2025 Year 10 Subject Selection
Welcome to Year 10
This page has been prepared to guide Year 9 students and their parents through the subject selection process for Year 10 in 2025. The St Mary MacKillop College vertical program at Year 9 and Year 10 aims to be a significant and positive experience in the life of our students. We acknowledge the particular needs of adolescents and strive to provide opportunities for each student to become independent and active learners through a rich and innovative curriculum, a curriculum that awakens and stimulates the intelligence. Each section below provides information on the programs and subjects offered in Year 10 at St Mary MacKillop College.
The 2025 Curriculum Book can be found here. The section relevant to Year 10 starts on page 25.
Subjects and Interests
To help you get thinking about your subjects for Year 10, ask yourself the following:
Which Year 9 subjects am I good at or I enjoy?
Which Year 10 subjects do I think I will be good at or am interested in?
Have I started to think of my future pathway and life after secondary school? What subjects will I need to study in order to pursue this interest?
Year 10 Core Subjects
Religious Education
English
Mathematics
Pathways
Science
Sport and Physical Activity
Year 10 Electives
Over the two years of the vertical curriculum, students must study one elective for a semester from each of the following areas:
Arts (Drama, Dance, Media Art, Music, Visual Art, Visual Communication)
Design and Technologies (Food, Wood/Metal, Textiles)
Economics
Geography
Additional elective subjects are available, but students must ensure they have completed the required units as part of their elective sequence.
Students are able to accelerate into a Unit 1/2 sequence if they meet the criteria outlined in the St Mary MacKillop College VCE Acceleration Policy.
Learning Area Promotional Videos
The videos here have been created by the Curriculum Leaders and provide an overview of the subject offerings in each Learning Area.
Additional Subject Selection Resources
VTAC Course Prerequisites for 2026 (prerequisites for 2027 expected mid-July 2024)