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Core Unit - Physical Education
writing that you want to work on? Would you like to have some of your writing published? If so, then this is the elective for you. This subject is aimed at those of you who enjoy a challenge, and who wish to explore and develop skills in writing, especially short stories. You will study and practise elements relevant to writing fictional short stories, poetry, scripts and other works of fiction and creative non-fiction. You will work both individually and collaboratively on a variety of writing projects throughout this course.
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The focus of Authorship and Publication will be the establishment, creation and promotion of an authentic digital and print publication that will be shared with the Galen community and beyond. Throughout the unit we will explore a number of different writing forms and styles, developing our own style and flair as authors and literature critics. This will also include the reading and exploration of a wide range of texts including poetry, prose, editorial, visual and multimodal texts. Students will engage with local authors and journalists in the development of their writing, and students will craft pieces to be featured in the final publication. As this is a new elective, the first group of students will have the privilege of naming the publication that will go on to promote student authors into the future. This elective is designed to provide an extension option for high achieving year English students who would like to develop their creative and analytical writing skills further, whilst contributing to an authentic publication.
Health and Physical Education
Core Unit - Physical Education
Physical Education enhances a student’s development in areas of self-confidence, self-discipline, independence, sportspersonship and leadership. Students learn the importance of leading an active lifestyle. Students are introduced to a wide variety of sports in the Physical Education curriculum, and we encourage all students to participate positively. With each sport, students are introduced to the rules and taught strategies to best perform in that particular sport. This also allows the students to develop new skills and enables them to improve skills they have already developed. Units covered include; Open Water Safety, Integrated sports (i.e. Spike ball, Speedminton, Ultimate Frisbee, Volleyball), International sports (i.e. Gaelic football,
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