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IT Skills for the future is a course which covers topics relevant to students interested in learning skills that are interesting and relevant to them. Students will learn programming techniques using a popular coding language to create small computer programmes, web pages as well as understanding how data is managed on the world wide web. Students will also create games in Unity, which is industry standard game authoring software.

The material covered will include:

• Introduction to programming languages using Python • Web page creation in HTML and CSS • Data and Information Processing using SQL • Creating games in Unity

This subject leads to Year 11 Information and Communication Technology (ICT); Year 11 Digital Solutions. This subject caters to students interested in future studies in IT and those interested in programming.

Recommended Nil

Learning Experiences Students will learn programming techniques and languages in a games design context and will explore data and information processing using practical and fun themes. They will also learn how to design and create purposeful web pages using industry standard guidelines.

Assessment

3 x Practical Assignments 1 x Exam

Resources Required

All students will require a 32G USB.

Year 10 Digital Technology Digital Skills for the Future

Code 10ICT Availability Full Year Length Full Year

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In this subject students will enhance their knowledge, understanding and appreciation of Drama through attendance and theatrical experiences and will build on many principles of Drama, such as teamwork. Semester 1: This unit explores multiple theatre styles and forms such as Cross-Arts, Cinematic Theatre and Children’s Theatre (Theatre in Education). Students will look at the role of director, study a published text, and will create a performance for a public audience.

Semester 2: This unit explores Australian Gothic Theatre. Students will create a Dramatic Concept based on gothic stories, and will culminate in a performance for a public audience. This subject caters to students who study Drama to develop lifelong skills of critical and creative thinking, problem solving, collaboration, reflection, and persistence.

This subject leads to Drama (General) and Drama in Practice. Recommended 09DRA or 09DRAC2

Learning Experiences • Characterisation skills • Script writing • Directing workshops • Re-contextualising plays. • Script analysis • Conventions of different styles of Drama • Inclusion of sound, lighting and multi-media in performance • Analysing and presenting published scripts • Exploring verbal and non-verbal communication • Stagecraft • Investigating the elements of Drama including: place, space, role, language, contrast, movement, relationships, focus, mood, symbol. • Building team/group work skills • Analysing and evaluating own and other’s performance

Assessment

• Public group performances (scripted) • Directing Vision based on a selected play (individual presenting) • Group performance of self devised work • 2 x live theatre review (one in exam conditions)


Students will be invited to attend 1-2 theatrical experiences in each unit of Drama. There will be a cost for each performance. These experiences are invaluable for enhancing students' knowledge, understanding and appreciation of Drama. These performances will constitute part of the assessment e.g. a critical review of a performance.

Year 10 Drama Code 10DRA Availability Full Year Length Full Year

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This subject encourages learners to be independent and creative problem solvers. Engineering provides students an opportunity to gain an understanding of the underlying principles of engineering in its broadest sense. It is concerned with the theoretical concepts and their practical applications in real world scenarios. Students who study Engineering develop technical knowledge and problem-solving skills that enable them to respond to and manage ongoing change in technology and society.

This subject leads to Engineering. This subject caters to students who are pursuing careers in the following: • Engineering • Aerospace • Mining • Telecommunications • Biomedical

Recommended B in Mathematics and C in English

Learning Experiences Semester 1

• Engineering millstones in history • Newtons 3 laws • Deformation and failure of structures • Forces in structures • Categorising materials • Types of material tests • Stress vs Strain • Technical sketching • Australian Engineering Standards

Semester 2

• Engineering in society • Investigate and area of growing demand • Reduce air travel costs and environmental impact • Dynamic calculations • Perform aerodynamic Calculations • Investigate 3D printing • Conduct material calculations

Assessment Semester 1 Assessment: • Gantry crane project folio • Theoretical Exams Project 2 Assessment: • Drone Rescue • Theoretical Exams

