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College Philosophy
Mission
"To enable each of our students to realise their full academic, social, cultural, sporting and
community potential, and to assist them in becoming valued members of their communities."

Values
The following principles and values guide all we do at Peregian Beach College:

Reflective Practices
We encourage students, staff and families to reflect on the contemporary world in the light of social
justice as the basis for individual and community growth.

Inclusivity
We are a friendly and inclusive College. We value each individual member and welcome all
families.

Service of Others
We foster service of others by way of educational experiences that are based on justice and
compassion.

Excellence
We encourage our students to be persons of integrity, who realise their potential, and strive for
excellence.

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Year 10
                                      Subject Guides
                                            2021 - 2022
This booklet has been compiled to assist students in understanding the requirements and possibilities for their
education in Year 10 and to make informed decisions about their choice of subjects.

Students in Year 10 have a core and elective program. All students in Year 10 study:

             •       English (5 lessons a week)
             •       Mathematics (5 lessons a week)
             •       History (2 lessons a week)
             •       Geography (2 lessons a week)
             •       Science (3 lessons a week)
             •       Physical Education (2 lessons a week)
             •       Home Room (1 lesson a week)

Students in Year 10 also choose three of the following elective subjects and study each one for 3 lessons a week:

                 •    Visual Art                             •   Health and Physical Education
                 •    Business Studies                       •   Food Technology
                 •    Digital Technology                     •   Music

Making Choices
In making choices for your elective curriculum, it is important to consider subjects which:

    •    you enjoy
    •    reflect your ability and or aptitude
    •    reflect your interests
    •    provide appropriate challenge and engagement… to stretch your boundaries… to make the most of your
         capabilities
    •    develop skills, knowledge and attitudes useful throughout life

It is also important to keep in mind that the subjects you choose will not limit or affect your future career as the
compulsory subjects you undertake keep your options open.

CAREER PLANNING

In Year 10, students need to consider their career aspirations and possibilities. They should explore pathways to
achieve their goals and formulate their Senior Education and Training Plan (SETP). Students and parents
formulate and develop their plan, which can be reviewed and revised during Senior Schooling within parameters
of the QCE and other constraints. Career information should continue to be gathered by the student throughout
their senior years of schooling.

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LIFE SKILLS
Peregian Beach College has a highly valued Life Skills program that addresses the social and emotional well-being
of our students. The Life Skills program is integrated into the curriculum from Prep to Year 12. Our College
principles and values guide all that we do at school, both in the classroom and beyond. The College values are:
Reflective Practices, Inclusivity, Service of Others and Excellence.

The College has also implemented the You Can Do It! (YCDI!) Program, which focuses on building the social,
emotional and motivational capacity of young people. The YCDI! Program is based on five foundations: Confidence,
Persistence, Organisation, Getting Along and Resilience and within these foundations are supporting 12 Positive
Habits of Mind. Students have one identified lesson of Life Skills each week although the college values and YCDI!
Program are integrated in all learning. A major focus of the program is to teach young people to think more positively
and confidently and take more responsibility for their learning.

The Life Skills program in the Primary school is directed by the classroom teacher and in the Secondary school,
students have a Life Skills teacher according to their Year group.

In the Secondary school, students have Homeroom every morning for roll and announcements and a Life Skills
lesson once a week, although the college values and YCDI! ethos are embedded in all learning. The Homeroom
teacher is responsible for the general care and well-being of the students in their group and is the first point of
contact regarding student-related issues (academic, behaviour, social, family matters, uniform standards, etc.).

During late Term 3 and early Term 4 the Pastoral Care program focuses on Sexuality & Relationship Education.
The program is based on guidelines provided by Family Planning Qld and develops five general themes at an age
appropriate level: Keeping Safe, Understanding our bodies, Developing relationships, Healthy choices, and Living
in the Community. Prior to the commencement of the program, parents will be provided further details of the SRE
for each Year level.

