Subject Selection Guide - Year 10

Year 10, 2023

Information for Students

SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM TEAM

Director of Teaching and Learning

Clare MacDermott

Teaching and learning materials and assessment for all students, in Prep to Year 10, are developed using the Australian Curriculum. At Peace, the Year 9 students are asked to consider the subjects they would like to study in Year 10 in preparation for their move into their final two years of school. Year 10 provides a foundation in knowledge and skill for Year 11 and 12.

HEADS OF DEPARTMENT YEARS 7 - 12

English

Head of Department: Ms Louise Stout

Subject Offerings: Introduction to Essential English, Introduction to English

English aims to ensure that students learn to listen to, read, view, speak, write, create and reflect on increasingly complex and sophisticated spoken, written and multimodal texts across a growing range of contexts with accuracy, fluency and purpose. Year 10 English sets students up for senior English subjects and alternate pathways.

Health and Physical Education (HPE)

Head of Department: Mr Mark Fernandez

Subject Offerings: Health & Physical Education

Health and Physical Education aims to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills to enable students to access, evaluate and synthesise information to take positive action to protect, enhance and advocate for their own and others’ health, wellbeing, safety and physical activity participation across their lifespan

Humanities (History, Geography, Business)

Head of Department: Mrs Rebecca Bolton

Subject Offerings: History, Geography

Humanities subjects play a critical role in allowing students to navigate the contemporary world by studying issues that help them develop deep knowledge, critical thinking and inquiry skills. The discipline also educates students to become active, informed citizens and develops their financial literacy. All Humanities subjects offered in Year 10 provide pathways to senior subjects.

Mathematics

Head of Department: Mr Nick Brooking

Subject Offerings: Introduction to Essential Maths, Introduction to General Maths, Introduction to Maths Methods

Mathematics aims to ensure that students are confident, creative users and communicators of mathematics. The subjects offered provide students with opportunities to investigate, represent and interpret situations in their personal and work lives and as active citizens.

Religion & Ethics

Head of Department: Mrs Juanita Eime

Subject Offerings: Religion & Ethics

The subject of Religion and Ethics provides students with an opportunity to study and discuss a range of societal and cultural issues. They examine topics by considering the points of view and perspectives of others. Students develop important cross curricular skills through collaborating with others as they discuss and share thoughts and opinions about the impact of religion on society. As a Lutheran College, Religion and Ethics is in the suite of core subjects.

Science

Head of Department: Mrs Michelle Cummings

Subject Offerings: Science

Science is a core subject in Year 10, all students experience a term of physics, chemistry, biology & earth science. We offer an advanced science class for students who are achieving a high academic standard, preparing students fully for ATAR science subjects in Year 11 & 12. Our aim in Year 10 is to offer a science program that allows all our students to enjoy learning about their scientific world, whilst being fully prepared for their future direction.

Technologies

Head of Department: Mrs Natalie Andersen

Subject Offerings: Digital Technology, Food Technology, Industrial Technology & Design (ITD)

The technology department offers a range of engaging and “hands on” elective subjects for Year 10. Digital Technology, ITD and Food technology all equip students with knowledge and understanding of design challenges and the ability to follow a design brief to complete a set task. The full year of study in Year 10 provides students with a pathway to choose a Technology subject as an elective in senior study.

The Arts

Head of Department: Mr Brodie O’Mara

Subject Offerings: Drama, Music and Visual Art

The Arts draws together related but distinct art forms. These art forms have close relationships and are interrelated, but each involves different approaches to arts practices and critical and creative thinking that has distinct bodies of knowledge, understanding and skills. The Year 10 Arts subjects examines past, current and emerging arts practices across a range of cultures and places. The Arts Department offers three subjects from which students can choose; Drama, Music, Visual Arts.

Religion & Ethics About the Subject

The concept and history of religion permeates many aspects of society and culture. Many professions expect their employees to work within ethical and moral frameworks.

Religion and Ethics provides students with an opportunity to consider different points of view, collaborate with others and discuss the impact of religion on society.

Course Modules

The sequence of modules provides a progression of learning that intentionally builds understanding around the identification and explanation of the ways religion, beliefs and ethics contribute to the personal, relational and spiritual perspectives of life and society (QCAA, 2019).

