Year 9 subject selectionfor 2016.

The ROSAis what students work towards in Years 9 and 10

RecognitionOf Student Achievement

(Used to be the School Certificate)

Year 9 is an important year

You will, finally, be studying the electives that you have chosen for yourself based on your interests.

Habits are important and year 9 is a good time to develop good working habits that will see you through into the senior years.

Course requirements for years 9 and 10

Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Elective 1 Elective 2 Elective 3

English Mathematics

Science & PDHPE

HSIE

PDHPE – Physical Development, Health, Physical Education

HSIE – Human Society in its Environment

6 months History 6 months Geography

SPORT is also compulsory.

Available Elective Subjects 2016CHILD STUDIES INFO SOFTWARE & TECHNOLOGY

COMMERCE DANCE

DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY JAPANESE

DRAMA FOOD TECHNOLOGY

MARINE STUDIES TEXTILES TECHNOLOGY

MUSIC PHYS ACTIVITY & SPORT STUDIES

FRENCH PHOTOGRAPHIC & DIGITAL

GRAPHICS TECHNOLOGY VISUAL DESIGN

HISTORY (Elective) VISUAL ARTS

INDUSTRIAL TECH – METAL maximum of 2 of

INDUSTRIAL TECH – MULTIMEDIA these 3 electives

INDUSTRIAL TECH – WOOD

Electives

Students need to study 3 elective subjects.

They need to study these for 2 years – ie Years 9 and 10.

Why choose a subject?

You like itYou have an interest in it You are good at it

Reasons not to choose a subject. Your friends are doing it, or want you to do it. Your parents want you to do it. You have heard that a certain teacher will be

teaching it. You think that you will need it for a future career or

it will help you in Years 11 and 12.

There a re no prerequisites for Years 11 and 12. Eg a student can study Year 11 Visual Arts even if

they haven’t studied it in Years 9 and 10.

FEES

Please be aware that some electives have a fee to cover the cost of materials which the school purchases on your child’s behalf. The practical projects belong to the students once they have been marked. The fees for these subjects are in the subject selection booklet.

Who can help you decide?

Your teachers Your parents Older students

What next? Complete the subject selection online by

11pm Monday 9th August

Edval Webchoice

Each student will be issued an individual login.

All students need to go to their email in the student portal.

Edval Webchoice

Once submitted, students will need to print their form, get it signed by a parent and return it to Ms Houda.

How is the decision made to run a subject.

Edval will match the best fit of subjects across 3 lines with the least number of people missing out.

Some students will miss out. In this instance, the reserve subject

will be placed into the student’s choices by Edval.

Any questions