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Year 10 English

The Year 10 English curriculum is intended to equip students by exploring the three interrelated strands of
Language, Literacy and Literacy.

The Peregian Beach College English programme in Year 10 provides students with the opportunity to:

    •    develop their listening, reading, viewing, speaking, writing and creating skills to interact with peers,
         teachers, individuals, groups and community members
    •    use language as a vehicle for thought, creativity, reflection, learning, self-expression and social interaction
    •    engage in familiar and unfamiliar texts from different historical periods and a variety of cultures
    •    develop critical, creative and personal approaches to studying and analysing literary and non-literary texts
    •    critically evaluate, discuss and perform literary texts in which their primary purpose is to inform, persuade
         and / or tell a story
    •    develop spelling, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary skills and apply these through formative and
         summative assessments, such as the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN)
         tests
    •    explore language through a variety of media and modes
    •    develop a lifelong interest in reading

Some of the units studied in Year 10 English include:

                           Unit                                               Assessment

 Media Watching
 Students analyse and evaluate how issues are                  Students present a seminar in which they
 represented in media texts. They develop an                   analyse how a contemporary issue of their
 understanding of the contemporary media by                    choice is represented in a range of different
 investigating how it can position and manipulate              media sources.
 audiences through the way that news is presented and
 constructed.

 Contemporary Literature
 Students compare and contrast the social, moral and Students write an analytical exposition in
 ethical themes in a range of contemporary literature response to a novel that explores a social,
 texts, including the study of the novel Animal Farm. They moral or ethical theme.
 evaluate how text structures, language and visual
 features can be used to influence audience response

 The Classics
 Students investigate classic world literature including a
 play by Shakespeare, to explore themes of human Students write a literary analysis in response
 experience and cultural significance. Students reflect on to either Macbeth or Romeo and Juliet.
 the classic and contemporary relevance of the themes in
 world literature and discuss how language devices layer
 meaning and influence audiences.

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Year 10 Mathematics
The proficiency strands of Understanding, Fluency, Problem-Solving and Reasoning are an integral part of
mathematics content across the three content strands: Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, and
Statistics and Probability. The proficiencies reinforce the significance of working mathematically within the
content and describe how the content is explored or developed. They provide the language to build in the
developmental aspects of the learning of mathematics. The achievement standards reflect the content and
encompass the proficiencies.

At this year level:

    •    understanding includes applying the four operations to algebraic fractions, finding unknowns in formulas
         after substitution, making the connection between equations of relations and their graphs, comparing
         simple and compound interest in financial contexts and determining probabilities of two- and three-step
         experiments

    •    fluency includes factorising and expanding algebraic expressions, using a range of strategies to solve
         equations and using calculations to investigate the shape of data sets

    •    problem-solving includes calculating the surface area and volume of a diverse range of prisms to solve
         practical problems, finding unknown lengths and angles using applications of trigonometry, using
         algebraic and graphical techniques to find solutions to simultaneous equations and inequalities and
         investigating independence of events

    •    reasoning includes formulating geometric proofs involving congruence and similarity, interpreting and
         evaluating media statements and interpreting and comparing data sets.

                       Term                                   Concepts
                      Term 1          •    linear relations
                                      •    geometry
                                      •    indices

                      Term 2          •    trigonometry
                                      •    quadratic expressions and equations
                                      •    semester review 1

                      Term 3          •    measurement
                                      •    parabolas and their graphs

                      Term 4          •    probability
                                      •    statistics
                                      •    semester review 2

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Year 10 Business & Economics Studies
Business Studies is designed to introduce students to areas such as Business, Marketing, Economics,
Management, Entrepreneurship and Australian Governance. Assessment techniques include exams
(including unseen stimulus) and investigative business reports. Both assessment method mirror those
of Years 11 and 12, which creates a seamless transition from 9/10 to 11/12 Business. It is highly
recommended that students wishing to take 11/12 Business undertake Business Studies in years 9/10
in order to develop a solid foundation of skills and knowledge.