How Are Students Assessed?

Students in Year 10 and Year 11 encounter the assessment types that are used for Year 12 level study (Units 3 and 4).

These assessment techniques are:

• Investigation

• Project (Written and Product components)

• Extended Response to Stimulus

• Exam (Short Response)

ATAR Relevance

Religion and Ethics is an Applied Subject and may contribute to a student’s ATAR using the 4 General + 1 Applied subject model. Students begin Unit 1 and undertake the first two modules during Year 10. Successfulcompletion of each Unit contributes one QCE point towards a student’s Certificate of Education.

Education & Career Opportunities

Peace Lutheran College offers a holistic education that aims to instill values and attitudes for life-long learning.

In Religion and Ethics, students become:

• Self-directed, insightful investigators and learners

• Discerning, resourceful problem solvers and implementers

• Adept, creative producers and contributors

• Open, responsive communicators and facilitators

• Principled, resilient leaders and collaborators

• Caring, steadfast supporters and advocates

As a College, we value and promote the importance and benefits for students of developing spiritual awareness and well-being.

Students have opportunities to explore waysto serve others and investigate howto carefor the world around them.

Students may be challenged to consider the importance of religion and ethics in areas such as business, the use of science and technology, and health and welfare.

All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness. 2 Tim 3:16

English About the Subject

Dependent on student numbers Year 10 English offers 3 levels of English. Students are allocated to classes based on the standard awarded inEnglish at the end of Year 9. Consideration is given to attitude, effort and independence in learning. There is potential for movement acrosslevels.

Foundation for ATAR General English

English A: A and B standards

English B: C standard

Foundation for Applied Essential English (may be used for ATAR)

English: D and E standards

Mainstream Units Course Topics

(The order of these units may be subject to change)

• Rhetoric and the art of persuasion

• Interpreting issues in two different texts e.g. novel and film

• Close analysis of Literature

• Power of the imagination

How Are Students Assessed

Students are assessed under two modes:

Receptive: identify, interpret, explain, analyse and evaluate the texts of others

Productive: create their own texts

Persuasive Oral

Receptive mode – Identify and analyse

Productive mode – Multi-modal presentation

Media article - Supervised

Productive mode – critique

Receptive mode – interpreting texts

Analytical essay

Receptive mode – analysis

Productive mode – analytical essay

Imaginative text – short story or script

Productive mode

Short Course Literacy (SCL)

Short Course Literacy is a SAS subject that is completed over one semester in Semester 2Year 10.

It is specifically designed for those students who choose apathwaythat does notrequiredirect entry into university or will choose to study Essential English in Year 11. It allows students to get their Literacy credit for their QCE. For the firstsemester of the year students will access two of the four mainstream units above.

SCL Course Topics (Semester 2)

Topic 1: Personal identity and education

Topic 2: The work environment

How Are Students Assessed?

Topic 1:

• Internal assessment 1A Extended response –written

• Internal assessment 1B Student learning journal

Topic 2:

• Internal assessment 2A Extended response –spoken/signed

Internal assessment 2B Reading comprehension task

Education & Career Opportunities

While English develops skills necessary in all aspects of life, some of the more specific applications would be in the following fields:

• Journalism

• Law Author Teacher

• Advertising

• Actor

• Diplomatic Services Speech writer

• Editor

• Script writer Presenter

“Only in men’s imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.”

Joseph Conrad

Mathematics

About the Subject

Learning mathematics creates opportunities for and enriches the lives of all Australians. The Australian Curriculum: Mathematics provides students with essential mathematical skills and knowledge in Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, and Statistics and Probability. It develops the numeracy capabilities that all students need in their personal, work and civic life, and provides the fundamentals on which mathematical specialties and professional applications of mathematics are built.

Mathematics focuses on developing increasingly sophisticated and refined mathematical understanding, fluency, logical reasoning, analytical thought and problem-solving skills. These capabilities enable students to respond to familiar and unfamiliar situations by employing mathematical strategies to make informed decisions and solve problems efficiently.

Topics Covered

Number and Algebra indices, linear algebra, financial decisions.

Measurement and Geometry

co-ordinate geometry, trigonometry and its applications, length, area and volume

Statistics and Probability quadratic expressions, probability, dealing with data.

