Year 9 and 10 Information

Students make course choices online during Week 8 Term 2. Students are emailed individual web codes to their school email address and are required to choose their first two preference courses and three reserve choices.

Students entering Years 9 and 10 at Turramurra High School have the opportunity to choose from a wide range of elective courses.  Students will study two 200 hour elective courses (X and Y) and one 100 hour elective course (Z) through Years 9 and 10.

All elective courses described are initially offered as 200 hour courses.  The 100 hour courses are reduced forms of the 200 hour courses and students will be allocated one of these as their Z elective. The Z elective courses are allocated based on student preferences so some courses may only run as a 100 hour elective.

The online Subject Selection Form indicates that students choose 200 hour courses only.  

In choosing courses, please keep in mind the following:

·         Elective History, and Elective Geography courses may be chosen in addition to the compulsory Australian History, Civics and Citizenship, and Australian Geography, Civics and Citizenship courses.

·         The course choice should take into account the student's experience in that course or related fields in Year 8.  A course which has proven to be unduly difficult in Year 8, is likely to remain so in Years 9 and 10.

When choosing elective courses for Year 9 and 10, students should ask themselves five questions:

1.                   Which courses do I enjoy most?

2.                   Which courses do I do well in?

3.                   Which courses interest me?

4.                   Which courses may equip me for a future career?

5.                   Have I chosen too many courses with subject specific costs?

When Subject Selection Forms are returned, an assessment is made of the possibilities of forming classes to meet the pattern of choices made by students.  This is done in the light of the staffing resources available to the school.  If a course draws little response then some students may be asked to reconsider their choices.  It may be that when the elective lines are finalised some students may find two courses that they wanted to study, clash in the timetable lines.  Students are allocated to courses based on their preference order.

Please note that the listing of a course on the Subject Selection Form cannot be taken to imply that a class or classes will always be formed.

Extra Costs Associated With Some Courses

Some courses require the purchase of special equipment and materials over and above what is provided through the general budget of the school.  These extra costs are met by the students choosing these courses and are outlined in the course descriptions. This payment also allows students greater freedom in choosing a range of materials and project sizes in the course of their class work.

This levy is not a voluntary contribution. This cost is an elective levy to meet the cost of consumables and must be paid to enable the successful running of the course for all students.  It is not the intent of the school to limit the breath of curriculum for any student. Where the payment of an elective subject levy may be an issue, families should speak directly to the Principal to discuss their options.