 Consumer and financial literacy                     Term 2 – Work and Work Futures
 Term 1 – Financial and Consumer Risks               The changing roles and responsibilities of
 Why and how people manage financial risks and       participants in the Australian or global
 rewards in the current Australian and global        workplace
 financial landscape
                                                         •   Identifying the responsibilities of
     •   Explaining the role of banks                        workplace participants
     •   Identifying financial risks such as scams       •   Examining changes to the roles of
         and identity theft, and how to protect              employees in the workplace
         against them                                    •   Examining changes to workplaces,
     •   Debating the difference between good                especially post-Covid19 (work futures)
         and bad debt, how to manage debt and            •   Discussing the responsibilities of
         the importance of having a savings                  government in improving the conditions
         buffer                                              of workers (for example, work health
     •   Investigating different types of                    and safety, equal employment
         investment that enable people to                    opportunity, anti-discrimination laws)
         accumulate savings for the future

 Term 3 – Introduction to Economics                  Term 4 – Introduction to Criminal Law

 Identifying and explaining indicators of
 economic performance and how Australia’s            The key features of Australia’s court system and
 economy is performing in the Covid-19 era           how courts apply and interpret the law, resolve
                                                     disputes and make law through judgements.
     •   Identifying indicators of economic
         performance such as economic growth             •   The key principles of Australia’s justice
         rates, unemployment trends, inflation               system, including equality before the
         rates, sustainability indexes                       law, independent judiciary, and right of
     •   Investigating the performance of the                appeal
         Australian economy using key indicators         •   Criminal Law principles
     •   Governmental interventions of fiscal            •   Participants in the criminal
         and monetary policy                                 investigation-trial-punishment process
     •   Government intervention that aim to             •   Exploring the issue of what type of
         redistribute income                                 punishment is effective- we will
     •   Explaining the impact of minimum                    examine deterrence and punishment
         wage, government payments, taxation                 mechanisms to critically evaluate
         and government-funded services                      Australia’s system, identify short-
                                                             comings and make recommendations to
                                                             improve legal outcomes

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Year 10 Geography
Geography is the study of the human and physical characteristics of places and the interactions between them. It
is a rich and complex discipline, which includes two vital dimensions:

    •     The spatial dimension, which focuses on where things are and why they are there
    •     The ecological dimension, which considers how humans interact with environments

Geography in Year 10 hopes to develop the students’ knowledge and appreciation of the world’s unique
environments. Our two greatest resources are our land and our people and an understanding of the ways in which
we interact with our natural environment and the impact this has on the rest of the world is one of the most relevant
issues young people face today. A range of landscapes will be studied and students will learn of the unique
ecological balance of each one. The ways in which peoples have adapted their lifestyle to the demands of these
areas is explored, as are changes we have brought to many of these fragile ecologies.