How Are Students Assessed

Students complete taskssuch as assignments and tests, which are designed to track what they know and can demonstrate what they can do.

Possible Future Opportunities

Essential, General and Methods Mathematics can all contribute to your ATAR or the numeracy requirements needed for a QCE certificate. Specialist Mathematics is an optional subject that can be chosen in addition to your math’s class and can contribute to your ATAR.

Year 10 has three math’s classes - Introduction to Maths Methods, Introduction toGeneral Maths and Introduction to EssentialMaths.

Educational and Career Opportunities

Year 10 Introduction to Essential Maths leads into Essential Mathematics.

Most employers look for mathematics results when interviewing job applicants:

• Building trades

• Secretarial and sales

• Banking and insurance

• Hospitality

• Retail assistants

Year 10 Introduction to General Maths leads into General Mathematics.

Most employers look for mathematics results when interviewing job applicants:

• Australian Defence Force

• Caterers

• Nurses

• Teacher

Year 10 Introduction into Maths Methods leads into Mathematics Methods and Specialist Maths. Maths Methods is often a pre- requisitefor these university courses:

Engineering Science

• Medical

Maths Methods is a recommendation for many university courses: Pilot

• Statistician

Mathematics: Numbers are a part of the ocean

*Note: these recommendations and prerequisites vary between universities and specific degrees.

Science

About the Subject

The Science course in Year 10 is designed to provide a stimulating experience for all students and prepare them for future study of science. Students are grouped according to ability into 2 distinct Science courses:

Advanced Science

Designed as a preparation for the ATAR science courses in Year 11 & 12, with a focus on developing theoretical understanding and the assessment techniques used in ATAR subjects such as chemistry and physics.

Science

An investigative approach to learning that offers students a diverse experience of the essential skills used in Science. It is still possible that this course will lead into all ATAR science courses, particularly less mathematically orientated subjects such as Biology (general) and Aquatic Practices (applied).

Topics Covered

Chemistry

Study of chemistry prepares students for ATAR chemistry with an introduction to periodic table trends, bonding between atoms, chemical reactions and rate of reaction.

Biology

Study of biology in Year 10 is foundational for ATAR biology with a study of cell structure, DNA, genetics, biotechnology & evolutionary processes.

Earth Science

Earth science focuses on the geospheres and the effectthathumanshaveontheearth.Thisincludes a focus on the future effects of climate change on ecosystems.

Physics

In physics, students appreciate that concepts of force, motion, matter and energy apply to systems ranging in scalefrom atoms to the universe itself. This unit introduces many concepts in ATAR physics.

How Are Students Assessed?

Student Experiment

Students develop a research question, gather data, analyse & evaluate it’s worth.

Examination - Short tests conducted under supervised conditions to assess understanding of the subject.

Research Investigation – Students develop a research question from a broader claim and gather secondary data to answer this question.

Science: systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation.

Possible Future Opportunities

Science provides you with the skills and ways of thinking that are excellent preparation for many university courses.

Careers specific to Science include:

Scientist

Doctor Engineering

• Physiotherapist

• Marine Biologist

• Researcher

• Biochemist

• Pharmacist

Environmental Scientist

• Microbiologist

Dentist

Geologist

Nurse

Agriculture careers

• Nutritionist

“The important thing is to never stop questioning”. Albert Einstein

History About the Subject

History is a disciplined process of inquiry into the past that develops students' curiosity and imagination. Awareness of history is an essential characteristic of any society, and historical knowledge is fundamental to understanding ourselves and others. It promotes the understanding of societies, events, movements and developments that have shaped humanity from earliest times. It helps students appreciate how the world and its people have changed, as well as the significant continuities that exist to the present day.

Topics Covered

Term 1, World War II: Students study the causes of World War II andthe coursethatthewar followed. Studentsexaminethe nature of warfare in the European and Pacific theatres and the effect of the war on the home front.The conclusion of the war was brought about bythe U.S. entryinto theconflict andthebeginning of the atomic age.

