2020 Year 10 Curriculum Guide - All She Can Be - The Glennie School
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2020 Year 10 Curriculum Guide
All She Can Be®
Introduction Curriculum Overview
At The Glennie School, we The Year 10 program provides students with core units of
believe that a Year 10 program work in the disciplines of English, Mathematics, Science,
should have both breadth Modern History and Health and Physical Education. These
and depth – it should provide courses all follow the requirements of the P-10 Australian
students with a strong Curriculum. In the core subjects, students will experience
foundation and preparation for the same curriculum language they will encounter in the
the new Queensland Certificate Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE), and thus they
of Education (QCE), as well as are well prepared to meet the requirements of all subjects
provide breadth, challenge and at this level. Assessment items are given the same names
pathways for students across wherever appropriate, and they are assessed, wherever
the range of core and elective ‘taster’ subjects on offer. In possible, using the same criteria as those which apply in
Year 10 students should be focusing on particular areas Years 11 and 12. Students will also complete compulsory
of interest and giving some thought as to how these courses in Religious Education and Study Skills.
interests align with QCE subjects and academic pathways. During Year 10, students will have the opportunity to
Year 10 is also characterised by connections with the undertake up to six single-term ‘taster’ electives. These
community, both locally and globally. There are a wide elective units will allow students to experience the breadth
variety of exciting co-curricular and community service of the senior curriculum in order to make well-informed
activities on offer which, combined with our strong choices when selecting subjects for Years 11 and 12 in
academic program, aim to assist students to develop into Term 3 of 2020. Except for Languages subjects, these
capable and confident young women of strength and electives are not prerequisite courses for QCE study. Each
integrity – optimistic, self-aware and adaptable, with a elective will have one assessment item, modelled on the
strong sense of compassion and social justice. task types from the Senior Syllabuses.
We look forward to working with you to ensure your Wherever possible in Year 10, all subjects – core
daughter’s Year 10 pathway leads to personal success. and elective – are referred to by the same names as
Tonia Gloudemans those which apply to the Years 11 and 12 Queensland
Dean of Teaching and Learning Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) General and
Applied courses, and to vocational education courses.
QCE subjects all have a strong focus on the skills of
independent learning and inquiry. As such, all subjects
in Year 10 – core and elective – will focus on students
developing these skills during the year.
In the QCE, all Years 11 and 12 courses consist of
four units. Subject matter, learning experiences and
assessment increase in complexity from Units 1 and 2 to
Units 3 and 4. Units 1 and 2 provide foundational learning,
which allows students to experience all syllabus objectives
and begin engaging with the course subject matter.
Students should complete Units 1 and 2 before beginning
Unit 3. Units 3 and 4 consolidate student learning. Only
the results from Units 3 and 4 will contribute to ATAR
calculations.
Page 2Curriculum Structure
Three-Term Electives
Core Subjects • French
All students will study five core and three compulsory • French Units 1 and 2 (Year 11 French)
subjects: • Japanese
• Language Skills
Core:
Note:
• English
To study a Languages subject students must have
• Health and Physical Education
studied these subjects in Years 7 to 9.
• Mathematical Methods or General Mathematics
• Modern History QCE in Year 10
• Science
All Year 10 students will complete English Unit 1 in Terms
Compulsory: 2 and 3 as part of the QCE program at Glennie, with the
• Personal Development option for some students to study an additional QCE Unit
• Religious Education 1 and/or 2 subject as an elective.
• Study Skills
Eligibility for an additional QCE Unit 1 and/or 2 study:
Elective Subjects • Evidence of sound organisational skills and a strong
Students will study six elective units. Each elective is work/study ethic
a term-based course, except QCE Unit 2 options and • Demonstrated evidence of necessary academic skills,
Languages subjects (French, Year 11 French, Japanese and understandings and capabilities
Language Skills), which are studied over two and three • Strong Year 9 results with achievements of A/A+
terms respectively. across the majority of subjects.
A student’s Year 9 Semester 1 report will be a key
One-Term Electives: document in assisting with the decision-making process.
• Accounting The Semester 2 report will also be considered to support
• Agricultural Science decisions previously made. The Dean of Teaching and
• Ancient History Learning will oversee acceptance of enrolment in QCE
• Dance subjects at Year 10.
• Design
• Digital Solutions Queensland Certificate of Education
• Drama
Preparation for the Queensland Certificate of Education
• Economics
(QCE) commences in Year 10 when students are
• Fashion
registered with the Queensland Curriculum and
• Geography
Assessment Authority (QCAA). During the year, students
• Hospitality
are helped to complete a Senior Education and Training
• Legal Studies
(SET) Plan which will help them to design a course of study
• Music
for Years 11 and 12 which will help them meet their career
• Psychology
goals.
• Visual Art
The QCE recognises a broad range of learning options,
Two-Term Electives
most of which are completed during Years 11 and 12 at
• Determined in Term 4 2019
Glennie. The QCAA may recognise some achievements
Note: from Year 10. Girls are provided with advice and guidance
Each Elective will run as a combined Years 10 and 11 on the kinds of programs which may be counted towards
class, subject to student numbers and whether the the QCE.
subject runs in Year 11 in 2020.