                                                           Course Outline
 Term 1                                                                Term 3
 Environmental change and management                                   Global population, poverty and the environment
 ‘Environmental change and management’ focuses on                      In the world today, there is a large gap between how people live in
 investigating environmental geography through an in-depth study       developing countries and in developed countries. Getting enough
 of a specific environment. The unit begins with an overview of the    of the basic necessities of life such as food, water and health care
 environmental functions that support all life, the major challenges   is a harsh struggle for most of the world’s people. The challenge for
 to their sustainability, and the environmental world views –          the future is to share resources more equally, while ensuring that
 including those of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples –    the natural environment is managed in a sustainable way. The
 that influence how people perceive and respond to these               physical environment and human activities both play a major role
 challenges. Students investigate a specific type of environment       in determining the distribution of resources.
 and environmental change in Australia and one other country.          Students will:
 Students will:
       •     Reseach the causes and consequences of human-
                                                                       •   Describe and explain the global pattern of population growth
                                                                           and poverty.
             induced environmental changes.
       •     Investigate how different worldviews influence            •   Analyse the reasons for poverty and the global, regional and
             environmental management.                                     local action that is taken to overcome poverty.
       •     Investigate strategies to manage environmental            •   Formulate programs and policies aimed at reducing global
             change in Australia and other countries.                      poverty.
       •     Evaluate maps, graphs, statistics, photographs,
             surveys, interviews, reports and ICT on the loss of
             boidiversity and how this challenges sustainability.      Term 4
                                                                       Geographies of interconnections
                                                                       ‘Geographies of interconnections’ focuses on investigating how
 Term 2                                                                people, through their choices and actions, are connected to places
 Land degradation and management / inland water and                    throughout the world in a wide variety of ways, and how these
 management                                                            connections help to make and change places and their
 Inland water on Earth creates aquatics environments, such as          environments. This unit examines the interconnections between
 rivers, aquifers and wetlands, which support a diversity of           people and places through the products people buy and the effects
 ecosystems. Sustainable management requires an                        of their production on the places that make them. Students examine
 understanding of the sources, sink, service and spiritual values of   the ways that transport and information and communication
 freshwater environments, knowledge of biophysical processes           technologies have made it possible for an increasing range of
 that create freshwater environments and determine how they            services to be provided internationally, and for people in isolated
 function, and a holistic management approach that considers the       rural areas to connect to information, services and people in other
 causes and consequences of human environment interactions.            places. These distinctive aspects of interconnection are
 The application of economic, social and environmental criteria        investigated using studies drawn from Australia and across the
 evaluates management responses to the change.                         world.
 Students will:                                                        Students will:
       •    Explain the operations of a major natural system and
            its interaction with human activities.
                                                                       •   Investigate the development of technology and communication
                                                                           around the world – incorporating the positive and negative
       •    Question reports in the media on land management               effects.
            using the inquiry process.
       •    Collect, record and represent a range of information       •   Investigate how and why places are interconnected regionally,
            from primary and secondary sources on land                     nationally and globally through trade in goods and services.
            management; and create maps to show environmental          •   Explore the environmental impacts of the consumer product on
            change to land using spatial technologies.                     the places that produce the raw materials, make the product,
                                                                           and receive the wastes at the end of its life.

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Year 10 Physical Education
Physical Education provides students with an experiential curriculum that is contemporary, relevant, challenging
and physically active. Movement is a powerful medium for learning, through which students can practise and refine
personal, behavioural, social and cognitive skills. In an age when there are concerns regarding the balance of
experiences that young people are focused on, it is important for youth to make informed decisions about their
physical activity future.

In Year 10, Physical Education draws its subject matter from the content strand ‘Movement and Physical Activity’
from the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education. Students learn to apply more specialised
movement skills and complex movement strategies and concepts. They also explore movement concepts and
strategies to evaluate and refine their own and others’ movement performances. The curriculum also provides
opportunities for students to refine and consolidate personal and social skills in demonstrating leadership,
teamwork and collaboration in a range of physical activities. The focus of their lessons shifts toward development
of the skills required to sustain long-term involvement in physical activity.

The students are involved in game-centred problem solving, reflective thinking and decision-making (including
Games for Understanding and the Sport Education models for learning). They perform, refine and apply movement
skills in both individual and team settings. Activities include athletics, modified games and team sports (eg soccer,
touch, softball, netball, team handball, basketball, water polo and volleyball), fitness and exercise and dance.

Involvement in Physical Education will place each young person in a better position to develop a healthy diversity
in their interests that includes physical activities into their lifestyle.

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Year 10 History
History provides us with an understanding and appreciation of the past, which in turn helps us to understand the
present. The study of history also provides students with valuable skills in the gathering, analysis and clear
presentation of information and arguments, which enhance learning across the curriculum.

This Year 10 History course introduces students to the making of the modern world.The course has been developed
on 4 units based on the depth studies: The Globalising World, (Popular Culture and Environment Movement) Rights
and Freedoms, and Migration Experiences. These topics have been chosen to provide students with an
understanding of the cause, effect, and significance of change as the modern world developed.

