Year 10

CURRICULUM

At Year 10 students begin to diversify their learning choices to be specific for their pathway in senior years. Students in Year 10 have core subjects which include English, RE and HPE. All other subjects involve students considering their individual pathways.

The period breakdown for Year 10 students is as follows:

Mathematics selection

Mathematics study is compulsory. Students will have the choice, students will be required to choose Pre-General Mathematics or Pre-Methods Mathematics.

Science selection

Students are required to complete one semester of compulsory Core Science. This is chosen as one of their six electives. If students would like to explore more science subjects, they have the option of choosing additional science subjects with their elective choices.

Humanities selection

Students are required to complete one semester of compulsory Humanities study. They may choose any Year 10 level humanities to fulfil this requirement (listed below). If students do an accelerated study (Unit 1-2 in Year 10) that is humanities based (Legal Studies or Business Management) it will count as their humanities selection.

Religion Education

Our Year 10 students head in a different direction for RE. We register mainstream students in a study of VCE Unit One Religion and Society which explores the Role of Religion in Society through three different outcomes:

The Nature and Purpose of Religion

• the nature and purposes of religion over time
• the aspects of religion and how they are interrelated
• answers to questions about the origins of life and existence offered by religion
• spiritual and religious narratives that explain truths of all existence
• roles religion has in shaping and giving meaning to needs of individuals and communities
• the role of religion generally in giving expression to beliefs through the other aspects of religion

Religion Through The Ages

• spiritual and religious ideas and how religious traditions play a role in society over time
• spiritual and religious ideas that pass through generations via a process of socialisation
• developments in technology, philosophy and science within and outside religious traditions
• other ideas and movements that influenced roles and relevant aspects of religion in society
• reasons why spiritualities and religious traditions were resilient, changed, or ceased to exist
• reasons why ideas from spiritualities and religious traditions become part of other spiritualities, religious traditions or religious denominations

Religion in Australia

• distribution of and adherence to religious traditions in Australia, past and present
• the influence of government policy on the religious composition of Australian society over time
• the influence of religious or non-religious trends on the religious composition of Australian society
• ways collective identity is expressed by religious traditions in Australia through aspects of religion
• personal meaning and identity found through engagement with relevant aspects of religion
• interactions between religious traditions and other people, groups and organisations within wider Australian society and reasons for these interactions, in particular:
• the roles of spiritualities, religious traditions or religious denominations in Australian society
• the role of religion in providing social infrastructure in Australian society
• the role of interfaith and ecumenical interaction in Australia

Year 10 Elective choices

Students in Year 10 can study six electives across the school year (3 per semester). In a student elective choice, they must include Core Science and the compulsory humanities subject. A list of elective choices for Year 10 can be seen below:

Science (semester length units)

Core Science, Biology/Chemistry, Physics/Chemistry, Sports Science, Environmental Science, Psychology, Engineering, Biology (VCE), Psychology (VCE).

Technology

Applied Computing (VCE), Food and Health for Life, Food Studies, Product Design & Technology (Metal & Plastic), Product Design & Technology (Wood), Food Studies (VCE).

Visual and Performing Arts

Art, Drama, Film Studies, Media Studies, Music Performance, Music Styles & Composition, Certificate II and III in Music Industry (Technical Production), Photography, Visual Communication Design.

Humanities

Civics, Economics, Geography, History, Business Management (VCE), Geography (VCE), Legal Studies (VCE).

Languages

Italian - Semester One and Two, Japanese - Semester One and Two.

Health and Physical Education

Training for Performance, Outdoor Education, Sport Science (This is a Science choice covering some HPE concepts as well), Environmental Science (This is a Science choice covering some HPE and Geography concepts as well), Outdoor Education (VCE), Health and Human Development (VCE).

Year 10 Uplift Program

In Year 10 the college offers the ‘UpLift’ program to students who would benefit from extra support in English and Mathematics to experience success in their learning. This is achieved through smaller class groups – 12 students; Intensive support- teacher/LSO; and an additional two periods of English/Mathematics per cycle. Completion of a school-based VET Workplace Skills. All UpLift subjects are taught to Year 10 standards to enable the transition to a traditional VCE pathway in Year 11.

Accelerated Study Opportunities

Select students in Year 10 can accelerate their studies by selecting to do a VCE subject in Year 10. To be eligible students are required to average 80% across all assessment tasks in Year 10. VCE subjects offered to Year 10s are:

• Applied Computing (Unit 1-2)
• Biology (Unit 1-2)
• Business Management (Unit 1-2)
• Legal Studies (Unit 1-2)
• Psychology (Unit 1-2)