Topic 2, Rights and freedoms (1945 - the present): Students investigate struggles for human rights in depth. This will include how rights and freedoms have been ignored, demanded or achieved in Australia and in the broader world context, namely the American Civil Rights Movement. The role of Martin Luther King Junior in the United States and Charles Perkins’ Freedom Rides in Australia are examined. Students study the extent to which the civil rights movement can be seen as successful in changing attitudes and perspectives in contemporary, modern society.

Topic 3, Popular Culture: Students investigate how ‘Popular Culture’ after World War II shaped Australian society in the twentieth century. This includes an examination of the impact of sport, music and film and how attitudes and beliefs towards these movements varied across time, age and gender.

How Are Students Assessed?

Research assignments

Students locate and evaluate a range of primary and secondary sources in order to answer a historical question.

Response to historical sources

Students are provided with a selection of historical sources to analyse and respond to a series of questions. This task is completed individually, under supervised conditions in a set time frame.

“The Freedom Ride was probably the greatest and most exciting event I have ever been involved in with Aboriginal Affairs” – Charles Perkins, Arrente man, Aboriginal activist and President of the SAFA.

Possible Future Opportunities

Modern History not only develops historical knowledge, but also researching skills that are important for a range of courses and careers. Courses specific to History include:

Modern History

Ancient History

• Law

• SocialWork

• Social Science

• Political Science

Journalism

Careers where following a History educational pathway could be beneficial include:

• Historian

• Journalist

• Politician

• Lawyer SocialWorker

Law enforcement

Humanities Teacher

• Curator

“If you stop learning, you stop creating history and become history".

Vadim Kotelnikov

Geography

About the Subject

Geography is a structured way of exploring, analysing and understanding the characteristicsof 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 theglobal and time periods from a few years to thousands of years.

Topics Covered

Topic 1: Environmental change and management: The world faces many environmental challenges that range from a local scale, for example land degradation around the school, through to aglobal scale, such asglobal warming. Students learn how people and their environments connect and how effective management strategies can help us realise a sustainable future.

Topic 2: Geographies of human wellbeing:Human wellbeing varies across the world. Students learn how to measure and compare wellbeing and understand the reasons for these spatial variations. Students research the how different programs can help close the development gap.

How Are Students Assessed?

Assessment 1

Practical exercise under examination conditions. Students use their geographical skills to analyse maps, produce graphs and tables that are used to answer geographical questions.

Assessment 2

This assessment requires students to research a specific challenge or problem through collecting, representing, analysing and responding to a range of data that is both teacher-provided and student researched.

Possible Future Opportunities

Geography provides students with a range of knowledge and skills that lends itself to a variety of university courses.

Courses specific to Geography include:

• Geography

• Sustainability

• Earth Sciences

Geographic Information Systems

• Surveying & Certification

• Urban & Environmental Planning

• Urban & Regional Planning; SpatialScience

Architecture

Careers where following a geography pathway could be beneficial are:

• Environmental Management

City / Transport Planner

• Geologist

• Climatologist

• Cartographer

Actuary

Researcher

• Survey or Statistician

“Simply put, geography is our future. When we look at any issue with the balance and scrutiny that geographical study offers, we move beyond the media hype or political pin. Geography allows us to see the world more clearly".

Tom Biebrach

Geography; the world at your fingertips

Health & Physical Education

About the Subject

Health and Physical Education (HPE) encourages students to develop strategies for maintaining a positive outlook and gauging behavioural expectations in different leisure, social, movement and online situations. Students learn to apply HPE information to implement personalized plans for maintaining healthy and active habits in their life. HPE promotes making the right decisions for a healthy lifestyle to encourage longevity in life and to be positive role models for friends and family. HPE motivates confident physical activity and participation in many different sporting and movement areas with an emphasis on improving performance and enjoying being active. HPE allows students to demonstrate leadership, fair-play and co- operation, while applying decision-making skills about their own health and well-being in the classroom as well as outdoors.

Topics Covered

• Swimming & Lifesaving Skills – BronzeMedallion and CPR qualification

• Biomechanics – the science of movement andhow we can improve

• Personal fitness and developing a trainingprogram

• Health benefits of physical activity

• Mental health and wellbeing

• Harm minimization, safety, injury analysis, firstaid and treatment

• Lifelong physical activities

• Games and sports including (but not limited to); swimming, hockey, volleyball, personal fitness and training methods, squash, badminton.