Unit Structure for the Years 10 – 12 QCE Program
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4
Year 12 Unit 3 Unit 4 External Exams
Year 11 Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3
Australian Curriculum - Year 10
Start of Year 11
Year 10 Units 1 and 2 (French)
Unit 1
Unit 1 (English)
2020 Curriculum Guide – Year 10 Page 3Careers Education Enrichment Careers Education at The Glennie School is a key Providing enriching and engaging learning opportunities is component of both the transition into the senior years, as an important outcome of our differentiated approach to well as the transition from school to higher education and teaching and learning both within the Year 10 curriculum employment. and co-curricular programs. Students are provided with Throughout Years 10 – 12, opportunities are available avenues to expand their interests and talents across a to support students in their endeavours: to explore, range of programs both in and outside the classroom – decide and prepare for future pathways. Throughout the academic, cultural and physical. The da Vinci Decathlon, year, staff from Careers and Vocational Education are Robogals, Science and Engineering Challenge, Maths available to assist students with general careers advice, Team Challenge, and the National Science, Mathematics as well as support in VET pathways, subject selection and English competitions are examples of some activities and changes, resume writing, job applications, interview in which girls are encouraged to participate. preparation, tertiary pathways and program information, university, residential college and scholarship applications, Learning Support work experience, careers expos, university experience Learning Support is offered to all students with disabilities. programs and GAP year programs. The Learning Support Coordinator decides the degree of Building on the careers planning completed in Year 9 support and the different supports offered in consultation through the Be Real, Get Set program, Year 10 students with parents, students and teachers. To cater to a diverse complete a Senior Education and Training (SET) Plan as range of needs, support is individualised to cater to the part of the Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE), specific needs of each student. Support may include, Queensland’s senior schooling qualification. The SET but is not limited to, individual learning plans, additional Plan helps students structure their learning around scaffolding, assistive technology, in-class support, their abilities, interests and ambitions and outlines the withdrawal and specialised programs such as Language individual student’s aspirations and desired learning Skills. The goal of Learning Support is to provide the pathway. In the SET Plan, students identify whether they necessary adjustments to ensure students are given the will pursue a technical (TAFE, apprenticeship, employment) opportunity to be ‘All She Can Be’. or a tertiary (university) pathway during or after secondary In-Class Support school. Learning Support teachers collaborate with classroom As part of the planning process, students think about their teachers to provide support and guidance to meet the future, consider their abilities and investigate their options needs of the girls within the general learning program for careers and further education. Students are expected through differentiation strategies. Where appropriate or to complete a Work Experience Passbook, in which they necessary, the Learning Support Teacher Aide may also will log a minimum of 5 days of work experience or work- work with girls in the classroom environment to support related experience such as the experience days run by students to reach their potential. universities. A Subject Selection Evening will be held early at the end Language Skills of Term 2 every year. This evening is crucial for Year 10 Language Skills classes are designed to teach foundational students and parents to gain further insight into the literacy skills through a highly supported and flexible requirements of the SET Plan and the implications of the program. The classes are guided by a teacher to allow QCE. It provides an opportunity for students to explore students to receive targeted learning initiatives. The potential subject choices for their senior years, which are course focuses on reading accuracy, comprehension aligned with their post-schooling pathway choices. strategies, writing, proofreading and understanding the The Careers and VET team value the importance of requirements of assessment tasks. Students are offered individualised career discussions, especially with such a a place in Language Skills based on school-based testing, vast range of post-schooling options available. Students standardised testing and teacher referral. and parents are welcome to make an appointment to discuss individual options any time throughout the senior years. Page 4
French Immersion Subject Selection
Year 10 is the final year of the French Immersion Program Year 9 students will make initial choices from the elective
at Glennie. In Year 10, students study Science in French, tasters on offer. These choices will be used to guide the
and complete Units 1 & 2 of the QCAA General subject decision-making as to the subjects that will run at the start
French. By the end of Year 11, students complete Units 3 of Year 10.
& 4, thereby successfully accelerating one Senior Syllabus Once decisions have been made, the subject lines will
subject before their final year. Students are encouraged to be created. These lines represent the subjects that will
consider the subject French Extension Units 3 & 4 in Year be blocked on the timetable at the same time. While
12. we do our best to meet students’ preferences, this may
not always be possible due to limitations of class size
Vocational Education and Training and viability, the constraints of combined Years 10 & 11
(VET) classes, and blocking combinations. Students will be asked
In the QCE system, achievement of a VET Certificate III or to make reserve selections to help the school best meet
above, in combination with results in General subjects, the needs of all students.
can contribute to the calculation of a student’s Australian Subject Changes
Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR). The approach recognises It is important that students select preferences carefully,
the role that VET plays in senior studies and the transition as subject changes at a later date may be limited.
to employment, vocational and higher education Specifically, students may change a subject:
pathways, while also ensuring that students have a
• In the first week of an elective unit
sufficient breadth of academic subjects to cope with the
• If space and blocking support the change
demands of tertiary study.
At Glennie, students can undertake a VET course through
either a school-based traineeship or through a vocational
course. The School currently offers Certificate II and III in
Hospitality and Certificate III in Business.
Additional courses that are currently being delivered to
our students include Animal Studies, Active Volunteering,
Beauty Therapy and Health Services. Students who would
like to undertake an external qualification while still at
school must discuss this with the VET Co-ordinator.
Traineeships
The School offers opportunities for students to undertake
school-based traineeships in areas such as Agriculture,
Childcare and Sport and Recreation, and specific trades
such as Hairdressing. Employers must be matched with
students before a traineeship can be offered.
Students wishing to take up this option should speak
with the School’s VET Co-ordinator so that a search for a
suitable employer can begin.