Resources Required 48 page A4 Writing Book, Safety Glasses, Pencil

Year 10 Engineering Engineering Systems and Principles

Code 10DTENG Availability Full Year Length Full Year

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In Year 10 English, students examine a variety of texts and examine how text structures can be used in innovative ways by different authors. They explain how the choice of language features, images and vocabulary contributes to the development of individual style. They also develop and justify their own interpretations of novels, plays, films and poetry. Students create a wide range of texts to communicate complex ideas. They make presentations and contribute actively to class and group discussions, building on others’ ideas, solving problems, justifying opinions and developing and expanding arguments. They demonstrate understanding of grammar, vary vocabulary choices for impact and accurately use spelling and punctuation when creating and editing novels, plays, advertisements and poetry. Unit topics include: A genre study; Novel study; Shakespeare; Poetry.

This subject leads to General English.

Recommended Year 9 English


• Reading, comprehending and interpreting a variety of texts, both individually and in groups. • Comparing the purposes, text structures and language features of traditional and contemporary texts. • Refining vocabulary choices to discriminate between shades of meaning, with deliberate attention to

the effect on audiences. • Analysing and explaining how text structures, language features and visual features of texts and the

context in which texts are experienced may influence audience response. • Evaluate the social, moral and ethical positions represented in texts. • Using a range of software, including word processing programs, flexibly and imaginatively to publish

texts. • Creating sustained texts, including texts that combine specific digital or media content, for imaginative,

informative, or persuasive purposes that reflect upon challenging and complex issues.

Assessment

In English, assessment pieces are either Written or Spoken: • Written assessment tasks include the following genres: Analytical Essays; Short Story. • Spoken assessment tasks include: Monologue.

Resources Required Class Notebook, Document Folder

Year 10 English Code 10ENG Availability Full Year Length Full Year

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Environmental Change and Human Wellbeing

Geography is a structured way of exploring, analysing and understanding the characteristics of the places that make up our world, using the concepts of place, space, environment, interconnection, sustainability, scale and change. It addresses scales from the personal to the global and time periods from a few years to thousands of years.

Geography integrates knowledge from the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities to build a holistic understanding of the world. Students learn to question why the world is the way it is, reflect on their relationships with and responsibilities for that world, and propose actions designed to shape a socially just and sustainable future.

This subject leads to Geography.

This subject caters to all students looking to further their knowledge and understanding of the world, its systems and how they all link together. This subject also caters for students interested in the growing field of sustainability, environmental management, architecture, science, engineering and urban design.

Recommended Nil

Learning Experiences Via the themes of Environmental Change and Management and Geographies of Human Wellbeing, students will engage in the following learning experiences: • Field Work • Primary Data Collection • Field Sketching • Mapping • Graphing • Planning

Assessment Assessment will be a variety of: • Short Response Test • Stimulus Response Essay • Field Studies Report • Multi-model Seminar • Practical Exercise


Excursion for assessment

Year 10 Geography Code 10GEO Availability Full Year Length Full Year

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In Year 10 Physical Education students learn how their engagement and performance in physical activity and sports is influenced by concepts of exercise science and sociocultural factors. They engage in a range of activities to develop movement sequences and movement strategies.

Through their engagement in physical activities, students gather data to analyse, synthesise and devise strategies to optimise engagement and performance. They then engage in reflective decision-making as they evaluate and justify the effectiveness of these strategies.

This subject leads to Senior Physical Education.

Recommended C in English and Science

Learning Experiences Students will use a critical inquiry approach to investigate: The application of Body and Movement Concepts to optimise performance Functional Anatomy and Biomechanics Equity and Access to physical activity Training Program Design Students will examine the above concepts through participation in the following physical activities: Volleyball Tennis Netball Gaelic Football

Assessment Teacher observation of physical performance Supervised Exam Project Folio Investigation - Report Resources Required Sports Uniform 1 x A4 Document folder

Excursion to QAS or other Training facility

Year 10 Preparation for Senior Physical Education Code 10PE Availability Full Year Length Full Year

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In Year 10 Health, students analyse health information to investigate sustainable health change at personal, peer, family and community levels. Students define and understand broad health topics, which they reframe into specific contextualised health issues for further investigation. Students plan, implement, evaluate and reflect on action strategies that enable and advocate change through health promotion.

