2025 Year 9 Subject Selection
Welcome to Year 9
This page has been prepared to guide Year 8 students and their parents through the subject selection process for Year 9 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 9 at St Mary MacKillop College.
The 2025 Curriculum Book can be found here. The section relevant to Year 9 starts on page 25.
Subjects and Interests
To help you get thinking about your subjects for Year 9, ask yourself the following:
Which Year 8 subjects am I good at or I enjoy?
Which Year 9 subjects do I think I will be good at or am interested in?
Year 9 Core Subjects
Religious Education
English
Mathematics
Pathways
Health and Physical Education
Science
History
Year 9 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.
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.