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YEAR 8 - 12 CURRICULUM GUIDE
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL
CONTENTS The General Capabilities include Literacy, Numeracy, ICT, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical and Intercultural Understandings. The Cross Curriculum Priorities focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures, Asia and Australia’s Engagement with Asia, and Sustainability. The senior secondary curriculum, the SACE (South Australian Certificate of Education), addresses the same Capabilities. When you undertake the SACE, you are required to select from subject outlines and familiarise yourself with the 200-point curriculum structure and the compulsory aspects of the SACE. The compulsory requirements are achievement in literacy, numeracy, the Personal Learning Plan (PLP) and the Research Project. The PLP and the Research Project provide you with new challenges and learning opportunities. This Guide is divided into year levels from Year 8 to Year 12 and includes a section on Vocational Education and Training (VET).
At Adelaide High School we are passionate about learning and assisting students to reach their personal best. This Curriculum Guide is designed to guide you in your curriculum choices as you move from Year 8 to Year 12.
It is not uncommon for students at Adelaide High School to study subjects from more than one year level at any given time, and so we have provided course outlines in one book to assist you in planning your pathway. We have a commitment to tailoring student learning to your needs and abilities.
It contains information to assist you in making choices which broaden and deepen your educational experience, and to map your pathway within and beyond secondary school. We aim to provide you with important educational stepping stones to lead to success and to a world of choice. The whole purpose behind our curriculum offerings is to ensure your learning experience reflects our school motto: not only for school, but for life.
If you are in Year 10, 11 and 12 you are strongly advised to gather information from a range of sources to inform future choices. Speak to your family, your teachers, student counsellors, staff at tafeSA, the universities, Career Centres and other post school education and training providers. Use job and career guides to assist you in planning your pathway through secondary school and beyond, and read the SATAC (South Australian Tertiary Admission Centre) guide carefully.
You will find course descriptors for each year level, vocational education information and an outline of how we cater for individualised learning through acceleration, enrichment and extension.
Finally, I encourage you to be mindful of your personal strengths, past achievements and successes and build upon those. Strike a balance between aiming high and being realistic in your choices.
The Australian Curriculum is the basis of the curriculum in Years 8, 9 and 10. All subjects across all Learning Areas address the General Capabilities and Cross Curriculum Priorities in the Australian Curriculum.
Most importantly, whatever your year level, apply yourself to the best of your ability, as this is the most certain way to get you to where you wish to go. Cezanne Green Principal Adelaide High School
CURRICULUM STRUCTURE
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General Entry Student
4 Arts: Art / Drama / Dance / Music
Special Language Student
6 Cross-Disciplinary 56
Cricket or Rowing Entry Student
8 Design and Digital Technologies
SUBJECTS
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LEARNING AT ADELAIDE HIGH SCHOOL
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English / EAL
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INDIVIDUALISED LEARNING
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Health and Physical Education
88
Pastoral Care
14 Home Economics
104
Learner Intervention
14 Humanities and Social Sciences
112
Centre for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
15 Languages 128
Extension and Enrichment
15 Mathematics 150
SPECIAL INTEREST PROGRAMS
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Special Interest Languages Program
16 Vocational Education Training (VET)
Special Interest Cricket Program
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Special Interest Rowing Program
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Science 162
Motto
Priorities
“Non Scholae Sed Vitae” – “Not only for school but for life”
We are committed to:
Vision
1. Wellbeing: A safe and welcoming environment based upon mutual respect.
Adelaide High school is a dynamic community which is passionate about learning for life.
2. Learning: E ngaging and challenging learning experiences through:
Wellbeing: We encourage the social, emotional, intellectual and physical development of all members of our community. Respect, resilience and optimism help us flourish. Learning: We nurture independent, creative and collaborative learners. Curiosity and innovation motivate us to excel individually and collectively. Culture: We celebrate diversity, promote intercultural understandings and connect with communities here and across the world. We reflect on our past and learn in the present to shape our future.
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• Reflective, innovative and contemporary practices • Varied curriculum and co-curricular offerings • Learning within and beyond the classroom 3. Culture: Developing compassionate, positive and contributing citizens.
CURRICULUM STRUCTURE GENERAL ENTRY STUDENT
YEAR 8
YEAR 9
YEAR 10
YEAR 11 (STAGE 1)
Mathematics (Full Year)
Mathematics (Full Year)
Mathematics (Full Year)
Mathematics (1 Semester)
English (Full Year)
English (Full Year)
English (Full Year)
Research Project (1 Semester)
Science (Full Year)
Science (Full Year)
Science (Full Year)
English (Full Year)
Language 1 All Students (Full Year) OR Language 2 Optional (Full Year)
Language 1 All Students (Full Year)
Language 1 All Students (Full Year)
Humanities and Social Sciences (1 Semester)
Arts (Drama, Music, Dance or Art) (1 Term) *Arts (Drama, Music, Dance or Art) (1 Term)
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Arts (Drama, Music, Dance or Art) (1 Term)
*Indigenous Studies
Health and Physical Education (1 Semester)
Humanities and Social Sciences History (1 Semester)
Health and Physical Education (1 Semester)
Humanities and Social Sciences History (1 Semester)
Health and Physical Education (1 Semester)
ELECTIVE SUBJECT 1
ELECTIVE SUBJECT 3
ELECTIVE SUBJECT 1
ELECTIVE SUBJECT 3
A choice from The Arts
A choice from Arts, Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences, Health and Physical Education Electives
A choice from The Arts
A choice from Arts, Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences, Cross Disciplinary, Health and Physical Education Electives
OR Language 2 Optional Special Entry (Full Year)
ELECTIVE SUBJECT 2
ELECTIVE SUBJECT 4
A choice from Technology
A choice from Arts, Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences, Health and Physical Education Electives
Technology (1 Semester)
Home Economics (1 Term)
(1 Term)
*If students are not studying two languages in Year 8
OR Language 2 Optional Special Entry (Full Year)
OR Language 2 Optional Special Entry (Full Year)
OR Language 2 Optional Special Entry (Full Year)
All Year 9 students must study a subject from The Arts and Technology Learning Areas.
OR Language 2 Optional Special Entry (Full Year)
YEAR 12 (STAGE 2)
Elective 1 (Full Year)
Elective 1
Elective 2
Elective 2 (Full Year)
Elective 3
Elective 4
Elective 3 (Full Year)
OR Language 2 Optional Special Entry (Full Year) ELECTIVE SUBJECT 2
ELECTIVE SUBJECT 4
Elective 5
Elective 6
Elective 4 (Full Year)
A choice from Technology
A choice from Arts, Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences, Cross Disciplinary, Health and Physical Education Electives
Elective 7
Elective 8
Elective 5 (Full Year)
OR Language 2 Optional Special Entry (Full Year)
OR Language 2 Optional Special Entry (Full Year) All Year 10 students must study a subject from The Arts and Technology Learning Areas.
Year 9 and 10 Core Subjects
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CURRICULUM STRUCTURE SPECIAL LANGUAGE STUDENT
Adelaide High School Year 8 - 12 Curriculum Guide 2021
YEAR 8
YEAR 9
YEAR 10
Mathematics (Full Year)
Mathematics (Full Year)
Mathematics (Full Year)
English (Full Year)
English (Full Year)
English (Full Year)
YEAR 11 (STAGE 1)
YEAR 12 (STAGE 2)
Mathematics (1 Semester) Language 1 (Full Year) Research Project (1 Semester)
Science (Full Year)
Science (Full Year)
Science (Full Year) English (Full Year)
Language 1 (Full Year)
Language 1 (Full Year)
Language 1 (Full Year)
Language 2 (Full Year)
Language 2 (Full Year)
Language 2 (Full Year)
Humanities and Social Sciences (1 Semester)
Arts (Drama, Music, Dance or Art) (1 Term)
Arts (Drama, Music, Dance or Art) (1 Term)
Health and Physical Education (1 Semester)
Technology (1 Semester)
Please note: Special Interest Language students enrolling from 2020 will continue with one language until the end of Year 12.
Humanities and Social Sciences History (1 Semester)
Health and Physical Education (1 Semester)
Humanities and Social Sciences History (1 Semester)
Language 1
Elective 1
Elective 2
Elective 2 (Full Year)
Elective 3
Elective 4
Elective 3 (Full Year)
Elective 5
Elective 6
Elective 4 (Full Year)
Health and Physical Education (1 Semester)
ELECTIVE SUBJECT 1
ELECTIVE SUBJECT 2
ELECTIVE SUBJECT 1
ELECTIVE SUBJECT 2
A choice from The Arts
A choice from Technology
A choice from The Arts
A choice from Technology
All Year 9 students must study a subject from The Arts and Technology Learning Areas.
Elective 1 (Full Year)
All Year 10 students must study a subject from The Arts and Technology Learning Areas.
Year 9 and 10 Core Subjects
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CURRICULUM STRUCTURE CRICKET OR ROWING ENTRY STUDENT
Adelaide High School Year 8 - 12 Curriculum Guide 2021
YEAR 8
YEAR 9
YEAR 10
YEAR 11 (STAGE 1)
Mathematics (Full Year)
Mathematics (Full Year)
Mathematics (Full Year)
Mathematics (1 Semester)
English (Full Year)
English (Full Year)
English (Full Year)
Research Project (1 Semester)
YEAR 12 (STAGE 2)
Elective 1 (Full Year)
English (Full Year) Science (Full Year)
Science (Full Year)
Science (Full Year)
Language 1 (Full Year)
Language 1 (Full Year)
Language 1 (Full Year)
Cricket or Rowing Focus HPE (Full Year)
Cricket or Rowing Focus HPE (Full Year)
Cricket or Rowing Focus HPE (Full Year)
ELECTIVE SUBJECT 1
Humanities and Social Sciences (1 Semester)
Arts (Drama, Music, Dance or Art) (1 Term)
Technology (1 Semester)
Arts (Drama, Music, Dance or Art) (1 Term)
Please note: Students who have entered the school via the Cricket program take part in Cricket as one of their full year subjects until the end of Year 10.
Humanities and Social Sciences History (1 Semester)
Elective 2
Elective 2 (Full Year)
Elective 3
Elective 4
Elective 3 (Full Year)
Elective 5
Elective 6
Elective 4 (Full Year)
Elective 7
Elective 8
Elective 5 (Full Year)
ELECTIVE SUBJECT 1
A choice from The Arts
Humanities and Social Sciences History (1 Semester)
A choice from The Arts
ELECTIVE SUBJECT 2
ELECTIVE SUBJECT 3
ELECTIVE SUBJECT 2
ELECTIVE SUBJECT 3
A choice from Technology
A choice from Arts, Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences, Health and Physical Education Electives
A choice from Technology
A choice from Arts, Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences, Cross Disciplinary, Health and Physical Education
Please note: Students who have entered the school via the Rowing program take part in Rowing as one of their full year subjects until the end of Year 10.
Elective 1
All Year 9 and 10 students must study a subject from The Arts and Technology Learning Areas.
Year 9 and 10 Core Subjects
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Learning at Adelaide High School
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Individualised Learning
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Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects Arts
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Cross-Disciplinary
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Design and Digital Technologies
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English / EAL
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Health and Physical Education
88
Home Economics
104
Humanities and Social Sciences
112
Languages
128
Mathematics
150
Science
162
Vocational Education Training (VET)
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THE AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM The Australian Curriculum provides a dynamic teaching and learning framework for all schools across Australia. The national curriculum details content, knowledge and skills you are expected to develop at each year level and within the eight learning areas. At Adelaide High School, teachers utilise this flexible structure to plan and respond to student needs and interests in a genuine and meaningful manner, whilst monitoring and assessing student progress through the Achievement Standards. The Australian Curriculum is made up of three interconnected elements: Learning Areas, General Capabilities and Crosscurriculum Priorities. All aspects of the curriculum are embedded into the courses outlined in this guide, helping to build transferable skills, knowledge, attitudes and dispositions to support your development into confident, caring and contributing citizens.
Adelaide High School Year 8 - 12 Curriculum Guide 2021
WHAT IS THE SACE? The South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE) is a modern, internationally-recognised secondary school qualification designed to equip you with the skills, knowledge, and personal capabilities to successfully participate in our fast-paced global society. The SACE has evolved to provide you with more flexibility to choose subjects that reflect your interests, skills, and career goals, using a combination of SACE subjects, vocational education and training (VET), community learning, university, and TAFE studies. SACE subjects are made up of investigations, performances and other assessment tasks to demonstrate your skills, knowledge, and personal capabilities throughout the year. Some subjects will have an endof-year exam worth a maximum of 30% of the overall grade. To complete the qualification, you will need to attain 200 credits from a selection of Stage 1 and Stage 2 subjects. A 10-credit subject is usually one semester of study, and a 20-credit subject is usually over two semesters. Here’s how it works:
COMPULSORY SUBJECTS
50 credits • The Personal Learning Plan (PLP) (10 credits) •L iteracy requirement (20 credits) demonstrated from a range of English subjects at Stage 1 or Stage 2
STUDENT SELECTED SUBJECTS
+ 90 credits Choose and successfully complete a selection of Stage 1 and Stage 2 subjects, recognised VET courses, or community learning.
•N umeracy requirement (10 credits) demonstrated from a range of Mathematics subjects at Stage 1 or Stage 2
+ 60 credits Choose and successfully complete a selection of Stage 2 or VET subjects worth at least 60 credits in total. Stage 2 subjects are externally assessed by the SACE Board of South Australia.
•T he Research Project (10 credits)
PLANNING BEYOND THE SACE The South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre (SATAC) is responsible for tertiary course applications and selections in South Australia. SACE completion meets the course admission requirements for most TAFE SA courses, but there are some additional requirements for entry into particular qualification levels.
To be eligible to apply for university, you must: • complete the SACE • complete at least 90 credits at Stage 2, of which at least 60 credits must be from 20-credit Tertiary Admissions Subjects (TAS)*, and the other 30 credits from TAS, and up to 20 credits of Recognised Studies which will allow you to obtain an Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) • complete any prerequisites required for your chosen university courses • comply with the rules regarding subject combinations and preclusions *A Tertiary Admissions Subject (TAS) is a SACE Stage 2 subject that has been approved by the universities and TAFE SA as providing suitable preparation for tertiary studies. Almost all SACE subjects are recognised Tertiary Admissions Subjects, except for Community Studies and Modified Subjects The SATAC website, individual university websites and the TAFE SA website explain what you’ll need to study specific courses
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Individualised Learning
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Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects
SUBJECTS FOR YEAR 11 (STAGE 1)
18
Cross-Disciplinary
56
Design and Digital Technologies
60
English / EAL
78
At Stage 2 students will study the following:
2 SEMESTERS (FULL YEAR)
2 SEMESTERS (FULL YEAR) CHOICE FROM
1 SEMESTER • Mathematics (a full year is advised) • Research Project CHOICE FROM
Health and Physical Education
88
Home Economics
104
Humanities and Social Sciences
112
Languages
128
Mathematics
150
Science
162
Vocational Education Training (VET)
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SUBJECTS FOR YEAR 12 (STAGE 2)
At Stage 1 students will study the following:
• English / EAL
Arts
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• Arts • Cross-Disciplinary esign, Technology •D and Engineering • Health and Physical Education • Home Economics umanities and Social •H Sciences • Languages • Mathematics • Science •V ocational Education and Training
• Arts • Cross-Disciplinary •D esign, Technology and Engineering • English / EAL • Health and Physical Education • Home Economics •H umanities and Social Sciences • Languages • Mathematics • Science •V ocational Education and Training
Please note: In many subjects there may be excursions and in-school events to enrich the curriculum content. These may incur an additional cost which is not included in the school fees. The subject teacher will advise parents/carers and students in writing if this is the case.
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INDIVIDUALISED LEARNING JUMP TO Curriculum Structure
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Learning at Adelaide High School
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Individualised Learning
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Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects Arts
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Cross-Disciplinary
56
Design and Digital Technologies
60
English / EAL
78
Health and Physical Education
88
Home Economics
104
Humanities and Social Sciences
112
Languages
128
Mathematics
150
Science
162
Vocational Education Training (VET)
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PASTORAL CARE Pastoral Care is a timetabled subject occurring each day. The Pastoral Care program supports: • Adelaide High School’s Vision and Priorities, and Graduate Qualities • Australian Curriculum’s General Capabilities and Cross Curriculum Priorities Consistent in each year level of the program is: • A learning centred approach to mentoring and guiding students • A focus on positive education • Providing a safe and welcoming environment • Coaching and career education • Connecting students and families with the school This is supplemented by a program that proactively engages students in a relevant and targeted manner at each year level.
LEARNER INTERVENTION The Learner Intervention team at Adelaide High School offers strategic and targeted learning opportunities to students for both intervention and stretch.
Adelaide High School Year 8 - 12 Curriculum Guide 2021
A school-based Speech Pathologist supports the Learner Intervention team to deliver quality planning, programming and resources that are founded in best and evidence-based practice for literacy improvement at all levels of ability. Students with disabilities have access to a wide range of interventions aimed at meeting individual needs through individualised and tailored learning programs that enable them to access learning on the same basis as their peers. The Learner Intervention team works in partnership with students, their families and other schoolbased intervention teams to ensure access to the most appropriate and timely interventions. Interventions can include small group learning programs as well as strategic in class interventions with Learning Intervention Officers. Programs can include: Macqlit - a systematic reading intervention program, QuickSmart Numeracy - aimed at developing student fluency in core numerical operations and strong conceptual understanding, MotiVate for social skills development, as well as other small group interventions as required.
CENTRE FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING
EXTENSION AND ENRICHMENT
Adelaide High School offers students with a hearing loss access to tailored, specialised programs which meet each of their individual needs.
Our aim is to enrich the learning of each student to ensure the best learning experience possible. This begins in classes where teachers use rich data to analyse learning and differentiate the curriculum for individuals.
Students have access to a range of subjects and are integrated with their peers. Students are supported in a range of ways including in class support, intensive small group programs and have access to Teachers of the Deaf and Bilingual School Staff who understand the impact of hearing loss in the classroom. Students at times are also offered a line off for additional support which works on targeting specific areas to ensure classroom success. These areas are literacy and language support for all subject areas, numeracy and social skills development. Support lines are staffed with teachers and SSOs who have expert knowledge in these areas.
Students with high intellectual potential and advanced learning skills in certain subjects can be identified by subject teachers. Parents and students will be involved in discussions regarding possible options and parent approval will be sought before a student is placed in an acceleration, extension or enrichment course.
The team works in collaboration with teachers to provide quality differentiated teaching and learning opportunities in the classroom setting for all students.
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SPECIAL INTEREST PROGRAMS JUMP TO Curriculum Structure
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Learning at Adelaide High School
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Individualised Learning
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Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects Arts
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Cross-Disciplinary
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Design and Digital Technologies
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English / EAL
78
Health and Physical Education
88
Home Economics
104
Humanities and Social Sciences
112
Languages
128
Mathematics
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Science
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Vocational Education Training (VET)
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SPECIAL INTEREST LANGUAGES PROGRAM
SPECIAL INTEREST CRICKET PROGRAM
Across Australia, this program is unique to Adelaide High School. The program seeks to foster high level and deep language learning in connection with our vision for global citizenship and international understanding. Communication and understanding in Languages broadens and deepens learners’ development of the Australian Curriculum Capabilities and underpins the development of future pathways in global contexts.
Adelaide High School is committed to providing all students with an opportunity to learn, develop and excel in the game of cricket.
Students apply and are selected for this program in the final year of primary school. Currently, students enrolled prior to 2020 study two languages offered by the school for 3 years from Years 8 – 10 and then are encouraged to continue one language into the Senior School, at least to Stage 1 in Year 11. From 2020, students who enter Special Interest Languages will study two languages offered by the School from Years 8 – 10 (3 calendar years) and then must continue at least one of the two into the Senior School to graduation at Stage 2 level.
Lessons and training sessions focus on the development and application of cricket skills – batting, bowling and fielding, with fitness and conditioning also being important aspects of the program. Practical sessions are designed to challenge participants and teach them to play with confidence and belief. Students have access to accredited coaches as well as turf, indoor and hard wicket playing and training facilities. Students also participate in an accreditation pathway achieving their Senior First Aid, Level 0 and 1 Coaching, and Level 1 Umpiring qualifications during Years 8 -10. As well as covering the requirements of the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education at the relevant year levels, students also study cricketspecific content. As specialist sport entrants, they can enhance their practical skills through deep understanding of theoretical concepts specific to cricket. Adelaide High School liaises closely with SACA in terms of access to grade cricket clubs and the High-Performance Pathway.
Students who enter the Special Interest Cricket program will study Cricket as a subject from Years 8-10. Cricket is offered as an optional subject in Stage 1. The Cricket Program is also available, by application, to all students who are enrolled at Adelaide High School and who have a passion for cricket.
SPECIAL INTEREST ROWING PROGRAM Adelaide High School is committed to providing all students with an opportunity to learn, develop and excel in rowing. The AHS Rowing program is part of a holistic education experience and aims to teach the values of determination, resilience and perseverance. This is achieved by allowing students to challenge themselves in a safe and supportive environment. Lessons and training sessions focus on the development and application of rowing skills, fitness and coaching and competition strategies.
AHS Rowing has an extensive fleet of boats in all classes and rowers learn boat handling and rowing skills in both scull and sweep boats and improve their general fitness. Students also have access to fitness facilities and ergometer machines. Students who enter the Special Interest Rowing program will study Rowing as a subject from Years 8-10. Rowing is offered as an optional subject in Stage 1. The Rowing Program is also available, by application, to all students who are enrolled at Adelaide High School and who have a passion for rowing. An Introduction to Rowing Program, which forms part of the Year 8 Transition Program, gives all Year 8 students the opportunity to ‘come n try’ rowing with their Pastoral Care Group at the beginning of the school year. Interested students can apply to join the Rowing Program.
As well as covering the requirements of the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education at the relevant year levels, students also study rowingspecific content. As specialist sport entrants, they can enhance their practical skills through deep understanding of theoretical concepts specific to rowing.
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ARTS: ART / DRAMA / DANCE / MUSIC
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YEAR 8
YEAR 9
YEAR 10
YEAR 11
YEAR 12
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Art
Art A
Art A
Art A
Visual Arts - Art
Individualised Learning
14 Art B
Art B
Art B
Visual Arts - Design
Design A
Design A
Design B
Design B
Creative Arts: Product Innovation
Creative Arts: Jewellery Design and Creation
Creative Arts: Digital Media
Creative Arts: Digital Media
Media - Multimedia
Creative Arts: Film
Creative Arts: Theatre Production
Creative Arts: Theatre Production
Drama A
Drama A
Drama A
Drama B
Drama B
Drama B
Dance A
Dance A
Dance A
Dance B
Dance B
Dance B
Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects Arts
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Cross-Disciplinary
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Design and Digital Technologies
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English / EAL
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Health and Physical Education
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Home Economics
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Humanities and Social Sciences
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Languages
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Mathematics
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Science
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Vocational Education Training (VET)
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Drama
Dance
Music
Creative Arts
Drama
Dance
Music Performance A
Music Performance A
Music Performance A
Music Performance Ensemble
Music Performance B
Music Performance B
Music Performance B
Music Performance - Solo
Music Explorations
Music Explorations
Music Explorations
Music Studies Music Explorations
Australian Curriculum SACE
Arrows are only an indication of pathways. Please check prerequisites.
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ART
DANCE
DRAMA
MUSIC
ART A
Level: 8 Length: 10 weeks Contact person: Kerry Skinner
Level: 8 Length: 10 weeks Contact person: Kerry Skinner
Level: 8 Length: 10 weeks Contact person: Kerry Skinner
Level: 8 Length: 10 weeks Contact person: Kerry Skinner
Level: 9 Length: Semester Contact person: Kerry Skinner
Content: In Year 8 students study Art through the making and responding strands. They develop basic visual communication through the interpretation and generation of ideas based upon observation, aesthetic sensitivity and understanding of Art and Design skills. They will learn that Visual Art has many forms. It exists in both the students’ environment as well as in other societies and cultures. They will increase their capabilities by generating creative ideas in expression and communication in a range of art units.
Content: The course aims for students to experience a range of genres in dance, compose their own dance works and perform in a showcase. Students develop their knowledge and understanding of the skills of dance practice by focusing on body articulation, weight transfer and body awareness.
Content: The course aims for students to develop their knowledge and understanding of character development, play-building, voice and movement skills, stage craft, drama terminology and problem solving. Students will develop their confidence and collaborate with others in small and large ensembles. Students are provided opportunities to perform in class and to the community.
Content: Students learning Music listen, perform and compose. They learn about the elements of Music comprising rhythm, pitch, dynamics, expression, form and structure. Students develop aural skills to identify and interpret the elements of Music. These skills are essential for making and responding to a range of music through composing and performing. Students develop Music ICT skills through use of Musition, Auralia, Noteflight and Soundtrap/Mixcraft.