This subject leads to Senior Health.

Recommended B in English

Learning Experiences Students will use a critical inquiry approach to investigate a variety of the following health issues: Organ / tissue donation Creating a healthier CMC community Immunization policies The effect of sleep and screen time on health Risk taking behaviour at parties Health issues in remote Indigenous communities RUOK day / Positive health and well-being week Assessment Supervised Exam Investigation – analytical exposition Investigation- Action Research Report Resources Required 1 x A4 document folder

Excursion to Renal unit at PA Hospital or to PARTY program at RBH Hospital

Year 10 Preparation for Senior Health Code 10HE Availability Full Year Length Full Year

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Students will investigate the impact of World War II upon Australia and the world, post-war freedom movements, and post-war popular movements.

The study of history is based on evidence derived from remains of the past. It is interpretative by nature, promotes debate and encourages thinking about human values, including present and future challenges. The process of historical inquiry develops transferable skills, such as the ability to ask relevant questions; critically analyse and interpret sources; consider context; respect and explain different perspectives; develop and substantiate interpretations, and communicate effectively.

This subject leads to

• Ancient History • Modern History • Philosophy and Reason

This subject caters to

• Students interested in history • Students interested in taking Senior Ancient History, Modern History, or Philosophy and Reason

• Any students wishing to pursue university study in fields such as law, politics, journalism, creative writing, film-making, psychology, sociology, anthropology etc.

Recommended Nil Learning Experiences

• Investigations • Source Analysis • Critical and Creative thinking • Paragraph writing • Research skills • Essay writing • Groupwork

Assessment • Short Answer Test - Skills • Written research assignment


Year 10 History Code 10HIS Availability Semester 1 and 2 Length One Semester

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This subject includes topics which scaffold into the Senior school subject of a Certificate III in Hospitality. It involves topics such as-

• Food hygiene • Kitchen safety • Menu planning

Food preparation skills- knife skills, bakery skills, function planning, food service and presentation skills, entertaining.

This subject leads to Certificate III in Hospitality. While this unit has a hospitality direction, it would also prove valuable as a pre-requisite for Food and Nutrition or Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care.

This subject caters to students interested in developing more advanced skills in food preparation and service techniques as well as those wishing to continue further tertiary study in this field.

Recommended Nil


• Weekly practical tasks based on a variety of themes including but not limited to- morning and afternoon teas, barbeques, formal dinners, buffets, party menus etc.

• Food presentation skills. • Theory associated with practical topics. • Participation in class functions as well as functions providing hospitality services for the broader school

population. • Designing solutions for food preparation and service scenarios. • Development of commercially

Assessment Theory testing each semester. Continuous weekly practical cookery. 2 Culminating Design Challenges- one each semester


Approximately 50% of items will be provided for students though students will be required to provide materials needed for individual design challenges.

Year 10 Hospitality Food Specialisation in Hospitality

Code 10HOS Availability Full Year Length Full Year

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This subject will give students a foundation that builds skills and knowledge regarding materials, tools and workshop processes to construct a range of varied projects. It allows students to understand the safety requirements of a workshop setting when using powered machinery. Students will complete practical projects and relate them to industry practices.

This subject leads to Applied subjects

• Building and Construction Skills • Furnishing Skills Recommended Nil


Areas of Study may include: • Occupational Health and Safety Issues • Workplace drawings and standards. • Production of projects using timber • Hand and power tools use.

Assessment

• Completion of class projects • Project folios

Resources Required

Pencil, Safety Glasses and 48 page A4 writing book

Year 10 Design and Technologies Materials and Technologies

Code 10DTMAT Availability Full Year Length Full Year

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In Year 10 Japanese, students will consolidate their knowledge of the writing scripts, hiragana and katakana, and build on their knowledge of kanji. Course content is based on the textbook Obento Supreme, and topics covered include school, the weather, shopping, eating out, descriptions, asking for permission, and directions.