How Are Students Assessed?

Students demonstrate their learning through various assessment methods involving multi-modalpresentations, examinations and assignments on the topics covered.

Ongoing assessment is monitored for development in movement and performance aspects allowing the student to improve and progress throughout the term.

Every positive thought propels you in the right direction.

Possible Future Opportunities

Sports Medicine

Occupational Therapy

Sports Nutrition

Coaching

Sports Journalism

Sports Psychology

• Personal Trainer

Sports Management

Military Fitness

• HPE Teacher

Physiotherapy

• Sports Science

Health related careers

• Nursing

• Medicine

• Sports Administration

• Health & Recreation

“The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.”

Pierre de Coubertin

Sport

Sport is humanactivity which has physical exertion and skills as the primary focus, with elements of competition, and for which rules and patterns of behaviour governing the activity exist formally through organisations.

Topics Covered

Sport involves recreational and competitive activities.

Weparticipate in inter-school sport on Wednesday afternoons. Peace Lutheran College is one of a small group of schools who participate in both Junior Secondary Sport (JSS) for years 7, 8 and 9 and the Cairns Inter-School Sporting Activities (CISSA) competition for years 10, 11 and 12. Competitive athletes are catered for, and those that are not as competitive participate in our Sports-Ed programs, that teach about alternative roles, such as sports administration and sports management.

We also do a broad range of recreationalactivities including: Zumba, beach trips, hikes, stretch and relax sessions, and other non-competitive games. Some of our activities are played in HouseTeams, some depend on your personal preference, some in year levels and some in age groups, so thatyou interact on and off the sports arenas with a variety of other students.

How Are Students Assessed?

There is no formal assessment for Sport but success is recognised and valued. Improvement and attitude are key indicators of success in this subject.

We award Gold awards to State team members, Silver to Regional (Peninsula) team members and Bronze to district (TCN-Trinity Coast North) team members.

Possible Future Opportunities

• Athletic Careers

• Sports Administration

• Sports Management

• Sports Medicine

• Sports Marketing

• Sports Psychology Sports Science

Sport promotes fun, fitness, health.

“Simply put, sport is our future in regards to health, fitness, social physical and mental wellbeing.

When we look at balancing education as a whole, sport is key to keeping our physical and mental capabilities functioning.”

Tom

Biebrach

Industrial Technology and Design (ITD)

About the Subject

The aim of Industrial Technology and Design in Year 10 is to introduce students to the role technology plays in society and to develop:

• An understanding of Manufacturing and its application to Industry

• Preparation for vocationalemployment

• A capacityto cope with and tocontributeto life in a technical society

• A sense of personal worth andself-esteem

• Problem solving abilities

• Personal and interpersonal skillsin manufacturing workplaces

• Production quality

• Safe and effective tool/machineryuse

In general, all students should be able to use their creativity and derive satisfaction from workingwith materials,tools andmachineswhile theygainskills they need to prepare themselves for future employment as well as recreation and leisure pursuits.

Topics Covered

• Designing Products

• Problem Solving

• Furnishings

Creating Procedural Instructions

• Interpreting Working Drawings

• Sketching/Drafting Ideas

How Are Students Assessed?

Assessment in this subject is undertaken through a series of practical projects and each student compiles a design folio of work. Techniques used to assess students work may include multiple answer tests, designfolios, selfreflection tasks, teacher observation of work practices and assessment of completed projects. This will be achieved in a stress-free environment where students are encouraged to excel in this subject.

Possible Future Opportunities

Cabinet Maker Carpenter

Council Worker -Outdoor

• Craftsperson

Building Contractor

Glass and Blazing Tradesperson

IndustrialDesigner

• Industrial Engineer

• Jeweler Manufacturer Safety Inspector

• Timber and Composite Machinist

• Upholsterer

“Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing, layout, processes, and procedures.”

Tom Peters

Digital Technology

About the Subject

In a digital age, and with rapid and continuing changes in the ways that people share, use, develop and communicate with DigitalTechnology, young people need to be highly skilled in itsuse.

To participate in a knowledge-based economyand to be empowered within a technologically sophisticated society now and into the future, students need the knowledge, skills and confidence to make Digital Technology work for them at school, at home, at work and in their communities.