Content: This general art course aims for students to learn about and explore traditional, contemporary and evolving visual conventions used in artworks of diverse styles and composition.
Students will develop skills in:
They explore the elements of dance using space, time and dynamics. Students develop their knowledge in safe dance practice and injury prevention through practical classes. Students will develop their confidence and collaborate with others in small and large ensembles.
Making in Art:
Making in dance:
• Painting and Drawing • 3D Studies • ICT Processes • Design/Printmaking
• Dance skills • Improvisation • Composition • Performance
Responding in Art:
Responding in dance:
•R eflection of own and others’ work •R eflection and analysis of a contemporary/historical art practitioner and art movement
• Reflection of own and others’ work • Reflection and analysis of a contemporary dance work
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Making in Drama: • Improvisation • Devising and creating • Performing • Directing Responding in Drama: • Reflections • Analysing own and others’ drama work Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
For students who learn an instrument/voice, performances are held throughout the year allowing students the opportunity to grow as a performer and share their experiences in music. Content includes: Making in Music: • Composition/arranging • Interpreting/improvisation • Performance Responding in Music: • Listening • Analysing • Reflection Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards. Additional charges: Instrument hire is available from the school for a limited range of instruments. Current cost is $150 per year hire fee, plus $50 deposit.
These may include developing skills in combinations of conventions such as visual elements, design principles, composition and style. Students analyse and respond to their own and other practitioners’ artworks. As audience members they learn how to view, manipulate, reflect on, analyse, enjoy, appreciate and evaluate art. Students learn how to manipulate and adapt a wide range of physical materials and technologies through the development of knowledge and skills in Visual Arts. Areas of work cover 2D and 3D processes. Making in Art: Students may select to develop skills in one or more of the following mediums: • Drawing • Painting • Sculpture • Ceramics • Design • Emerging media (digital) (continued over page)
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Humanities and Social Sciences 112 Languages 128 Mathematics 150 Science 162 Vocational Education Training (VET)
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ART A (continued)
ART B
ART B (continued)
DANCE A
DANCE B
Responding to Art:
Level: 9 Length: Semester Contact person: Kerry Skinner
Responding to Art:
Level: 9 Length: Semester Contact person: Kerry Skinner
Level: 9 Length: Semester Contact person: Kerry Skinner
Content: The course aims for students to experience a range of genres in Dance, compose their own dance works and perform in a showcase. Students develop their knowledge and understanding of the skills of Dance practice by focusing on body articulation, weight transfer and body awareness.
Content: The course aims for students to experience a range of genres in Dance, compose their own dance works and perform in a showcase. Students develop their knowledge and understanding of the skills of Dance practice by focusing on body articulation, weight transfer and body awareness.
They explore the elements of Dance using space, time and dynamics. Students develop their knowledge in safe dance practice, anatomy, nutrition and injury prevention. Students will develop their confidence and collaborate with others in small and large ensembles.
They explore the elements of Dance using space, time and dynamics. Students develop their knowledge of dance companies in Australia. Students will develop their confidence and collaborate with others in small and large ensembles.
Making in Dance:
• Dance skills • Improvisation • Composition • Performance
• Historical or cultural art movement enquiry and analysis task • Reflecting on own learning through art annotation/journal writing using the 4 steps of criticism Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards. Additional charges: A consumables/excursion fee may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
Content: This general art course aims for students to learn about and explore traditional, contemporary and evolving visual conventions used in artworks of diverse styles and composition. These may include developing skills in combinations of conventions such as visual elements, design principles, composition and style. Students analyse and respond to their own and other practitioners’ artworks. As audience members they learn how to view, manipulate, reflect on, analyse, enjoy, appreciate and evaluate art. Students learn how to manipulate and adapt a wide range of physical materials and technologies through the development of knowledge and skills in Visual Arts. Areas of work cover 2D and 3D processes. Making in Art: Students may select to develop skills in one or more of the following mediums: • Drawing • Painting • Sculpture • Ceramics • Design • Emerging media (digital)
• Historical or cultural art movement enquiry and analysis task • Reflecting on own learning through art annotation/journal writing using the 4 steps of criticism Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards. Additional charges: A consumables/excursion fee may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
• Dance skills • Improvisation • Composition • Performance Responding in Dance:
Making in Dance:
Responding in Dance:
• Review writing • Analysis of dance in Australia
• Review writing • Analysis of Australian dance companies
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Additional charges: A consumables/excursion fee may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
Additional charges: A consumables/excursion fee may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
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Learning at Adelaide High School
10
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14
Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects Arts 18 Cross-Disciplinary 56 Design and Digital Technologies 60 English / EAL
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Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
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Humanities and Social Sciences 112 Languages 128 Mathematics 150 Science 162 Vocational Education Training (VET)
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DRAMA A
DRAMA B
MUSIC EXPLORATIONS
MUSIC PERFORMANCE A
Level: 9 Length: Semester Contact person: Kerry Skinner
Level: 9 Length: Semester Contact person: Kerry Skinner
Level: 9 Length: Semester Contact person: Kerry Skinner
Level: 9 Length: Semester Contact person: Kerry Skinner
Content: The course aims for students to continue to develop their knowledge and understanding of character development, playbuilding, voice and movement skills, stage craft, Drama terminology and problem solving. Students will draw on drama from a range of cultures, times and locations as they analyse and experience Drama. Students will develop their confidence and collaborate with others in small and large ensembles. Students are provided opportunities to perform in class and to the community.
Content: The course aims for students to continue to develop their knowledge and understanding of character development, playbuilding, voice and movement skills, stage craft, Drama terminology and problem solving. Students will draw on drama from a range of cultures, times and locations as they analyse and experience Drama. Students will develop their confidence and collaborate with others in small and large ensembles. Students are provided opportunities to perform in class and to the community.
Content: This is a semester course which focuses on the development of electronic music production. Students will develop an understanding of composition and arranging through use of ICT composition skills in Soundtrap/ Mixcraft/Garage Band and notation software Noteflight/ MuseScore/Sibelius. Learning an instrument is encouraged to provide full engagement and an expanded understanding of compositional techniques.
Making in Drama
Making in Drama:
• Improvisation • Devising and creating • Performing • Directing
• Improvisation • Devising and creating • Performing • Directing
Content: Students learning Music listen, perform and compose. They learn about the elements of music comprising of rhythm, pitch, dynamics, expression, form and structure with a focus on music composition. Students develop aural skills to identify and interpret the elements of music. These skills are essential for making and responding to a range of music through composing and performing. Students develop Music ICT skills through use of Musition, Auralia, Noteflight and Soundtrap/Mixcraft. Performances are held throughout the year allowing students the opportunity to grow as a performer and share their experiences in music. Content includes:
Responding in Drama
Responding in Drama:
• Reflections •A nalysing own and others’ drama work
• Reflections • Analysing own and others’ drama work
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Students are offered technical opportunities to work collaboratively with school performances/productions. Content includes: Making in Music: • Composition/arranging • Interpreting • Performance Responding in Music: • Listening • Analysing • Reflection Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Special requirements: Students enrolled in Music are required to begin/continue instrumental music lessons on their chosen instrument through either on-site Department for Education Instrumental Music Service lessons or private lessons in their own time. A minimum of 20 minutes practice a day is required. It is expected that students join an appropriate school ensemble. Additional charges: A subject charge may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges. Instrument hire is available from the school for a limited range of instruments. Current cost is $150 per year hire fee, plus $50 deposit.
Making in Music: • Composition/arranging • Interpreting/improvisation • Performance Responding in Music: • Listening • Analysing • Reflection Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
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MUSIC PERFORMANCE B Level: 9 Length: Semester Contact person: Kerry Skinner
Mathematics 150
Content: Students learning Music listen, perform and compose. They learn about the elements of music comprising of rhythm, pitch, dynamics, expression, form and structure with a focus on historical music. Students develop aural skills to identify and interpret the elements of music. These skills are essential for making and responding to a range of music through composing and performing. Students develop Music ICT skills through use of Musition, Auralia, Noteflight and Soundtrap/Mixcraft. Performances are held throughout the year allowing students the opportunity to grow as a performer and share their experiences in music. Content includes:
Science 162
Making in Music:
Vocational Education Training (VET)
• Composition/arranging • Interpreting/improvisation • Performance
Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects Arts 18 Cross-Disciplinary 56 Design and Digital Technologies 60 English / EAL
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Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
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Humanities and Social Sciences 112 Languages 128
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Responding in Music: • Listening • Analysing • Reflection Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
ART A Special requirements: Students enrolled in Music are required to begin/continue instrumental music lessons on their chosen instrument through either on-site Department for Education Instrumental Music Service lessons or private lessons in their own time. A minimum of 20 minutes practice a day is required. It is expected that students join an appropriate school ensemble. Additional charges: A subject charge may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges. Instrument hire is available from the school for a limited range of instruments. Current cost is $150 per year hire fee, plus $50 deposit.
ART B
Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: Kerry Skinner
Areas of work cover 2D and 3D processes including selection of the following media:
Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: Kerry Skinner
Content: Through Visual Arts, students learn to reflect critically on their own experiences and responses to the work of artists, craftspeople and designers and to develop their own arts knowledge and preferences. They learn with growing sophistication to express and communicate experiences through and about visual arts.
Making in Art:
Content: Through Visual Arts, students learn to reflect critically on their own experiences and responses to the work of artists, craftspeople and designers and to develop their own arts knowledge and preferences. They learn with growing sophistication to express and communicate experiences through and about visual arts.
Making in Visual Arts involves students making representations of their ideas and intended meanings in different forms. Students select the visual effects they want to create through problem-solving and making decisions. They develop knowledge, understanding and skills as they learn and apply techniques and processes using materials to achieve their intentions in two-dimensional (2D), threedimensional (3D) and fourdimensional (4D) forms. In developing knowledge and skills in Visual Arts, students learn to manipulate and adapt a wide range of physical materials and technologies.
• Drawing • Painting • Sculpture • Ceramics • Design • Emerging media (digital) Responding to Art: • Contemporary/historical or cultural art movement enquiry and analysis task • Reflecting on own learning through art annotation/journal writing using the 4 steps of criticism Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards. Additional charges: A consumables/excursion fee may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
Making in Visual Arts involves students making representations of their ideas and intended meanings in different forms. Students select the visual effects they want to create through problem-solving and making decisions. They develop knowledge, understanding and skills as they learn and apply techniques and processes using materials to achieve their intentions in two-dimensional (2D), threedimensional (3D) and fourdimensional (4D) forms. In developing knowledge and skills in Visual Arts, students learn to manipulate and adapt a wide range of physical materials and technologies. Areas of work cover 2D and 3D processes including selection of the following media: (continued over page)
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Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
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ART B (continued)
DANCE A
DANCE B
DESIGN A
Making in Art:
Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: Kerry Skinner
Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: Kerry Skinner
Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: Kerry Skinner
Content: Students choreograph dances by manipulating and combining the elements of dance, choreographic devices, and production elements to communicate their choreographic intent. They choreograph, rehearse and perform dances, demonstrating technical and expressive skills appropriate to the genre and style as selected in collaboration with teacher and students. Students analyse the choreographer’s use of the elements of dance, choreographic devices, form and production elements to communicate choreographic intent in the dances they make, perform and view. They evaluate the impact of dance from different cultures, places and times.
Content: Students choreograph dances by manipulating and combining the elements of dance, choreographic devices, and production elements to communicate their choreographic intent. They choreograph, rehearse and perform dances, demonstrating technical and expressive skills appropriate to the genre and style as selected in collaboration with teacher and students. Students analyse the choreographer’s use of the elements of dance, choreographic devices, form and production elements to communicate choreographic intent in the dances they make, perform and view. They evaluate the impact of dance from different cultures, places and times.
Content: Students who elect Design A gain an introduction to the Design Process, focussing on creatively solving problems in relation to communication design and product design.
Making in Dance:
• Dance Skills • Improvisation • Composition • Performance
• Drawing • Painting • Sculpture • Ceramics • Design • Emerging media (digital) Responding to Art: • Contemporary/historical or cultural art movement enquiry and analysis task • Reflecting on own learning through art annotation/journal writing using the 4 steps of criticism Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards. Additional charges: A consumables/excursion fee may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
• Dance skills • Improvisation • Composition • Performance Responding in Dance:
Making in Dance:
Responding in Dance:
• Review writing • Dance history and the development of dance
• Composition folio • Analysis of a dance work • Dance Literacy task – performance.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Additional charges: A consumables/excursion fee may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
Additional charges: A consumables/excursion fee may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
This course is suited to any student who enjoys working with computers and is interested in pursuing a career in graphic design, animation graphics, advertising or any other designrelated career. In all Design courses, students will: develop and demonstrate knowledge and use of the Design Process:
Responding to Design: • Evaluate both their own and the work of others • Reflecting own learning through art annotation/journal writing using the Design Process • Analysing the work of other contemporary and historical designers Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards. Additional charges: A consumables fee may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
• Brief • Investigation • Concept design • Innovation • Production • Evaluation Students will develop skills in: Making in Design: • Develop problem solving skills • Use effective ICT processes Photoshop, Illustrator, and other emerging programs • Design graphics/objects utilising technology and hand-made skills • Create finished works of design
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Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
104
Humanities and Social Sciences 112 Languages 128 Mathematics 150 Science 162 Vocational Education Training (VET)
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DESIGN B Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: Kerry Skinner Content: Students who elect Design B gain an introduction to the Design Process, focussing on creatively solving problems in relation to product design and environmental design. This course is suited to any student who enjoys working with computers and is interested in pursuing a career in architecture, engineering, or any other designrelated career. In all Design courses, students will: develop and demonstrate knowledge and use of the Design Process: • Brief • Investigation • Concept Design • Innovation • Production • Evaluation Students will develop skills in: Making in Design: • Develop problem solving skills •U se effective ICT processes Photoshop, Illustrator, and other emerging programs •D esign objects utilising technology and hand-made skills • Develop problem solving skills • Create finished works of design
Responding to Design: • Reflecting own learning through design annotation/journal writing using the Design Process • Analysing the work of contemporary and historical designers • Evolution of a product enquiry task Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards. Additional charges: A consumables fee may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
CREATIVE ARTS: DIGITAL MEDIA Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: Kerry Skinner Content: Digital Media gives students the ability to gain expertise in the area of computer graphics. It involves students undertaking studies in 2 and 3D graphic applications. Students develop technology skills in the use of the digital camera, 3D printer and other computer hardware. Students can create works of art using various software programs, including InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and 3D applications. Students will be expected to produce drawings and sketches that will complement their computer work. Students will: • Visualise ideas using the computer as a media source and tool. • Identify and write comments about their work. • Collect examples of computer generated images. • Write comments about the use of the computer and related technologies in society with particular relevance to the graphic arts. • Begin to understand the relevance of the computer in the visual arts. • Learn to understand the terminology related to the use of computers in the graphic arts. • Understand the use of various software programs within the graphics industry.
DRAMA A
DRAMA B
Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: Kerry Skinner
Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: Kerry Skinner
Content: At Year 10, students will continue to develop and refine their expressive skills across a range of forms and styles. The Year 10 course comprises:
Content: At Year 10, students will continue to develop and refine their expressive skills across a range of forms and styles. The Year 10 course comprises:
Making in Drama:
Making in Drama:
• Scripted performance • Group devised performance • Skills workshops
• Scripted performance • Group devised performance • Skills workshops
Responding in Drama:
Responding in Drama:
• Review writing • Production report • Research and analyse drama styles and practitioners
• Review writing • Production report • Research and analyse drama styles and practitioners
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
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Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects Arts 18 Cross-Disciplinary 56 Design and Digital Technologies 60 English / EAL
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Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
104
Humanities and Social Sciences 112 Languages 128 Mathematics 150 Science 162 Vocational Education Training (VET)
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MEDIA - MULTIMEDIA
MUSIC EXPLORATIONS
Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: Kerry Skinner
Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: Kerry Skinner
Content: Students are provided the opportunity to:
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Students should have completed one semester of Music Explorations or Performance in Year 9.
•U se computers and video cameras to develop original text, audio, images, videos and animation. •D esign and create interactive multimedia and web content. •M ake and respond to media arts independently and in small groups. •E xplore media arts as an art form through representation, manipulation of genre and media conventions and analysis of media artworks. •D evelop skills and knowledge in the use of multimedia authoring software •A nalyse how social and cultural values and alternative points of view are portrayed in media artworks they make, interact with and distribute. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Content: This is a semester course which focuses on the development of music technology and technical production. Students will work in collaboration with Radio Adelaide to produce podcasts. Learning an instrument is encouraged to provide full engagement and an expanded understanding of compositional techniques. Students will develop skills in technical production such as: • Live sound mixing • Studio Recording • Theatre lighting design and operation • Video soundtrack composition Opportunities to work collaboratively with school performances/productions are encouraged. Content includes: Making in Music: • Composition/arranging • Interpreting • Recording
MUSIC EXPLORATIONS (continued) Responding in Music: • Listening • Analysing • Reflection ASSESSMENT: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
MUSIC PERFORMANCE A Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: Kerry Skinner Preferred background/ prerequisite: Students should have completed one semester of Music Performance in Year 9. If this was not completed, students can enter via an audition. Content: Students learning Music listen, perform and compose. They learn about the elements of Music comprising of rhythm, pitch, dynamics, expression, form and structure. Students develop aural skills to identify and interpret the elements of music with a focus on music composition. These skills are essential for making and responding to a range of music through composing and performing. Students develop Music ICT skills through use of Musition, Auralia, Noteflight and Soundtrap/Mixcraft. Performances are held throughout the year allowing students the opportunity to grow as a performer and share their experiences in music. Content includes:
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards. Special requirements: Students enrolled in Music are required to begin/continue instrumental music lessons on their chosen instrument through either on-site Department for Education Instrumental Music Service lessons or private lessons in their own time. A minimum of 30 minutes practice a day is required. It is expected that students join an appropriate school ensemble. Additional charges: A subject charge may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges. Instrument hire is available from the school for a limited range of instruments. Current cost is $150 per year hire fee, plus $50 deposit.
Making in Music • Composition/arranging • Interpreting/improvisation • Performance Responding in Music • Listening • Analysing • Reflection
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Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
104
Humanities and Social Sciences 112 Languages 128 Mathematics 150 Science 162 Vocational Education Training (VET)
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MUSIC PERFORMANCE B Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: Kerry Skinner Preferred background/ prerequisite: Students should have completed one semester of Music Performance in Year 9. If this was not completed, students can enter via an audition. Content: Students learning Music listen, perform and compose. They learn about the elements of Music comprising of rhythm, pitch, dynamics, expression, form and structure with a focus on historical music. Students develop aural skills to identify and interpret the elements of music. These skills are essential for making and responding to a range of music through composing and performing. Students develop Music ICT skills through use of Musition, Auralia, Noteflight and Soundtrap/Mixcraft. Performances are held throughout the year allowing students the opportunity to grow as a performer and share their experiences in music. Content includes:
CREATIVE ARTS: PRODUCT INNOVATION Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards. Special requirements: Students enrolled in Music are required to begin/continue instrumental music lessons on their chosen instrument through either on-site Department for Education Instrumental Music Service lessons or private lessons in their own time. A minimum of 30 minutes practice a day is required. It is expected that students join an appropriate school ensemble. Additional charges: A subject charge may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges. Instrument hire is available from the school for a limited range of instruments. Current cost is $150 per year hire fee, plus $50 deposit.
Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: Kerry Skinner Content: This course is aimed at students who have an interest in developing original works of design using modelling software, 3D printing and laser cutting technology. Students will be introduced to specific software programs related to product design and the built environment. They will participate in a number of skill building assignment tasks that will give them an insight into prototyping. This course is suited to any student who enjoys working with computers and is interested in pursuing a career in animation, design, architecture, engineering, fashion and related accessories, design or any other area of design innovation. In all Design courses, students will develop and demonstrate knowledge and use of the Design Process. They will learn how to write a brief, experiment, research and show problem solving skills. Students will develop skills in:
Making in Music
Making in Design:
• Composition/arranging • Interpreting/improvisation • Performance
• Develop skills in Photoshop, Illustrator, and other emerging programs. • Use effective ICT processes. • Design objects utilising technology - laser cutting and 3D printing. • Create finished works of design.
Responding in Music • Listening • Analysing • Reflection
Responding to Art: • Evaluate both their own and the work of others. • Reflect on own learning through art annotation/journal writing using the 4 steps of criticism. • Analyse the work of other contemporary designers. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards. Additional charges: A consumables/excursion fee may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
CREATIVE ARTS: THEATRE PRODUCTION Level: 10 Length: Semester (10 SACE Credits) Contact person: Kerry Skinner Content: Students participate in the development and presentation of finished or realised creative arts products. Students learn the process of theatre production from the initial idea to the final presentation. Individuals will focus on the development of communication, learning and personal development capabilities. Students in this course will work collaboratively to produce the theatrical elements of the School Musical. Students will learn about the technical elements of theatre; including, stage management, design, sound and lighting and understand about marketing and publicity. Their learning will allow them to undertake practical roles in the School Musical and be an integral part of this major event. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Product Assessment Type 2: Folio
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Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
104
Humanities and Social Sciences 112 Languages 128 Mathematics 150 Science 162 Vocational Education Training (VET)
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ART A Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE Credits) Contact person: Kerry Skinner Preferred background/ prerequisite: A “C” grade or better at Year 10 in another Arts subject or on approval in individual cases. Content: Visual Arts engages students in conceptual, practical, analytical, and contextual aspects of creative human endeavour. It emphasises visual thinking and investigation and the ability to develop ideas and concepts, refine technical skills, and produce imaginative solutions. An integral part of Visual Arts is the documentation of visual thinking. Students learn to communicate personal ideas, beliefs, values, thoughts, feelings, concepts, and opinions, provide observations of their lived or imagined experiences, and represent these in visual form. Through the initiation and development of ideas, problem solving, experimentation, and investigation in a diversity of media, processes, and techniques, students demonstrate a range of technical skills and aesthetic qualities.
ART B Development and application of technical skills with media, materials, and technologies to communicate visual ideas in resolved works of art. • Knowledge and Understanding Knowledge of core visual arts concepts, forms, styles, and conventions and understanding of visual arts in different cultural, social, and/or historical contexts. • Analysis and Response Analysis and interpretation of works of art from different contexts. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Folio Assessment Type 2: Practical Assessment Type 3: Visual Study Additional charges: A consumables/excursion fee may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE Credits) Contact person: Kerry Skinner Preferred background/ prerequisite: A “C” grade or better at Year 10 in another Arts subject or on approval in individual cases. Content: Visual Arts engages students in conceptual, practical, analytical, and contextual aspects of creative human endeavour. It emphasises visual thinking and investigation and the ability to develop ideas and concepts, refine technical skills, and produce imaginative solutions. An integral part of Visual Arts is the documentation of visual thinking. Students learn to communicate personal ideas, beliefs, values, thoughts, feelings, concepts, and opinions, provide observations of their lived or imagined experiences, and represent these in visual form. Through the initiation and development of ideas, problem solving, experimentation, and investigation in a diversity of media, processes, and techniques, students demonstrate a range of technical skills and aesthetic qualities.
Students will develop skills in:
Students will develop skills in:
•P ractical Application
• Practical Application
Documentation of creative visual thinking and/or problemsolving processes.
Documentation of creative visual thinking and/or problem-solving processes.
DANCE A Development and application of technical skills with media, materials, and technologies to communicate visual ideas in resolved works of art. • Knowledge and Understanding Knowledge of core visual arts concepts, forms, styles, and conventions and understanding of visual arts in different cultural, social, and/or historical contexts. • Analysis and Response Analysis and interpretation of works of art from different contexts. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Folio Assessment Type 2: Practical Assessment Type 3: Visual Study Additional charges: A consumables/excursion fee may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE Credits) Contact person: Kerry Skinner Preferred background/ prerequisite: Previous experience is desirable. Content: Students develop creative, technical, and physical understanding, and an appreciation of dance as an art form. Students learn in theory and practice through the study of technique, composition, choreography, performance, and critical analysis. Dance offers opportunities for the development of students’ creativity, selfdiscipline, self-esteem, personal identity, and confidence. This is achieved through experiences that encourage collaboration and creative problem-solving, the acquisition of skills, knowledge, and understanding, and the development of aesthetic awareness. Dance allows students the opportunity to explore a range of global dance traditions, influences, and perspectives, and to examine dance in social, political, and cultural contexts, both past and present. • Dance Literacy • Creative Explorations • Dance Contexts Assessment tasks will differ in Stage 1 Dance A and Dance B to suit the needs of the cohort, allowing students to study Dance for one semester or a full year. (continued over page)
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Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
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DANCE A (continued)
DANCE B
DANCE B (continued)
DESIGN A
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE Credits) Contact person: Kerry Skinner
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE Credits) Contact person: Kerry Skinner
Assessment Type 1: Technique Assessment Type 2: Composition Assessment Type 3: Performance Assessment Type 4: Response Additional charges: A consumables/excursion fee may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges. Special requirements: Students must study at least one semester of Dance at Stage 1 to be able to enrol in Stage 2 Dance.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Previous experience is desirable. Content: Students develop creative, technical, and physical understanding, and an appreciation of dance as an art form. Students learn in theory and practice through the study of technique, composition, choreography, performance, and critical analysis. Dance offers opportunities for the development of students’ creativity, selfdiscipline, self-esteem, personal identity, and confidence. This is achieved through experiences that encourage collaboration and creative problem-solving, the acquisition of skills, knowledge, and understanding, and the development of aesthetic awareness. Dance allows students the opportunity to explore a range of global dance traditions, influences, and perspectives, and to examine dance in social, political, and cultural contexts, both past and present. • Dance Literacy • Creative Explorations • Dance Contexts Assessment tasks will differ in Stage 1 Dance A and Dance B to suit the needs of the cohort, allowing students to study Dance for one semester or a full year.