This subject leads to Year 11 Japanese.


Recommended Year 9 Japanese Semester 1/Year 9 Japanese Semester 2

Learning Experiences • Initiate and sustain interactions to share experiences, personal opinions, aspirations, thoughts and feelings

and to discuss aspects of young people’s experience • Develop classroom language to participate in interactions such as clarifying, apologising, showing




from Japanese into English and vice versa, considering the role of culture when transferring meaning from one language to another

• Participate in intercultural interactions, recognising how their own cultural norms impact on language use and that intercultural communication involves shared responsibility for meaning-making

Convey meaning by appropriately selecting and combining hiragana, katakana and kanji characters, and use understanding of kanji to predict meaning of unfamiliar words

Assessment

Students will be assessed in each of the four macro skills: • Listening • Speaking • Reading • Writing


Resources Required Obento Supreme Workbook. Approximate cost $35 - $40. (This may have been retained from the Year 9 Japanese Semester 2 course.)

Year 10 Japanese Code 10JAP Availability Full Year Length Full Year

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Learning in Media Studies involves students making and responding to media forms, independently and in small groups. They explore media as an art form, and analyse the way in which mass communications constructs meaning. Students refine and extend their understanding of not only technologies like DSLR camera and video editing tools, but the more general use of character, settings, points of view, and genre conventions. They make productions, design their ideas, and critique media works and traditions.

As with Year 9 Media, there is a subject focus on the ethical, safe and proper use of media forms; and the course builds an awareness about the betterment of media practices in the digital age. Students analyse the way in which audiences make meaning and how audiences interact with and share media artworks. As they make and respond to media artworks, students explore meaning and interpretation, forms and elements, and social, cultural and historical influences of media arts. They evaluate the social and ethical implications of media arts: they extend their knowledge of camera, lighting, sound and video editing tools.

This subject leads to Film, Television and New Media.

This subject caters to students who study Media to develop lifelong skills of critical and creative thinking, problem solving, collaboration, reflection, and persistence. This subject caters to all learning styles and progresses developmentally towards senior subjects Film, Television and New Media, and Media in Practice.

Recommended 09MED

Learning Experiences Students gain an appreciation for how advertising works in magazines, billboards and on the net. Magazine full-page ads provide a learning text to scrutinise how photographs can be constructed for their layout, spatial composition and colouring. Semester 2 looks at classic Black & White and how audio voice-over, music and sound effects work.

Assessment

Making (Design) Character Outline and Storyboard; Film Noir Pitch Making (Production) Still Photography; Black and White Film Responding (Critique) Advertising Blog; Audio commentary track to a music video.

Resources Required

All students are required to have headphones and access to a laptop for editing purposes. Students will require an SD card and a 32G USB.

Year 10 Media Code 10MED Availability Full Year Length Full Year

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Year 10 Music gives students an opportunity to develop as performers and composers and helps students to develop their understanding of the analysis of music repertoire. This subject also gives a historical overview of music and the arts.

Throughout the course, students develop their understanding of the music elements by engaging in repertoire from a wide range of music styles and genres. In performance, students are afforded the flexibility to enhance their performance skills on their chosen instrument or voice. Students will engage in song-writing and composing a wide range of technologies available.

This subject leads to Music (General) and Music Extension (General) or Music in Practice (Applied).


Recommended 09MUS or 9MUSC2

Learning Experiences • Manipulate sound and silence to achieve aesthetic outcomes when they perform and create music. • Develop musicianship. • Practise, refine and perform a range of solo and ensemble repertoire with confidence, expression and

stylistic integrity. • Improvise, arrange and compose original works. • Use aural skills and synthesis of knowledge of the elements of music, stylistic features, and structures. • Use notation and available technologies to record and share music. • Evaluate their own and others’ music practices to inform and shape their own music making. • Use music terminology to describe features of the music. • Justify their opinions and preferences about music. • Investigating the elements of music including: duration, expressive devices, pitch, structure, texture,

timbre.

