Year 10 Program

This subject prepares students for a number of pathways in later years, whether students go on to VCE English or to VCAL Literacy in Year 11. Students will complete the same themes and text studies across Year 10 classes, and the emphasis is on building the organisational and expressive skills of students in a range of writing tasks. Reading skills of a high order are developed through learning critical reading strategies, while student run class discussions and presentations increase students’ speaking confidence and teamwork skills. Film study, thematic studies and set novels and plays, will all provide students in Year 10 English with classic and modern texts that will develop their critical thinking and analytical skills. The subject fee includes the printing of detailed Unit booklets and a book levy for the purchase of the plays and novels to be studied. Students will need to pay separately for excursions or incursions.

Mathematics in Year 10 helps prepare students for senior pathways like VCAL or VCE, as well as the post-schooling world. Students learn about Financial Mathematics, Geometry & Trigonometry, Probability, Statistics, Measurement and Linear Relationships. Appropriate use of technology to solve application problems is emphasised throughout the course. Students considering including Mathematics in their VCE course are expected to own a CAS calculator.

In Year 10 Advanced Mathematics, students complete an in-depth study of the three strands of the Mathematics curriculum: Number & Algebra, Measurement & Geometry, and Statistics & Probability. Advanced Mathematics places particular emphasis on developing high order mathematical reasoning skills in students. Students explore Indices, Ratio, Measurement, Probability, Graphs, Trigonometry, and Statistics. They apply Mathematics in each area and engage in classroom activities that strengthen conceptual understanding and develop logical reasoning.

Entrance into Advanced Mathematics is based on student results, as well as teacher recommendations.

This subject exposes students to a broad range of physical disciplines including; invasion, striking and fielding and divided court sports where they will develop their skills and tactics. Students set personal fitness goals, participate in fitness development and testing and experience community based recreational activities. In the theory component of the subject students will cover topics such as harm minimisation and healthy relationships.

Year 10 Science develop students skills in the areas of Chemistry, Biology and Physics. In Chemistry they learn that all matter is made of atoms, that the atomic structure and properties of elements are used to organise them in the periodic table and that different types of chemical reactions are used to produce a range of products that can occur at different rates. In Biology, students learn that the transmission of heritable characteristics from one generation to the next involves DNA and genes. In Physics, students learn that electric circuits can be designed for diverse purposes using different components and that the operation of circuits can be explained by the concepts of voltage and current. In Science, inquiry forms a major mode of learning. Students used a range of inquiry methods including researching, planning, conducting experiments and presenting their findings.