Year 11 Subject List

English (full year compulsory, worth 20 SACE Stage 1 credits): English, English as an Additional Language, English Literary Studies OR Essential English

Mathematics (1 semester compulsory, worth 10 SACE Stage 1 credits per semester): General Mathematics A and B, Mathematical Methods A, B C and D (Specialist), Mathematics for Work and Life, Trade Mathematics (full year)

Activating Identities and Futures (1 semester compulsory, worth 10 SACE Stage 2 credits)

Science (full year subjects): Chemistry, Physics

(semester or full year subjects): Biology, Psychology

(semester subjects): Marine Biology, Nutrition

Global Studies (semester subjects): Accounting, Ancient Studies, Business Innovation, Driver Safety, Geography, Legal Studies, Modern History, One World: International Leadership, Society and Culture

Health and Physical Education (HPE) (semester subjects): First Aid, Health A and B, Outdoor Education A - Bushwalking and Snorkelling, Outdoor Education B - Surfing and Orienteering, Physical Education A and B, Sports Academy - Volleyball A and B, Sports Science

Arts (semester or full year subjects): Creative Arts - Filmmaking and Production Events, Creative Arts - Visual Arts, Dance, Drama, Music, Visual Art, Visual Design

Technologies (semester subjects): Child Studies, Computing and Creative Industries, Food and Hospitality A and B, Hospitality Skills A and B, Innovators Academy - STEM, Metalwork, Photography, Robotics and Electronics, Textiles, Woodwork, Workplace Practices

Languages (full year subjects): French Beginners, French Continuers, German Beginners, German Continuers, Japanese Beginners, Japanese Continuers

* Choice of subjects will only be offered where there are sufficient student numbers to form viable classes.

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Read below for course information about compulsory subjects. 

For further details about choice subjects, please navigate to the individual subject tabs above.

* MATERIALS AND SERVICES CHARGES

Each year the school prepares the curriculum budgets using the Department for Education regulations. Within these regulations some subjects incur a subject charge to cover additional costs beyond the standard curriculum delivery. Specific subject fees are detailed within this curriculum guide. Charges are reviewed annually and will be circulated to families in Term 3.

English / Length: Full Year

In Stage 1 English, students select from a range of specifically designed courses in order to successfully achieve the SACE and prepare them for their appropriate pathway in Stage 2. Students are required to successfully complete 20 credits (2 semesters) of English to meet the compulsory literacy requirement of the SACE. Students must achieve a result of C or better for both semesters in 1 of the English options below:

English

Course Content

Stage 1 English has an emphasis on responding to texts, creating texts and intertextual study. Students critically and creatively engage with a variety of types of texts including novels, film, media, poetry and drama texts. Stage 1 English can lead to many of the Stage 2 English subjects. 

Assessment

• responding to texts (50%)

• creating texts (20%)

• intertextual study (30%). 

Additional Details

• There may be a cost throughout the year for optional activities and opportunities that align with the Learning and Assessment Plan. 

• SACE credits: 20 (Stage 1).

English as an Additional Language

Course Content

English as an Additional Language is designed for students for whom English is a second language or an additional language or dialect. These students have had different experiences in English and 1 or more other languages. Students who study this subject come from diverse personal, educational and cultural backgrounds. 

Assessment

• responding to texts (50%)

• interactive study (25%)

• language study (25%). 

Additional Details

• The opportunity to enrol in this course is for those for whom English is an additional language. 

• There may be a cost throughout the year for optional activities and opportunities that align with the Learning and Assessment Plan. 

• SACE credits: 20 (Stage 1).

English Literary Studies

Course Content

This course is designed to develop critical thinking skills for the interpretation of texts. Students are expected to have strong analytical skills, read widely and write accurately through the study of novels, poetry, plays and films that challenge them. Students who select this course will have achieved highly in English in previous years. 

Assessment

• responding to texts (50%)

• creating texts (20%)

• intertextual study (30%). 

Additional Details

• A high level of achievement in any Year 10 English course is recommended.

• There may be a cost throughout the year for optional activities and opportunities that align with the Learning and Assessment Plan. 

• SACE credits: 20 (Stage 1).

Essential English

Course Content

This course is designed for a range of students, including those who are seeking to meet the SACE literacy requirement, students planning to pursue a career in a range of trades or vocational pathways. Students engage in a range of language learning activities that aim to enhance their language and literacy skills in order for them to engage successfully in the work and community life. 

Assessment

• responding to texts (50%)

• creating texts (50%). 