Assessment

• Performing (solo and/or ensemble) • Seminar • Analytical essay • Performance Journal • Composing • Concert review

Resources Required

All students are required to have headphones and access to an instrument for practice purposes.

Students are offered opportunities to attend 1-2 musical experiences in each unit of Music. These will occasionally involve performances outside school and there may be a cost for each performance. These experiences are invaluable for enhancing students' knowledge, understanding and appreciation of music.

Year 10 Music Code 10MUS Availability Full Year Length 2 Semesters

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In Year 10 Essential English, students consider what it takes to be an effective communicator, both in written and spoken contexts. They examine how the choice of language features, images and vocabulary contributes to the development of individual style.

Students create a range of texts to articulate their ideas. They make presentations and contribute actively to class and group discussions, building on others' ideas, solving problems, justifying opinions and developing and expanding arguments. They demonstrate understanding of grammar, vary vocabulary choices for impact, and accurately use spelling and punctuation when creating and editing texts.

Unit topics include: Language for the real world, that sells, that entertains, that works and that plays.

This subject leads to Essential English.

This subject caters for students who intend to study Essential English in Senior. It does not prepare students for General English and therefore should not be taken by students who are intending to follow an ATAR Pathway.

Recommended Year 9 English


• Reading, comprehending and interpreting a variety of texts, both individually and in groups. • Using a range of software, including word processing programs, flexibly and imaginatively to publish

texts. • Activities to enhance literacy skills such as sentence and paragraph structure, proofreading and editing. • Discussing of issues around employment and job seeking. • Familiarising students with everyday literacy activities, such as forms and general communication. • Creating sustained texts, including texts that combine specific digital or media content, for imaginative,

informative, or persuasive purposes that reflect upon challenging and complex issues.

Assessment

In English, assessment pieces are either Written or Spoken. • Written assessment tasks include the following genres: Report; Letters; Resumes; Analytical Writing

Blog. • Spoken assessment tasks include: Persuasive Speech; Multi-Media Presentation.

Resources Required Notebook

Year 10 Preparation for Essential English Code 10ESS Availability Semester 1 and 2 Length One Year

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Year 10 Preparation for Preparation for Essential Mathematics consolidates concepts studied in Year 9 Mathematics. It uses the prior foundational knowledge in algebra and practices it in simple practical contexts. This subject prepares students for senior Essential Mathematics in a practical sense with application focused on the world around them.

In Year 10 Preparation for Essential Mathematics, students will study the following topics: • Number and Algebra - money and financial mathematics, patterns and algebra, linear and non-linear

relationships • Measurement and Geometry - geometric reasoning, Pythagoras and trigonometry • Statistics and Probability - chance, data representation and interpretation

This subject leads to Senior Essential Mathematics.

This subject caters to students intending to study Essential Mathematics in Year 11 and 12.

Recommended Year 9 Mathematics

Learning Experiences • apply the four operations with simple algebraic fractions, triangle and angle properties to show

congruence and similarity, trigonometry to calculate unknown angles in right-angled triangles, the distributive law to expanding binomial expressions and factorising monic quadratic expressions

• calculate unknown values after substitution into formulas, quartiles and inter-quartile ranges, simple and compound interest

• compare data sets by referring to the shapes of the various data displays • describe bivariate data where the independent variable is time, statistical relationships between two

continuous variables, statistical reports, algebraic and graphical representations of relations • identify outcomes for multi-step chance experiments • investigate probabilities for multi-step experiments • recognise the relationships between parallel and perpendicular lines • solve problems involving linear equations, surface area and volume problems, simple quadratic equations

Assessment

Students will be assessed through term exams in Term 1 and 3 and semester exams in Term 2 and 4. Exams will test student’s ability to apply content taught at both familiar and unfamiliar contexts.