Assessment Type 1: Technique Assessment Type 2: Composition Assessment Type 3: Performance Assessment Type 4: Response Additional charges: A consumables/excursion fee may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges. Special requirements: Students must study at least one semester of Dance at Stage 1 to be able to enrol in Stage 2 Dance.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: A “C” grade or better at Year 10 in another Arts subject or on approval in individual cases. Content: This course develops visual thinking for designers and is based around the development and formulation of a design brief related to one area of design: graphic, product or architectural design. The cyclic design process includes research, analysis, the initiation and development of concepts, the exploration of possibilities, the testing and refining of ideas or concepts, the practising of technical skills, and evaluation, before the design outcome is resolved. Design concepts are created through visual thinking and the development of skills. These proficiencies can include drawings, sketches, diagrams, graphical representations, media or materials studies, concept representations, modelling, prototypes, photographs, photocopies of images, digital graphics and audiovisual digital recording techniques. Resolutions will be accompanied by written or recorded annotations to document the thinking.
Students will develop skills in: •P ractical Application Documenting all conceptualisation, development, and resolution of imaginative or personally relevant design ideas. •K nowledge and Understanding Contemporary/historical or cultural design contexts enquiry and analysis. •A nalysis and Response Understanding and reflection of own learning through design annotation/journal. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Folio Assessment Type 2: Practical Assessment Type 3: Visual Study Additional charges: A consumables/excursion fee may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
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Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects Arts 18 Cross-Disciplinary 56 Design and Digital Technologies 60 English / EAL
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Humanities and Social Sciences 112 Languages 128 Mathematics 150 Science 162 Vocational Education Training (VET)
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DESIGN B Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE Credits) Contact person: Kerry Skinner Preferred background/ prerequisite: A “C” grade or better at Year 10 in another Arts subject or on approval in individual cases. Content: This course develops visual thinking for designers and is based around the development and formulation of a design brief related to one area of design: graphic, product or architectural design. The cyclic design process includes research, analysis, the initiation and development of concepts, the exploration of possibilities, the testing and refining of ideas or concepts, the practising of technical skills, and evaluation, before the design outcome is resolved. Design concepts are created through visual thinking and the development of skills. These proficiencies can include drawings, sketches, diagrams, graphical representations, media or materials studies, concept representations, modelling, prototypes, photographs, photocopies of images, digital graphics and audiovisual digital recording techniques. Resolutions will be accompanied by written or recorded annotations to document the thinking.
Students will develop skills in: • Practical Application Documenting all conceptualisation, development, and resolution of imaginative or personally relevant design ideas. • Knowledge and Understanding Contemporary/historical or cultural design contexts enquiry and analysis. • Analysis and Response Understanding and reflection of own learning through design annotation/journal. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Folio Assessment Type 2: Practical Assessment Type 3: Visual Study Additional charges: A consumables/excursion fee may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
CREATIVE ARTS: DIGITAL MEDIA
DRAMA A
Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE Credits) Contact person: Kerry Skinner
• Evaluation
Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE Credits) Contact person: Kerry Skinner
Preferred background/ prerequisite: A “C” grade or better at Year 10 in another Arts subject or on approval in individual cases.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
Content: Students participate in the development and the presentation of finished or realised creative arts products with an emphasis in computer related technologies and processes. This Creative Arts subject will focus on the development of software and hardware skills and allow the student to work as a graphic designer/artist. The focus capabilities for this subject are communication, learning, and personal development. Students will develop skills in: • Practical Exploration Development and application of practical skills, techniques, and processes • Knowledge and Understanding Knowledge of creative arts media, materials, techniques, processes, and technologies, and understanding of their possible applications • Inquiry and Exploration
Critical reflection on personal creative arts ideas, processes, and products
Assessment Type 1: Product Assessment Type 2: Folio Additional charges: A consumables/excursion fee may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Previous experience is desirable. Content: Students learn by participating in creative problem-solving; generating, analysing, and evaluating ideas; developing personal interpretations of texts; learning to set goals and working collaboratively to achieve them; rehearsing, workshopping, and improvising solutions; as well as presenting their product or performance. Students have the opportunity to develop their curiosity and imagination, creativity, individuality, personal identity, self-esteem, and confidence. They also have opportunities to improve their skills in experimentation, communication, self-discipline, collaboration, teamwork, and leadership. Students learn to acknowledge and respect diversity and different perspectives on the world. Students analyse texts and other materials, performances, and their own learning. (continued over page)
Exploration and analysis of creative arts media, materials, techniques, processes, and technologies within and/or across creative arts forms
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DRAMA A (continued)
DRAMA B
DRAMA B (continued)
CREATIVE ARTS: FILM
MUSIC EXPLORATIONS
Drama involves working collaboratively to manipulate words and images to create meaning that is shared with an audience.
Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE Credits) Contact person: Kerry Skinner
Drama involves working collaboratively to manipulate words and images to create meaning that is shared with an audience.
Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE Credits) Contact person: Kerry Skinner
Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE Credits) Contact person: Kerry Skinner
• Responding to Drama • Performance • Creative Synthesis
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Previous experience is desirable.
• Responding to Drama • Performance • Creative Synthesis
Assessment tasks will differ in Stage 1 Drama A and Drama B to suit the needs of the cohort, allowing students to study Drama for one semester or a full year.
Content: Students learn by participating in creative problem-solving; generating, analysing, and evaluating ideas; developing personal interpretations of texts; learning to set goals and working collaboratively to achieve them; rehearsing, workshopping, and improvising solutions; as well as presenting their product or performance.
Assessment tasks will differ in Stage 1 Drama A and Drama B to suit the needs of the cohort, allowing students to study Drama for one semester or a full year.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: A “C” grade or better at Year 10 in Multimedia, other Creative Arts subjects or on approval for individual cases.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Students should have completed one semester of Music Performance /Explorations in Year 10.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Performance Assessment Type 2: Folio Assessment Type 3: Investigation and Presentation
Students have the opportunity to develop their curiosity and imagination, creativity, individuality, personal identity, self-esteem, and confidence. They also have opportunities to improve their skills in experimentation, communication, self-discipline, collaboration, teamwork, and leadership. Students learn to acknowledge and respect diversity and different perspectives on the world. Students analyse texts and other materials, performances, and their own learning.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Performance Assessment Type 2: Folio Assessment Type 3: Investigation and Presentation
Content: Students will participate in the development and presentation of finished or realised creative arts products. Students will learn the processes of film-making using a variety of technologies. The focus capabilities for this subject are communication, learning, and personal development.
Content: This is a semester course which focuses on the development of music technology and technical production. Students will develop an understanding of sound recording technologies, and composition through use of ICT skills in Soundtrap/Mixcraft/Garage Band/Protocols.
This is a course about cinema (film) as a phenomenon and about experiencing, analysing and making film. Digital devices are used to record moving images and digital software is used to produce Creative Arts Products. Students will study the processes and practices of film production; screenwriting, cinematography, digital editing and postproduction elements, establishing the criteria that constitutes “good” filmmaking.
Learning an instrument is encouraged to provide full engagement and an expanded understanding of compositional techniques.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
Opportunities to work collaboratively with school performances/productions are encouraged. Content includes:
Assessment Type 1: Product Assessment Type 2: Folio
• Knowledge and development of musical elements • Creative communication of musical ideas
Students will develop skills in music and technical production. • Live sound mixing (performance) • Studio Recording • MIDI and/or Loop Composition • Written commentary/evaluation in response to own works
Understanding in Music:
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• Composition/arranging • Interpreting/improvisation • Performance Responding in Music: • Listening • Analysing • Reflection Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Creative Works Assessment Type 2: Musical Literacy
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MUSIC PERFORMANCE A Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE Credits) Contact person: Kerry Skinner Preferred background/ prerequisite: Students should have completed one semester of Music Performance in Year 10. If this is not completed, students can enter via an audition. Content: Students learning Music listen, perform and compose. They learn about the elements of music comprising of rhythm, pitch, dynamics, expression, form and structure. Students develop aural skills to identify and interpret the elements of music. These skills are essential for understanding, creating and responding to a range of music through composing and performing. Students develop Music ICT skills through use of Musition, Auralia, Noteflight and Soundtrap/Mixcraft. Performances are held throughout the year allowing students the opportunity to grow as a performer and share their experiences in music. Content includes: Understanding in Music: • Knowledge and development of musical elements • Creative communication of musical ideas
MUSIC PERFORMANCE A (continued) Responding in Music: • Listening • Analysing • Reflection Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Creative Works Assessment Type 2: Musical Literacy Special requirements: Students enrolled in Music are required to begin/continue instrumental music lessons on their chosen instrument through either on-site Department for Education Instrumental Music Service lessons or private lessons in their own time. A minimum of 45 minutes practice a day is required. It is expected that students join an appropriate school ensemble. Additional charges: A subject charge may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges. Instrument hire is available from the school for a limited range of instruments. Current cost is $150 per year hire fee, plus $50 deposit.
MUSIC PERFORMANCE B Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE Credits) Contact person: Kerry Skinner Preferred background/ prerequisite: Students should have completed one semester of Music Performance in Year 10. If this is not completed, students can enter via an audition. Content: Students learning Music listen, perform and compose. They learn about the elements of music comprising of rhythm, pitch, dynamics, expression, form and structure. Students develop aural skills to identify and interpret the elements of music. These skills are essential for understanding, creating and responding to a range of music through composing and performing. Students develop Music ICT skills through use of Musition, Auralia, Noteflight and Soundtrap/Mixcraft. Performances are held throughout the year allowing students the opportunity to grow as a performer and share their experiences in music. Content includes: Understanding in Music: • Knowledge and development of musical elements • Creative communication of musical ideas
Creating in Music:
Creating in Music:
• Composition/arranging • Interpreting/improvisation • Performance
• Composition/arranging • Interpreting/improvisation • Performance
Responding in Music: • Listening • Analysing • Reflection Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Creative Works Assessment Type 2: Musical Literacy Special requirements: Students enrolled in Music are required to begin/continue instrumental music lessons on their chosen instrument through either on-site Department for Education Instrumental Music Service lessons or private lessons in their own time. A minimum of 45 minutes practice a day is required. It is expected that students join an appropriate school ensemble. Additional charges: A subject charge may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges. Instrument hire is available from the school for a limited range of instruments. Current cost is $150 per year hire fee, plus $50 deposit.
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CREATIVE ARTS: JEWELLERY DESIGN AND CREATION Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE Credits) Contact person: Kerry Skinner Preferred background/ prerequisite: A “C” grade or better at Year 10 in another Arts subject or on approval in individual cases. Content: This semester course will allow students to design and develop a skill set related to contemporary and traditional jewellery making with a sustainable focus. Students participate in the development of skills related to Laser cutting, 3D Printing and traditional jewellery making. The focus capabilities for this subject are communication, learning, and personal development. The will also be an opportunity to develop and manage an online shop on the school intranet and create a physical display within the school to hone skills in student entrepreneurship. •P ractical Exploration Development and application of practical skills in: Laser cutting & 3D printing techniques, and technology programs in Adobe Illustrator, Shetchup, CAD. •K nowledge and Understanding Knowledge of creative arts media, materials, techniques, processes, and technologies, and understanding of their possible applications.
• Inquiry and Exploration Exploration and analysis of creative arts media, materials, techniques, processes, and technologies within and/or across creative arts forms related to Jewellery Design. • Evaluation Critical reflection on personal creative arts ideas, processes, and products. *This is a Hybrid course that can be assessed either as an Arts or Technology unit in the SACE. This flexible approach will enable students to meet the SACE pattern without sacrificing creativity. This subject has a direct pathway to Stage 2 Creative Arts, Visual Arts – Art/Design or Technology. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Folio Assessment Type 2: Practical Assessment Type 3: Visual Study Additional charges: A consumables/excursion fee may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
CREATIVE ARTS: THEATRE PRODUCTION Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE Credits) Contact person: Kerry Skinner Content: Students participate in the development and presentation of finished or realised creative arts products. Students learn the process of theatre production from the initial idea to the final presentation. Individuals will focus on the development of communication, learning and personal development capabilities. Students in this course will work collaboratively to produce the theatrical elements of the School Musical. Students will learn about the technical elements of theatre; including, stage management, design, sound and lighting and understand about marketing and publicity. Their learning will allow them to undertake practical roles in the School Musical and be an integral part of this major event. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Product Assessment Type 2: Folio
CREATIVE ARTS Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE Credits) Contact Person: Kerry Skinner Preferred background/ prerequisite: A “C” grade or better at Stage 1 in Art, Design, Product Innovation or Creative Arts, or on approval in individual cases. Content: Students undertake a specialised study within or across one or more of the arts disciplines. They actively participate in the development and presentation of creative arts products. These may include musicals, plays, concerts, visual art, craft, design works, digital media, film and video, public arts projects, community performances, presentations and installations, and vocal groups or other ensembles. Students analyse and evaluate creative arts products in different contexts and from various perspectives and gain an understanding and appreciation of the ways in which creative arts contribute to and shape the intellectual, social, and cultural life of individuals and communities.
• Inquiry and Exploration Exploration and analysis of creative arts media, materials, techniques, processes, and technologies within and/or across creative arts forms. • Evaluation Critical reflection on personal creative arts ideas, processes, and products. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment 70% • Assessment Type 1: Product • Assessment Type 2: Inquiry External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Practical Skills Additional charges: A consumables/excursion fee may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
Students will develop skills in: • Practical Exploration Development and application of practical skills, techniques, and processes. • Knowledge and Understanding Knowledge of creative arts media, materials, techniques, processes, and technologies, and understanding of their possible applications.
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DANCE Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE Credits) Contact Person: Kerry Skinner Preferred background/ prerequisite: A ‘C’ grade or better in at least 10 credits of Stage 1 Dance. Students continuing with Dance in Stage 2 must discuss this with the relevant contact person/s. Content: Students explore dance through the development of practical movement skills and choreographic and performance skills. They consider the role of dance in different cultural contexts, and develop an appreciation of dance as an art form, as well as a life-enrichment opportunity connected to mental and physical well-being. Students specialise in a dance genre and also explore dance in different global contexts. Genre refers to the broad categories of dance based on shared, identifiable characteristics, such as contemporary, ballet, jazz, tap, ballroom, break-dancing, hip hop, and world dance. The genre chosen will depend on the interests and abilities of the student cohort, the expertise of the teacher, and the availability of facilities and resources. Students learn to pose and solve problems, and work independently and collaboratively. They learn and apply to their own work as a dancer and choreographer their learning from studying the work of others.
DRAMA As students engage with dance practice and practitioners in diverse global contexts, they develop imaginative and innovative ways to make meaning of the world. Content is covered under the three strands • understanding dance • creating dance • responding to dance Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Performance Portfolio • Assessment Type 2: Dance Contexts External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Skills Development Portfolio Additional charges: A consumables/excursion fee may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE Credits) Contact Person: Kerry Skinner Preferred background/ prerequisite: A ‘C’ grade or better in Stage 1 Drama. Students continuing with Drama in Stage 2 must discuss this with the relevant contact person/s. Content: Students engage in learning as practising dramatic artists. They learn to think and act as artists, and to develop as cultural leaders and creative entrepreneurs. They develop their leadership of public discussion by communicating a range of meaningful viewpoints, by refining their aesthetic understanding, and by learning the skills and processes required to present these in innovative and engaging ways. Students develop their capacities as critical and creative thinkers, meaningful storytellers, and lifelong learners. They learn highly valuable and transferable life skills, including problem-identifying and problemsolving, collaboration skills, projectwork skills, informed risk-taking, creativity and innovation skills, and applied entrepreneurial skills — including maximising viability and sustainability. Through focused practical and theoretical study, and by visualising and making real drama products, students collaborate to create valuable and viable outcomes for audiences, and analyse and evaluate artistic processes and products.
MUSIC EXPLORATIONS • Company and Production • Exploration and Vision Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Group Production • Assessment Type 2: Evaluation and Creativity External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Creative Presentation
Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE Credits) Contact Person: Kerry Skinner Preferred background/ prerequisite: Students should have completed one semester of Music Performance/Explorations in Year 11. If this is not completed, students can enter via an audition. Content: Through synthesising and applying their understanding of musical elements, students learn to manipulate sound and create musical works that express their ideas and emotions. The study of music enables students to appreciate the world in unique ways, through aesthetic treatments of sound across cultures, times, places, and contexts. It forms a vital part of the transmission of histories, knowledge, and stories among generations. Students develop their critical and creative thinking, and their aesthetic appreciation of music, through exploring and responding to the music of others, and refining and presenting performances and/or compositions. These performances and/or compositions may include original works and/or presentations or arrangements of existing compositions. Students experiment with, explore, and manipulate musical elements to learn the art of constructing and deconstructing music. (continued over page)
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MUSIC EXPLORATIONS (continued)
MUSIC PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE
MUSIC PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE (continued)
They develop and extend their musical literacy and skills through understanding the structural and stylistic features and conventions of music, expressing their musical ideas, and reflecting on and critiquing their learning in music.
Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (10 SACE Credits) Contact Person: Kerry Skinner
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
Through their learning, students engage with, gain insights into, and are inspired by the transformative powers of music. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Musical Literacy •A ssessment Type 2: Explorations External assessment (30%) •A ssessment Type 3: Creative Connections
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Students should have completed one semester of Music Performance in Stage 1. If it is not completed, students can enter via audition. Content: Through synthesising and applying their understanding of musical elements, students learn to manipulate sound and create musical works that express their ideas and emotions. Students develop their critical and creative thinking, and their aesthetic appreciation of music, through exploring and responding to the music of others, and refining and presenting performances and/or compositions. These performances and/or compositions may include original works and/or presentations or arrangements of existing compositions. Students experiment with, explore, and manipulate musical elements to learn the art of constructing and deconstructing music. They develop and extend their musical literacy and skills through understanding the structural and stylistic features and conventions of music, expressing their musical ideas, and reflecting on and critiquing their learning in music.
School assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Performance • Assessment Type 2: Performance and Discussion External assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Performance Portfolio Special requirements: Students enrolled in Music are required to begin/continue instrumental music lessons on their chosen instrument through either on-site Department for Education Instrumental Music Service lessons or private lessons in their own time. A minimum of 60 minutes practice a day is required. It is expected that students join an appropriate school ensemble.
MUSIC PERFORMANCE - SOLO Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (10 SACE Credits) Contact Person: Kerry Skinner Preferred background/ prerequisite: Students should have completed one semester of Music Performance in Stage 1. If this is not completed, students can enter via audition. Content: Through synthesising and applying their understanding of musical elements, students learn to manipulate sound and create musical works that express their ideas and emotions. Students develop their critical and creative thinking, and their aesthetic appreciation of music, through exploring and responding to the music of others, and refining and presenting performances and/or compositions. These performances and/or compositions may include original works and/or presentations or arrangements of existing compositions. Students experiment with, explore, and manipulate musical elements to learn the art of constructing and deconstructing music. They develop and extend their musical literacy and skills through understanding the structural and stylistic features and conventions of music, expressing their musical ideas, and reflecting on and critiquing their learning in music.
Through their learning, students engage with, gain insights into, and are inspired by the transformative powers of music. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School assessment (70%) •A ssessment Type 1: Performance •A ssessment Type 2: Performance and Discussion External assessment (30%) •A ssessment Type 3: Performance Portfolio Special requirements: Students enrolled in Music are required to begin/continue instrumental music lessons on their chosen instrument through either on-site Department for Education Instrumental Music Service lessons or private lessons in their own time. A minimum of 60 minutes practice a day is required. It is expected that students join an appropriate school ensemble. Additional charges: Instrument hire is available from the school for a limited range of instruments. Current cost is $150 per year hire fee, plus $50 deposit.
Through their learning, students engage with, gain insights into, and are inspired by the transformative powers of music.
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VISUAL ARTS: ART
Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE Credits) Contact Person: Kerry Skinner
of music, expressing their musical ideas, and reflecting on and critiquing their learning in music.
Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE Credits) Contact Person: Kerry Skinner
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Students should have completed one semester of Music Performance in Stage 1. If this is not completed, students can enter via audition.
Through their learning, students engage with, gain insights into, and are inspired by the transformative powers of music.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: A “C” grade or better at Stage 1 in Art, Design, Product Innovation or Creative Arts, or on approval in individual cases.
Content: Through synthesising and applying their understanding of musical elements, students learn to manipulate sound and create musical works that express their ideas and emotions. The study of music enables students to appreciate the world in unique ways, through aesthetic treatments of sound across cultures, times, places, and contexts. It forms a vital part of the transmission of histories, knowledge, and stories among generations. Students develop their critical and creative thinking, and their aesthetic appreciation of music, through exploring and responding to the music of others, and refining and presenting performances and/or compositions. These performances and/or compositions may include original works and/or presentations or arrangements of existing compositions. Students experiment with, explore, and manipulate musical elements to learn the art of constructing and deconstructing music. They develop and extend their musical literacy and skills through understanding the structural and stylistic features and conventions
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Creative Works • Assessment Type 2: Musical Literacy External assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Examination Special requirements: Students enrolled in Music are required to begin/continue instrumental music lessons on their chosen instrument through either on-site Department for Education Instrumental Music Service lessons or private lessons in their own time. A minimum of 60 minutes practice a day is required. It is expected that students join an appropriate school ensemble. Additional charges: A subject charge may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges. Instrument hire is available from the school for a limited range of instruments. Current cost is $150 per year hire fee, plus $50 deposit.
Content: This subject covers all aspects of Art/Design media and will allow students to work in multiple areas within the Arts. This can include areas such as painting and drawing, printmaking, 2D and 3D studies, design, laser cutting and 3D printing. Students will complete two practical pieces of artwork using developed skills together with a critical analyse in their supporting folios. Opportunities will exist for the development of problem-solving skills and a deeper understanding of the range of expressive forms used by various artists both in Australia and globally in the Visual Study.
• Inquiry and Exploration Producing the final resolved practical work or works of art or design involves the application of technical skills. ASSESSMENT: School Assessment (70%) • Assessment Type: Visual Thinking Folio • Assessment Type 2: Practical Resolution External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Visual Study Additional charges: A consumables/excursion fee may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
Students will develop skills in: • Practical Exploration Documenting all conceptualisation, development, and resolution of imaginative or personally relevant visual ideas. • Knowledge and Understanding Contemporary/historical or cultural art contexts enquiry and analysis. • Analysis and Synthesis Understanding and reflection of own learning through art annotation/Journal.
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Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
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VISUAL ARTS: DESIGN Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE Credits) Contact Person: Kerry Skinner Preferred background/ prerequisite: A “C” grade or better at Stage 1 in Art, Design, Product Innovation or Creative Arts, or on approval in individual cases. Content: This subject covers all aspects of Art/Design media and will allow students to work in multiple areas within the Arts. This can include areas such as painting and drawing, printmaking, 2D and 3D studies, design, laser cutting and 3D printing. Students will complete two practical pieces of artwork using developed skills together with a critical analyse in their supporting folios. Opportunities will exist for the development of problem-solving skills and a deeper understanding of the range of expressive forms used by various artists both in Australia and globally in the Visual Study.
• Inquiry and Exploration Producing the final resolved practical work or works of art or design involves the application of technical skills. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Visual Thinking Folio • Assessment Type 2: Practical Resolution External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Visual Study Additional charges: A consumables/excursion fee may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
Students will develop skills in: •P ractical Exploration Documenting all conceptualisation, development, and resolution of imaginative or personally relevant visual ideas. •K nowledge and Understanding Contemporary/historical or cultural art contexts enquiry and analysis. •A nalysis and Synthesis Understanding and reflection of own learning through art annotation/journal.
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Youth Leadership
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Workplace Practices
Level: 10 (Stage 1) Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: Cass Mewett Content: PLP is a compulsory SACE subject undertaken in Year 10 at Adelaide High School. The subject is run in the Pastoral Care Program as well as our PLP week.
Students will also explore the 7 SACE capabilities which will be revisited in other subjects such as the Research Project.
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Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
Languages 128 Mathematics 150 Science 162 Vocational Education Training (VET)
Integrated Learning
PERSONAL LEARNING PLAN (PLP)
PLP helps students to plan personal and learning goals for now and in the future, explore career and other future pathways.