The Year 10 History course provides opportunities for students to understand key events that have shaped world
history and impacted upon Australia from 1918 to the present. A key emphasis is on Australia in its global context,
and the twentieth century as a critical period in Australia’s social, cultural, economic and political development.

                                                           Year 10
   Migration Experiences
   Students will explore how Australian immigration policies and how they have changed since 1945. They will look at the
   experience of migration changed over time, for both immigrants and Australian residents. The unit will unpack the
   opportunities immigrants have had available to them and how this compares to established Australians.

   The Globalising World (two seperate units)

        •    Popular culture (1945 – present)

        •    The environmental movement (1960s – present)

   In these depth studies, students investigate the influence of migration experiences on the shape of Australian society from
   1945 to the present. They explore how Australia’s World War II experiences, and events in Asia in the post-World War II
   era, have contributed to migration experiences.

   Rights and Freedoms
   In this depth study, students focus on the struggles for human rights. They investigate how rights and freedoms have
   been ignored, demanded or achieved in Australia and in the broader world context.
        •    Integration and the 1967 Referendum
        •    The tent Embassy and land rights in the ‘Lucky Country’
        •    Land rights, policies and the law c.1972-2000
        •    Mabo, Wik and native title issues
        •    Stolen children, stolen identities
        •    ‘Some day women will have jobs just like men…’

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Year 10 Food Technology
At this level of Food Technology, students become increasingly aware of the processes of growth and development
and take increasing responsibility for their own growth and development. They make decisions and take actions to
promote healthy eating and develop a sensitive approach to interpersonal relationships. They contribute to
environments that are supportive of human growth and development and develop a respect for the lifestyle choices
of other people. They become more aware of the factors that influence and shape their choices with regard to
health and wellbeing and the cultural diversities that exist within their own environment.

                                            CONTENT                                     ASSESSMENT

    Term 1      Introduction to Food Technology
                     • Understanding the design brief
                                                                                Practical performance & booklet
                     • Contextual factors
                                                                                           completion
                     • Sensory Analysis
                     • Making Smart Food Choices

    Term 2      Food for Thought
                    • Using local and organic
                    • Sustainable considerations                                      Booklet Completion
                    • Hazard Critical Control Points
                                                                                     Practical performance
                    • Customer Profiling
                    • Modifying & Engineering Recipes

    Term 3      Special Occasion Dinner Party                                   Individual Power Point/ KeyNote
                    • Product Development/ Disassembly                                    Presentation
                    • Sensory Evaluation & Quality Assurance
                    • Exploring Primary Produce: sustainable & ethical?         Individual practical performance

    Term 4      Celebrations                                                       Individual research project
                    • Introduction to Hospitality Studies
                         Menu planning & table setting, trends and plating         Individual & group practical
                    • Australian food industry & employment options                        performance

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Year 10 Digital Technology
Digital Technologies is a specialised subject that focuses on further developing understanding and skills in
computational thinking such as precisely and accurately describing problems and the use of modular approaches
to solutions. It also focuses on engaging students with specialised learning in preparation for vocational training or
learning in the senior secondary years.

By the end of Year 10, students will have had opportunities to analyse problems and design, implement and
evaluate a range of digital solutions, such as database-driven websites and games.

In Year 10, students consider how human interaction with networked systems introduces complexities surrounding
access to, and the security and privacy of, data of various types. They interrogate security practices and techniques
used to compress data, and learn about the importance of separating content, presentation and behavioural
elements for data integrity and maintenance purposes.

Students develop modular solutions to complex problems using an object-oriented programming language where
appropriate, and evaluate their solutions and existing information systems based on a broad set of criteria including
connections to existing policies and their enterprise potential. They consider the privacy and security implications
of how data are used and controlled, and suggest how policies and practices can be improved to ensure the
sustainability and safety of information systems.

