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Curriculum Information Evening Year 10, 2017

Mr Mark Downsborough Dean of Administration

Compulsory subjects in Year 10

English Maths Science Humanities Health & Physical Education Christian Education Career Education

Year 10 Students will study a combination of subjects that are aligned with either the Australian Curriculum or the current Curriculum Framework. Currently, Phase 1 courses are implemented at Lake Joondalup Baptist College. Phase 2 and 3 will follow as they are developed and ratified.

At LJBC, subjects in Lower Secondary are designed to prepare students for the new Australian Curriculum aligned courses for Year 11 and Year 12 for the WACE in 2017.

Humanities 2017

• 2015 & 2016 – Geography, Politics & Law, Economics are all Electives
• Changes in the Australian Curriculum see these electives moving back to

compulsory curriculum content for 2017 onwards

• Students currently studying one of these in Year 9 will need to choose a

different elective in 2017

• Content from Geography, Politics & Law and Economics will be covered in the

compulsory Humanities course

• Time for other electives will be reduced but students will still be able to study

three electives as they have done in 2016

Elective subjects in Year 10

Choice of three from six Learning Areas Future Problem Solvers (by invitation only) Careers Health and Physical Education Languages The Arts Technologies

Note: a student cannot study three options from the same Learning Area

Duration of an elective subject

• Students are expected to enrol in an elective subject for the full

year

• Students will only be permitted to change out of an elective mid-

way through the year if there are serious mitigating circumstances and only if there are available places in the alternative subject

• Students currently in Year 9 may change electives for Year 10
• All electives prepare students for Senior Secondary subjects in

Year 11 and 12

Career Education Focus Year 10

• Basic introduction to Careers
• Students understand factors that underpin career development
• Students will investigate career development opportunities
• Students understand how aspects of the changing world and

technology advances impacts on career development

• pportunities
• Identify and pursue training that will lead to a career pathway that

will be ‘fun’!

Health & Physical Education Electives Year 10

Physical Education Studies Provides students with the opportunity to compete and develop in sporting activities. Students will be introduced to the body’s anatomical and physiological systems.

Outdoor Education Students develop and improve their technical skills, ensure safe participation in surfing and abseiling related activities. Students demonstrate these skills on a day trip and an overnight expedition.

Health Studies The focus for Health Studies is personal health. Influences on personal health, factors that enable and reinforce healthy behaviours and approaches to improving health are explored.

Future Problem Solvers by invitation from the Learning Enhancement Centre

For Year 10 students, this is an international education program that focuses on the development of critical, creative and futuristic thinking skills. It challenges students to apply their imagination and thinking skills to some of the most significant issues facing the world today.

Languages Year 10

Japanese Students will develop a better understanding of Japanese people and their culture and feel encouraged in their attempts to speak, listen, read and write in Japanese. Students will watch Japanese films and have lunch at a Japanese restaurant mid-year. In addition, there is an opportunity to participate in a tour to Japan in Years 10, 11 and 12.

Languages Year 10

French Students will develop a deeper understanding of Francophone people and their culture and will continue to build their skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing in French. Students will watch French films and participate in excursions and incursions. In addition, there is the

• pportunity to participate in a tour to France in

2017.

Mrs Kimberly Eyre will now discuss The Arts, Technologies, and general information on the WACE in 2018.