Digital Technologies are fast and automated, interactive and multimodal, and they support the rapid communication and representation of knowledge to many audiences and its adaptation in different contexts. They transform the ways that students think and learn and give them greater control over how, where and when they learn.

Topics Covered

Web Design

• Graphic Design

• Robotics

• Digital publication Animation

• Game and Appdevelopment

How Are Students Assessed?

Students will complete in class activities using a range of technical equipment, applications and media processes to present ideas, achieve effects and explore aesthetic qualities in media forms.

It involves students making and responding to media arts independently, in small groups, with their teachers and communities. They explore media arts as an art form through representation, manipulation of genre and media conventions along with analysis of media artworks.

Possible Future Opportunities

Information Systems

Web designer

• Game Design

• App Developer

• Digital Publication Creation

ICT Manager

Network Engineer

“Digital media enables us to build more stages for our kids to express themselves.”

Marco Torres

Food Technology

About the Subject

This subject has been designed to introduce students to the general knowledge and skills needed for employment in the hospitality industry.

Food Technology is an area of study that provides students with a range of interpersonal skills, such as team work, effective communication and organisational skills, as well as specificknowledge and technical skills related to various sectors of the industry. Theseskills have abroadapplicationboth in personal life and in future workroles.

Topics Covered

Unit 1: Introduction to senior food technology

Unit 2: Food trends

Unit 3: Food equity and international foods

Unit 4: Food for special occasions

How Are Students Assessed?

Students will be assessed on their knowledge, planning and decision-making skills along with their practical skills and application.Techniques usedto assess student’s learning include thefollowing:

• Design assignments

• Written tests andreports

• End of term exams

Observation of work practices

Practical assessments

• Production and presentation of fooditems

• End of term exams

• Written tests andreports

Observation of work practices

Production and presentation of fooditems

• Compiling work schedules and requisitionof stock

Calculating the cost of food items

• Planning events

Possible Future Opportunities

A wide range of careers and jobs such as:

Baristas

• Chefs

• Front of House Managers

• Silver service waitrons

Receptionists

Tourism and event management positions

• Wedding and banquet co-ordinators

• Bar managers

Restaurant managers

Fast food outlet managers

• Numerous other positions and opportunities within the Hospitalityframework.

Food technology at Peace Lutheran College includes studies in the purchase, preparation, and service of a whole range of food, from simple entrées to complex main courses and delicious desserts. Practical skills form a large component of this course, where the students willbe developing their skills as the year progresses.

George Sailor and Alexandria Ruh Year 10 Regional winners of the 2015 Culinary Challenge.

Introduction to Business & Legal Studies

About the Subject

Business Studies in Year 10 aims to ensure students develop enterprising behaviours and skills that can be transferable into life, work and business opportunities as well as contribute to the development and prosperity of individuals and society. Students will develop reasoning and interpretation skills to apply economics and business concepts to make informed decisions as well as and the role it plays in creating a prosperous, sustainable and equitable economy for all Australians.

Content and assessment research is based on current business, economic and legal issues, providing students with the opportunity to engage in interesting and relevant material

Throughout the year students participate in introductory units of Legal Studies and Senior Business. These units provide students with the opportunity to experience subjects offered by the College in Year 11 and 12 as well as determine their appeal and if they have the skills required to successful study these areas.

Topics Covered

✓ Introduction to Legal Studies including; examining the principles which underpin our judicial system such as the Presumption of Innocence, Freedom of Speech and Rights of the Accused and Victims, the role of the High Court of Australia.

✓ Introduction to Business Fundamentals

✓ Economic Performance and Standards of Living

✓ Four Functions of Business – HR, Marketing, Finance and Operations

How Are Students Assessed?

Assessment includes research reports, analysis of business performance and examinations.

Possible Future Opportunities

Whether you are planning to enter fashion or finance, or something in-between, studying Business can open a world of possibilities for you.

• Digital Marketing Specialist

• Human Resources Manager

• Management Consultant Accountant Lawyer

• Entrepreneur & Business Owner

• Business Intelligence and Information Systems Manager

• Finance Management

“The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks”

Mark Zuckerberg

“What do you need to start a business? Three simple things: know your product better than anyone, know your customer, and have a burning desire to succeed.”