Design and Digital Technologies 60 English / EAL
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Assessment Type 1: Folio Assessment Type 2: Review
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YOUTH LEADERSHIP Level: 10 (Stage 1) Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: Cass Mewett Preferred background/ prerequisite: There are no pre-requisites for this course, however as the course is restricted to 21 students, priority will be given to students wanting to develop their skills in leadership, citizenship, personal development and communication. Content: The course has a strong focus on personal development with leadership, teamwork, communication and organisation as key areas. Projects based on citizenship and community development form the basis of the learning for the year. Students are encouraged to co-design their learning and tasks to meet their individual goals.
Assessment Type 1: Practical Exploration Assessment Type 2: Connections Assessment Type 3: Personal Venture. Special requirements: Students need to commit to 2 camps throughout the year and to learning activities which sometimes occur outside of class times. Additional charges: A subject charge will apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charge.
Students will participate in a first aid course and outdoor education lessons including two camps. Many of the tasks undertaken are in conjunction with community groups including The Smith Family, Vinnies and Adelaide Metro/DPTI. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
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INTEGRATED LEARNING
RESEARCH PROJECT
Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: Cass Mewett
Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: Cass Mewett
Content: Integrated Learning is a subject which enables students to make links between aspects of their lives and their learning.
Content: Students choose a research question which is based on an area of interest to them. They explore and develop one or more capabilities in the context of their research. The term ‘research’ is used broadly and may include practical or technical investigations, formal research, or exploratory inquiries. The Research Project provides a valuable opportunity for students to develop and demonstrate skills essential for learning and living in a changing world. It enables students to develop vital skills of planning, research, synthesis, evaluation, and project management. The Research Project enables students to explore an area of interest in depth, while developing skills to prepare them for further education, training, and work. Students develop their ability to question sources of information, make effective decisions, evaluate their own progress, be innovative, and solve problems.
Integrated Learning programs are written in negotiation with the student according to the interests and the needs of the student. Topics studied in this course can include but are not limited to: • Sport, health and fitness • Teenage health and wellbeing • The environment • Media • Beauty and wellbeing • Getting job ready • Performance • Cultural awareness • Entrepreneurship Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Practical Exploration Assessment Type 2: Connections Assessment Type 3: Personal Venture
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Folio • Assessment Type 2: Research Outcome External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Evaluation
WORKPLACE PRACTICES Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact Person: Cass Mewett Content: In this course students develop knowledge, skills, and understanding of the nature, type and structure of the workplace. They learn about the value of unpaid work to society, future trends in the world of work, workers’ rights and responsibilities, career planning and vocational learning. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: • Assessment Type 1: Folio • Assessment Type 2: Performance • Assessment Type 3: Reflection Additional Charges: Students who elect to undertake VET in conjunction with Workplace Practices will incur a charge of the VET course.
INTEGRATED LEARNING Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact Person: Cass Mewett Content: Integrated Learning is a subject framework which enables students to make links between aspects of their lives, their learning, about themselves and their capabilities. Schools design Integrated Learning programs for a specific purpose, product or outcome according to the needs and interests of students. Topics studied in this course can include but are not limited to: • Sport, health and fitness • Teenage health and wellbeing • The environment • Media • Beauty and wellbeing • Getting job ready • Performance • Cultural awareness • Entrepreneurship Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Practical Inquiry • Assessment Type 2: Connections
WORKPLACE PRACTICES Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact Person: Cass Mewett Content: In this course students develop knowledge, skills, and understanding of the nature, type and structure of the workplace. Learning will be based around work in Australian society, the changing nature of work, industrial relations, finding employment and vocational learning. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Folio • Assessment Type 2: Performance • Assessment Type 3: Reflection External assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 4: Investigation Additional Charges: Students who elect to undertake VET in conjunction with Workplace Practices will incur a charge of the VET course.
External assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Personal Endeavour
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Design and Digital Technologies
Design Technologies: Design, Prototyping and Manufacturing Solutions
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Design, Technology and Engineering: Material and Manufacturing Solutions
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Design, Technology and Engineering: Innovation, Industry and Entrepreneurial Solutions: Prototyping
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Design, Technology and Engineering: Digital Communication Solutions: CAD
Design, Technology and Engineering: Digital Communication Solutions: CAD
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Design, Technology and Engineering: Innovation, Industry and Entrepreneurial Solutions
Design, Technology and Engineering: Innovation, Industry and Entrepreneurial Solutions: Digital
Design Technologies: Digital Communication Solutions: Photography
Design, Technology and Engineering: Digital Communication Solutions: Photography
Design, Technology and Engineering: Digital Communication Solutions: Photography
Digital Technologies: Information Processing and Publishing
Information Processing and Publishing
Information Processing and Publishing
Digital Technologies
Digital Technologies
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DESIGN AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES Level: 8 Length: Semester Contact person: John Dimitriou Content: Design Technologies (10 weeks) focuses on Work Health and Safety, as well as developing skills in construction and making. Students will have the opportunity to use specialised workspaces to learn to construct with specialised machines, tools and equipment. Students are challenged to produce practical solutions through STEM based challenges as well as negotiated tasks. Digital Technologies (10 weeks) introduces students to the Digital Systems that will affect them. Students will have the opportunity to learn: •B asic programming to design and create a game •H ow to improve their photography skills using their smartphone • About binary and algorithms Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
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DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES: DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS Level: 9 Length: Semester Contact person: John Dimitriou Content: Students explore digital media and devices. They learn to effectively document and communicate information graphically, photographically and in text across digital devices and systems. Students will work in small groups as part of peer instruction and collaborative learning teams to use specialised software like Autodesk Inventor. This software, together with other visualising and communication applications, will enable students to visualise, design, prototype and document evidence of their concepts and designs. Students will engineer, design and create 3D models using devices such as 3D printers and laser cutters (rapid prototyping). Other contexts can include coding and game design, assembling simple circuit boards (electronics) and simple programming (robotics). Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES: DESIGN, PROTOTYPING AND MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS Level: 9 Length: Semester Contact person: John Dimitriou Content: Students design and manufacture solutions products using basic materials that can include; timber, plastic (acrylic, ABS/PLA) or sheet metal. They design, prototype or manufacture products using simple manufacturing methods, hand tools and machines. Students will plan to consider various materials and methods when manufacturing their projects to help them develop important skills such as: • Project planning and management • Understanding materials and process • Collaborative group work • Communication and problem solving Students learn and apply skills, processes and techniques that enable them to create and manufacture simple items. These skills and processes may include manufacturing with; simple hand tools, machines and/or CNC technology. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES: DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS: CAD Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: John Dimitriou Content: Learn to generate technical drawings to industry approved standard (AS110). Additionally, to generate 3D rendering models and presentations for exhibition. Advanced topics include animations and exploded views, material analysis and mechanical simulations. Students engage in special projects including the internationally renowned “F1 in Schools” competition. This incorporates Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) and computer aided manufacture. Students doing this course will have the opportunity to engineer, plan, design and prototype with technologies including 3D printing and CNC devices. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES: MATERIAL AND MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: John Dimitriou Content: Students design, prototype and manufacture solutions using basic materials that can include timber, plastic (acrylic), using simple construction methods, hand tools and/or machines. Students will consider various materials and methods when manufacturing their projects to help them develop important skills such as: • Project planning and management • Understanding materials and process • Collaborative group work • Communication and problem solving Students learn and apply skills, processes and techniques that enable them to create and manufacture simple items. These skills and processes may include manufacturing with simple hand tools, machines and/or CNC technology. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
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DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES: INNOVATION, INDUSTRY AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SOLUTIONS Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: John Dimitriou Content: This course introduces students to how digital systems and networks influence us and how they will affect our society in the future. Digital systems and the control of these systems can be categorised into hardware and software. Students will have the opportunity to explore and develop innovative and entrepreneurial solutions. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
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DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES: DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS: PHOTOGRAPHY
DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES: INNOVATION AND PROTOTYPING SOLUTIONS
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES: INFORMATION PROCESSING AND PUBLISHING
Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: John Dimitriou
Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: John Dimitriou
Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: John Dimitriou
Content: Students are guided in learning in-camera techniques with not only professional D-SLR cameras but are also guided in getting the most from their own personal smartphone camera.
Content: Rapid prototyping and new emerging design and innovation prototyping technologies have revolutionised how engineers and designers now plan and design for the 21st century. Students will incorporate various materials and methods when fabricating their projects to help them develop important skills such as:
Content: Students learn skills in word processing, desktop publishing and keyboarding for effective digital communication.
Students are introduced to current post-production enhancement techniques. They use Adobe CC Suite with related software to enhance and improve photos. Students edit photos to demonstrate current and popular photographic conventions with the aim to produce high quality photographic images for reproduction and exhibition. Students publish their photos using online applications and services. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
• Project planning and management • Understanding materials and process • Collaborative group work • Communication and problem solving Students will have the opportunity to engineer, plan, design and prototype with technologies including 3D printing, Computer Numerically Controlled devices, laser engraving and cutting. They have the opportunity to work in small collaborative learning teams on negotiated and teacher directed projects. They will use new and emerging technologies to engineer, test, develop and prototype products based on identified needs, problems or challenges. This project based learning and enquiry enables students working in collaborative teams to learn to better project manage interdisciplinary STEM projects. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Students apply effective communication design principles to produce documents for digital and paper publication. Desktop Publishing gives students the opportunity to learn and apply skills for effective published documents. The students will primarily use Microsoft’s Office Suite and Adobe Illustrator to complete a variety of creative documents that may include examples such as brochures, magazine covers, newsletters, CD covers, party invitations, party hats, party sweet bags and name tags. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING: DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS: CAD Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: John Dimitriou Content: In Design, Technology and Engineering students use the design and realisation process to engineer solutions for the development of products or systems. Students: • Learn to create a design brief that provides the basis for the development of potential solutions to design problems. • Review design features, processes, materials and production techniques to assist with the realisation of the solution. A solution in this subject is an outcome of the design and realisation process in relation to the chosen context. • Analyse influences on a product or system including ethical, legal, economic, and/or sustainability issues. • Consider the practical implication of these issues on society or design solutions. • Use new and evolving technologies. • Apply appropriate skills, processes, procedures and techniques whilst implementing safe work practices in the creation of the solution. (continued over page)
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DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING: CAD (continued) •L earn to use the industry standard Autodesk Inventor software to design, create, model and assemble 3-dimensional objects. •G enerate and interpret drawings completed to AS110 drawing standards and have the opportunity to complete extension topics that include exploded views and structural testing. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Specialised Skills Task Assessment Type 2: Design Process and Solution
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DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING: MATERIAL AND MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: John Dimitriou Content: In Design, Technology and Engineering students use the design and realisation process to engineer solutions for the development of products or systems. Students: • Learn and apply skills, processes and techniques to create and manufacture. • Learn about and test material properties and characteristics to make informed choices to create and manufacture small functional items. This may include furniture. • Learn to create a design brief that provides the basis for the development of potential solutions to design problems. • Review design features, processes, materials and production techniques to assist with the realisation of the solution. A solution in this subject is an outcome of the design and realisation process in relation to the chosen context. • Consider the practical implication of these issues on society or design solutions. • Apply appropriate skills, processes, procedures and techniques whilst implementing safe work practices in the creation of the solution.
DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING: MATERIAL AND MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS (continued) Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Specialised Skills Task Assessment Type 2: Design Process and Solution
DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING: INNOVATION, INDUSTRY AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SOLUTIONS Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: John Dimitriou Content: In Design, Technology and Engineering students use the design and realisation process to engineer solutions for the development of products or systems. Students: • Learn to create a design brief that provides the basis for the development of potential solutions to design problems.
and game design, simple robotics and/or other control devices, web design, interactive adventure stories and adventure games or even creating apps. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Specialised Skills Task Assessment Type 2: Design Process and Solution
• Review design features, processes, materials and production techniques to assist with the realisation of the solution. A solution in this subject is an outcome of the design and realisation process in relation to the chosen context. • Apply appropriate skills, processes, procedures and techniques whilst implementing safe work practices in the creation of the solution. • Use software to code and program as well as hardware devices (digital and programmable control devices) to design and make products. • Explore opportunities in current industries to develop innovative and/or entrepreneurial solutions. Opportunities can include areas associated with; gaming
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DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING: DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS: PHOTOGRAPHY Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: John Dimitriou Content: In Design, Technology and Engineering students use the design and realisation process to engineer solutions for the development of products or systems. Students: •L earn to create a design brief that provides the basis for the development of potential solutions to design problems. •R eview design features, processes, materials and production techniques to assist with the realisation of the solution. A solution in this subject is an outcome of the design and realisation process in relation to the chosen context. •A pply appropriate skills, processes, procedures and techniques whilst implementing safe work practices in the creation of the solution. •L earn in-camera techniques with not only professional D-SLR cameras, but are guided in getting the most from their own personal smartphone camera. •A re introduced to current post-production enhancement techniques. They use Adobe CC Suite with related software to enhance and improve photos.
• Edit photos to demonstrate accepted photographic composition rules by applying filters and photographic conventions with the aim to produce high quality photographic images for reproduction and exhibition. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Specialised Skills Task Assessment Type 2: Design Process and Solution
DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING: INNOVATION, INDUSTRY AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SOLUTIONS: PROTOTYPING Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: John Dimitriou Content: In Design, Technology and Engineering students use the design and realisation process to engineer solutions for the development of products or systems. Students: • Learn to create a design brief that provides the basis for the development of potential solutions to design problems. • Review design features, processes, materials and production techniques to assist with the realisation of the solution. A solution in this subject is an outcome of the design and realisation process in relation to the chosen context. • Apply appropriate skills, processes, procedures and techniques whilst implementing safe work practices in the creation of the solution. • Use new emerging technologies to engineer, test, develop and prototype solutions based on identified needs, problems and challenges. • Explore opportunities in current industries to develop innovative and/or entrepreneurial solutions. Opportunities can include areas associated with; safety (PPE
as was required for COVID-19), industrial parts/components for manufacturing (car interior components), packaging or even small toys or wearable items. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Specialised Skills Task Assessment Type 2: Design Process and Solution
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: John Dimitriou Content: In Digital Technologies students create practical, innovative solutions to problems of interest. By extracting, interpreting, and modelling real-world data sets, students identify trends and examine sustainable solutions to problems in, for example, business, industry, the environment, and the community. They investigate how potential solutions are influenced by current and projected social, economic, environmental, scientific, and ethical considerations, including relevance, originality, appropriateness, and sustainability. Students: • Apply computational thinking skills to explore problems and possible solutions. • Develop and apply programming skills in creating digital solutions. • Analyse patterns and relationships in data sets and/or algorithms and draw conclusions. • Develop and apply programdesign skills to create and evaluate digital solutions. • Research and discuss ethical considerations in digital technologies. • Work individually and collaboratively. (continued over page)
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INFORMATION PROCESSING AND PUBLISHING (continued)
DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING: DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS: CAD
Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: John Dimitriou
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
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•L earning the use of MySQL, HTML and PHP to construct web-based solutions to identified problems Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Project Skills Assessment Type 2: Digital Solution
Content: Information Processing and Publishing focuses on the use of technology to design and implement information-processing solutions. This subject emphasises the acquisition and development of practical skills in identifying, choosing, and using the appropriate computer hardware and software for communicating in a range of contexts. It focuses on the application of practical skills to provide creative solutions to textbased communication tasks. Students: • Select and use appropriate hardware and software in the completion of text-based communication tasks. • Apply manipulative skills appropriate to the use of information-processing hardware and software. • Apply acquired skills to produce text-based information accurately. • Understand and apply the design process and layout principles to text-based tasks. • Evaluate a text-based product and the design process used. • Understand, analyse, and evaluate the impact of social and/or ethical issues related to information-processing and publishing technologies.
Assessment Type 1: Practical Skills Assessment Type 2: Product and Documentation Assessment Type 3: Issues Analysis
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Although not compulsory, it is preferred that students have some background by undertaking any Design, Technology and Engineering subject in Stage 1.
• Apply skills, processes and techniques using approved specialised software and apps to communicate designed and developed solutions. • Learn to generate technical drawings to industry approved standard (AS110). Additionally, to generate 3D rendering models and presentations for exhibition.
Content: In Design, Technology and Engineering students use the design and realisation process to engineer solutions for the development of products or systems.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
Students:
• Assessment Type 1: Specialised Skills Task • Assessment Type 2: Design Process and Solution
• Investigate and analyse design features, processes, materials, and production techniques and apply creative thinking to the design of a solution. • Apply knowledge and understanding of skills, processes, engineering procedures, and techniques using technology to realise the solution.
School assessment (70%)
External assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Resource Study
• Analyse ethical, legal, economic and/or sustainability issues related to technology, materials selected, processes used and/or solution design. • Learn skills, processes and techniques to communicate design and technical information using drawings, 3D renderings and presentations.
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DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING: INNOVATION, INDUSTRY AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SOLUTIONS: DIGITAL
Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: John Dimitriou
Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: John Dimitriou
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Although not compulsory, it is preferred that students have some background by undertaking any Design, Technology and Engineering subject in Stage 1.
Health and Physical Education 88
Content: In Design, Technology and Engineering, students use the design and realisation process to engineer solutions for the development of products or systems.
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• I nvestigate and analyse design features, processes, materials, and production techniques and apply creative thinking to the design of a solution. •A pply knowledge and understanding of skills, processes, engineering procedures, and techniques using technology to realise the solution. •E valuate the solution with reference to the design brief and reflect on processes used in design development and realisation. •A nalyse ethical, legal, economic and/or sustainability issues related to technology, materials selected, processes used and/or solution design.
• Apply appropriate skills, processes, procedures and techniques whilst implementing safe work practices in the creation of the solution. • Learn about and test material properties and characteristics to make informed choices to create and manufacture small functional items. This may include furniture. Girls are encouraged to do this course to become more involved in manufacturing technologies and solutions. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Specialised Skills Task • Assessment Type 2: Design Process and Solution External assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Resource Study
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Although not compulsory, it is preferred that students have some background by undertaking any Design, Technology and Engineering subject in Stage 1. Content: In Design, Technology and Engineering students use the design and realisation process to engineer solutions for the development of products or systems. Students: • Investigate and analyse design features, processes, materials, and production techniques and apply creative thinking to the design of a solution. • Apply knowledge and understanding of skills, processes, engineering procedures, and techniques using technology to realise the solution. • Evaluate the solution with reference to the design brief and reflect on processes used in design development and realisation. • Apply appropriate skills, processes, procedures and techniques whilst implementing safe work practices in the creation of the solution.
• Use software to code and program as well as hardware devices (digital and programmable control devices) to design and make products. • Explore opportunities in current industries to develop innovative and/or entrepreneurial solutions. Opportunities can include areas associated with; gaming and game design, simple robotics and/or other control devices, web design. interactive adventure stories and adventure games or even creating apps. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Specialised Skills Task • Assessment Type 2: Design Process and Solution External assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Resource Study
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES Level: Stage 2 Length: Semester (20 SACE credits) Contact person: John Dimitriou Preferred background/ prerequisite: Although not compulsory, it is preferred that students have some background by undertaking Digital Technologies A or B in Stage 1. Content: In Digital Technologies, students create practical, innovative solutions to problems of interest. By extracting, interpreting, and modelling real-world data sets, students identify trends and examine sustainable solutions to problems in, for example, business, industry, the environment, and the community. They investigate how potential solutions are influenced by current and projected social, economic, environmental, scientific, and ethical considerations, including relevance, originality, appropriateness, and sustainability. Students: • Apply computational thinking skills, including abstraction, to approach, identify, deconstruct, and solve problems of interest. • Analyse data sets related to problems of interest to identify patterns and/or trends, draw conclusions, and make predictions. (continued over page)
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DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES (continued) •A pply iterative projectdevelopment techniques to manage and evaluate proposed digital solutions to problems of interest. •A pply design and programming skills to create and document digital solutions. •R esearch and discuss ethical considerations in digital technologies. •W ork individually and collaboratively to create and explain digital solutions. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
Languages 128
School assessment (70%)
Mathematics 150
•A ssessment Type 1: Project Skills 50% •A ssessment Type 2: Collaborative Project 20%
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DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING: DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS: PHOTOGRAPHY Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: John Dimitriou Preferred background/ prerequisite: Although not compulsory, it is preferred that students have some background by undertaking any Design, Technology and Engineering subject in Stage 1. Content: In Design, Technology and Engineering students use the design and realisation process to engineer solutions for the development of products or systems. Students: • Investigate and analyse design features, processes, materials, and production techniques and apply creative thinking to the design of a solution. • Apply knowledge and understanding of skills, processes, engineering procedures, and techniques using technology to realise the solution.
DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING: DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS: PHOTOGRAPHY (continued) • Learn in-camera techniques with not only professional D-SLR cameras but are guided in getting the most from their own personal smartphone camera. • Are introduced to current post-production enhancement techniques. They use Adobe CC Suite with related software to enhance and improve photos. • Edit photos to demonstrate accepted photographic composition rules by applying filters and photographic conventions with the aim to produce high quality photographic images for reproduction and exhibition. • Students publish their photos using online applications and services. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
• Evaluate the solution with reference to the design brief and reflect on processes used in design development and realisation.
School assessment (70%)
• Apply appropriate skills, processes, procedures and techniques whilst implementing safe work practices in the creation of the solution.
External assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Resource Study
• Assessment Type 1: Specialised Skills Task • Assessment Type 2: Design Process and Solution
DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING: INNOVATION, INDUSTRY AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SOLUTIONS: PROTOTYPING Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: John Dimitriou Preferred background/ prerequisite: Although not compulsory, it is preferred that students have some background by undertaking any Design, Technology and Engineering subject in Stage 1. Content: In Design, Technology and Engineering students use the design and realisation process to engineer solutions for the development of products or systems.
• Use new emerging technologies to engineer, test, develop and prototype solutions based on identified needs, problems and challenges. The course aims to encourage innovation through integration of STEM disciplines and seeks to provide more opportunities for young women to engage in Engineering. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
Students:
School assessment (70%)
• Investigate and analyse design features, processes, materials, and production techniques and apply creative thinking to the design of a solution.
• Assessment Type 1: Specialised Skills Task • Assessment Type 2: Design Process and Solution
• Apply knowledge and understanding of skills, processes, engineering procedures, and techniques using technology to realise the solution.
• Assessment Type 3: Resource Study
External assessment (30%)
• Evaluate the solution with reference to the design brief and reflect on processes used in design development and realisation. • Apply appropriate skills, processes, procedures and techniques whilst implementing safe work practices in the creation of the solution.
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Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects Arts 18 Cross-Disciplinary 56
INFORMATION PROCESSING AND PUBLISHING Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: John Dimitriou
• Understand and apply the design process in planning and producing text-based products.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Although not compulsory, it is preferred that students have some background by undertaking Information Processing and Publishing in Stage 1.
• Evaluate text-based products and the design process used.
Mathematics 150
Content: Information Processing and Publishing focuses on the use of technology to design and implement information-processing solutions. This subject emphasises the acquisition and development of practical skills in identifying, choosing, and using the appropriate computer hardware and software for communicating in a range of contexts. It focuses on the application of practical skills to provide creative solutions to textbased communication tasks.
Science 162
Students:
Vocational Education Training (VET)
•U nderstand, select, and use appropriate hardware and software for the completion of text-based communication tasks.
Design and Digital Technologies 60 English / EAL
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• Understand, analyse, and evaluate the impact of social, ethical, and/or legal issues related to information-processing and publishing technologies. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Practical Skills • Assessment Type 2: Issues Analysis External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Product and Documentation
•A pply manipulative and organisational skills to the use of information-processing technology. •A pply layout and design principles to the production of text-based documents or presentations.
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Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
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Humanities and Social Sciences 112
Stage 1 and 2 EAL: Students must apply and meet the criteria to undertake SACE EAL. Students must be identified as EAL and have no more than 5 years of full-time schooling instruction in English.
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Languages 128 Mathematics 150 Science 162 Vocational Education Training (VET)
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Learning at Adelaide High School
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Individualised Learning
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Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects Arts 18 Cross-Disciplinary 56 Design and Digital Technologies 60 English / EAL
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Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
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ENGLISH
ENGLISH
ENGLISH
ENGLISH
Level: 8 Length: Year Contact person: Scott MacLeod
Level: 9 Length: Year Contact person: Scott MacLeod
Level: 10 Length: Year Contact person: Scott MacLeod
Content: The English curriculum is built around the three interrelated strands of language, literature and literacy. Together, the strands focus on developing students’ knowledge, understanding and skills in listening, reading, viewing, speaking, writing and creating.
Content: The English curriculum is built around the three interrelated strands of language, literature and literacy. Together, the strands focus on developing students’ knowledge, understanding and skills in listening, reading, viewing, speaking, writing and creating.
Content: The English curriculum is built around the three interrelated strands of language, literature and literacy. Together, the strands focus on developing students’ knowledge, understanding and skills in listening, reading, viewing, speaking, writing and creating.