2020 Curriculum Guide – Year 10 Page 5Curriculum Sequence
Learning Area Year 10 Year 11 Year 12
Core General General
• General Mathematics • General Mathematics Units 1 & 2 • General Mathematics Units 3 & 4
Mathematics • Mathematical Methods • Mathematical Methods Units 1 & 2 • Mathematical Methods Units 3 & 4
• Specialist Mathematics Units 1 & 2 • Specialist Mathematics Units 3 & 4
Core General General
• English • English Unit 2 • English Units 3 & 4
General • Literature Units 1 & 2 • Literature Units 3 & 4
English
• English Unit 1 Applied • English & Literature Extension Units 3 & 4
• Essential English Units 1 & 2 Applied
• Essential English Units 3 & 4
Core General General
• Modern History • Accounting Units 1 & 2 • Accounting Units 3 & 4
Elective • Ancient History Units 1 & 2 • Ancient History Units 3 & 4
• Accounting • Economics Units 1 & 2 • Economics Units 3 & 4
Humanities • Ancient History • Geography Units 1 & 2 • Geography Units 3 & 4
• Economics • Legal Studies Units 1 & 2 • Legal Studies Units 3 & 4
• Geography • Modern History Units 1 & 2 • Modern History Units 3 & 4
• Legal Studies VET VET
• Certificate III in Business • Certificate III in Business
Elective General General
• Design • Design Units 1 & 2 • Design Units 3 & 4
• Digital Solutions • Digital Solutions Units 1 & 2 • Digital Solutions Units 3 & 4
Technologies
• Fashion Applied Applied
• Hospitality • Fashion Units 1 & 2 • Fashion Units 3 & 4
VET VET
• Certificate II in Hospitality • Certificate II or III in Hospitality
Health and Core General General
Physical • Health & Physical • Heath Units 1 & 2 • Heath Units 3 & 4
Education Education • Physical Education Units 1 & 2 • Physical Education Units 3 & 4
Core General General
• Science • Agricultural Science Units 1 & 2 • Agricultural Science Units 3 & 4
Elective • Biology Units 1 & 2 • Biology Units 3 & 4
Science
• Agricultural Science • Chemistry Units 1 & 2 • Chemistry Units 3 & 4
• Psychology • Physics Units 1 & 2 • Physics Units 3 & 4
Elective General General
• French • French Units 1 & 2 • French Units 3 & 4
• Japanese • French Units 3 & 4 • French Extension Units 3 & 4
Languages
• Language Skills • Japanese Units 1 & 2 • Japanese Units 3 & 4
General
• French Units 1 & 2
Elective General General
• Dance • Dance Units 1 & 2 • Dance Units 3 & 4
• Drama • Drama Units 1 & 2 • Drama Units 3 & 4
• Music • Music Units 1 & 2 • Music Units 3 & 4
The Arts • Visual Art • Visual Art Units 1 & 2 • Music Extension (Composition,
Applied Musicology or Performance) Units 3 & 4
• Visual Arts in Practice Units 1 & 2 • Visual Art Units 3 & 4
Applied
• Visual Arts in Practice Units 3 & 4
Elective VET VET
• Certificate I, II or III course • Certificate I, II or III Course • Certificate I, II or III Course
Other courses • School-based Traineeship • Diploma or Advanced Diploma Course • Diploma or Advanced Diploma Course
• School-based Traineeship • School-based Traineeship
Complementary Complementary
• University Subject • University Subject
Page 6Core Subject Core Subject
English Health and Physical
English focuses on the study of both literary texts and Education
non-literary texts, developing students as independent,
innovative and creative learners and thinkers who The Health and Physical Education curriculum supports
appreciate the aesthetic use of language, analyse students to refine and apply strategies for maintaining a
perspectives and evidence, and challenge ideas and positive outlook and evaluating behavioural expectations
interpretations through the analysis and creation of varied in different leisure, social, movement and online
texts. Students are offered opportunities to interpret and situations. Students learn to critically analyse and apply
create texts for personal, cultural, social and aesthetic health and physical activity information to devise and
purposes. They learn how language varies according to implement personalised plans for maintaining healthy
context, purpose and audience, content, modes and and active habits. They also experience different roles that
mediums, and how to use it appropriately and effectively contribute to successful participation in physical activity,
for a variety of purposes. Students have opportunities to and propose strategies to support the development
engage with diverse texts to help them develop a sense of preventive health practices that build and optimise
of themselves, their world and their place in it. Students community health and wellbeing.
communicate effectively in Standard Australian English In Year 10, students learn to apply more specialised
for the purposes of responding to and creating texts. movement skills and complex movement strategies and
They make choices about generic structures, language, concepts in different movement environments. They also
textual features and technologies for participating actively explore movement concepts and strategies to evaluate
in literary analysis and the creation of texts in a range of and refine their own and others’ movement performances.
modes, mediums and forms, for a variety of purposes Students analyse how participation in physical activity and
and audiences. They explore how literary and non-literary sport influence an individual’s identities, and explore the
texts shape perceptions of the world, and consider ways role participation plays in shaping cultures. The curriculum
in which texts may reflect or challenge social and cultural also provides opportunities for students to refine and
ways of thinking and influence audiences. consolidate personal and social skills in demonstrating
leadership, teamwork and collaboration in a range of
Pathways physical activities.
