Each student studies two electives each semester:
Some electives run for a full year
Some electives can be repeated
Some electives have year level restrictions
Students choose eight subjects four preferred and four reserves. Reserves will be used in case of line clashes or where electives do not run.
Where classes are oversubscribed the following priority order will be used:
Students who submitted their form before the deadline
Students who have not studied the subject before
Year 10
Random assignment
Students may submit the form more than once. The most recent submission will be used to allocate classes.
How will you remember high school?
Students will work together to compile the Year 10 yearbook, as well as creating screencasts, websites and planners. Working with text, photos, and compilation programs students will make professional quality publications, providing information to our student body and wider community, as well as developing a yearbook full of memories that the year 10’s will treasure forever.
More information: Publishing: Yearbook
In the Literature course, students have the opportunity to engage with some of the great texts of the English canon. This course is designed as an extension course to provide enrichment to students who have a passion for reading, writing and engaging with literary texts.
More information: Literature
Outdoor Education gives students the opportunity to learn unique and specific skills facilitated by the outdoor environment. Through a variety of outdoor pursuits, students develop their social skills, gain self-confidence, use initiative, provide leadership, and collaborate with others. Understanding nature through direct experience, students develop an adventurous spirit and learn the value of lifelong outdoor recreation in a safe and enjoyable way. Activities for this Semester unit may include: Ocean Sports - Surfing, Stand Up Paddling, Sea Kayaking, advanced initiatives.
Approximate costs $300
More information: Outdoor Education 2 Summer
Outdoor Education gives students the opportunity to learn unique and specific skills facilitated by the outdoor environment. Through a variety of outdoor pursuits, students develop their social skills, gain self-confidence, use initiative, provide leadership, and collaborate with others. Understanding nature through direct experience, students develop an adventurous spirit and learn the value of lifelong outdoor recreation in a safe and enjoyable way. Activities for this Semester unit may include: First Aid certificate, navigation and orienteering.
Approximate costs $85
More information: Outdoor Education 2 Winter
Enrolment in this subject is by application only. For more information, see the Application Only page.
Students will explore more challenging concepts in Mathematics including investigating linear functions, polynomials, parabolas, hyperbolas, circles and exponentials including sketching these and investigating their features. They will be using the unit circle to define functions, as well as define rational and irrational numbers and perform operations with surds and fractional indices.
More information: Mathematics Extension
This subject is a year-long program. Students wishing to choose this subject should choose it as their first preference in both semesters.
This qualification reflects the role of individuals who participate in a range of routine and predictable hospitality work activities. They work under close supervision and are given clear directions to complete tasks.
This qualification provides a pathway to work in various hospitality settings, such as restaurants, hotels, motels, catering operations, clubs, pubs, cafés, and coffee shops.
More information: VET Hospitality
This subject is a year-long program. Students wishing to choose this subject should choose it as their first preference in both semesters.
Get hands-on and explore what it is like to work in the construction industry. This nationally recognised VET course introduces students to construction workplaces, occupations, tools, materials and industry expectations. Students will develop practical skills through basic construction projects while learning how to work safely, communicate effectively, organise tasks and contribute as part of a team. With an emphasis on safety, students will work in a collaborative workshop environment to design, personalise and build a range of projects that may include the use of timber, metal, brick or concrete.
More information: VET Building & Construction
In Extension Digital Technology, students will have the ability to collaboratively and independently work on student led projects and learning. They will identify needs and gaps in current technologies, software and resources and develop a plan to fill these gaps and needs. They will create a solution to these problems, document their processes and present/advertise their final products.
More information: Computer Technology (Extension)