Level: Stage 1 Length: Year (10 SACE credits per semester) Contact person: Scott MacLeod
The curriculum is facilitated through genuine real-world contexts, encouraging students to understand and apply their learning in meaningful ways. Explicit literacy skills are taught and underpin the concepts studied such as:
The curriculum is facilitated through genuine real-world contexts, encouraging students to understand and apply their learning in meaningful ways. Explicit literacy skills are taught and underpin the concepts studied such as:
The curriculum is facilitated through genuine real-world contexts, encouraging students to understand and apply their learning in meaningful ways. Explicit literacy skills are taught and underpin the concepts studied such as:
• Storytelling • Persuasive writing and speaking • Text analysis • Critical reading • Creative thinking
• Identity and community • Persuasive writing and speaking • Media analysis • Narrative and short story writing • Text analysis • Critical reading • Creative thinking • Poetry
• Vignette writing • Media analysis • Text response • Critical reading • Comparative text response • Exposition writing • Poetry • Drama texts
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
• Create and evaluate oral, written, and multimodal texts in a range of modes and styles.
Special requirements: Based on EAL needs, students may be placed in a specific English/Literacy class to support their learning requirements.
Special requirements: Based on EAL needs, students may be placed in a specific English/Literacy class to support their learning requirements.
• Apply clear and accurate communication skills.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards. Special requirements: Based on EAL needs, students may be placed in a specific English/Literacy class to support their learning requirements.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: “B” grade or higher in Year 10 English. Content: In English, students analyse the interrelationship between author, text, and audience with an emphasis on how language and stylistic features shape ideas and perspectives in a range of contexts.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Responding to Texts Assessment Type 2: Creating Texts Assessment Type 3: Intertextual Study
Students are expected to: • Analyse the relationship between purpose, context, and audience in a range of texts. • Evaluate how language and stylistic features and conventions are used to represent ideas, perspectives, and aspects of culture in texts. • Analyse how perspectives in their own and others’ texts shape responses and interpretations.
• Analyse the similarities and differences when comparing texts.
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Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects Arts 18 Cross-Disciplinary 56 Design and Digital Technologies 60 English / EAL
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Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
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Humanities and Social Sciences 112 Languages 128 Mathematics 150 Science 162 Vocational Education Training (VET)
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ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE Level: Stage 1 Length: Year (10 SACE credits per semester) Contact person: Scott MacLeod Preferred background/ prerequisite: English as an Additional Language in the SACE is designed for students who speak English as a second or additional language or dialect, and whose English language proficiency is restricted. All students who want to enrol in this course will be required to apply for eligibility. Content: This subject focuses on the development and use of skills and strategies in communication, comprehension, language and text analysis, and creating texts. Through studying a variety of oral, written, and multimodal texts, students develop the following skills: •A n understanding of text structures, language features and the purpose, audience and contexts of texts •C onfidence in creating texts for different purposes in both real and implied contexts •A n understanding of sociocultural and sociolinguistic aspects of English, through their study of texts and language
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Responding to Texts Assessment Type 2: Interactive Study Assessment Type 3: Language Study
ENGLISH – PRE-LITERARY STUDIES Level: Stage 1 Length: Year (10 SACE credits per semester) Contact person: Scott MacLeod Preferred background/ prerequisite: “B” grade or higher in Year 10 English and teacher recommendation. Content: Pre-Literary Studies focuses on the skills and strategies of critical thinking needed to interpret texts. Through shared and individual study of texts, students encounter different opinions about texts, have opportunities to exchange and develop ideas, find evidence to support a personal view, learn to construct logical and convincing arguments, and consider a range of critical interpretations of texts. Students develop an understanding of the power of language to represent ideas, events, and people in particular ways, as well as how texts challenge or support cultural perceptions. Creative writing in various genres, including script and poetry, account for half of the assessment. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Responding to Texts Assessment Type 2: Creating Texts Assessment Type 3: Intertextual Study
ESSENTIAL ENGLISH
ENGLISH
Level: Stage 1 Length: Year (10 SACE credits per semester) Contact person: Scott MacLeod
Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Scott MacLeod
Content: This subject focuses on the development of students’ skills in communication, comprehension, language and text analysis, and creating texts. In this subject, students are expected to: • Develop communication skills through reading, viewing, writing, listening, and speaking. • Comprehend information, ideas, and perspectives in texts selected from social, cultural, community, workplace, and/or imagined contexts. • Identify and analyse how the structure and language of texts varies for different purposes, audiences, and contexts. • Express information, ideas, and perspectives using a range of textual conventions. • Create oral, written, and/or multimodal texts appropriate for purpose and audience in real and/or imagined contexts. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
Preferred background/ prerequisite: “B” grade or higher in Stage 1 Essential English, or “C” grade or higher in Stage 1 English. Content: Students will undertake three aspects within this course: 1. Responding to Texts 2. Creating Texts 3. Comparative Analysis In this subject, students are expected to: • Analyse the relationship between purpose, context, and audience in a range of texts. • Evaluate how language and stylistic features and conventions are used to represent ideas, perspectives, and aspects of culture in texts. • Analyse how perspectives in their own and others’ texts shape responses and interpretations. • Create and evaluate oral, written, and multimodal texts in a range of modes and styles. • Analyse the similarities and differences when comparing texts. • Apply clear and accurate communication skills. (continued over page)
Assessment Type 1: Responding to Texts Assessment Type 2: Creating Texts
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10
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14
Special Interest Programs 16
Arts 18 Cross-Disciplinary 56 Design and Digital Technologies 60 78
Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
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Humanities and Social Sciences 112 Languages 128 Mathematics 150 Science 162 Vocational Education Training (VET)
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School assessment (70%)
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ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (continued)
Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Scott MacLeod
School assessment (70%)
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Students must have completed Stage 1 English EAL or apply for eligibility.
• Assessment Type 2: Responses to Texts
Content: This subject focuses on the development and use of skills and strategies in communication, comprehension, language and text analysis, and text creation. Through studying a variety of oral, written, and multimodal texts students continue to develop the following skills: • An understanding of the relationship between the structures and features and the purpose, audience, and context of texts • An understanding and analysis of how information, ideas, and opinions in texts are identified and evaluated via personal, social, and cultural perspectives • Confidence in creating texts for different purposes in both real and imagined contexts • An understanding of sociocultural and sociolinguistic aspects of English, through their study of texts and language. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
• Assessment Type 1: Academic Literacy Study
External assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Examination
ENGLISH LITERARY STUDIES Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Scott MacLeod Preferred background/ prerequisite: Successful completion of Stage 1 Pre-Literary Studies or Stage 1 English and teacher recommendation. Content: Students will undertake three aspects within this course: 1. Responding to Texts 2. Creating Texts 3. External Assessment In this subject, students are expected to: • Understand the relationship between author, text, and context.
• Express ideas in a range of modes to create texts that engage the reader, viewer, or listener. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Responding to Texts • Assessment Type 2: Creating Texts External assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: a) Comparative Text Study b) Critical Reading Examination
• Analyse how ideas, perspectives, and values are represented in texts and how they are received by audiences. • Analyse and compare texts, through the identification of the structural, conventional, and language and stylistic features used by authors. • Use evidence to develop, support, and justify a critical interpretation of a text. • Develop analytical responses to texts by considering other interpretations. • Create oral, written, and/ or multimodal texts that experiment with stylistic features by using and adapting literary conventions.
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Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects Arts 18 Cross-Disciplinary 56 Design and Digital Technologies 60 English / EAL
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ESSENTIAL ENGLISH Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Scott MacLeod Preferred background/ prerequisite: Students must have successfully completed a Stage 1 English course. Content: Students will undertake three aspects within this course: 1. Responding to Texts 2. Creating Texts 3. Language Study
Health and Physical Education 88
In this subject, students are expected to:
Home Economics
•E xtend communication skills through reading, viewing, writing, listening, and speaking.
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Humanities and Social Sciences 112 Languages 128 Mathematics 150 Science 162 Vocational Education Training (VET)
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Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Responding to Texts • Assessment Type 2: Creating Texts External assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Language Study
•C onsider and respond to information, ideas, and perspectives in texts selected from social, cultural, community, workplace, and/or imaginative contexts. •E xamine the effect of language choices, conventions, and stylistic features in a range of texts for different audiences. •A nalyse the role of language in supporting effective communication. •C reate oral, written, and multimodal texts that communicate information, ideas, and perspectives for a range of purposes.
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Health and Physical Education
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Health and Physical Education
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Physical Education A
Physical Education A
Physical Education A
Physical Education
Physical Education B
Physical Education B
Physical Education B
Cricket
Cricket
Cricket
Cricket
Rowing
Rowing
Rowing
Rowing
Outdoor Education
Outdoor Education
Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects Arts 18 Cross-Disciplinary 56 Design and Digital Technologies 60 English / EAL
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Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
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Humanities and Social Sciences 112
Outdoor Education
Languages 128 Mathematics 150 Science 162 Vocational Education Training (VET)
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Australian Curriculum SACE
Arrows are only an indication of pathways. Please check prerequisites.
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Learning at Adelaide High School
10
Individualised Learning
14
Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects Arts 18 Cross-Disciplinary 56 Design and Digital Technologies 60 English / EAL
78
Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
104
Humanities and Social Sciences 112 Languages 128 Mathematics 150 Science 162 Vocational Education Training (VET)
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CRICKET Level: 8 Length: Year (incorporating the semester of compulsory 8HPE) Contact person: Phil Hopton
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Students who wish to participate in this program must have been identified through the Special Interest Cricket program selection process. Other students may be considered for the subject by contacting Mr Hopton and completing the required application process.
Additional charges: A subject charge will apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
Content: Students entering this program will experience a range of practical and classroom topics including:
HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
ROWING
CRICKET
Level: 8 Length: Semester Contact person: Phil Hopton
Level: 8 Length: Year (incorporating the semester of compulsory 8HPE) Contact person: Dylan Harvey
Level: 9 Length: Year (incorporating the semester of compulsory 9HPE) Contact person: Phil Hopton
Content: This course is designed to help students develop an understanding of themselves, provide information on how to make personal decisions and promote awareness of the importance of healthy behaviours and physical activity. Students engage in physical activity to learn in, through and about movement alongside a contemporary health curriculum.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Students who wish to participate in this program must have been identified through the Special Interest Rowing program selection process. Other students may be considered for the subject by contacting Mr Harvey and completing the required application process.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Students who wish to participate in this program must have been identified through the Special Interest Cricket program selection process. Other students may be considered for the subject by contacting Mr Hopton and completing the required application process.
Content: They will also experience a range of rowing specific practical and theory topics which may include:
Content: Students entering this program will experience a range of practical and classroom topics including:
Movement and Physical Activity
• History of rowing • Fitness for rowing • Coxswains • Psychology of rowing • Skill development • Sports injuries
• Laws/History/Spirit of the game • Skill development: in-season and preseason phases • Fielding and fitness development: preseason phase • Leadership and sports psychology • Goal setting • Advanced nutrition and performance • Coaching accreditation and peer coaching • Biomechanics and video analysis • Exercise physiology • Level 1 Coaching Accreditation – Cricket SA
Topics may include: Personal, Social and Community Health
• Laws/History/Spirit of the game •S kill development: in-season and preseason phases • Fielding and fitness development: preseason phase •L eadership and sports psychology • Goal setting • Nutrition and lifestyle choices •C oaching accreditation and peer coaching
• Personal growth and development (Student Graduate Qualities) • Sexuality (SHINESA Program) • Risk taking behaviours • Invasion games • Striking and fielding games • Net and wall games • Individual pursuits
Students entering this program will study the Health topics from the Year 8 Health and Physical Education course.
They will have unique opportunities to link with Cricket SA and receive individual skill development sessions as part of their practical lessons.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Students entering this program will study the Health topics from the Year 8 Health and Physical Education course.
Additional charges: A subject charge will apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
They will have unique opportunities to link with Cricket SA and receive individual skill development sessions as part of their practical lessons. (continued over page)
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Individualised Learning
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Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects Arts 18 Cross-Disciplinary 56 Design and Digital Technologies 60 English / EAL
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Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
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Humanities and Social Sciences 112
CRICKET (continued) Students entering this program will study the Health topics from the Year 9 Health and Physical Education course. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards. Additional charges: A subject charge will apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
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HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION Level: 9 Length: Semester Contact person: Phil Hopton Content: This course is designed to help students develop an understanding of themselves, provide information on how to make personal decisions and promote awareness of the importance of healthy behaviours and physical activity. Students engage in physical activity to learn in, through and about movement alongside a contemporary health curriculum. Topics may include: Personal, Social and Community Health
Mathematics 150
• Body image • Sexuality (SHINESA Program) • Goal setting, time management and resilience • Outdoor pursuits
Science 162
Movement and Physical Activity
Vocational Education Training (VET)
• Invasion games • Net and wall games
Languages 128
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Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION A
PHYSICAL EDUCATION B
ROWING
Level: 9 Length: Semester Contact person: Phil Hopton
Level: 9 Length: Semester Contact person: Phil Hopton
Content: This course is designed to help students develop skills, understanding and content knowledge in Physical Education. Data collection and analysis, performance improvement and analysis, sport education and understanding movement concepts through a variety of practical activities and sports.
Content: This course is designed to help students develop skills, understanding and content knowledge in Physical Education. Data collection and analysis, performance improvement and analysis, sport education and understanding movement concepts through a variety of practical activities and sports.
Level: 9 Length: Year (incorporating the semester of compulsory 9HPE) Contact person: Dylan Harvey
Topics may include:
Topics may include:
• Body in action • Drugs in sport • Fitness and nutrition
• Sport and society • Psychology and performance • Sports injuries
Sports may include:
Sports may include:
• Australian Rules • Badminton • Sofcrosse • Cricket
• Soccer • Hockey • Basketball • Handball
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Students who wish to participate in this program must have been identified through the Special Interest Rowing program selection process. Other students may be considered for the subject by contacting Mr Harvey and completing the required application process. Content: Students will experience a range of rowing specific practical and theory topics which may include: • History of rowing • Fitness for rowing • Training principles • Body systems • Coxswains • Psychology of rowing • Skill development • Training and fitness program development Students entering this program will study the Health topics from the Year 9 Health and Physical Education course. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards. Additional charges: A subject charge will apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
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Learning at Adelaide High School
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Individualised Learning
14
Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects Arts 18 Cross-Disciplinary 56 Design and Digital Technologies 60 English / EAL
78
Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
104
Humanities and Social Sciences 112 Languages 128 Mathematics 150 Science 162 Vocational Education Training (VET)
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CRICKET Level: 10 Length: Year (incorporating the semester of compulsory 10HPE) Contact person: Phil Hopton
Students entering this program will study the Health topics from the Year 10 Health and Physical Education course.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Students who wish to participate in this program must have been identified through the Special Interest Cricket program selection process. Other students may be considered for the subject by contacting Mr Hopton and completing the required application process.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Content: Students entering this program will experience a range of practical and classroom topics including: • Laws/History/Spirit of the game •S kill development: in-season and preseason phases • Fielding and fitness development: preseason phase • Event management •L eadership and sports psychology • Goal setting •A dvanced nutrition and performance •C oaching accreditation and peer coaching • Biomechanics and video analysis • Exercise physiology •L evel 1 Umpiring Accreditation – Cricket SA
Additional charges: A subject charge will apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: Phil Hopton Content: This course is designed to help students develop an understanding of themselves, provide information on how to make personal decisions and promote awareness of the importance of healthy behaviours and physical activity. Students engage in physical activity to learn in, through and about movement alongside a contemporary health curriculum. Topics may include: Personal, Social and Community Health • Drugs in the community • Sexuality (SHINESA Program) • Mental health • Disabilities Movement and Physical Activity • Striking and fielding games • Target games Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION A
PHYSICAL EDUCATION B
Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: Phil Hopton
Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: Phil Hopton
Prerequisite/preferred background: Although not compulsory, it is preferred that students have some background by undertaking PE ‘A’ and/or PE ‘B’ at Year 9.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Although not compulsory, it is preferred that students have some background by undertaking PE ‘A’ and/or PE ‘B’ at Year 9.
Content: This course is designed to help students develop skills, understanding and content knowledge in Physical Education. Data collection and analysis, performance improvement and analysis, sport education and understanding movement concepts through a variety of practical activities and sports.
Content: This course is designed to help students develop skills, understanding and content knowledge in Physical Education. Data collection and analysis, performance improvement and analysis, sport education and understanding movement concepts through a variety of practical activities and sports.
Topics may include:
Topics may include:
• Exercise physiology • Fitness analysis • Sports event management
• Skill acquisition • Biomechanics and sport technology • Sports coaching
Sports may include: • Volleyball • Touch • Athletics • Cricket Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Sports may include: • Basketball • European Handball • Soccer • Tennis • Baseball Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
They will have unique opportunities to link with Cricket SA and receive individual skill development sessions as part of their practical lessons.
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Learning at Adelaide High School
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Individualised Learning
14
Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects Arts 18 Cross-Disciplinary 56 Design and Digital Technologies 60 English / EAL
78
Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
104
Humanities and Social Sciences 112 Languages 128 Mathematics 150 Science 162 Vocational Education Training (VET)
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OUTDOOR EDUCATION Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: Phil Hopton
Special requirements: Sound and safe bike riding skills are essential.
Content: The course is practically oriented with students expected to attend the 2-day cycling camp, 2 day bushwalk and the Indoor Climbing course.
Additional charges: A subject charge will apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
Mountain Biking • Care of bike • Road safety • Basic repairs •F itness - rides on Linear Park Bikeway • Cooking using a trangia • Tent pitching •M ountain bike cycling skills for riding over a variety of terrains Indoor Climbing • Safety and equipment • Bouldering • Belay set up and method • Climbing techniques Bushwalking •B asic navigation/Map reading/Orienteering •M inimal impact camping strategies • First aid • Equipment use • Safety issues • Menu planning and cooking • Bushwalking carrying a rucksack Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
ROWING
CRICKET
Level: 10 Length: Year (incorporating the semester of compulsory 10HPE) Contact person: Dylan Harvey
Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: Phil Hopton
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Students who wish to participate in this program must have been identified through the Special Interest Rowing program selection process. Other students may be considered for the subject by contacting Mr Harvey and completing the required application process.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Completion of Year 8-10 Cricket subjects.
Content: This subject incorporates the semester of compulsory 10HPE. Students experience a range of rowing specific practical and theory topics which may include: • History of rowing • Body systems • Fitness for rowing • Psychology of sport performance • Development of training sessions • Training methods and training principles Students entering this program will study the Health topics from the Year 10 Health and Physical Education course. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards. Additional charges: A subject charge will apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
Content: Students demonstrate application and development of their knowledge, concepts and skills in cricket by undertaking a number of practical inquiry activities. These activities follow and extend on the specialist cricket curriculum undertaken in Year 10, with a focus on cricket practical skills. This will link and develop the SACE capabilities within the cricket students.
Assessment Type 1: Practical Exploration Assessment Type 2: Connections Assessment Type 3: Personal Venture Additional charges: A subject charge will apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
Topics may include: • Practical Exploration: Cricket performance and one of the following: cricket umpiring or cricket coaching • Connections: Collaborate, reflect on and run a sporting competition (Sport Education Model) • Personal Venture: Reflection and investigation task regarding physical activity and participation rates Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
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Learning at Adelaide High School
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Individualised Learning
14
Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects Arts 18 Cross-Disciplinary 56 Design and Digital Technologies 60 English / EAL
78
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Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: Phil Hopton
Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: Phil Hopton
Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: Phil Hopton
Content: This subject is about allowing students to make informed decisions about health matters, leading to individual action and participation in community initiatives. It develops skills in communication, decision making and social living. Its emphasis is on changing health-related behaviour through increased awareness and understanding.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Preference will be given to those students who have completed Outdoor Education or Youth Leadership at Year 10 or those students who have participated in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, Scouts, Guides or similar activities.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Although not compulsory, it is preferred that students have some background by undertaking any Year 10 HPE subject.
Students complete the study of at least one core topic Ways of defining health, and one option topic - Mental and emotional health. Students must also complete homework tasks that support the development of their health literacy and numeracy. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Issues Response Assessment Type 2: Group Activity Assessment Type 3: Investigation
Content: In Outdoor Education students gain an understanding of ecology, environmental sustainability, cultural perspectives, and physical and emotional health through participating in outdoor activities. Students reflect on environmental practices and are introduced to employment options in outdoor and environmental fields. Topics include: • Environment and conservation • Planning and management • Outdoor activities (Bushwalking/ Kayaking/Rockclimbing) • Outdoor journey Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Practical Assessment Type 2: Folio Assessment Type 3: Report Additional charges: A subject charge will apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION B Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Performance Improvement Assessment Type 2: Physical Activity Investigation
Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: Phil Hopton Preferred background/ prerequisite: Although not compulsory, it is preferred that students have some background by undertaking any Year 10 HPE subject.
Content: Content will be covered through the three focus areas of in movement, through movement and about movement. The focus areas provide the narrative for the knowledge, skills and capabilities that students develop. Learning is delivered through an integrated approach in which opportunities are provided for students to undertake and learn through a wide range of authentic physical activities (e.g. sports, themebased games, laboratories and fitness and recreational activities). Students explore movement concepts and strategies through these activities to promote participation and performance outcomes.
Content: Content will be covered through the three focus areas of in movement, through movement and about movement. The focus areas provide the narrative for the knowledge, skills and capabilities that students develop. Learning is delivered through an integrated approach in which opportunities are provided for students to undertake and learn through a wide range of authentic physical activities (e.g. sports, themebased games, laboratories and fitness and recreational activities. Students explore movement concepts and strategies through these activities to promote participation and performance outcomes.
The use of technology is integral to the collection of data such as video footage, heart rates, fitness batteries, and game statistics. Students apply their understanding of movement concepts to evaluate the data and reflect on ways in which performance can be achieved.
The use of technology is integral to the collection of data such as video footage, heart rates, fitness batteries, and game statistics. Students apply their understanding of movement concepts to evaluate the data and reflect on ways in which performance can be achieved.
Topics may include: • Exercise physiology • Biomechanics
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• Applied exercise physiology • Skill acquisition • Psychology of sport Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Performance Improvement Assessment Type 2: Physical Activity Investigation
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HEALTH
Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: Dylan Harvey
Assessment Type 1: Practical Exploration Assessment Type 2: Connections Assessment Type 3: Personal Venture
Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Phil Hopton
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Completion of Year 8-10 Rowing subjects. Content: Students demonstrate application and development of their knowledge, concepts and skills in rowing by undertaking a number of practical inquiry activities. These activities follow and extend on the specialist rowing curriculum undertaken in Year 10, with a focus on rowing practical skills. This will link and develop the SACE capabilities within the rowing students. Topics may include: • Practical Exploration: Rowing performance and rowing coaching, reflection on practical rowing performance(s) within a season • Connections: Collaborate, reflect on and run a sporting competition (Sport Education Model) • Personal Venture: Reflection and investigation task regarding physical activity and participation rates Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
Additional charges: A subject charge will apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
Content: This course is designed to help students develop skills and attitudes that will assist them in their personal growth, yet at the same time develop an understanding of factors affecting their wellbeing in a changing world. They will be challenged to clarify their values and identify what is important in their lives and, if necessary, re-evaluate their priorities. Students will become aware of the dynamic interaction they have with the complex economic, physical, socio-cultural and spiritual environments, and how these influence their personal decisions.
Assessment Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment 70% • Assessment Type 1: Group Investigation and Presentation • Assessment Type 2: Issues Analysis • Assessment Type 3: Practical Activity External Assessment 30% • Assessment Type 4: Investigation
Students study at least one core concept and undertake three option studies. Previous topics included: Core Concept 2: The social and economic determinants of health Option Study 1: Health promotion in the community Option Study 3: Sexuality and health Option Study 4: Health and relationships Option Study 5: Risks and challenges to health
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OUTDOOR EDUCATION Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Phil Hopton Preferred background/ prerequisite: Although not compulsory, it is preferred that students have some background by undertaking Stage 1 Outdoor Education. Content: In this subject, students are expected to: •D emonstrate skills in planning and implementing humanpowered outdoor journeys, or journeys that use natural forces. • I nvestigate, critically analyse, and communicate information about the natural environment and outdoor journeys in a variety of ways and contexts. •D emonstrate initiative, selfreliance, leadership, and a sense of responsibility towards other people in a natural environment. •C hoose, apply, and evaluate personal and group risk and safety management practices. • I dentify and apply the appropriate skills to minimise the impact of human-powered journeys, or journeys that use natural forces, on natural environments. • I nvestigate, critically analyse, and reflect on the activities and strategies needed to achieve the sustainable use of natural environments, including, for example, Indigenous perspectives reflect on the personal, group, social, and
PHYSICAL EDUCATION environmental outcomes of participation in an outdoor journey. Topics include: • Environmental studies • Planning and management practices • Outdoor journeys • Sustainable environmental practices • Leadership and planning • Self-reliant expedition Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Folio • Assessment Type 2: Group Practical • Assessment Type 3: Self-reliant Practical External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 4: Investigation Special requirements: For successful completion of this course the students will need to complete all four camps over the course of the year. Additional charges: A subject charge will apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Phil Hopton Preferred background/ prerequisite: Although not compulsory, it is preferred that students have some background by undertaking Stage 1 Physical Education. Content: Content will be covered through the three focus areas of in movement, through movement and about movement. The focus areas provide the narrative for the knowledge, skills and capabilities that students develop. Learning is delivered through an integrated approach in which opportunities are provided for students to undertake and learn through a wide range of authentic physical activities (e.g. sports, themebased games, laboratories and fitness and recreational activities. Students explore movement concepts and strategies through these activities to promote participation and performance outcomes. The use of technology is integral to the collection of data such as video footage, heart rates, fitness batteries, and game statistics. Students apply their understanding of movement concepts to evaluate the data and reflect on ways in which performance can be achieved.