A course of study in English promotes open-mindedness,
imagination, critical awareness and intellectual flexibility — Pathways
skills that prepare students for local and global citizenship, A course of study in Health can establish a basis for
and for lifelong learning across a wide range of contexts. further education and employment in the fields of health
science, public health, health education, allied health,
Topics of Study nursing and medical professions.
Term 1 Real words make real worlds A course of study in Physical Education can establish
• This unit introduces the notions of text, textual a basis for further education and employment in the
features, conventions, purpose and genre, and fields of exercise science, biomechanics, the allied health
focuses on the ways that texts are created and professions, psychology, teaching, sport journalism, sport
presented marketing and management, sport promotion, sport
development and coaching.
Unit 1: Perspectives and texts
• Examining and creating perspectives in texts Topics of Study
• Responding to a variety of non-literary texts
• Alcohol and other drugs
• Creating responses for public audiences and
• Food and nutrition
persuasive texts
• Health benefits of physical activity
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Challenge and adventure activities
• Games and sports
• Lifelong physical activities
• Rhythmic and expressive movement activities
2020 Curriculum Guide – Year 10 Page 7Core Subject Core Subject
Mathematical Methods General Mathematics
Mathematical Methods’ major domains are Algebra, General Mathematics’ major domains are Number
Functions, relations and their graphs, Calculus and and algebra, Measurement and geometry, Statistics,
Statistics. Mathematical Methods enables students to and Networks and matrices, building on the content of
see the connections between mathematics and other the P–10 Australian Curriculum. General Mathematics
areas of the curriculum and apply their mathematical is designed for students who want to extend their
skills to real-world problems, becoming critical thinkers, mathematical skills beyond Year 10 but whose future
innovators and problem-solvers. Students learn topics studies or employment pathways do not require calculus.
that are developed systematically, with increasing levels Students build on and develop key mathematical
of sophistication, complexity and connection, and build ideas, including rates and percentages, concepts from
on algebra, functions and their graphs, and probability financial mathematics, linear and non-linear expressions,
from the P–10 Australian Curriculum. Calculus is essential sequences, the use of matrices and networks to model
for developing an understanding of the physical world. and solve authentic problems, the use of trigonometry to
The domain Statistics is used to describe and analyse find solutions to practical problems, and the exploration
phenomena involving uncertainty and variation. Both are of real-world phenomena in statistics. Students engage in
the basis for developing effective models of the world and a practical approach that equips learners for their needs
solving complex and abstract mathematical problems. as future citizens. They learn to ask appropriate questions,
Students develop the ability to translate written, map out pathways, reason about complex solutions,
numerical, algebraic, symbolic and graphical information set up models and communicate in different forms.
from one representation to another. They make complex They experience the relevance of mathematics to their
use of factual knowledge to successfully formulate, daily lives, communities and cultural backgrounds. They
represent and solve mathematical problems. develop the ability to understand, analyse and take action
regarding social issues in their world.
Pathways
A course of study in Mathematical Methods can establish Pathways
a basis for further education and employment in the fields A course of study in General Mathematics can establish
of natural and physical sciences (especially physics and a basis for further education and employment in the
chemistry), mathematics and science education, medical fields of business, commerce, education, finance, IT, social
and health sciences (including human biology, biomedical science and the arts.
science, nanoscience and forensics), engineering
(including chemical, civil, electrical and mechanical Topics of Study
engineering, avionics, communications and mining), • Unit 1: Finance
computer science (including electronics and software • Unit 2: Trigonometry
design), psychology and business. • Unit 3: Index Notation
• Unit 4: Measurement
Topics of Study • Unit 5: Algebra
• Unit 1: Finance • Unit 6: Geometry
• Unit 2: Exponential Notation • Unit 7: Statistics
• Unit 3: Trigonometry • Unit 8: Linear Functions
• Unit 4: Measurement
• Unit 5: Algebra
• Unit 6: Geometry
• Unit 7: Statistics
• Unit 8: Linear Functions
Page 8Core Subject Core Subject
Modern History Science
Modern History provides opportunities for students to gain The purpose of Science is to introduce students to a
historical knowledge and understanding about some of the scientific discipline. Students will be required to learn and
main forces that have contributed to the development of the apply aspects of the knowledge and skill of the discipline
Modern World and to think historically and form a historical (thinking, experimentation, problem solving and research
consciousness in relation to these same forces. Modern skills), understand how it works and how it may impact
History enables students to empathise with others and make society.
meaningful connections between the past, present and In preparation for the senior Science subjects, students
possible futures. Students learn that the past is contestable will develop:
and tentative. Through inquiry into ideas, movements,
• A deep understanding of a core body of discipline
national experiences and international experiences they
knowledge
discover how the past consists of various perspectives and
• Aspects of skill used by scientists to develop new
interpretations. Students gain a range of transferable skills
knowledge, as well as the opportunity to refine these
that will help them become empathetic and critically-literate
skills through practical activities.
citizens who are equipped to embrace a multicultural,
• The ability to coordinate their understandings of the
pluralistic, inclusive, democratic, compassionate and
knowledge and skills associated with the discipline
sustainable future.
to refine experiments, verify known scientific
relationships, explain phenomena with justification
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and evaluate claims by finding evidence to support or
A course of study in Modern History can establish a basis for refute the claims.
further education and employment in the fields of history,
education, psychology, sociology, law, business, economics, Topics of Study
politics, journalism, the media, writing, academia and Students will study a term of:
strategic analysis.