Additional Details

• Selection of this subject means you understand that you cannot study any English subject at Stage 2. 

• There may be a cost throughout the year for optional activities and opportunities that align with the Learning and Assessment Plan. 

• SACE credits: 20 (Stage 1).

Mathematics / Length: Semester

In Year 11 Mathematics, students must study a minimum of 1 semester subject, worth 10 Stage 1 SACE credits. They may select 1 or more of the subjects below:

General Mathematics A

Course Content

The Semester 1 course is designed for students seeking a general mathematics course suitable for most jobs. It aims to develop investigative, application and problem-solving skills. These skills are acquired by the application of maths to the solution of everyday problems.

• topic 1: investing and borrowing

• topic 2: measurement

• topic 3: statistical investigation.

Assessment

• investigations folio (35%)

• skills and application tasks (65%).

Additional Details

• Successful completion of Year 10 General Mathematics or Mathematical Methods  is a prerequisite. 

• SACE credits: 10 (Stage 1 SACE).

General Mathematics B

Course Content

The Semester 2 course is designed for students seeking a general mathematics course suitable for most jobs. It aims to develop investigative, application and problem-solving skills. These skills are acquired by the application of maths to the solution of everyday problems.

• topic 1: applications of trigonometry

• topic 2: matrices

• topic 3: linear and exponential functions.

Assessment

• investigations folio (35%)

• skills and application tasks (65%).

Additional Details

• Successful completion of Year 11 General Mathematics A is a prerequisite. 

• SACE credits: 10 (Stage 1 SACE).

Mathematical Methods A, B, C & D (Specialist)

Course Content

Four semester courses. This is a demanding academic course with a theoretical base, together with significant investigative and project work. Its content is to provide a background for further academic study, Mathematical Methods and Specialist Mathematics at Stage 2. Mathematical Methods A and C are required for Mathematical Methods at Year 12. Mathematical Methods B is recommended for Mathematical Methods at Year 12 and required for Year 12 Specialist Mathematics. In addition, Mathematics D is recommended for Specialist Mathematics at Year 12. Mathematics A and B topics include algebra, the study of functions, calculus, probability and statistics. Mathematics C and D topics include understanding of concepts and techniques drawn from combinatorics, geometry, trigonometry, complex numbers, vectors, matrices, calculus and statistics.

Assessment

• investigations folio (25%)

• skills and application tasks (75%).

Additional Details

• Year 10 Mathematical Methods with a minimum B grade or by teacher recommendation is a prerequisite. 

• Four semester courses. 

• SACE credits: 10 each (Stage 1 SACE).

Mathematics for Work and Life

Course Content

This topic enables students to build on their knowledge and understanding of mathematical information and its relationship to everyday contexts. This subject is intended primarily for those students who, through their Personal Learning Plans, have identified numeracy skills as an area for development. This course does not prepare students for any Mathematics in Year 12.

• topic 1: calculations, time, ratio and scale

• topic 2: earnings

• topic 3: geometry.

Assessment

• investigations folio (40%)

• skills and application tasks (60%).

Additional Details

• SACE credits: 10 (Stage 1 SACE).

Trade Mathematics / Full Year

Course Content

The course is designed for students who are doing VET-type courses and seeking a Mathematics course that will give experience and practice for the mathematical skills required in the trades. It aims to develop numerical, investigative, application and problem-solving skills as related to the trades. This course can lead into Essential Mathematics in Year 12.

• topic 1: calculations, time, ratio and scale

• topic 2: earnings and spending

• topic 3: geometry.

Assessment

• investigations folio (50%)

• skills and application tasks (50%).

Additional Details

• SACE credits: 10 (Stage 1 SACE).

Activating Identities and Futures / Length: Semester (Stage 2 SACE)

Course Content

Building on the learning from Stage 1 Exploring Identities and Futures, Activating Identities and Futures (AIF) aims to foster independent learning and the skills of lifelong learning in students. AIF requires students to take greater ownership and agency over their learning as they select, test and explore relevant strategies and perspectives in the pursuit of a Learning Goal of their choice. Students will develop greater awareness and understanding of their own thought processes, decision making and organisation in relation to the learning process. Students ask themselves who they want to be, develop a personal question and then answer that question using a variety of research processes.

 Assessment

• assessment type 1: portfolio (35%)

• assessment type 2: progress checks (35%)

• assessment type 3: appraisal (30%).

Additional Details

• This is a compulsory Stage 2 subject in which students must achieve a C- or above to achieve their SACE. 

• SACE credits: 10 (Stage 2 SACE).