Year 10 Preparation for Essential Mathematics Code 10EMA Availability Full Year Length Full Year

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Year 10 Preparation for General Mathematics extends on the concepts studied in Year 9 mathematics. It consolidates the algebraic knowledge learnt in Year 9 Mathematics applied in more complex but practical contexts. This subject prepares students for senior General Mathematics with a focus on algebra, graphing, trigonometry, geometry and statistics.

In Year 10 Preparation for General Mathematics, students will study the following topics: • Number and Algebra - money and financial mathematics, patterns and algebra, linear and non-linear

relationships • Measurement and Geometry - geometric reasoning, Pythagoras and trigonometry • Statistics and Probability - chance, data representation and interpretation

This subject leads to General Mathematics.

This subject caters to students intending to study General Mathematics or Essential Mathematics in Year 11 and 12.


Learning Experiences • apply the four operations with simple algebraic fractions, triangle and angle properties to prove

congruence and similarity, trigonometry to calculate unknown angles in right-angled triangles, deductive reasoning to proofs and numerical exercises involving plane shapes, the distributive law to expanding binomial expressions and factorising monic quadratic expressions.

• calculate unknown values after substitution into formulas, probabilities for multi-step experiments, quartiles and inter-quartile ranges.

• compare data sets by referring to the shapes of the various data displays. • describe bivariate data where the independent variable is time, statistical relationships between two

continuous variables. • evaluate statistical reports. • identify outcomes for multi-step chance experiments. • investigate the connection between simple and compound interest. • link algebraic and graphical representations of relations. • recognise the relationships between parallel and perpendicular lines. • solve problems involving linear equations and inequalities, surface area and volume problems relating to

composite solids, simple quadratic equations and pairs of simultaneous equations.

Assessment

Students will be assessed through term exams in Term 1 and 3 and semester exams in Term 2 and 4. Exams will test student’s ability to apply content taught in both familiar and unfamiliar contexts.


Year 10 Preparation for General Mathematics Code 10GMA Availability Full Year Length Full Year

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Year 10 Preparation for Mathematical Methods includes all the content from Preparation for General Mathematics with the addition of all the Australian Curriculum 10A (advanced) content and skills. Preparation for Mathematical Methods has an additional focus: it extends algebraic skills and applies them in purely theoretical contexts and explores real numbers. The study in physical quantities such as area are extended to include circle and 3 dimensional geometry. In Year 10 Preparation for Mathematical Methods students will study the following topics: • Number and Algebra - real numbers, money and financial mathematics, patterns and algebra, linear and

non-linear relationships • Measurement and Geometry - using units of measurement, geometric reasoning, Pythagoras and

trigonometry • Statistics and Probability - chance, data representation and interpretation This subject leads to Mathematical Methods and/or Specialist Mathematics in Year 11 and 12. This subject caters for students intending to study General Mathematics or Mathematical Methods and/or Specialist Mathematics in Year 11 and 12.


* if students find Mathematical Methods too challenging, they may choose to study General Mathematics in Year 11 and 12.


• Apply the four operations with simple algebraic fractions, the distributive law to expanding binomial expressions and factorising monic quadratic expressions.

• The distributive law to factorise and solve complex equations, the factor and remainder theorems with polynomials, trigometric ratios in 3 dimensional contexts.

• Calculate unknown values after substitution into formulas, probabilities for multi-step experiments, • Compare data sets by referring to the shapes of the various data displays including quartiles and inter-

quartile ranges. • describe bivariate data where the independent variable is time, statistical relationships between two

continuous variables. • evaluate statistical reports. • identify outcomes for multi-step chance experiments. • Interpret, sketch, describe and transform parabolas, circles, hyperbolas and exponential functions. • investigate the connection between simple and compound interest. • link algebraic and graphical representations of relations. • prove and apply circle and related trigonometric properties and relationships. • recognise the relationships between parallel and perpendicular lines. • solve problems involving linear equations and inequalities, surface area and volume problems relating to

composite solids, simple quadratic equations and pairs of simultaneous equations.

