Pathway Years
Years 9 & 10
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As students move through the Pathway Years, they gain more and more agency in their subject selections. We encourage a broad pathway but for many students, their decision making is based on their own clear picture of the future they envision for themselves.
The vertical curriculum from Year 9 enables students to choose from the offers at year levels above and below their own year level to create a pathway that is suited to their needs and interests. We believe students should select subjects based on their personal preferences and strengths.
Year 9
Students at Year 9 make some selections within a core program that ensures they maintain a broad educational platform to enable them to access all senior programs. Students are able to self-elect into Advanced programs in English, Mathematics and Science and accelerated options in Humanities and the Arts.
| Core | Options |
|---|---|
| Religious Education | |
| Wellbeing | |
| English | Advanced, Foundation |
| Mathematics | Advanced, Foundation |
| Science | Advanced, Foundation |
| Humanities | Students select one: Commerce, History, Geography or acceleration into Year 10 subjects |
| Technology | 1 semester DigiSTEM |
| The Arts | Students select one: Studio Arts, Fashion, VisCom, Media, Music, Dance, Drama. |
| Health/PE | 1 semester core |
| LOTE – Indonesian or French or two elective options from other subject areas. | |
| Students with particular talents can accelerate their Year 9 study into VCE studies, eg: Dance, Drama, Environmental Science |
Year 10
At Year 10 students have access to the full suite of Year 10 and VCE studies and can undertake units leading to the Victorian Certificate of Education or, alternatively, begin the VCE Vocational Major (VCE-VM) in our PreVOC program.
We have many students accelerated into VCE studies, some undertaking more than one to spread the load of their VCE across three years.
There are many advantages to this load-spreading:
- Students understand a VCE study and its requirements in stages rather than the heavy loading at Year 11
- Students can express their individual capabilities
- Students work with a wider range of students and break down artificial age-barriers
- Students are often very enthusiastic about advanced studies that they have chosen
Mainstream Year 10 Core studies:
| Core | Options |
|---|---|
| Religious Education | |
| Wellbeing | |
| English | |
| Mathematics | Pre Methods/General/Skills |
| Science (1 Semester min) | Students must take the Year 10 Physics, Chemistry and/or Biology if they intend to take the study in VCE |
| How to Run a Business, History, Geography or Politics, Legal Studies, Black Tracks | |
| Digital Technology | |
| Arts, Design & Create, VisCom, Creative Art, Music, Dance, Drama, Backstage, Film | |
| Health/PE | |
| LOTE – Indonesian or French | |
| Students can apply to accelerate their Unit 1 & 2 studies. Maximum 2 VCE studies |
PreVOC
For students who know they prefer project-based learning, hands-on and real-life experiences, PreVOC is our beginning VCE-VM program. Students who undertake this course have determined that VCE-VM is right for them and they wish to begin in Year 10.
Students who undertake this course have core subjects in:
• Religious Education
• Wellbeing
• Personal Development/Work Related Skills
• Numeracy