• Biology - the engagement with living systems
• Chemistry - the study of materials and their properties
Topics of Study
and structure
• Australian Involvement in World War II • Physics - the engagement with the classical and
• Migration Experiences modern understandings of the universe,
• Australian Indigenous Rights Movement
which will cover the foundational knowledge for the senior
Science subjects.
2020 Curriculum Guide – Year 10 Page 9Compulsory Subject Compulsory Subject
Personal Development Religious Education
Program Within the Year 10 syllabus, there are two main
components:
The Glennie School has long recognised the importance
• The study of Islam
of a carefully and thoughtfully developed program of
• Martin Luther and the Reformation of the Church
personal development. Our program is designed to
ensure both Middle and Senior Years students can The first semester is spent studying Islam in some depth
adequately deal with the many and varied challenges of - its roots, holy books, traditions, festivals and rites of
adolescence. The personal development of each student passage. As well, comparisons are made between some
as a complete person is a key focus of a strong and of the teachings of Islam and Christianity. There is a
committed staff who seek to maximise student learning strong emphasis on understanding both the religious
and development in this core area of the curriculum. and cultural dimensions of Islam and how they manifest
When students leave school, it is often the personal themselves in the world today. In the second semester,
skills they have developed of self-confidence, motivation, the focus is on the Christian Church, what brought about
discipline and leadership, which enable them to succeed the Reformation in Europe, and the changes that occurred
in their chosen path. The School’s flexible approach after the Reformation. This includes the development
to education encourages all students to achieve their of the denominational structure, the role of clergy and
personal best in many areas, providing recognition and church buildings (including cathedrals), and the parish
building confidence. The Personal Development Program and diocesan structures. The importance and popularity
supports the School’s approach to pastoral care and of pilgrimage is also studied, including some of the most
is designed to promote the social, ethical, physical, famous places of Christian pilgrimage today.
intellectual and emotional development of students.
The goals of the Personal Development Program are to:
• foster a safe, disciplined and supportive learning
environment where all members of the school
community are accepted and valued;
• develop each girl’s ethical behaviour, decision-
making skills, independence and inter-dependence,
tolerance, respect and community-mindedness, social
competence communication skills and self-esteem;
• assist girls to become responsible, effective, creative
and enterprising members of the School and the
wider community.
The program operates under four key themes:
• Relationships and interpersonal skills
• Health
• Future planning
• Study management
Page 10Compulsory Subject Elective Subject
Study Skills Accounting
The study skills course in Years 10 – 12 is based on the Accounting provides opportunities for students to
Mighty Minds program Pathways to Success. The course develop an understanding of the essential role of
focuses on three key aspects of improving the effective organising, analysing and communicating financial data
learning skills of all students in the new QCE: and information in the successful performance of any
• Supporting students to employ active and productive organisation. Students learn fundamental accounting
learning methods - students are given the opportunity concepts in order to understand accrual accounting and
to set goals, organise study groups, create workable managerial and accounting controls, preparing internal
timetables and develop effective learning routines. financial reports, ratio analysis and interpretation of
• Developing fundamental learning and higher-order internal and external financial reports. They synthesise
thinking abilities – students are given the opportunity financial data and other information, evaluate accounting
to practise various problem-solving methods in a wide practices, solve authentic accounting problems, make
variety of situations. decisions and communicate recommendations. Students
• Developing an understanding of the Cognitive Verbs develop numerical, literacy, technical, financial, critical
that underpin the new senior syllabuses – students thinking, decision-making and problem-solving skills. They
are given the opportunity to recognise the verbs when develop an understanding of the ethical attitudes and
they are implicitly used in assessment tasks and to values required to participate effectively and responsibly
practise applying their understanding of the verbs in a changing business environment.
across the range of subject areas
Pathways
As the universal language of business (Helliar 2013),
Accounting provides students with a variety of future
opportunities, enabling a competitive advantage in
entrepreneurship and business management in many
types of industries, both locally and internationally.
Topics of Study
Unit 1: Real-World Accounting
• Topic 1: Accounting for a service business – cash,
accounts receivable, accounts payable and no GST
• Sub-Topic 1.1: Entities and the role of accounting
• Sub-Topic 1.2: Double entry accounting
2020 Curriculum Guide – Year 10 Page 11Elective Subject Elective Subject
Agricultural Science Ancient History
Agricultural Science is an interdisciplinary science subject Ancient History provides opportunities for students to
suited to students who are interested in the application study people, societies and civilisations of the past, from
of science in a real-world context. They understand the the development of the earliest human communities
importance of using science to predict possible effects of to the end of the Middle Ages. Students explore the
human and other activity, and to develop management interaction of societies, and the impact of individuals and
plans or alternative technologies that minimise these groups on ancient events and ways of life, and study the
effects and provide for a more sustainable future. development of some features of modern society, such
Students examine the plant and animal science required as social organisation, systems of law, governance and
to understand agricultural systems, their interactions and religion. Students analyse and interpret archaeological
their components. They examine resources and their and written evidence. They develop increasingly
use and management in agricultural enterprises, the sophisticated skills and understandings of historical issues
implications of using and consuming these resources, and and problems by interrogating the surviving evidence
associated management approaches. Students investigate of ancient sites, societies, individuals and significant
how agricultural production systems are managed historical periods. They investigate the problematic
through an understanding of plant and animal physiology, nature of evidence, pose increasingly complex questions
and how they can be manipulated to ensure productivity about the past and formulate reasoned responses.
and sustainability. Students learn and apply aspects Students gain multi-disciplinary skills in analysing textual
of the knowledge and skill of the discipline (thinking, and visual sources, constructing arguments, challenging
experimentation, problem solving and research skills), assumptions, and thinking both creatively and critically.
understand how it works and how it may impact society.