Year 10 Preparation for Mathematical Methods Code 10MAM Availability Full Year Length Full Year

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Assessment Students will be assessed through term exams in Term 1 and 3 and semester exams in Term 2 and 4. Exams will test student’s ability to apply content taught in both familiar and unfamiliar contexts.

Resources Required Students who are confident they are continuing in to Mathematical Methods in Senior could purchase one of the T184 family (plus, silver edition or CE) calculators in Term 4. The T184 CE can be purchased from the school uniform shop.

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This subject is for students who are considering taking a General Science subject. It will cover biological sciences, chemical sciences, earth and space science and physical sciences in accordance with the Australian Curriculum. In Year 10 Science students will study the following topics:

• Forces and Motion. • Chemistry – Atomic Theory, bonding, chemical reactions. • Genetics and Evolution including the theory of natural selection. • Astronomy and Earth Science.

Students must do this subject if they have chosen Preparatory Senior English and Preparatory General Maths or Preparatory Mathematical methods.

This subject leads to Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Science in Practice.

This subject caters to students inquisitive about how the world works and those students considering a career in a Science, Engineering or Health field.


Learning Experiences In the Year 10 curriculum, students explore systems at different scales and connect microscopic and macroscopic properties to explain phenomena. Students explore the biological, chemical, geological and physical evidence for different theories, such as the theories of natural selection and the Big Bang.

Atomic theory is developed to understand relationships within the periodic table.

Understanding motion and forces are related by applying physical laws. Relationships between aspects of the living, physical and chemical world are applied to systems on a local and global scale and this enables students to predict how changes will affect equilibrium within these systems.

Assessment Students will be assessed in their learning in a variety of ways, including written research investigations, student experiments, data tests and written semester exams. Both individual and group activities will be assessed. Grades will be awarded according to Australian Curriculum guidelines on standards.


Possible excursion to the planetarium approximately $16.

Year 10 Preparation for General Sciences Code 10SCI Availability Full Year Length Full Year

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This course will cover topics similar to Year 10 Preparation for Senior Sciences with a more practical based emphasis. It will cover biological sciences, chemical sciences, earth and space science and physical sciences in accordance with the Australian Curriculum. In Year 10 Science students will study the following topics:

• Genetics and Evolution including the theory of natural selection. • Chemistry – atomic theory and chemical reactions • Forces and Motion • Renewable energy • Astronomy

Students can only choose this subject if they are doing Preparatory Essential English AND Preparatory Essential Maths.

This subject leads to Year 11 and 12 Science in Practice.

NOTE: If you choose this subject you cannot choose a General Senior Science subject (eg. Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology) in Years 11 and 12.

This subject caters to students inquisitive about how the world works but do not want a career in Science.


Learning Experiences In the Year 10 curriculum students explore systems at different scales and connect microscopic and macroscopic properties to explain phenomena. Students explore the biological, chemical, geological and physical evidence for different theories, such as the theories of natural selection and the Big Bang. Basic atomic theory is developed to understand relationships within the periodic table. The concepts of motion and forces are investigated. Relationships between aspects of the living, physical and chemical world are applied to systems on a local and global scale and this enables students to predict how changes will affect equilibrium within these systems.

Assessment Students will be assessed in their learning in a variety of ways, including written and multi-media assignments, student notebooks, construction projects and experimental reports, skills checklists, oral presentations and written tests. Both individual and group activities will be assessed. Grades will be awarded according to Australian Curriculum guidelines on standards with modifications.


Possible excursion to the planetarium approximately $16.

Year 10 Preparation for Science in Practice

Code 10SCIC2 Availability Full Year Length Full Year

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The Experience of Religion in Our World, and The Experience of Church in Our Lives.