David Thomas (Founder of Wendy’s)

Visual Art

About the Subject

Learning in Visual Arts involves students making and responding to artworks, drawing on the world as a source of ideas.

Through Visual Arts, students learn to reflect criticallyand developtheir own artsknowledge and preferences. They learn with growing sophistication to express and communicate experiences through and about visualarts.

Topics Covered

Art History: discovering major movements, artists and artworks over time and their contribution to the world.

Analysing Artworks: Critical analysis of the work of others students to understand compositional devices and then explore these in their own art. Practical work involving sculpture, painting and interpreting work in contexts.

Experimental folios for preparation into Senior Studies, which allow the students to explore diverse materials, techniques and processes and reflect on their own work with a teacher guided focus.

How Are Students Assessed?

Visual Art assessment is divided into two areas: Making and Responding.

Both Making and Responding involve developing practical and critical understanding of how the artist uses an artwork to engage audiences and communicate meaning.

Making could include painting, ceramics, craft, installation, photography, digital media, and sculpture in various forms. Responding includes written analysis, exam, oral and research assignment. Term 3 and4 include anexperimental folio, based on the senior syllabus structure.

Possible Future Opportunities

Most careers can be enhanced with a creative flair and our everyday lives can also become more exciting and innovative with an understanding of the aesthetic world around us.

There are many opportunities for further education in Visual Art which include degrees in University, TAFE and also traineeships.

A snippet of the careers one could enter in the art world include:

• Art Dealers

• Animators

• Fashion Designers

• Garden Designers

• Book Illustrators

• Graphic Artists

• Cartoon/Comic Strip Artists

• Industrial Designers

• Curators

• Jewellers

• Stage Designers

• Milliner

• Landscape Architects

• Interior Designers

• Architects

• Artists

• Photographer

“Art is not what you see, but what you make other’s see.”

Edgar Degas

Drama About the Subject

Drama provides opportunities for students to create, reflect, challenge, ritualise, critique and celebrate. Students are encouraged to express and communicate understandings about human issues and experiences through the enactment of real and imagined events. While interacting in a range of roles, relationships, situations and contexts, studentsinvestigatefeelings, actions and consequences. They develop confidence and selfawareness as they collaborate to prepare and present drama for a variety of purposes and in a range of forms, styles and contexts.

Topics Covered

• Collage drama and hybridised performance

• Comedy and clowning

• 20th century AustralianRealism

Experiencing and responding to live theatre

• Self-devised scripts andplays

• Informal and public performances

• Potential to work with actors and theatre professionals

How Are Students Assessed?

Drama is assessed in three dimensions: Making: Forming, Making: Performing and Responding.

Making: Forming

Involves the creation of drama through improvisation, role-play, play building and playwriting.

Making: Performing

Involves the performance of drama, demonstrating acting and rehearsal techniques.

Responding

Involves the analysis and evaluation of drama through critical interpretation of the elements of drama and stylistic conventions in performance.

Possible Future Opportunities

• Tertiary study/TAFE Certificate/ Industrypathways

• Actor/performer

• Playwright Director Designer Stage manager/theatretechnician Arts administrator

Creative industries

Advertising/public relations

• Journalist

• Lawyer

• Retail, hospitality or human resource management

Early childhood education

• Primary/secondary teacher

• Tertiary education/tutoring

Above: Students combine traditional and contemporary clowning techniques to entertain and challenge audiences

“Theatre was my first love. I can't take the theatre out of me. And I wouldn't want to. To me, it’s home.”

Jim Parsons, The Big

Theory

Bang

Hugh Jackman has a BA in Communications and acting qualifications from WAAPA

Music

About the Subject

If you love music and want to improve youexisting skills or learn a new instrument, then this subject gives you opportunities to explore the musical elements and a variety ofinstruments.

You can learn how to play keyboard, guitar, drum kit and percussion in a solo and ensemble setting, or you can sing if you prefer. You are allowed the freedom to choose the instrument that interests you.