Pathways
Pathways The skills developed in Ancient History can be used in
A course of study in Agricultural Science can establish students’ everyday lives – including their work – when they
a basis for further education and employment in the need to understand situations, place them in perspective,
fields of agriculture, horticulture, agronomy, ecology, identify causes and consequences, acknowledge the
food technology, aquaculture, veterinary science, viewpoints of others, develop personal values, make
equine science, environmental science, natural resource judgements and reflect on their decisions.
management, wildlife, conservation and ecotourism,
biotechnology, business, marketing, education and Topics of Study
literacy, research and development.
Unit 1: Investigating the Ancient World
• Sub-Topic 1.1:
Topics of Study The treatment and display of human remains
• Animal Nutrition • What do human remains reveal about ancient
• Animal Production people, their societies, health and the environment?
• Plant Nutrition • Bog bodies including Lindow Man
• Plant Production • Otzi the Iceman
• Archaeological, historical, scientific and forensic
analysis
• Ethical issues and Ancient human remains
• Sub-Topic 1.2:
Archaeological and historical case study: Troy
Page 12Elective Subject Elective Subject
Dance Design
Dance fosters creative and expressive communication. Design focuses on the application of design thinking to
It uses the body as an instrument for expression and envisage creative products, services and environments
communication of ideas. It provides opportunities in response to human needs, wants and opportunities.
for students to critically examine and reflect on their Designing is a complex and sophisticated form of
world through higher order thinking and movement. problem-solving that uses divergent and convergent
It encourages the holistic development of a person, thinking strategies that can be practised and improved.
providing a way of knowing about oneself, others and the Designers are separated from the constraints of
world. Students study dance in various genres and styles, production processes to allow them to appreciate
embracing a variety of cultural, societal and historical and exploit new innovative ideas. Students learn how
viewpoints integrating new technologies in all facets of the design has influenced the economic, social and cultural
subject. Historical, current and emerging dance practices, environment in which they live. They understand the
works and artists are explored in global contexts and agency of humans in conceiving and imagining possible
Australian contexts, including the dance of Aboriginal futures through design. Collaboration, teamwork and
peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Students communication are crucial skills needed to work in design
learn about dance as it is now and explore its origins teams and liaise with stakeholders. They learn the value
across time and cultures. Students apply critical thinking of creativity and build resilience as they experience
and literacy skills to create, demonstrate, express and iterative design processes, where the best ideas may be
reflect on meaning made through movement. Exploring the result of trial and error and a willingness to take risks
dance through the lens of making and responding, and experiment with alternatives. Students learn about
students learn to pose and solve problems, and work and experience design through exploring needs, wants
independently and collaboratively. They develop aesthetic and opportunities; developing ideas and design concepts;
and kinaesthetic intelligence, and personal and social using drawing and low-fidelity prototyping skills; and
skills. evaluating ideas and design concepts. They communicate
design proposals to suit different audiences.
Pathways
A course of study in Dance can establish a basis for Pathways
further education and employment in the field of A course of study in Design can establish a basis for
dance, and to broader areas in creative industries and further education and employment in the fields of
cultural institutions, including arts administration and architecture, digital media design, fashion design, graphic
management, communication, education, public relations, design, industrial design, interior design and landscape
research, and science and technology. architecture (directly) and engineering, information
technology and science (indirectly).
Topics of Study
Students will engage in a collaborative creative process Topics of Study
that is modelled on the Dance Project style of assessment Design in practice
undertaken in the senior subject Dance. Students will • Experiencing design
have the opportunity to create and perform a dance work, • Design process
choreograph in small groups, and reflect on their practice • Design styles
using analytical skills and dance-specific terminology
Commercial design
through written statements.
• Explore – client needs and wants
• Develop – collaborative design
Human-centred design
• Designing with empathy
Sustainable design
• Explore – sustainable design opportunities
• Develop – re-design
2020 Curriculum Guide – Year 10 Page 13Elective Subject Elective Subject
Digital Solutions Drama
Digital Solutions enables students to learn about Drama fosters creative and expressive communication.
algorithms, computer languages and user interfaces It interrogates the human experience by investigating,
through generating digital solutions to problems. Students communicating and embodying stories, experiences,
engage with data, information and applications to create emotions and ideas that reflect the human experience.
digital solutions that filter and present data in timely and It engages students in imaginative meaning-making
efficient ways while understanding the need to encrypt processes and involves them using a range of artistic skills
and protect data. They understand computing’s personal, as they make and respond to dramatic works. Students
local and global impact, and the issues associated with experience, reflect on, understand, communicate,
the ethical integration of technology into our daily lives. collaborate and appreciate different perspectives of
Students use problem-based learning to write computer themselves, others and the world in which they live.
programs to create digital solutions that: use data; require They learn about the dramatic languages and how these
interactions with users and within systems; and affect contribute to the creation, interpretation and critique of
people, the economy and environments. They develop dramatic action and meaning for a range of purposes.
solutions using combinations of readily available hardware They study a range of forms, styles and their conventions
and software development environments, code libraries in a variety of inherited traditions, current practice and
or specific instructions provided through programming. emerging trends, including those from different cultures
Students create, construct and repurpose solutions that and contexts. Students learn how to engage with dramatic
are relevant in a world where data and digital realms works as both artists and audience through the use of
are transforming entertainment, education, business, critical literacies. The study of drama develops students’
manufacturing and many other industries. knowledge, skills and understanding in the making of
and responding to dramatic works to help them realise
Pathways their creative and expressive potential as individuals.