Topics include: • Energy sources affecting physical performance • Effects of training on physical performance • Biomechanics and technology • Learning theories • Psychology of sporting performance • Barriers to physical activity Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Diagnostics • Assessment Type 2: Improvement Analysis External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Group Dynamics Additional charges: A subject charge will apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
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FOOD AND TEXTILE TECHNOLOGIES, HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND INNOVATION Level: 8 Length: Semester Contact person: John Dimitriou Content: Food Technology focuses on Work Health and Safety, as well as an introduction to food and nutrition for healthy lifestyles. The practical lessons in Food Technology involve individual work as well as collaborative group work. Fabrics and Textiles is an introduction to the sewing component of the course. Students learn how to master the use of the sewing machine by designing and constructing a simple article using the Design Cycle. Healthy Lifestyles is a course which looks at health and wellbeing. Innovation aims to provide students with the opportunity to put their learnings into innovative practice. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
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FABRIC AND TEXTILES TECHNOLOGY
FOOD TECHNOLOGY AND NUTRITION
FABRIC AND TEXTILES TECHNOLOGY
FOOD TECHNOLOGY AND NUTRITION
Level: 9 Length: Semester Contact person: John Dimitriou
Level: 9 Length: Semester Contact person: John Dimitriou
Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: John Dimitriou
Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: John Dimitriou
Content: The Fabric and Textile Technology course is focused on skill development.
Content: The Food Technology and Nutrition course includes:
Content: Students will have the opportunity to make a wide variety of articles (simple and/or commercial) appropriate to their skill level.
Content: Students will develop a range of food preparation skills using an extensive variety of ingredients to create contemporary and traditional dishes.
Practical work is a strong feature of this course and students will have the opportunity to make a wide variety of articles (simple and/ or commercial) appropriate to their skill level. Basic construction techniques will be explored and applied to the articles researched and designed by students. Topics studied include: • Safety and equipment • Skills and techniques • Working with commercial patterns • Natural and synthetic fibres Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards. Additional charges: Students may want to purchase their own fabric and/or commercial pattern if the ones provided are not suitable for their preference.
• Food preparation • Investigation of Dietary Guidelines and their relation to healthy eating • Analysis of food labelling, additives and packaging requirements • Recycling and the environment • Examination of how food is a feature of social occasions Students will have the opportunity to investigate a wide range of issues related to the above topics. They will design and create a variety of products which will be followed by critical evaluation and recommendations for the future. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Students plan, design and create their own articles from available or sourced fabric and commercial patterns. Basic and creative construction techniques will be explored and applied to the articles to be created. Topics include: • Safety and equipment • Skills and techniques • Fabric technology • Fashion and trends Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Students learn and develop techniques for the creative presentation of contemporary dishes and current dietary trends. Students examine the cultural impact of various foods on the local cuisine and study the range of dishes available for contemporary tastes and menus. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Additional charges: Students may want to purchase their own fabric and/or commercial pattern if the ones provided are not suitable for their preference.
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DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY AND MATERIAL SOLUTIONS: TEXTILES Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: John Dimitriou Content: In Design, Technology and Engineering students use the design and realisation process to engineer solutions for the development of products or systems. Students: •L earn to create a design brief that provides the basis for the development of potential solutions to design problems. •R eview design features, processes, materials and production techniques to assist with the realisation of the solution. A solution in this subject is an outcome of the design and realisation process in relation to the chosen context. •A nalyse influences on a product or system including ethical, legal, economic, and/or sustainability issues. •C onsider the practical implication of these issues on society or design solutions. •U se new and evolving technologies. •A pply appropriate skills, processes, procedures and techniques whilst implementing safe work practices in the creation of the solution.
• Use a range of manufacturing technologies, machines and systems to design and create fashion solutions with material textiles. • Examine the factors that influence choices on individuals, families and communities. • Negotiate to create and construct articles/garments. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Specialised Skills Task Assessment Type 2: Design Process and Solution Additional charges: Students may want to purchase their own fabric and/or commercial pattern if the ones provided are not suitable for their preference.
FOOD AND HOSPITALITY Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: John Dimitriou Preferred background/ prerequisite: Although not compulsory, it is advisable that students have some background by undertaking Food Technology and Nutrition in Year 10. Content: In Food and Hospitality, students focus on the dynamic nature of the food and hospitality industry and develop an understanding of contemporary approaches and issues related to food and hospitality. Students develop skills in using technology and safe work practices in the preparation, storage, and handling of food, and complying with current health and safety legislation. They investigate and discuss contemporary food and hospitality issues and current management practices, and explore concepts such as the legal and environmental aspects of food production, trends in food and hospitality, consumer protection, and the nutritional impact of healthy eating. Students: • Apply knowledge and problemsolving skills to practical activities in food and hospitality and to reflect on processes and outcomes. • Develop and implement practical skills, including management skills, in an individual or a collaborative context.
CHILD STUDIES • Make and justify decisions about issues related to food and hospitality. • Select and use appropriate technology to prepare and serve food, applying safe foodhandling practices. • Investigate and reflect on contemporary issues related to the food and hospitality industry or to food and hospitality in family and community settings. • Work individually and collaboratively to prepare and present activities that support healthy eating practices. • Reflect on the impact of technology on food and hospitality. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Practical Activity Assessment Type 2: Group Activity Assessment Type 3: Investigation Additional charges: A subject charge will apply this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: John Dimitriou Content: Stage 2 Child Studies focuses on children’s growth and development from conception to 8 years. Students critically examine attitudes and values about parenting/caregiving and gain an understanding of the growth and development of children. This subject enables students to develop a variety of research, management, and practical skills with the aim to develop a learning program in partnership with an early childhood educational setting. Childhood is a unique, intense period of growth and development. Children’s lives are affected by their relationships with others; their intellectual, emotional, social, and physical growth; cultural, familial, and socio-economic circumstances; geographic location; and educational opportunities. This subject comprises all five areas of study. • Contemporary and future issues • Economic and environmental influences • Political and legal influences • Sociocultural influences • Technological influences Assessment Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Practical Activity • Assessment Type 2: Group Activity External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Investigation
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DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY AND MATERIAL SOLUTIONS: TEXTILES Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: John Dimitriou Preferred background/ prerequisite: Although not compulsory, it is preferred that students have some background by undertaking any Design, Technology and Engineering subject in Stage 1.
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• I nvestigate and analyse design features, processes, materials, and production techniques and apply creative thinking to the design of a solution. •P lan, develop and test design concepts and communicate potential features and solutions to a problem or challenge. •A pply knowledge and understanding of skills, processes, engineering procedures, and techniques using technology to realise the solution. •E valuate the solution with reference to the design brief and reflect on processes used in design development and realisation. •A nalyse ethical, legal, economic and/or sustainability issues related to technology, materials selected, processes used and/or solution design.
• Apply appropriate skills, processes, procedures and techniques whilst implementing safe work practices in the creation of the solution. • Use new and evolving technologies. • Use a range of manufacturing technologies, machines and systems to design and create fashion solutions with material textiles.
FOOD AND HOSPITALITY Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: John Dimitriou
• Make and justify decisions about issues related to food and hospitality.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Although not compulsory, it is preferred that students have some background by undertaking Food and Hospitality in Stage 1.
• Select and use appropriate technology to prepare and serve food, applying safe foodhandling practices.
• Assessment Type 1: Specialised Skills Task • Assessment Type 2: Design Process and Solution
Content: In Food and Hospitality, students focus on the dynamic nature of the food and hospitality industry and develop an understanding of contemporary approaches and issues related to food and hospitality. Students develop skills in using technology and safe work practices in the preparation, storage, and handling of food, and complying with current health and safety legislation. They investigate and discuss contemporary food and hospitality issues and current management practices, and explore concepts such as the legal and environmental aspects of food production, trends in food and hospitality, consumer protection, and the nutritional impact of healthy eating.
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• Assessment Type 3: Resource Study
• Apply knowledge and problemsolving skills to practical activities in food and hospitality and to evaluate processes and outcomes.
• Examine the factors that influence choices on individuals, families and communities. • Negotiate to create and construct articles/garments. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School assessment (70%)
Additional charges: Students may want to purchase their own fabric and/or commercial pattern if the ones provided are not suitable for their preference.
• Apply management, organisational, and problemsolving skills to demonstrate an understanding of contemporary issues in the food and hospitality industry.
• Investigate, critically analyse, and evaluate contemporary trends and/or issues related to food and hospitality. • Work individually and collaboratively to prepare and present activities to support healthy eating practices. • Evaluate the impact of technology, and/or sustainable practices or globalisation, on the food and hospitality industry. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Practical Activity • Assessment Type 2: Group Activity External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Investigation Additional charges: A subject charge will apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charges.
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The time period investigated is from c. 650 – 1750 AD. Students will learn and develop skills of historical enquiry, source analysis, causes of change and continuity. Students will undertake an overview of this period before embarking on several depth studies. • Geography The focus of the Geography unit is: - The nature of landscapes and the forces, processes and factors which shape them physically - People’s perception and use of these landscapes Students will examine how landscapes fundamentally affect the ways in which people live and also how landscapes are modified and managed. •C ivics and Citizenship Students investigate the responsibilities and freedoms of citizens and how Australians can actively participate in their democracy. They will learn about how laws are made and the types of laws used in Australia.
•E conomics and Business Students will explore the role of markets and how they work within Australia. They will also investigate the rights, responsibilities and opportunities that arise for businesses, consumers and governments and the influence these have on the ways individuals work now and into the future. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Content: Aboriginal Studies focuses on providing students with knowledge and understanding of Australian Indigenous language and culture. Topics include: • Native Title • Stolen Generations • Famous Australians, e.g. Charles Perkins, David Unaipon • Languages Revival and Reclamation Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
CIVICS, CITIZENSHIP, ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS Level: 9 Length: Semester Contact person: Cass Mewett Content: • Civics and Citizenship The Civics and Citizenship component of the course is designed to build students’ understanding of Australia’s political system and how it enables change. It also explores interactions within the global economy, looking at economics and business concepts. Students examine government and decision-making processes. They investigate the features and principles of Australia’s court system, including its role in applying and interpreting Australian law. Students also examine global connectedness and how this is shaping contemporary Australian society. • Economics and Business
HISTORY Level: 9 Length: Semester Contact person: Cass Mewett Content: This course focuses on the making of the modern world from 1750 to 1918. It was a period of industrialisation and rapid change in the ways people lived, worked and thought. It was an era of nationalism and imperialism, and the colonisation of Australia was part of the expansion of European power. The period culminated in World War I, 1914–1918, the ‘war to end all wars’. Students will study a range of depth studies based on: • Industrial Revolution • Movement of Peoples • World War One Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Students are introduced to the concept of an ‘economy’ and explore what it means for Australia to be part of the Asia region and the global economy. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
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CIVICS, CITIZENSHIP, ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: Cass Mewett Content: Students develop their understanding of economics and business concepts by considering Australia’s economic performance and standard of living. Students also develop an understanding of Australia’s system of government through comparison with another system of government in the Asian region. Students examine Australia’s role within the international context, such as its involvement with the United Nations. Students look into the ways governments manage economic performance to improve living standards, along with the reasons why economic performance and living standards differ within and between economies. Students examine the consequences of decisions and the responses of business to changing economic conditions, including the way they manage their workforce. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
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HISTORY
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ACCOUNTING
Level: 10 Length: Semester Contact person: Cass Mewett
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Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: Cass Mewett
Content: This course is run in conjunction with the University of Adelaide as the Shark Tank eSchool program.
Content: Learning from and with Aboriginal peoples, communities, and other sources of Aboriginal voice underpins the learning in this subject. It enables students to access a range of Aboriginal viewpoints and develop respect for and awareness of the diversity of the experiences of Aboriginal peoples and communities.
Content: Students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills to devise accounting solutions in a range of familiar and unfamiliar contexts and apply communication skills to collect and analyse financial and nonfinancial information for a range of stakeholders. They explore the changing forms of accounting information and examine the use of digital and emerging technology.
Content: This course focuses on the history of the modern world and Australia from 1918 to the present, with an emphasis on Australia in its global context. Students will undertake several depth studies which include: • World War Two • Rights and Freedoms • Pop Culture Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
The Shark Tank eSchool program has been designed to take students on a journey from understanding entrepreneurship to developing the entrepreneurial mindsets of entrepreneurs, developing their own business ideas to pitching and presenting their business ideas to a panel of judges at the venture showcase. The program offers a step-bystep process and guide to entrepreneurial start-up and innovation and the building of entrepreneurial teams. The themes of each module have been carefully selected to ensure that students are actively learning and engaged in new venture start-up activities. Please note that the assessment counts towards both the SACE and a unit of work for a University course. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Business Skills Assessment Type 2: Business Pitch
Students develop their understanding of Aboriginal narratives and accomplishments as told by Aboriginal peoples. Through their understanding of the connections between past and present, students deconstruct and analyse experiences that are of significance to Aboriginal peoples and communities Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Accounting Skills Assessment Type 2: Accounting Inquiry
Assessment Type 1: Learning Journey Activities Assessment Type 2: Creative Production Additional charges: An excursion fee may apply to this subject in addition to the Adelaide High School Materials and Services Charge.
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AUSTRALIAN AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: Cass Mewett Content: Politics is the study of power at all levels of society. By analysing power and political systems, students can recognise potential sources of empowerment and become informed, active citizens. Students explore how power can be perceived as a form of control, empowerment, domination, and injustice. They learn that the power to make decisions is determined and negotiated at all levels of society, but that the capacity to influence decision-making is not shared equally by all members of societies. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Folio Assessment Type 2: Source Analysis Assessment Type 3: Investigation
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Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: Cass Mewett
Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: Cass Mewett
Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: Cass Mewett
Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: Cass Mewett
Content: In Stage 1 Business Innovation students develop the knowledge, skills, and understandings to engage in today’s business world. Students are immersed, as entrepreneurs, in the process of finding and solving customer problems through innovation and planning tools.
Content: The study of Economics enables students to understand how an economy operates, the structure of economic systems, and the way in which economic systems function. Central to the study of Economics is the economic problem and the related concepts of scarcity, opportunity cost, and interdependence. Economic systems are continually evolving in response to the economic problem to determine what goods and services to produce, how these goods and services are produced, and for whom they are produced.
Content: The study of History gives students the opportunity to make sense of a complex and rapidly changing world by connecting the past and the present. Through the study of past events, actions, and phenomena students gain an insight into human nature and the ways in which individuals and societies function.
Content: Legal Studies explores Australia’s legal heritage and the dynamic nature of the Australian legal system within a global context. Students are provided with an understanding of the structures of the Australian legal system and how that system responds and contributes to social change while acknowledging tradition.
By studying Economics, students develop an understanding of different economic systems and institutions and learn to assess the degree to which these systems and institutions help satisfy people’s needs and wants. Students become aware that economic decisions are not value free and have outcomes which may be inconsistent with social, moral, and ethical values.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
Students develop financial awareness and decision-making skills. Students consider the opportunities and challenges associated with start-up and existing businesses in the modern, connected world. They consider how digital and emerging technologies present opportunities to enhance business models and analyse the responsibilities and impact of proposed business models on communities. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Business Skills Assessment Type 2: Business Pitch
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Skills and Applications Tasks Assessment Type 2: Folio Assessment Type 3: Issues Study
Topics studied in this course may include: • Revolutions • Vietnam War • Apartheid
Assessment Type 1: Historical Skills Assessment Type 2: Historical Study
The study of Legal Studies provides insight into law-making and the processes of dispute resolution and the administration of justice. Students investigate legal perspectives on contemporary issues in society. They reflect on, and make informed judgments about strengths and weaknesses of the Australian legal system. Students consider how, and to what degree, these weaknesses may be remedied. Topics include: • Law and society • People, structures, and processes • Law-making • Justice and society Assessment: (Subject to change – SACE course redevelopment in 2020). Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Folio Assessment Type 2: Issues Study Assessment Type 3: Presentation
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LEGAL STUDIES B Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: Cass Mewett Preferred background/ prerequisite: Legal Studies A Content: Legal Studies explores Australia’s legal heritage and the dynamic nature of the Australian legal system within a global context. Legal Studies provides students with a sound understanding of the structures of the Australian legal system and demonstrates how that system responds and contributes to social change while acknowledging tradition. By analysing the Australian legal system, students consider how diverse groups in society, including Indigenous Australians, influence and are influenced by the legal system. Legal Studies provides insight into law¬making and the processes of dispute resolution and administration of justice. By examining the system of constitutional government in Australia, students recognise the rights and responsibilities of individuals, groups, and institutions. Through the examination of their own values and attitudes, students have an opportunity to reflect critically on values inherent in the Australian legal system.
Topics include: • Young people and the law • Motorists and the law • Relationships and the law Assessment: (Subject to change – SACE course redevelopment in 2020). Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Folio Assessment Type 2: Issues Study Assessment Type 3: Presentation
PHILOSOPHY
SOCIETY AND CULTURE
ACCOUNTING
Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: Cass Mewett
Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: Cass Mewett
Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Cass Mewett
Content: Philosophy involves the rational investigation of questions about existence, knowledge and ethics, to which there are no simple answers. Consequently, philosophical problems tend to provoke disagreement and foster a variety of views and theories. Investigation of these problems through the study of Philosophy requires skills of critical reasoning, developed through an understanding of reasoning and the foundations of argument analysis.
Content: Students explore and analyse the interactions of people, societies, cultures and environments. They learn how social, political, historical, environmental, economic and cultural factors affect different societies, and how people function and communicate in and across cultural groups.
Philosophy promotes respect for intellectual integrity as a human value and develops students’ skills to engage in philosophical argument. Students build their capacity to be creative and independent critical thinkers who can articulate and justify philosophical positions and argue reasoned action. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Folio Assessment Type 2: Issues Analysis Assessment Type 3: Issues Study
Through their study of Society and Culture, students develop the ability to influence their own futures by developing skills, values and understandings that enable effective participation in contemporary society. Topics for Society and Culture may include: • Youth homelessness • Asylum seekers and refugees • Climate change • Domestic violence • Cyber bullying ASSESSMENT: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Sources Analysis Assessment Type 2: Group Activity Assessment Type 3: Investigation
Preferred Background/ Prerequisite: Stage 1 Accounting Content: In Accounting students develop and extend their understanding of the underpinning accounting concepts and conventions used to understand and classify financial transactions within a business. Through the learning in the focus area of managing financial sustainability, students develop and apply their knowledge of accounting processes to prepare and report accounting information to meet stakeholder needs. Students transfer this knowledge to scenarios and consider the influence of local and global perspectives on accounting practices. Topics which will be studied throughout this course include: • Understanding accounting concepts and conventions • Managing financial sustainability • Providing accounting advice Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: (continued over page)
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•A ssessment Type 1: Accounting Concepts and Solutions •A ssessment Type 2: Accounting Advice
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External Assessment (30%)
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AUSTRALIAN AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact Person: Cass Mewett Preferred background/ prerequisite: Stage 1 Australian and International Politics Content: Students investigate and recognize expressions of power and systems of decision-making as elements of everyday life and to understand their own potential to influence and participate in political processes in a range of contexts. Students undertake a study on Australian politics focusing on: • The Australian Constitution and Federalism • Political Representation, Parliament, and the Executive • Voting and Elections • Political Parties • Students will also undertake a case study of international politics of The United States of America and World Affairs Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Folio • Assessment Type 2: Sources Analysis • Assessment Type 3: Investigation External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 4: Examination
BUSINESS INNOVATION Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Cass Mewett Preferred background/ prerequisite: Stage 1 Business Innovation Content: Students engage in designing, sustaining, and transforming business in the modern world. Through these contexts, students develop and apply their understanding of innovation, decision-making and project management, financial literacy and information management, global, local, and digital perspectives. Students ‘learn through doing’ in Business Innovation, using design thinking and assumption-based planning processes to anticipate, find, and solve problems. Students engage with complex, dynamic, real-world problems, to identify as well as design, test, iterate and communicate viable business solutions. Through design thinking and direct involvement in innovation, students not only develop but also understand and apply their critical and creative thinking skills. Students learn to innovate and think like designers to find and solve problems that matter to specific people in a business environment characterised by change and uncertainty. Students gain an understanding of fundamental business concepts and ideas, including:
ECONOMICS • The nature and structure of business • Sources of finance • Forms of ownership • Legal responsibilities and requirements
Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Cass Mewett
Assessment:
Content: Studying Economics enables students to understand how an economy operates, the structure of economic systems, and the way in which they function. Students develop an understanding of different economic systems and institutions, and can assess the degree to which these systems and institutions help satisfy people’s needs and wants.
Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Folio • Assessment Type 2: Practical • Assessment Type 3: Issues Study External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 4: Report
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Stage 1 Economics
Students research, analyse, evaluate, and apply economic models which are expressed in graphical and/or diagrammatic form. They evaluate issues for individuals and groups in local, national, and global settings. They learn how some of these issues affect their lives and how they can use the knowledge and skills of economics to inform their participation in society. Topics which will be studied throughout this course include: • The Economic problem • Microeconomics • Macroeconomics • Globalisation • Poverty and inequality (continued over page)
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LEGAL STUDIES
LEGAL STUDIES (continued)
MODERN HISTORY
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Cass Mewett
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Cass Mewett
School Assessment (70%)
Content: Legal Studies explores Australia’s legal heritage and the dynamic nature of the Australian legal system within a global context.
School Assessment (70%)
Content: In Modern History students investigate the growth of modern nations at a time of rapid global change. Students engage in a study of one nation, and of interactions between or among nations.
• Assessment Type 1: Skills and Applications Tasks • Assessment Type 2: Folio External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Examination
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Stage 1 Legal Studies
Students are provided with an understanding of the structures of the Australian legal system and how that system responds and contributes to social change while acknowledging tradition. The study of Legal Studies provides insight into law-making and the processes of dispute resolution and the administration of justice. Students investigate legal perspectives on contemporary issues in society. They reflect on, and make informed judgments about strengths and weaknesses of the Australian legal system. Students consider how, and to what degree, these weaknesses may be remedied. Topics which will be studied throughout this course include: • The Australian Legal System • Constitutional Government • Law-making • Justice systems
• Assessment Type 1: Folio • Assessment Type 2: Inquiry External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Examination
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Stage 1 History
In their study of one nation, students investigate the social, political, and economic changes which shaped the development of that nation. They develop insights into the characteristics of a modern nation, and the crises and challenges which have confronted it. Students also consider the ways in which the nation has dealt with internal divisions and external challenges, and the paths which it has taken.
Topics which will be studied throughout this course include: • Germany 1918-48 •T he Changing World Order 1945Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Historical Skills • Assessment Type 2: Historical Study External assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Examination
Students also explore relationships among nations and groups, examine some significant and distinctive features of the world since 1945, and consider their impact on the contemporary world. Students investigate the political and economic interactions of nations and the impact of these interactions on national, regional, and/or international development. They consider how some nations, including some emerging nations, have sought to impose their influence and power, and how others have sought to forge their own destiny.
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PHILOSOPHY Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Cass Mewett Preferred background/ prerequisite: Stage 1 Philosophy Content: Students learn that philosophy is part of life: it shapes the way people think, what they consider to be of value, what they take as being the truth, and how they engage with others and the world around them. Historically and now, philosophers have been recognised as teachers of wisdom whose contributions have helped to form society and its visions for the future. Philosophy involves the rational investigation of questions about existence, knowledge, and ethics, to which there are no simple answers. Consequently, philosophical problems tend to provoke disagreement and foster a variety of views and theories about the nature of the world and what ought to be done. Investigation of these problems requires skills of critical reasoning, developed through an understanding of reasoning and the foundations of argument analysis.
SOCIETY AND CULTURE Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Argument Analysis • Assessment Type 2: Issues Analysis External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Issues Study
Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Cass Mewett Content: Society and Culture gives students critical insight into the significance of factors such as gender, ethnicity, racism, class, and power. Students develop the skills to critically analyse a range of viewpoints about peoples, societies, and issues and understand diversity within and across societies. Students learn about the ways in which societies constantly change and are affected by social, political, historical, environmental, economic, and cultural factors.