Students progressively become more skilled at identifying the steps involved in planning solutions and developing
detailed plans that are mindful of risks and sustainability requirements. When creating solutions, both individually
and collaboratively, students comply with legal obligations, particularly with respect to the ownership of information,
and when creating interactive solutions for sharing in online environments.

To be successful in Year 9 & 10 Digital Technologies, it is recommended that students have obtained at least a B
in Digital Technologies and Mathematics at Year 8 level.

     Term                       Odd Years (2021)                                  Even Years (2022)

                                                                         Robotics – Entrepreneur RoboRave
       1           Robotics – Line follower, Sumo, Rescue
                                                                                     challenge

                           Structures of Programming
                                                                                        Big Data
       2                 JavaScript and Advanced Web
                                                                       Advanced Spreadsheets, Pivot Tables
                                 Programming
                                                                                 and Databases
                      Introduction to Python Programming
       3                                                                      Database Design and SQL
                            Electronics Programming

                       Object Oriented Programming and                               Networks and
       4
                                    Pygame                                           Cyber Security

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Year 10 Music
In Year 10 Music, students compose musical
works by manipulating music elements to express
meaning in different contexts. Students perform
musical works to particular audiences for a specific
purpose, style and function, using music
techniques and skills in their chosen instrument.
Students respond by analysing musical works in
relation to social, cultural, historical, spiritual,
political, technological and economic contexts,
analysing the manipulation of musical elements
and languages. They reflect on learning, apply
new understandings and justify future applications.

Students demonstrate evidence of their learning
over time in relation to the following assessable
elements:

    •     Performance
    •     Composing
    •     Musicology

The units and assessment pieces covered over 4 terms in Year 10 are:

 TERM                                UNIT                          ASSESSMENT

                                                                   Analysis assignment
 Term 1                              Popular Music
                                                                   Performance
 Term 2                              Vocal Music                   Analysis Examination

 term 3                              Jazz and It’s Many Styles     Composition

                                     Jazz and It’s Many Styles
 Term 4                                                            Performance
                                     (continued)

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

Students develop their understanding of atomic theory to understand relationships within the periodic
table. They understand that motion and forces are related by applying physical laws. They learn about
the relationships between aspects of the living, physical and chemical world that are applied to systems
on a local and global scale and this enables them to predict how changes will affect equilibrium within
these systems.

                 Term                                     Topic

                   1            Biological Sciences
                                    -    Genetics
                                    -    Evolution

                   2            Earth and Space Sciences
                                    -    The Solar System
                                    -    Global Systems

                   3            Physical Sciences
                                    -    Energy Conservation, Transfers and
                                         Transformations
                                    -    The Laws of Physics

                   4            Chemical Sciences
                                    -    Atomic structure and the Periodic Table
                                    -    Chemical reactions

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Year 10 Visual Art
   Visual Art students in Years 9 and 10 explore and express ideas and emotions from a range of
   contexts – social, psychological, political, historical, cultural – to expanding their knowledge and
   understanding of the power of the visual image or object to communicate and alter meanings for
   particular audiences over time. Students work individually and collaboratively to make images
   and objects for various purposes – advertising, entertainment, conveying a message -
   experience displays and exhibitions within and outside the school context and appraise their own
   and others’ artworks. They build and consolidate more complex understandings of design
   elements and principles and their function in visual communication in various media such as
   painting, digital imaging, ceramics, printmaking, and drawing. Students are required to submit
   documentation showing the development of their ideas, the completed portfolio and research
   tasks.
   Depending on the individual and collective needs and wants of the student cohort, sample units
   of Visual Art study may include:

Year 10 Visual Art - 2 Year Course outline
Visual Art Units:                        Media Areas                     Assessment
2021       Personal Symbols &            o Sculpture                     Making:
Unit 1     Design                        o Graphic Design                o Artworks
                                         o Design                        o Artist statement
                                         o Drawing                       Responding:
                                                                         Short response art analysis
2021      Cultural Identity & Time          o    Clay sculpture          Making:
Unit 2                                      o    Mixed Media             o Artworks
                                            o    Digital imaging         o Artist statement
                                            o    Installation            Responding:
                                                                         Short response art analysis
2022      Nature                            o    Lino Print              Making:
Unit 1    Insects & Flora                   o    Drawing                 o Artworks
                                            o    Painting                o Artist statement
                                            o    Sculpting               Responding:
                                                                         o Short response art analysis
2022      Colour & Light                    o    Series of paintings     Making:
Unit 2                                      o    Colour Schemes          o Artworks
                                            o    Abstraction             o Artist statements
                                            o    Digital Media           Responding:
                                            o    Photo imaging           o Short response art analysis

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Year 9 Health & Physical Education
Health and Physical Education provides students with an experiential curriculum that is contemporary,
relevant, challenging and physically active. Movement is a powerful medium for learning, through which
students can practise and refine personal, behavioural, social and cognitive skills.

Health and Physical Education is organised into two content strands:
    • Personal, Social and Community Health – Being healthy, safe and active; communicating and
        interacting for health and wellbeing; and contributing to healthy and active communities
    • Movement and physical activity – moving our body, understanding movement and learning
        through movement

Health and Physical Education offers students opportunities to develop knowledge, processes, skills and
attitudes necessary for making informed decisions about each of the two strands. Students learn to build
on personal and community strengths and assets to enhance safety and wellbeing. They critique and
challenge assumptions and stereotypes. Students learn to navigate a range of health-related sources,
services and organisations. At the core of Health and Physical Education is the acquisition of movement
skills and concepts to enable students to participate in a range of physical activities – confidently,
competently and creatively. Students acquire an understanding of how the body moves and develop
positive attitudes towards physical activity participation. They develop an appreciation of the significance
of physical activity, outdoor recreation and sport in Australian society and globally.

The course involves both physical performance and theoretical work, with approximately equal time spent
studying each. Students are required to submit a piece of theoretical work each term and participate in
physical activities.

             Personal, Social and Community Health                  Movement and physical activity
  Term 1     Water Safety – personal and environmental              Games and Sports
             Students will identify water hazards and assess        Bronze Medallion
             the safety of the three local locations. Students
             will then evaluate the areas potential dangers,
             identifying hazards and making recommendations
             about how the problems could be managed,
             solved or mitigated.
             Feature article                                        Physical performance of skills in
                                                                    drills, modified games and
                                                                    competitive games
  Term 2     Anatomy and Fitness                                    Games and sports
             Students will provide training tips and anatomical     Ultimate Frisbee
             information about a chosen sport or physical
             activity to target the specific fitness components
             and most suitable training methods.
             Information pamphlet                                   Physical performance of skills in
                                                                    drills, modified games and
                                                                    competitive games
  Term 3     Biomechanics                                           Games and sports
             Students will explain how simple biomechanical         Touch Football
             principles can have a positive effect on the
             physical performance of athletes.
             Multimodal presentation                                Physical performance of skills in
                                                                    drills, modified games and
                                                                    competitive games
  Term 4     Nutrition                                              Lifelong physical activities
             Student will research and write a report that          Biathlon/Circuit training
             investigates and makes recommendations
             about a Nutrition issue.
             Research report                                        Physical performance of activity
                                                                    specific skills in competitive setting

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INITIAL SUBJECT CHOICE: YEAR 10 (2021 & 2022)

All students are asked to choose from the following range of subjects so that they
can study these subjects for two (2) years. Some subjects are compulsory.

Subjects:

                                  Compulsory
                              ü English
                              ü Mathematics
                              ü Science
                              ü History
                              ü Geography
                              ü Physical Education

                              Elective Subject Proposals
Please select three (3) subjects from the list below by highlighting the subject
(one per line): (e.g. if you choose Art then you will not be eligible for HPE. If you
choose Food Technology, then you will not be eligible for Business Studies…)

                              Art              HPE

                           Business     Food Technology
                            Studies

                             Music      Digital
                                        Technology

Student Name:

Student Signature:

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