A course of study in Digital Solutions can establish a basis Students learn to pose and solve problems, and work
for further education and employment in the fields of independently and collaboratively.
science, technologies, engineering, mathematics, design,
communications, accounting, business and economics. Pathways
A course of study in Drama can establish a basis for
Topics of Study further education and employment in the field of
drama, and to broader areas in creative industries and
Creating with Code
cultural institutions, including arts administration and
• Understanding digital problems
management, communication, education, public relations,
• User experiences and interfaces
research and science and technology.
• Algorithms and programming techniques
• Programmed solutions
Topics of Study
Application and Data Solutions
This term unit explores the style of Applied Theatre. It
• Data-driven problems and solutions
will ask students to examine how Drama is used to share
• Data and programming techniques
community stores or as Strube suggests “twenty-first-
• Prototype data solutions
century issues” in order to “bring about change”. Students
Digital Innovation will build foundation performance skills in order to bring
• Interaction between users and digital systems to life an existing script which reflects upon one of the
• Real-world problems and solutions many pertinent issues relevant to our youth of today.
• Innovative digital solutions
Digital Impacts
• Digital methods for exchanging data
• Complex digital data exchange problem and solution
requirements
• Prototype digital data exchanges
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Economics Fashion
Economics encourages students to think deeply about Fashion explores what underpins fashion culture,
the global challenges facing individuals, business and technology and design. Students use their imaginations to
government, including how to allocate and distribute create, innovate and express themselves and their ideas,
scarce resources to maximise well-being. Students and to design and produce design solutions in a range of
develop knowledge and cognitive skills to comprehend, fashion contexts. Students learn to appreciate the design
apply analytical processes and use economic knowledge. aesthetics of others while developing their own personal
They examine data and information to determine validity, style and aesthetic. They explore contemporary and
and consider economic policies from various perspectives. historical fashion culture; learn to identify, understand
They use economic models and analytical tools to and interpret fashion trends; and examine how the
investigate and evaluate outcomes to draw conclusions. needs of different markets are met. Students engage in
Students study opportunity costs, economic models and a design process to plan, generate and produce fashion
the market forces of demand and supply. They dissect and items. They investigate textiles and materials and their
interpret the complex nature of international economic characteristics and how these qualities impact on their
relationships and the dynamics of Australia’s place in the end use. They experiment with combining textiles and
global economy. They develop intellectual flexibility, digital materials and how to make and justify aesthetic choices.
literacy and economic thinking skills. They investigate fashion merchandising and marketing,
the visual literacies of fashion and become discerning
Pathways consumers of fashion while appraising and critiquing
A course of study in Economics can establish a basis fashion items and trends as well as their own products.
for further education and employment in the fields of
economics, econometrics, management, data analytics, Pathways
business, accounting, finance, actuarial science, law and A course of study in Fashion can establish a basis for
political science. Economics is an excellent complement further education and employment in the fields of
for students who want to solve real-world science or design, personal styling, costume design, production
environmental problems and participate in government manufacture, merchandising, and retail.
policy debates. It provides a competitive advantage
for career options where students are aiming for Topics of Study
management roles and developing their entrepreneurial Four elective units:
skills to create business opportunities as agents of • Merchandising
innovation. • Sustainable clothing
• Textiles
Topics of Study • Collections
• The nature of Economics and the economic problem
Each elective incorporates the core themes of:
• The economic system
• Introduction to macroeconomics – the circular flow • Fashion culture
model • Fashion technologies
• The trade cycle • Fashion design
• The role of government
2020 Curriculum Guide – Year 10 Page 15Elective Subject Elective Subject
French Geography
French provides students with the opportunity to Geography focuses on the significance of ‘place’ and
reflect on their understanding of the French language ‘space’ in understanding our world. Students engage
and the communities that use it, while also assisting in in a range of learning experiences that develop their
the effective negotiation of experiences and meaning geographical skills and thinking through the exploration
across cultures and languages. Students participate in a of geographical challenges and their effects on people,
range of interactions in which they exchange meaning, places and the environment. Students investigate
develop intercultural understanding and become places in Australia and across the globe to observe and
active participants in understanding and constructing measure spatial, environmental, economic, political,
written, spoken and visual texts. Students communicate social and cultural factors. They interpret global concerns
with people from French-speaking communities to and challenges including responding to risk in hazard
understand the purpose and nature of language and to zones, planning sustainable places, managing land cover
gain understanding of linguistic structures. They acquire transformations and planning for population change. They
language in social and cultural settings and communicate develop an understanding of the complexities involved
across a range of contexts for a variety of purposes. in sustainable planning and management practices.
Students experience and evaluate a range of different Students observe, gather, organise, analyse and present
text types; reorganise their thinking to accommodate data and information across a range of scales. They
other linguistic and intercultural knowledge and textual engage in real-world applications of geographical skills
conventions; and create texts for a range of contexts, and thinking, including the collection and representation
purposes and audiences. of data.