Students develop the skills and experience to understand how individual and group involvement can influence change, and to consider the consequences of a range of possible social actions. They learn to challenge their own thinking and develop skills in presenting opinions supported by evidence. Students will study two topics based on student interest. The topics include: • Cultural diversity • Youth culture • Work and leisure • The material world • Social ethics • Contemporary contexts of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples • Technological revolutions • People and the environment • Globalisation • A question of rights • People and power Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Folio • Assessment Type 2: Interaction External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Investigation
Topics which will be studied throughout this course include: • Philosophical inquiry skills •K ey areas of philosophical study (ethics, epistemology, and metaphysics)
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Auslan
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Chinese Continuers
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Chinese Continuers
Chinese Continuers
Chinese Background
Chinese Background
Chinese Background
Chinese Background
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Spanish Continuers
Spanish Continuers
Spanish Continuers
Spanish Continuers
Modern Greek Continuers
Modern Greek Continuers
Modern Greek Continuers
Modern Greek Continuers
Modern Greek Continuers
Modern Greek Background
Modern Greek Background
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AUSLAN
CHINESE CONTINUERS
FRENCH CONTINUERS
GERMAN CONTINUERS
ITALIAN CONTINUERS
Level: 8 Length: Year Contact person: Amy Geue
Level: 8 Length: Year Contact person: Janine McSporran
Level: 8 Length: Year Contact person: Janine McSporran
Level: 8 Length: Year Contact person: Janine McSporran
Level: 8 Length: Year Contact person: Janine McSporran
Content: The Chinese language course follows the Australian Curriculum. ‘Communication’ and ‘Understanding’ are the two key Strands. ‘Communication’ involves using the language for communicative purposes and includes the Substrands: Socialising, Informing, Creating, Translating and Reflecting. ‘Understanding’ develops skills with understanding language and culture and includes the Substrands: Systems of Language, Language variation and change, the Role of language and culture.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Beginner or early beginner
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Beginner or early beginner
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Beginner or early beginner
Content: The French language course follows the Australian Curriculum. ‘Communication’ and ‘Understanding’ are the two key Strands. ‘Communication’ involves using the language for communicative purposes and includes the Substrands: Socialising, Informing, Creating, Translating and Reflecting. ‘Understanding’ develops skills with understanding language and culture and includes the Substrands: Systems of Language, Language variation and change, the Role of language and culture.
Content: The German language course follows the Australian Curriculum. ‘Communication’ and ‘Understanding’ are the two key Strands. ‘Communication’ involves using the language for communicative purposes and includes the Substrands: Socialising, Informing, Creating, Translating and Reflecting. ‘Understanding’ develops skills with understanding language and culture and includes the Substrands: Systems of Language, Language variation and change, the Role of language and culture.
Content: The Italian language course follows the Australian Curriculum. ‘Communication’ and ‘Understanding’ are the two key Strands. ‘Communication’ involves using the language for communicative purposes and includes the Substrands: Socialising, Informing, Creating, Translating and Reflecting. ‘Understanding’ develops skills with understanding language and culture and includes the Substrands: Systems of Language, Language variation and change, the Role of language and culture.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Content: Auslan (Australian Sign Language) is the language used by the Deaf community in Australia. Skills in Auslan will allow students to interact with each other and Deaf members of the school and community. Auslan is part of the Australian Curriculum and has a number of different learning pathways. Students will develop the skills to communicate in Auslan with Auslan users and develop an awareness of the Deaf community, identity and culture. They will develop fingerspelling skills and an understanding of Auslan grammar while building on their overall sign knowledge. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
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JAPANESE CONTINUERS Level: 8 Length: Year Contact person: Janine McSporran Preferred background/ prerequisite: Beginner or early beginner Content: The Japanese language course follows the Australian Curriculum. ‘Communication’ and ‘Understanding’ are the two key Strands. ‘Communication’ involves using the language for communicative purposes and includes the Substrands: Socialising, Informing, Creating, Translating and Reflecting. ‘Understanding’ develops skills with understanding language and culture and includes the Substrands: Systems of Language, Language variation and change, the Role of language and culture. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
MODERN GREEK BACKGROUND
MODERN GREEK CONTINUERS
Level: 8 Length: Year Contact person: Janine McSporran
Level: 8 Length: Year Contact person: Janine McSporran
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Entry will be through assessment by the teacher of Greek.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: No or limited prior knowledge of Modern Greek is required to start this course.
Content: The Modern Greek language course follows the Australian Curriculum. ‘Communication’ and ‘Understanding’ are the two key Strands. ‘Communication’ involves using the language for communicative purposes and includes the Substrands: Socialising, Informing, Creating, Translating and Reflecting. ‘Understanding’ develops skills with understanding language and culture and includes the Substrands: Systems of Language, Language variation and change, the Role of language and culture. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Content: The Modern Greek language course follows the Australian Curriculum. Communication and Understanding are the two key Strands. Communication involves using the language for communicative purposes and includes the Substrands: Socialising, Informing, Creating, Translating and Reflecting. Understanding develops skills with understanding language and culture and includes the Substrands: Systems of Language, Language variation and change, the Role of language and culture. Topics are taught thematically based on the Australian Curriculum. Students have the ability to sit the internationally recognised Proficiency Exams and have a number of opportunities to experience the Greek Culture and community.
SPANISH CONTINUERS
AUSLAN
Level: 8 Length: Year Contact person: Janine McSporran
Level: 9 Length: Year Contact person: Amy Geue
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Beginner or early beginner Content: The Spanish language course follows the Australian Curriculum. ‘Communication’ and ‘Understanding’ are the two key Strands. ‘Communication’ involves using the language for communicative purposes and includes the Substrands: Socialising, Informing, Creating, Translating and Reflecting. ‘Understanding’ develops skills with understanding language and culture and includes the Substrands: Systems of Language, Language variation and change, the Role of language and culture. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Year 8 Auslan Content: Auslan (Australian Sign Language) is the language used by the Deaf community in Australia. Skills in Auslan will allow students to interact with each other and Deaf members of the school and community. Auslan is part of the Australian Curriculum and has a number of different learning pathways. Students will develop the skills to communicate in Auslan with Auslan users and develop an awareness of the Deaf community, identity and culture. They will develop fingerspelling skills and an understanding of Auslan grammar while building on their overall sign knowledge Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
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CHINESE BACKGROUND
FRENCH CONTINUERS
GERMAN CONTINUERS
ITALIAN CONTINUERS
Level: 9 Length: Year Contact person: Janine McSporran
Level: 9 Length: Year Contact person: Janine McSporran
Level: 9 Length: Year Contact person: Janine McSporran
Level: 9 Length: Year Contact person: Janine McSporran
Level: 9 Length: Year Contact person: Janine McSporran
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Year 8 Chinese
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Entry will be through assessment by the teacher of Chinese.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Year 8 French
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Year 8 German
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Year 8 Italian
Content: The French language course follows the Australian Curriculum. ‘Communication’ and ‘Understanding’ are the two key Strands. ‘Communication’ involves using the language for communicative purposes and includes the Substrands: Socialising, Informing, Creating, Translating and Reflecting. ‘Understanding’ develops skills with understanding language and culture and includes the Substrands: Systems of Language, Language variation and change, the Role of language and culture.
Content: The German language course follows the Australian Curriculum. ‘Communication’ and ‘Understanding’ are the two key Strands. ‘Communication’ involves using the language for communicative purposes and includes the Substrands: Socialising, Informing, Creating, Translating and Reflecting. ‘Understanding’ develops skills with understanding language and culture and includes the Substrands: Systems of Language, Language variation and change, the Role of language and culture.
Content: The Italian language course follows the Australian Curriculum. ‘Communication’ and ‘Understanding’ are the two key Strands. ‘Communication’ involves using the language for communicative purposes and includes the Substrands: Socialising, Informing, Creating, Translating and Reflecting. ‘Understanding’ develops skills with understanding language and culture and includes the Substrands: Systems of Language, Language variation and change, the Role of language and culture.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Content: The Chinese language course follows the Australian Curriculum. ‘Communication’ and ‘Understanding’ are the two key Strands. ‘Communication’ involves using the language for communicative purposes and includes the Substrands: Socialising, Informing, Creating, Translating and Reflecting. ‘Understanding’ develops skills with understanding language and culture and includes the Substrands: Systems of Language, Language variation and change, the Role of language and culture. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Content: The Chinese language course follows the Australian Curriculum. ‘Communication’ and ‘Understanding’ are the two key Strands. ‘Communication’ involves using the language for communicative purposes and includes the Substrands: Socialising, Informing, Creating, Translating and Reflecting. ‘Understanding’ develops skills with understanding language and culture and includes the Substrands: Systems of Language, Language variation and change, the Role of language and culture. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
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JAPANESE CONTINUERS Level: 9 Length: Year Contact person: Janine McSporran Preferred background/ prerequisite: Year 8 Japanese Content: The Japanese language course follows the Australian Curriculum. ‘Communication’ and ‘Understanding’ are the two key Strands. ‘Communication’ involves using the language for communicative purposes and includes the Substrands: Socialising, Informing, Creating, Translating and Reflecting. ‘Understanding’ develops skills with understanding language and culture and includes the Substrands: Systems of Language, Language variation and change, the Role of language and culture. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
MODERN GREEK BACKGROUND
MODERN GREEK CONTINUERS
Level: 9 Length: Year Contact person: Janine McSporran
Level: 9 Length: Year Contact person: Janine McSporran
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Entry will be through assessment by the teacher of Greek.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Year 8 Modern Greek Continuers course
Content: The Modern Greek language course follows the Australian Curriculum. ‘Communication’ and ‘Understanding’ are the two key Strands. ‘Communication’ involves using the language for communicative purposes and includes the Substrands: Socialising, Informing, Creating, Translating and Reflecting. ‘Understanding’ develops skills with understanding language and culture and includes the Substrands: Systems of Language, Language variation and change, the Role of language and culture.
Content: The Modern Greek language course follows the Australian Curriculum. ‘Communication’ and ‘Understanding’ are the two key Strands. ‘Communication’ involves using the language for communicative purposes and includes the Substrands: Socialising, Informing, Creating, Translating and Reflecting. ‘Understanding’ develops skills with understanding language and culture and includes the Substrands: Systems of Language, Language variation and change, the Role of language and culture.
Topics are taught thematically based on the Australian Curriculum. Students have the ability to sit the internationally recognised Proficiency Exams and have a number of opportunities to experience the Greek Culture and community.
Topics are taught thematically based on the Australian Curriculum. Students have the ability to sit the internationally recognised Proficiency Exams and have a number of opportunities to experience the Greek Culture and community.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
SPANISH CONTINUERS
AUSLAN
Level: 9 Length: Year Contact person: Janine McSporran
Level: 10 Length: Year Contact person: Amy Geue
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Year 8 Spanish Content: The Spanish language course follows the Australian Curriculum. ‘Communication’ and ‘Understanding’ are the two key Strands. ‘Communication’ involves using the language for communicative purposes and includes the Substrands: Socialising, Informing, Creating, Translating and Reflecting. ‘Understanding’ develops skills with understanding language and culture and includes the Substrands: Systems of Language, Language variation and change, the Role of language and culture. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Year 9 Auslan Content: Auslan (Australian Sign Language) is the language used by the Deaf community in Australia. Skills in Auslan will allow students to interact with each other and Deaf members of the school and community. Auslan is part of the Australian Curriculum and has a number of different learning pathways. Students will develop the skills to communicate in Auslan with Auslan users and develop an awareness of the Deaf community, identity and culture. They will develop fingerspelling skills and an understanding of Auslan grammar while building on their overall sign knowledge Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
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Learning at Adelaide High School
10
Individualised Learning
14
Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects Arts 18 Cross-Disciplinary 56 Design and Digital Technologies 60 English / EAL
78
Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
104
Humanities and Social Sciences 112 Languages 128 Mathematics 150 Science 162 Vocational Education Training (VET)
176
CHINESE CONTINUERS
CHINESE BACKGROUND
FRENCH CONTINUERS
GERMAN CONTINUERS
ITALIAN CONTINUERS
Level: 10 Length: Year Contact person: Janine McSporran
Level: 10 Length: Year Contact person: Janine McSporran
Level: 10 Length: Year Contact person: Janine McSporran
Level: 10 Length: Year Contact person: Janine McSporran
Level: 10 Length: Year Contact person: Janine McSporran
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Year 9 Chinese Continuers course
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Year 9 Chinese Background level or similar. Entry may also be through assessment by the teacher of Chinese.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Year 9 French
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Year 9 German
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Year 9 Italian
Content: The French language course follows the Australian Curriculum. ‘Communication’ and ‘Understanding’ are the two key Strands. ‘Communication’ involves using the language for communicative purposes and includes the Substrands: Socialising, Informing, Creating, Translating and Reflecting. ‘Understanding’ develops skills with understanding language and culture and includes the Substrands: Systems of Language, Language variation and change, the Role of language and culture.
Content: The German language course follows the Australian Curriculum. ‘Communication’ and ‘Understanding’ are the two key Strands. ‘Communication’ involves using the language for communicative purposes and includes the Substrands: Socialising, Informing, Creating, Translating and Reflecting. ‘Understanding’ develops skills with understanding language and culture and includes the Substrands: Systems of Language, Language variation and change, the Role of language and culture.
Content: The Italian language course follows the Australian Curriculum. ‘Communication’ and ‘Understanding’ are the two key Strands. ‘Communication’ involves using the language for communicative purposes and includes the Substrands: Socialising, Informing, Creating, Translating and Reflecting. ‘Understanding’ develops skills with understanding language and culture and includes the Substrands: Systems of Language, Language variation and change, the Role of language and culture.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Content: The Chinese language course follows the Australian Curriculum. ‘Communication’ and ‘Understanding’ are the two key Strands. ‘Communication’ involves using the language for communicative purposes and includes the Substrands: Socialising, Informing, Creating, Translating and Reflecting. ‘Understanding’ develops skills with understanding language and culture and includes the Substrands: Systems of Language, Language variation and change, the Role of language and culture. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Content: The Chinese language course follows the Australian Curriculum. ‘Communication’ and ‘Understanding’ are the two key Strands. ‘Communication’ involves using the language for communicative purposes and includes the Substrands: Socialising, Informing, Creating, Translating and Reflecting. ‘Understanding’ develops skills with understanding language and culture and includes the Substrands: Systems of Language, Language variation and change, the Role of language and culture. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
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LANGUAGES YEAR 10 / YEAR 11 (STAGE 1) JUMP TO Curriculum Structure
4
Learning at Adelaide High School
10
Individualised Learning
14
Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects Arts 18 Cross-Disciplinary 56 Design and Digital Technologies 60 English / EAL
78
Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
104
Humanities and Social Sciences 112 Languages 128 Mathematics 150 Science 162 Vocational Education Training (VET)
176
JAPANESE CONTINUERS Level: 10 Length: Year Contact person: Janine McSporran Preferred background/ prerequisite: Year 9 Japanese Content: The Japanese language course follows the Australian Curriculum. ‘Communication’ and ‘Understanding’ are the two key Strands. ‘Communication’ involves using the language for communicative purposes and includes the Substrands: Socialising, Informing, Creating, Translating and Reflecting. ‘Understanding’ develops skills with understanding language and culture and includes the Substrands: Systems of Language, Language variation and change, the Role of language and culture. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
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MODERN GREEK BACKGROUND
MODERN GREEK CONTINUERS
Level: 10 Length: Year Contact person: Janine McSporran
Level: 10 Length: Year Contact person: Janine McSporran
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Year 9 Modern Greek Background level or similar. Entry may also be through assessment by the teacher of Modern Greek.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Year 9 Modern Greek Continuers
Content: The Modern Greek language course follows the Australian Curriculum. ‘Communication’ and ‘Understanding’ are the two key Strands. ‘Communication’ involves using the language for communicative purposes and includes the Substrands: Socialising, Informing, Creating, Translating and Reflecting. ‘Understanding’ develops skills with understanding language and culture and includes the Substrands: Systems of Language, Language variation and change, the Role of language and culture. Topics are taught thematically based on the Australian Curriculum. Students have the ability to sit the internationally recognised Proficiency Exams and have a number of opportunities to experience the Greek Culture and community. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Content: The Modern Greek language course follows the Australian Curriculum. ‘Communication’ and ‘Understanding’ are the two key Strands. ‘Communication’ involves using the language for communicative purposes and includes the Substrands: Socialising, Informing, Creating, Translating and Reflecting. ‘Understanding’ develops skills with understanding language and culture and includes the Substrands: Systems of Language, Language variation and change, the Role of language and culture. Topics are taught thematically based on the Australian Curriculum. Students have the ability to sit the internationally recognised Proficiency Exams and have a number of opportunities to experience the Greek Culture and community.
SPANISH CONTINUERS
AUSLAN
Level: 10 Length: Year Contact person: Janine McSporran
Level: Stage 1 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact Person: Amy Geue
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Year 9 Spanish Content: The Spanish language course follows the Australian Curriculum. ‘Communication’ and ‘Understanding’ are the two key Strands. ‘Communication’ involves using the language for communicative purposes and includes the Substrands: Socialising, Informing, Creating, Translating and Reflecting. ‘Understanding’ develops skills with understanding language and culture and includes the Substrands: Systems of Language, Language variation and change, the Role of language and culture. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Preferred Background/ Prerequisite: Year 10 Auslan Content: Auslan (Australian Sign Language) is the language used by the Deaf community in Australia. Skills in Auslan will allow students to interact with each other and Deaf members of the school and community. Auslan is part of the Australian Curriculum and has a number of different learning pathways. Students will develop the skills to communicate in Auslan with Auslan users and develop an awareness of the Deaf community, identity and culture. They will develop fingerspelling skills and an understanding of Auslan grammar while building on their overall sign knowledge Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
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LANGUAGES YEAR 11 (STAGE 1) JUMP TO Curriculum Structure
4
Learning at Adelaide High School
10
Individualised Learning
14
Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects Arts 18 Cross-Disciplinary 56 Design and Digital Technologies 60 English / EAL
78
Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
104
Humanities and Social Sciences 112 Languages 128 Mathematics 150 Science 162 Vocational Education Training (VET)
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CHINESE BACKGROUND
CHINESE CONTINUERS
FRENCH CONTINUERS
GERMAN CONTINUERS
ITALIAN CONTINUERS
Level: Stage 1 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Janine McSporran
Level: Stage 1 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Janine McSporran
Level: Stage 1 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Janine McSporran
Level: Stage 1 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Janine McSporran
Level: Stage 1 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Janine McSporran
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Year 10 Chinese Background
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Year 10 Chinese. An Eligibility Form must be filled in and strict criteria apply.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Year 10 French
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Year 10 German
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Year 10 Italian
Content: Stage 1 French at Continuers level consists of three themes and a number of prescribed topics and suggested subtopics.
Content: Stage 1 German at Continuers level consists of three themes and a number of prescribed topics and suggested subtopics.
Content: Stage 1 Italian at Continuers level consists of three themes and a number of prescribed topics and suggested subtopics.
Themes:
Themes:
Themes:
• The Individual • The French-speaking Communities • The Changing World
• The Individual • The German-speaking Communities • The Changing World
• The Individual • The Italian-speaking Communities • The Changing World
The students interact with others to share information, ideas, opinions and experiences. They create texts in the specific language to express information, feelings, ideas and opinions. They analyse texts to interpret meaning, and examine relationships between language, culture and identity, and reflect on the ways in which culture influences communication.
The students interact with others to share information, ideas, opinions and experiences. They create texts in the specific language to express information, feelings, ideas and opinions. They analyse texts to interpret meaning, and examine relationships between language, culture and identity, and reflect on the ways in which culture influences communication.
The students interact with others to share information, ideas, opinions and experiences. They create texts in the specific language to express information, feelings, ideas and opinions. They analyse texts to interpret meaning, and examine relationships between language, culture and identity, and reflect on the ways in which culture influences communication.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
Assessment Type 1: Interaction Assessment Type 2: Text Production Assessment Type 3: Text Analysis Assessment Type 4: Investigation
Assessment Type 1: Interaction Assessment Type 2: Text Production Assessment Type 3: Text Analysis Assessment Type 4: Investigation
Assessment Type 1: Interaction Assessment Type 2: Text Production Assessment Type 3: Text Analysis Assessment Type 4: Investigation
The Background Speakers level languages are designed for students who have a background in the language and who have had more than 1 year’s education in a country where the language is spoken. Content: Stage 1 Chinese Background Speakers level is organised around four prescribed themes and a number of prescribed contemporary issues. These themes have been selected to enable students to extend their understanding of the interdependence of language, culture, and identity. The themes and contemporary issues are intended to be covered across Stage 1 and Stage 2. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Interaction Assessment Type 2: Text Production Assessment Type 3: Text Analysis Assessment Type 4: Investigation
Content: Stage 1 Chinese at Continuers level consists of three themes and a number of prescribed topics and suggested subtopics. Themes: • The Individual • The Chinese-speaking Communities • The Changing World The students interact with others to share information, ideas, opinions and experiences. They create texts in the specific language to express information, feelings, ideas and opinions. They analyse texts to interpret meaning, and examine relationships between language, culture and identity, and reflect on the ways in which culture influences communication. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Interaction Assessment Type 2: Text Production Assessment Type 3: Text Analysis Assessment Type 4: Investigation
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LANGUAGES YEAR 11 (STAGE 1) / YEAR 12 (STAGE 2) JUMP TO Curriculum Structure
4
Learning at Adelaide High School
10
Individualised Learning
14
Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects Arts 18 Cross-Disciplinary 56 Design and Digital Technologies 60 English / EAL
78
Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
104
Humanities and Social Sciences 112 Languages 128 Mathematics 150 Science 162 Vocational Education Training (VET)
176
JAPANESE CONTINUERS Level: Stage 1 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Janine McSporran Preferred background/ prerequisite: Year 10 Japanese Content: Stage 1 Japanese at Continuers level consists of three themes and a number of prescribed topics and suggested subtopics. Themes: • The Individual •T he Japanese-speaking Communities • The Changing World The students interact with others to share information, ideas, opinions and experiences. They create texts in the specific language to express information, feelings, ideas and opinions. They analyse texts to interpret meaning, and examine relationships between language, culture and identity, and reflect on the ways in which culture influences communication. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Interaction Assessment Type 2: Text Production Assessment Type 3: Text Analysis Assessment Type 4: Investigation
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MODERN GREEK CONTINUERS Level: Stage 1 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Janine McSporran Preferred background/ prerequisite: Year 10 Modern Greek (Continuers or Background) Content: The Continuers level languages are designed for students who have studied the language for 400 to 500 hours by the time they have completed Stage 2, or who have an equivalent level of knowledge. Students interact with others to share information, ideas, opinions and experiences. They create texts in language to express information, feelings, ideas and opinions. They analyse texts to interpret meaning, and examine relationships between language, culture and identity, and reflect on the ways in which culture influences communication. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Interaction Assessment Type 2: Text Production Assessment Type 3: Text Analysis Assessment Type 4: Investigation
SPANISH CONTINUERS
CHINESE BACKGROUND
CHINESE CONTINUERS
Level: Stage 1 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Janine McSporran
Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Janine McSporran
Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Janine McSporran
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Year 10 Spanish
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Stage 1 Chinese Background
Content: Stage 1 Spanish at Continuers level consists of three themes and a number of prescribed topics and suggested subtopics.
The Chinese Background Speakers course is designed for students who have a background in the language and who have had more than 1 year’s education in a country where the language is spoken.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Stage 1 Chinese Continuers. An Eligibility Form must be filled in and strict criteria apply.
Themes: • The Individual • The Spanish-speaking Communities • The Changing World The students interact with others to share information, ideas, opinions and experiences. They create texts in the specific language to express information, feelings, ideas and opinions. They analyse texts to interpret meaning, and examine relationships between language, culture and identity, and reflect on the ways in which culture influences communication. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Interaction Assessment Type 2: Text Production Assessment Type 3: Text Analysis Assessment Type 4: Investigation
Content: Stage 2 Chinese Background Speakers level is organised around four prescribed themes and a number of prescribed contemporary issues. These themes have been selected to enable students to extend their understanding of the interdependence of language, culture, and identity. The themes and contemporary issues are intended to be covered across Stage 1 and Stage 2. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Folio • Assessment Type 2: In-depth Study External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Examination
Content: Stage 2 Chinese at Continuers level is organised around three prescribed themes and a number of prescribed topics and suggested subtopics. These themes have been selected to promote meaningful communication and enable students to extend their understanding of the interdependence of language, culture, and identity. The themes, topics, and subtopics are intended to be covered across Stage 1 and Stage 2. The three prescribed themes are: • The Individual • The Chinese-speaking Communities • The Changing World Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Folio • Assessment Type 2: In-depth Study External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Examination
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LANGUAGES YEAR 12 (STAGE 2) JUMP TO Curriculum Structure
4
Learning at Adelaide High School
10
Individualised Learning
14
Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects Arts 18 Cross-Disciplinary 56 Design and Digital Technologies 60 English / EAL
78
Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
104
Humanities and Social Sciences 112 Languages 128 Mathematics 150 Science 162 Vocational Education Training (VET)
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FRENCH CONTINUERS
GERMAN CONTINUERS
ITALIAN CONTINUERS
JAPANESE CONTINUERS
Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Janine McSporran
Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Janine McSporran
Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Janine McSporran
Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Janine McSporran
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Stage 1 French
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Stage 1 German
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Stage 1 Italian
Preferred background/ prerequisite: Stage 1 Japanese
Content: Stage 2 French at Continuers level is organised around three prescribed themes and a number of prescribed topics and suggested subtopics. These themes have been selected to promote meaningful communication and enable students to extend their understanding of the interdependence of language, culture, and identity. The themes, topics, and subtopics are intended to be covered across Stage 1 and Stage 2.