You will have opportunities to rehearse and perform pieces in a group or band or as an instrumentalist. You will listen to, analyse and observe musical conventions and create your own musical pieces using a variety of techniques and technologiessuchasmixcraft, Sibelius, and digital multitrack recording.

You will learn how to listen to music in a new way and gain a deeper understanding andappreciation of it.

Topics Covered

• Music from Film &Television

• World Music

• Australian Music

• Contemporary Music

• Rock Music

Music and the Arts

• Digital technologies

How Are Students Assessed?

Students will have an assessment task for the topics studied. This will be a performance, a composition, and written and research tasks.

You can choose to learn and perform a piece that interests you and corresponds to the topicstudied. Students can play in groups orindividually.

For composition, students explore the musical elements to create an original piece. This can be done either electronically, recorded live, or notated byhand. You listentopieces and deconstructthem in order to create something unique.

For research tasks, you will be given a set of questions to respond to and create a digital presentation, written report or speech.

Possible Future Opportunities

• Musician

• Sound engineer

• Event coordinator

• Educator

• Music journalist

• Composer

“Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can’t”

Johnny Depp

“Music is the universal language of mankind.”

Longfellow

Japanese About the Subject

Learning another language is not just about becoming able to communicate with people in different countries. It is also about gaining international mindedness, which is a critical skill in this globalized world to unite the different countries together, whilst allowing them to remain diverse andunique.ManyuniversitiesvalueLOTElearning and offer a bonus rank to your entry rank scale if you complete a senior languagesubject.

Japanese language skill is highly valued in Australia, particularly in Queensland, a region that relies on its relationship with Japan for many aspects. In Year 10 Japanese, students will learn about Japanese grammar and expressions, furthering communicationability, andwill learnhow to type in Japanese script. Students will also learn about Japan and its culture from the imaginary trip to Japan throughout the year, as well as from various cultural activities such as cooking and music.

Topics Covered

• Travel planning

• Typing in Japanese Illness and injury

Map orientation

Japanese fashion

Japanese Seasonal changes

• Japanese food & tablemanners

• Pop culture (anime, manga, J-popmusic)

• Japanese cities & touristspots

How Are Students Assessed?

• Travel planning Power Point presentation

• Listen to recorded and spokenscript

• Read / write letters and travel journals

• Restaurant role play

• Katakana script quizzes

Possible Future Opportunities

Study of Japanese will be advantageous for a wide range of career opportunities including but not limited to the following:

• Tourism industry

• Flight industry

• Various community service work (e.g. hospitality, health care etc.)

• Food industry

• Art and music industry

• Media industry

• Information technology industry

• Government-related work

• Teaching

• Interpreting and translating

• Work opportunity in Japan and other Asian countries

“Learning another language is a journey to find another you”

Bridge the world – learn another language

Spanish About the Subject

Spanish is a global language spoken by approximately 500 million people across the world. Spanish evolved from Latin on the Iberian Peninsula in around the ninth century, and travelled from Spain to the Caribbean and to North, Central and South America as a result of the expeditions of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The language has been enriched by many other languages, including Arabic, Basque, Greek, French, English and the indigenous languages of the Americas.

Today, most Spanish-speaking countries are plurilingual, and the indigenous languages of these countries – such as the Guaraní language of Paraguay, and Quechua, Aymara and more than 30 other languages in Bolivia – are co-official with Spanish. Spain also has other official languages besides Spanish, including Catalan, Galician and Basque/Euskera. Currently there are a range of opportunities for people who speak Spanish in tertiary education and employment. These opportunities are the result of trade agreements in sectors such as mining, agriculture, defence, technology and education.

Topics Covered

• Travel planning & Culture

• Spanish food & tablemanners

• Spanish cities & touristspots Geography and weather of Spain

How Are Students Assessed?

• Travel planning Power Point presentation

• Listen to recorded and spokenscript

• Read / write letters and travel journals

• Restaurant role play

Possible Future Opportunities

Study of Spanish will be advantageous for a wide range of career opportunities including but not limited to the following:

• Tourism industry

• Flight industry

• Various community service work (e.g. hospitality, health care etc.)

• Food industry

• Art and music industry

• Media industry

• Information technology industry

• Government-related work

• Teaching

• Interpreting and translating

• Work opportunity in Spain and other Spanish speaking countries