Pathways Pathways
A course of study in French can establish a basis for A course of study in Geography can establish a basis for
further education and employment in many professions further education and employment in the fields of urban
and industries, particularly those where the knowledge and environmental design, planning and management;
of an additional language and the intercultural biological and environmental science; conservation and
understanding it encompasses could be of value, such as land management; emergency response and hazard
business, hospitality, law, science, technology, sociology management; oceanography, surveying, global security,
and education. economics, business, law, engineering, architecture,
information technology, and science.
Topics of Study
Year 10
Topics of Study
• Staying with a French family, cultural expectations/ • Coastal management
differences, polite register, presents/souvenirs • Climate change impacts
• Buying drinks/food in a café, discussing choice,
ordering a meal, travel plans, train stations and tickets,
different forms of transport, describing a day out,
clothes, appearance and what to wear, describe what
hurts, justify opinions
• Weekend activities, accepting/refusing invitations,
arranging to meet and discussing options
Unit 1: Ma vie – My world
• Family/carers and friends
• Lifestyle and leisure
• Education
Unit 2: L’exploration du monde – Exploring our world
• Travel
• Technology and media
• The contribution of French culture to the world
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Hospitality Japanese
This elective unit is designed to provide an insight into the The Japanese course in Year 10 provides students with
Hospitality industry and the senior course, where students the opportunity to further develop their understanding
can achieve a Certificate II or III in Hospitality. Students and production of the language. Topics of study include
will undertake formal Vocational Education and Training relevant aspects of Japanese culture, which enable
(VET) studies, and can complete one module from the students to deepen their intercultural understanding.
Certificate II in Hospitality course: Students have opportunities to interact and communicate
• SITXFSA101 Use hygienic practices for food safety with people from Japanese-speaking backgrounds during
Learning activities are centred around Café G, lunchtime the course. Students are also eligible to participate in the
cafés and in-class events. Through practical, hands- annual reciprocal exchange program with Kyoto Girls’ High
on tasks, students will enrich their understanding of School. In this program, students host a girl from Kyoto
the theory within the Certificate II units. As this is an Girls’ High School during July/August and then are hosted
introductory course to the full VET course in Years 11 and by that student’s family during the September school
12, the emphasis in this elective unit is on the acquisition holidays.
of practical skills, with students being assessed on
competency in food and beverage preparation and service Pathways
in Café G events and class work. A course of study in Japanese can establish a basis for
further education and employment in many professions
A fee of $20 will be levied through student accounts to
and industries, particularly those where the knowledge
cover costs through the training organisation, which will
of an additional language and the intercultural
be refunded if students continue into the Certificate II
understanding it encompasses could be of value, such as
course in Year 11.
business, hospitality, law, science, technology, sociology
This course will assist students to develop and education.
• Knowledge and skills for participation in the industry
• Confidence in a range of hospitality contexts Topics of Study
• A responsible attitude towards the safety, health and • Health and Wellbeing
well-being of self and others • Travel and Tourism
• The ability to communicate effectively • School and Student Exchanges
• The skills associated with teamwork
• An awareness of responsible work attitudes
2020 Curriculum Guide – Year 10 Page 17Elective Subject Elective Subject
Legal Studies Music
Legal Studies focuses on the interaction between Music fosters creative and expressive communication.
society and the discipline of law and explores the role It allows students to develop musicianship through
and development of law in response to current issues. making (composition and performance) and responding
Students study the legal system and how it regulates (musicology). Through composition, performance and
activities and aims to protect the rights of individuals, musicology, students use and apply music elements and
while balancing these with obligations and responsibilities. concepts. They apply their knowledge and understanding
Students study the foundations of law, the criminal to convey meaning and/or emotion to an audience.
justice process and the civil justice system. They critically Students use essential literacy skills to engage in a
examine issues of governance, explore contemporary multimodal world. They demonstrate practical music skills,
issues of law reform and change, and consider Australian and analyse and evaluate music in a variety of contexts,
and international human rights issues. Students develop styles and genres.
skills of inquiry, critical thinking, problem-solving and
reasoning to make informed and ethical decisions and Pathways
recommendations. They identify and describe legal issues, A course of study in Music can establish a basis for
explore information and data, analyse, evaluate to make further education and employment in the fields of arts
decisions or propose recommendations, and create administration, communication, education, creative
responses that convey legal meaning. They question, industries, public relations and science and technology.
explore and discuss tensions between changing social
values, justice and equitable outcomes. Topics of Study
Film Composition
Pathways
Music provides film directors with a powerful tool that
A course of study in Legal Studies can establish a basis
allows them to instantly set the mood of a particular
for further education and employment in the fields of
scene or to depict a character. In essence Music is a
law, law enforcement, criminology, justice studies and
communicating link between the visual image on the
politics. The knowledge, skills and attitudes students gain
screen and the audience. In this unit, students will explore
are transferable to all discipline areas and post-schooling
the compositional techniques and characteristics used
tertiary pathways. The research and analytical skills this
to convey a particular genre of film composition. They
course develops are universally valued in business, health,
will then choose an excerpt of film and provide their own
science and engineering industries.
composition using any of the technology and software
available at school to assist them. Students will also
Topic of Study
continue to develop their performance skills in a formative
Theories of punishment and the consequences of a manner.
criminal conviction:
• The purposes of sentencing
• The types of sentences that may be imposed
• Sentencing trends and approaches
• The effectiveness of sentencing
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