Students learn about various ways in which humans have understanding of the mystery of God or the ‘Other’, which is ultimately beyond human language, concepts and stories. These include, the human experience of the created world; the valuable insights of the major world religions, as reflected in their core beliefs and practices; the different representations of God in Old Testament and New Testament texts by various human authors in different historical, social and cultural contexts; Christian spiritual writings that search for the mystery of God in the midst of world events and the course of human history; and participation in personal and communal prayer that can lead believers to contemplation (the simple awareness of the presence of God). Students explore how the Church has responded to the range of unprecedented threats to both human ecology and environmental ecology facing Australian and the Modern World (c. 1918 to the present) from science, technology, materialism, consumerism and political ideologies. They develop critical understanding of the various sources that guide the Church’s action in the world today, including the teaching of Jesus and the early Church, the principles of Catholic social teaching and the reasoned judgements of conscience, carefully formed and examined. They examine the Eucharist as the primary and indispensable source of nourishment for the spiritual life of believers, who carry on Jesus’ mission in the world. They continue to develop their understanding of prayer in the Christian tradition through an exploration of Centering Prayer; prayers for justice, peace and the environment, including the Prayer of St Francis, the Magnificat and the Canticle of Creation; and meditative prayer practices, including praying with the help of nature. This subject leads to Religion Subjects. This subject caters to all students.

Recommended Nil

Pathways Nil

Learning Experiences Students examine and respond to a range of texts related to: • The mystery of God can be named and how it can be understood through the experience of the created

world. • The role of religion in the world, especially the Catholic Church. Students extend the literacy skills required

to: • understand texts concerning religious and moral issues • explain how religious writings reflect the human understanding of God. • participate respectfully in vocal and meditative prayer practices develop and justify their own

responses to contemporary religious and moral questions, • learn to use evidence from various sources to support their responses. Students critically analyse a

range of spiritual writings that: • focus on the search for the mystery of God in the midst of current and historical events. • lead believers to action and contemplation, based on the awareness of the presence of God. • Show how the Church responds to challenge, change and threat, including threats to human life and

ecology.

Assessment Extended written responses (Report and Essay), Short Response Exam (2).

Year 10 Religious Education Code 10RE Availability All Year 10 Length Full Year






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This subject is designed to develop both critical thinking skills and to lateral thinking and design by working collaboratively on projects to solve real world problems. Students must be able to work independently.

In Year 10 STEM students will study the following topics:

• Sustainability using Littlebits • Rockets and Parachutes • Robotics (including 3D printing)

This subject leads to Biology, Chemistry, Physics.

This subject provides students with opportunities to consolidate and integrate knowledge and skills learnt in science, IT and mathematics subjects to find solutions to real world, multidisciplinary problems. Students will also learn about the engineering methodology.

Recommended B in Year 9 Science and Maths

Learning Experiences Develop skills such as: teamwork, critical thinking skills and problem solving.

Assessment Majority of assessment is project based which is developed and worked on through the term.


Possible bus costs for transportation to university workshops/ engineering activities.

Year 10 STEM Code 10SCIEXT Availability Full Year Length Full Year

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Building creativity from previous Art classes by greater interpretation and purposeful expression with the development of Visual Literacy.

Topics include:

• Elements of design and Art, colour theory and visual literacy • Expression through line, colour and symbols • Research of the art movements within Modernism • Appraising the ‘Modernist’ art period and its artists • Expression of emotion through colour, texture, mask making and mixed media painting • Research of social issues expressed through Art. • Appraising artists expressing social issues.

This subject leads to Year 11 and Year 12 Visual Art (General) and Visual Arts in Practice (Applied).

This subject caters to students interested in future Creative Industries studies.

Recommended 09VAR or 9VARC2

Learning Experiences Design, drawing, painting, print making, sculpture, mixed media and Art appraising and literacy (including art vocabulary).

Assessment

Visual Art journal, drawing, Lino printing, appraising, mask making, mixed media canvas, artist statement exam, appraising multi modal presentation.

Resources Required Students will require the following essential equipment includes an art/visual journal, water colour pencils, student set of brushes, Artline pens. Students may be asked to provide some of the following resources: paints, crayons, charcoal pencils, brushes, palettes, palette knives, paper cards, drawing boards, consumables such as tape and glue.

Art packs are available from the college.

Year 10 Visual Art Modernism and Allusions of Power

Code 10VAR Availability Full Year Length Full Year

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