Year 10

CURRICULUM

At Year 10 students begin to diversify their learning choices to be specific for their pathway in senior years. Students in Year 10 have core subjects which include English, RE and HPE. All other subjects involve students considering their individual pathways.

The period breakdown for Year 10 students is as follows:

Mathematics selection

Mathematics study is compulsory. In addition to Year 10 Mathematics, students may be invited to study in our Year 10 Advanced Mathematics or Year 10 Able & Ambitious programs. These classes are offered to students who are confident in mathematics and can challenge themselves further.

Science selection

Students are required to complete one semester of compulsory Core Science. This is chosen as one of their six electives. If students would like to explore more science subjects, they have the option of choosing additional science subjects with their elective choices.

Humanities selection

Students are required to complete one semester of compulsory Humanities study. They may choose any Year 10 level humanities to fulfil this requirement (listed below). If students do an accelerated study (Unit 1-2 in Year 10) that is humanities based (Legal Studies or Business Management) it will count as their humanities selection.

Religious Education

Our Year 10 students head in a different direction for RE. We register mainstream students in a study of VCE Unit One Religion and Society, where they will explore the spiritual origins of religion and understand its role in the development of society, identifying the nature and purpose of religion over time. 

Students investigate religion, including the totality of phenomena to which the term ‘religion’ refers, and acknowledge religion’s contribution to the development of human society. 

They also focus on the role of religious traditions in shaping personal and group identity over time. Students will examine how individuals, groups and new ideas have affected and continue to affect religious traditions.

The unit provides an opportunity for students to understand the often-complex relationships that exist between individuals, groups, new ideas, truth narratives, religious traditions broadly and in the Australian society in which they live.

Area of Study 1 The Nature and Purpose of Religion

Area of Study 2: Religion Through the Ages

Area of Study 3: Religion in Australia

Year 10 Elective choices

Students in Year 10 can study six electives across the school year (three per semester). In a student elective choice, they must include Core Science and one humanities subject. A list of elective choices for Year 10 can be seen below:

Accelerated Study Opportunities

Select students in Year 10 can accelerate their studies by selecting to do a VCE subject in Year 10 (highlighted in bold above). To be eligible students are required to average 80% across all assessment tasks in Year 10. VCE subjects offered to Year 10s are:

• Applied Computing (Unit 1-2)
• Biology (Unit 1-2)
• Business Management (Unit 1-2)
• Legal Studies (Unit 1-2)