Content: Stage 2 German at Continuers level is organised around three prescribed themes and a number of prescribed topics and suggested subtopics. These themes have been selected to promote meaningful communication and enable students to extend their understanding of the interdependence of language, culture, and identity. The themes, topics, and subtopics are intended to be covered across Stage 1 and Stage 2.
Content: Stage 2 Italian at Continuers level is organised around three prescribed themes and a number of prescribed topics and suggested subtopics. These themes have been selected to promote meaningful communication and enable students to extend their understanding of the interdependence of language, culture, and identity. The themes, topics, and subtopics are intended to be covered across Stage 1 and Stage 2.
Content: Stage 2 Japanese at continuers level is organised around three prescribed themes and a number of prescribed topics and suggested subtopics. These themes have been selected to promote meaningful communication and enable students to extend their understanding of the interdependence of language, culture, and identity. The themes, topics, and subtopics are intended to be covered across Stage 1 and Stage 2.
The three prescribed themes are:
The three prescribed themes are:
The three prescribed themes are:
The three prescribed themes are:
• The Individual •T he French-speaking Communities • The Changing World
• The Individual • The German-speaking Communities • The Changing World
• The Individual • The Italian-speaking Communities • The Changing World
• The Individual • The Japanese-speaking Communities • The Changing World
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
School Assessment (70%)
School Assessment (70%)
School Assessment (70%)
School Assessment (70%)
•A ssessment Type 1: Folio •A ssessment Type 2: In-depth Study
• Assessment Type 1: Folio • Assessment Type 2: In-depth Study
• Assessment Type 1: Folio • Assessment Type 2: In-depth Study
• Assessment Type 1: Folio • Assessment Type 2: In-depth Study
External Assessment (30%)
External Assessment (30%)
External Assessment (30%)
External Assessment (30%)
•A ssessment Type 3: Examination
• Assessment Type 3: Examination
• Assessment Type 3: Examination
• Assessment Type 3: Examination
MODERN GREEK CONTINUERS Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Janine McSporran Preferred background/ prerequisite: Stage 1 Modern Greek Content: The Continuers level languages are designed for students who have studied the language for 400 to 500 hours by the time they have completed Stage 2, or who have an equivalent level of knowledge. Students interact with others to share information, ideas, opinions and experiences. They create texts in language to express information, feelings, ideas and opinions. They analyse texts to interpret meaning, and examine relationships between language, culture and identity, and reflect on the ways in which culture influences communication. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Folio • Assessment Type 2: In-depth Study External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Examination
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4
Learning at Adelaide High School
10
Individualised Learning
14
Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects
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SPANISH CONTINUERS Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Janine McSporran Preferred background/ prerequisite: Stage 1 Spanish
Languages 128
Content: Stage 2 Spanish at continuers level is organised around three prescribed themes and a number of prescribed topics and suggested subtopics. These themes have been selected to promote meaningful communication and enable students to extend their understanding of the interdependence of language, culture, and identity. The themes, topics, and subtopics are intended to be covered across Stage 1 and Stage 2.
Mathematics 150
The three prescribed themes are:
Arts 18 Cross-Disciplinary 56 Design and Digital Technologies 60 English / EAL
78
Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
104
Humanities and Social Sciences 112
Science 162 Vocational Education Training (VET)
176
• The Individual •T he Spanish-speaking Communities • The Changing World Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment (70%) •A ssessment Type 1: Folio •A ssessment Type 2: In-depth Study External Assessment (30%) •A ssessment Type 3: Examination
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Mathematics
Essential Mathematics
Essential Mathematics
Essential Mathematics
Essential Mathematics
General Mathematics
General Mathematics
General Mathematics
General Mathematics
Mathematics Methods
Mathematics Methods
Mathematical Methods
Mathematical Methods
Mathematics Semester
Specialist Mathematics
Specialist Mathematics
Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects Arts 18 Cross-Disciplinary 56 Design and Digital Technologies 60 English / EAL
78
Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
104
Humanities and Social Sciences 112 Languages 128 Mathematics 150 Science 162 Vocational Education Training (VET)
176
Australian Curriculum SACE
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4
Learning at Adelaide High School
10
Individualised Learning
14
Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects Arts 18 Cross-Disciplinary 56 Design and Digital Technologies 60 English / EAL
78
Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
104
Humanities and Social Sciences 112 Languages 128 Mathematics 150 Science 162 Vocational Education Training (VET)
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MATHEMATICS
GENERAL MATHEMATICS
MATHEMATICS METHODS
ESSENTIAL MATHEMATICS
ESSENTIAL MATHEMATICS
Level: 8 Length: Year Contact person: Tony Pettas
Level: 9 Length: Year Contact person: Tony Pettas
Level: 9 Length: Year Contact person: Tony Pettas
Level: 9 Length: Year Contact person: Tony Pettas
Content: Year 8 Mathematics covers topics from the 5 strands: number, measurement, spatial and geometrical reasoning, pattern and algebraic reasoning, and exploring, analysing and modelling data. Extension activities and extra support are provided for those who require them. Students complete a variety of tasks during the year, including research assignments, projects, tests, common tests, practical and problem solving activities. Technology, where applicable, is embedded through the use of calculators to consolidate concepts and to provide further opportunities for students to investigate mathematical phenomena.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: This course is intended for students who have successfully completed Year 8 Mathematics at a “C” or low “B” grade.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: This course is intended for students who have successfully completed Year 8 Mathematics at a high “B” or “A” grade.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: This course is intended for students with developing numeracy skills.
Level: 10 (Stage 1: 10 SACE credits) Length: Year Contact person: Tony Pettas
Content: The content of the course is developed from the Australian Curriculum Strands covering working with number, algebraic manipulation, pythagoras theorem, product and factorisation, measurement, business mathematics, statistics and probability, coordinate geometry, similarity and deductive and transformation geometry. This course will provide students with the necessary skills to enter Year 10 General Mathematics. Students will also gain skills in the practical use of mathematics, in particular the trade and business sectors of society.
Content: The content of the course is developed from the Australian Curriculum Strands covering working with number, algebraic manipulation, pythagoras’ theorem, product and factorisation, measurement, business mathematics, statistics and probability, coordinate geometry, similarity and deductive and transformation geometry. Students will gain skills in the theoretical concepts of mathematics and focus on their higher order thinking skills in solving complex problems. Technology, where applicable, is embedded through the use of graphic calculators to consolidate concepts and to provide further opportunities for students to investigate mathematical phenomena.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
This course will provide students with the necessary skills to enter Year 10 Extended Mathematics (3 units). Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Content: The content of the course is developed from the Australian Curriculum Strands covering number, algebra, measurement, business mathematics, statistics and probability, coordinate geometry and geometry at an elementary level. Students will be able to learn life skills that involve the use of numeracy. Students will be able to apply their mathematical knowledge to everyday situations. Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: This course is for students who have completed the Year 9 Essential course or who have not completed the Year 9 General course to a satisfactory level. Year 10 students aiming to cease doing Mathematics in senior school are also recommended for this course. Content: The content of the course predominantly covers number, algebra, measurement, business mathematics, statistics and probability, coordinate geometry and geometry at an elementary level. Students will be able to learn life skills that involve the use of numeracy. The course will run over a year and concentrate on delivering a range of numeracy skills dealing with everyday life. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Skills and Applications Tasks Assessment Type 2: Folio Special requirements: Students who complete this course will achieve 10 Stage 1 SACE credits including the compulsory Numeracy unit. This is a terminating course and does not lead into any Stage 1 Mathematics units.
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4
Learning at Adelaide High School
10
Individualised Learning
14
Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects Arts 18 Cross-Disciplinary 56 Design and Digital Technologies 60 English / EAL
78
Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
104
Humanities and Social Sciences 112 Languages 128 Mathematics 150 Science 162 Vocational Education Training (VET)
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GENERAL MATHEMATICS
MATHEMATICS METHODS
GENERAL MATHEMATICS
Level: 10 Length: Year Contact person: Tony Pettas
Level: 10 Length: 3 semesters Contact person: Tony Pettas
Preferred background/ prerequisite: This course is for students who have completed Year 9 General Mathematics at a “C” grade or higher.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: This course is for students who have completed Year 9 Mathematics Modified at a “B” or “A” grade.
Level: Stage 1 Length: 1 or 2 Semesters (10 or 20 SACE credits) Contact person: Tony Pettas
Content: The content of the course predominantly covers indices, algebra, pythagoras theorem, trigonometry, measurement, statistics and probability, coordinate geometry, financial mathematics and matrices. This course will lead into Stage 1 General Mathematics and will provide students with skills to deal with applications of mathematics in the real world. Technology, where applicable, is embedded through the use of graphic calculators to consolidate concepts and to provide further opportunities for students to investigate mathematical phenomena.
Content: The content of the course predominantly covers indices, radicals, algebra, pythagoras theorem, trigonometry, measurement, circles, statistics and probability, coordinate geometry, similarity and congruence, quadratics, simultaneous equations, relations and functions, exponentials and logarithms, polynomials, and conics. This course will provide students with the necessary skills to enter Stage 1 Methods and Specialist courses. Students will gain skills in the theoretical concepts of mathematics and focus on their higher order thinking skills in solving complex problems. Technology, where applicable, is embedded through the use of graphic calculators to consolidate concepts and to provide further opportunities for students to investigate mathematical phenomena.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: An average of a “B” grade or better in common tests and assessments in Year 10 General Mathematics plus teacher recommendation. Content: In the study of Mathematics students participate in a wide variety of problem-solving activities. The subject gives students the abilities and skills required in the workplace and in everyday life. They learn how to approach new challenges by investigating, modelling, reasoning, visualising, and problem-solving with the goal of communicating to others the relationships observed and the problems solved. The content of the course covers linear and exponential functions, network and matrices, measurement, investment and borrowings, statistics, numeric trigonometry and matrices. This course will provide students with the necessary skills to enter Stage 2 General and Essential Mathematics. Students will gain knowledge of mathematics and focus on their higher order thinking skills in solving practical problems. Technology, where applicable, is embedded through the use of graphic calculators to consolidate concepts and to provide further opportunities for students to investigate mathematical phenomena.
ESSENTIAL MATHEMATICS Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Skills and Applications Tasks Assessment Type 2: Mathematical Investigation Special requirements: Students are advised to complete 2 semesters if they intend to do Stage 2 General or Essential Mathematics.
Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 or 20 SACE Credits) Contact person: Tony Pettas Content: The content of the course predominantly covers number, algebra, measurement, business mathematics, statistics and probability, coordinate geometry and geometry at an elementary level. Students will be able to learn life skills that involve the use of numeracy. The course will run for one semester and concentrate on delivering a range of numeracy skills dealing with everyday life. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Skills and Applications Tasks Assessment Type 2: Folio Special requirements: Students who complete this course will achieve 10 Stage 1 SACE credits including the compulsory Numeracy unit.
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MATHEMATICAL METHODS Level: Stage 1 Length: 3 Semesters (30 SACE credits) Contact person: Tony Pettas Preferred background/ prerequisite: An average of a “B” grade or better in common tests and assessments in Year 10 Mathematics Methods plus teacher recommendation. Content: In the study of Mathematics students participate in a wide variety of problem-solving activities. The subject gives students the abilities and skills required in the workplace and in everyday life. They learn how to approach new challenges by investigating, modelling, reasoning, visualising, and problem-solving with the goal of communicating to others the relationships observed and the problems solved. The content of the course covers trigonometry, deductive geometry, statistics and counting, relations and functions, growth and decay, polynomials, and numeric trigonometry, matrices, real and complex numbers and introduction to differential calculus. This course will provide students with the necessary skills to enter Stage 2 Mathematical Methods. Students will gain knowledge in the theoretical concepts of mathematics and focus on their higher order thinking skills in solving complex problems. Technology, where applicable, is embedded through the use of graphic calculators to consolidate concepts and to provide further
SPECIALIST MATHEMATICS opportunities for students to investigate mathematical phenomena. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Skills and Applications Tasks Assessment Type 2: Mathematical Investigation
Level: Stage 1 Length: 4 Semesters (40 SACE credits) (Three of these units are Mathematical Methods units) Contact person: Tony Pettas Preferred background/ prerequisite: An average of a “B” grade or better in common tests and assessments in Year 10 Mathematics Methods plus teacher recommendation. Content: In the study of Mathematics students participate in a wide variety of problem-solving activities. The subject gives students the abilities and skills required in the workplace and in everyday life. They learn how to approach new challenges by investigating, modelling, reasoning, visualising, and problem-solving with the goal of communicating to others the relationships observed and the problems solved. The content of the course covers series and sequences, vectors, trigonometric functions, trigonometry, deductive geometry, statistics and counting, relations and functions, growth and decay, polynomials, and numeric trigonometry, matrices, real and complex numbers and introduction to differential calculus. This course will provide students with the necessary skills to enter Stage 2 Methods and Stage 2 Specialist Mathematics. Technology, where applicable, is embedded through the use of graphic calculators to consolidate concepts and to provide further opportunities for students to investigate mathematical phenomena.
ESSENTIAL MATHEMATICS Students will gain skills in the theoretical concepts of mathematics and focus on their higher order thinking skills in solving complex problems. This course is particularly suited for students who seek an Engineering pathway. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Skills and Applications Tasks Assessment Type 2: Mathematical Investigation
Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE Credits) Contact person: Tony Pettas Preferred background/ prerequisite: An average of a “C” grade or better in exams and assessments in Stage 1 General Mathematics plus teacher’s recommendation. Content: Essential Mathematics offers senior secondary students the opportunity to extend their mathematical skills in ways that apply to practical problem-solving in everyday and workplace contexts. Students apply their mathematics to diverse settings, including everyday calculations, financial management, business applications, measurement and geometry, and statistics in social contexts. In Essential Mathematics there is an emphasis on developing students’ computational skills and expanding their ability to apply their mathematical skills in flexible and resourceful ways. This subject is intended for students planning to pursue a career in a range of trades or vocations. Students who complete this subject with a “C-“ or better will meet the numeracy requirement of the SACE. (continued over page)
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ESSENTIAL MATHEMATICS (continued) Stage 2 Essential Mathematics consists of the following five topics: 1. Scales, plans and models 2. Measurement 3. Business applications 4. Investments and loans 5. Statistics Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment (70%) •A ssessment Type 1: Skills and Applications Tasks •A ssessment Type 2: Mathematical Investigation External Assessment (30%) •A ssessment Type 3: Examination
GENERAL MATHEMATICS Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE Credits) Contact person: Tony Pettas Preferred background/ prerequisite: An average of a “B” grade or better in exams and assessments in Stage 1 General Mathematics plus teacher’s recommendation. Content: General Mathematics extends students’ mathematical skills in ways that apply to practical problem solving. A problembased approach is integral to the development of mathematical models and the associated key concepts in the topics. Topics cover a diverse range of applications of mathematics, including personal financial management, the statistical investigation process, modelling using linear and non¬linear functions, and discrete modelling using networks and matrices. Successful completion of General Mathematics at Stage 2 prepares students for entry to tertiary courses requiring a non-specialised background in mathematics. Students who complete this subject with a “C–“ or better will meet the numeracy requirement of the SACE. Stage 2 General Mathematics offers students the opportunity to develop a strong understanding of the process of mathematical modelling and its application to problem-solving in everyday workplace contexts.
GENERAL MATHEMATICS (continued) Stage 2 General Mathematics consists of the following six topics: 1. Modelling with linear relationships 2. Modelling with matrices 3. Statistical models 4. Financial models 5. Discrete models 6. Open topic Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Skills and Applications Tasks • Assessment Type 2: Mathematical Investigation External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Examination
MATHEMATICAL METHODS Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE Credits) Contact person: Tony Pettas Preferred background/ prerequisite: An average of a “B” grade or better in exams and assessments in Stage 1 Mathematical Methods plus teacher’s recommendation. Content: Mathematical Methods develops an increasingly complex and sophisticated understanding of calculus and statistics. By using functions and their derivatives and integrals, and by mathematically modelling physical processes, students develop a deep understanding of the physical world through a sound knowledge of relationships involving rates of change. Students use statistics to describe and analyse phenomena that involve uncertainty and variation. Students who complete this subject with a “C-“ grade or better will meet the numeracy requirement of the SACE. The subject leads to study in a range of tertiary courses such as mathematical sciences, engineering, computer science, and physical sciences. Students envisaging careers in related fields will benefit from studying this subject. This subject can often be a prerequisite subject for a number of tertiary courses.
sciences. It prepares students for courses and careers that may involve the use of statistics, such as health or social sciences. When studied together with Specialist Mathematics, this subject can be a pathway to engineering, physical science, and laser physics. Stage 2 Mathematical Methods consists of the following six topics: •T opic 1: Further differentiation and applications • Topic 2: Discrete random variables • Topic 3: Integral calculus • Topic 4: Logarithmic functions • Topic 5: Continuous random variables and the normal distribution • Topic 6: Sampling and confidence intervals. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Skills and Applications Tasks • Assessment Type 2: Mathematical Investigation External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Examination
Mathematical Methods provides the foundation for further study in mathematics, economics, computer sciences, and the
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opportunities to analyse the consequences of more complex laws of interaction.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: An average of a “B” grade or better in exams and assessments in Stage 1 Specialist Mathematics plus teacher’s recommendation.
Specialist Mathematics topics provide different scenarios for incorporating mathematical arguments, proofs, and problem-solving.
Content: Specialist Mathematics draws on and deepens students’ mathematical knowledge, skills, and understanding, and provides opportunities for students to develop their skills in using rigorous mathematical arguments and proofs, and using mathematical models. It includes the study of functions and calculus. The subject leads to study in a range of tertiary courses such as mathematical sciences, engineering, computer science, and physical sciences. Students envisaging careers in related fields will benefit from studying this subject. Specialist Mathematics is designed to be studied in conjunction with Mathematical Methods. Students who complete this subject with a “C–“ or better will meet the numeracy requirement of the SACE. The topics in Stage 2 extend students’ mathematical experience and their mathematical flexibility and versatility, in particular, in the areas of complex numbers and vectors. The general theory of functions, differential equations, and dynamic systems provides
Stage 2 Specialist Mathematics consists of the following six topics: • Topic 1: Mathematical Induction • Topic 2: Complex Numbers • Topic 3: Functions and Sketching Graphs • Topic 4: Vectors in Three Dimensions • Topic 5: Integration Techniques and Applications • Topic 6: Rates of Change and Differential Equations. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Skills and Applications Tasks • Assessment Type 2: Mathematical Investigation External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Examination
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Level: 8 Length: Year Contact person: Lewis Weeden
Additionally, the Year 8 Science course aims to develop the following skills:
Level: 9 Length: Year Contact person: Lewis Weeden
Additionally, the Year 9 Science course aims to develop the following skills:
Level: 10 Length: Year Contact person: Lewis Weeden
Content: Each term of study at Year 8 is dedicated to one of four Science disciplines. These Science disciplines, and their content, are outlined below:
• Working safely in the laboratory • Practical report writing • Use of scientific equipment such as the microscope and Bunsen burner • Data analysis • Numerical analysis • Research and critical analysis of Science as a Human Endeavour • Teamwork
Content: Each term of study at Year 9 is dedicated to one of four Science disciplines. These Science disciplines, and their content, are outlined below:
• Working safely in the laboratory • Practical report writing • Use of scientific equipment such as the microscope and Bunsen burner • Data analysis • Numerical analysis • Research and critical analysis of Science as a Human Endeavour • Teamwork
Content: Each term of study at Year 10 is dedicated to one of four Science disciplines. These Science disciplines, and their content, are outlined below:
• Physics: Students will investigate different types of energy and their transformation. Specifically, students will study the roles of Kinetic, Potential and Thermal energy in day-to-day life. • Chemistry: Students will explore the structure of the atom and how ideas of this structure have developed over time. Students will investigate the states of matter and changes in these states. •E arth Science: Students will explore the rock cycle and the three main types of rocks. Students will build skills in rock and mineral identification and examine the role of mining on the Australian economy. • Biology: Students will study the cell as the most basic unit of life, analyse the roles of organelles and explore human body systems including the reproductive system.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
• Physics: Students understand the mechanisms behind electrical energy and learn to construct and analyse basic circuits. Students will investigate the role of light and sound in everyday life. • Chemistry: Students will be given the opportunity to closely analyse exothermic and endothermic chemical reactions, build basic chemical formulae and study the concept of radioactivity and its importance in society. • Earth Science: Students will explore Earth as an active planet where the shape and movement of continents is determined by tectonic movements that also result in earthquakes and volcanoes. • Biology: Students will begin to look at the concept of homeostasis in the human body. This will be explored further when students investigate the roles of the nervous and endocrine systems. Students also study ecology and the processes of photosynthesis and respiration.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
• Physics: Students will critically analyse motion and force in everyday life and use Newton’s Three Laws to explain natural phenomena. • Chemistry: Students will explore properties of elements and how they are arranged in the Periodic Table. Students will investigate different chemical reactions and how factors can affect the rates of reactions. • Earth Science: Students will study the formation of the universe by way of the Big Bang Theory and investigate star systems and the star cycle. Students will investigate issues of global warming and climate change and the various anthropogenic factors that affect this. • Biology: Students will develop their knowledge around inheritance, genetics and DNA. Students will explore how genetic and environmental factors may change organisms over time and look at the Theory of Evolution. (continued over page)
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Additionally, the Year 10 Science course aims to develop the following skills:
Level: Stage 1 Length: 1 or 2 Semesters (10 or 20 SACE credits) Contact person: Lewis Weeden
Students taking Biology in Semester 2 will study the following topics:
Level: Stage 1 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Lewis Weeden
• Exchange Surfaces:
Preferred background/ prerequisite: “A” or “B” grade in Year 10 Science plus teacher recommendation.
• Working safely in the laboratory • Practical report writing •U se of scientific equipment such as the microscope and Bunsen burner • Data analysis • Numerical analysis •R esearch and critical analysis of Science as a Human Endeavour • Teamwork Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: “A” or “B” grade in Year 10 Science. Content: In Biology students investigate and learn about the structure and function of a range of living organisms, how they interact with other living things, and with their environments. Students have the opportunity to engage with the work of biologists and to join and initiate debates about how biology impacts on their lives, on society, and on the environment. Students taking Biology in Semester 1 will study the following topics: • Cells and Microorganisms: Students will investigate the role of the cell and analyse the structures and systems within cells. Students will learn about microorganisms and their importance and use in modern applications. • Ecosystems: Students investigate diverse ecosystems, explore biotic and abiotic components to dynamic habitats and analyse measurements of certain properties including species interactions and population.
Students will gain a better understanding of how body tissue works to facilitate the movement of important nutrients from one part of the body to the next. Students investigate the role of exchange surfaces such as the nephron and the alveoli in maintaining a healthy internal environment in the human body. • Infectious Diseases: Students explore the causes and implications of infectious diseases on both local and global communities. Students research historic and contemporary cases, epidemics and outbreaks to analyse key drivers in the spread and control of disease. Students also study the range of medical innovations available to combat new and existing threats. Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Investigations Folio Assessment Type 2: Skills and Applications Tasks
Content: In Chemistry students investigate properties and uses of materials and the atoms involved, and reactions of these materials. Students also critically investigate the social and environmental impact of materials and chemical processes. Through practical tasks, students develop investigation skills and an understanding of the physical world that enables them to be questioning, reflective, and critical thinkers. Students taking Chemistry will study the following topics across two semesters: • Materials and their atoms • Combining atoms • Molecules • Mixtures and solutions • Acids and bases • Redox reactions Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Investigations Folio Assessment Type 2: Skills and Applications Tasks
EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: Lewis Weeden Preferred background/ prerequisite: “C” grade or higher in Year 10 Science. Content: Students will conduct investigations and gather evidence from fieldwork, experiments and research. They have the opportunity to join in debates on issues about Earth Science, its interaction with the environment and how this affects our own lives, as well as on society in general. Students acquire knowledge of geological principles and concepts and use that knowledge to deal with life’s questions, issues, opportunities and challenges. The focus will be on communication, learning and research based on practical experiences with links to the other sciences including Biology, Chemistry and Physics with a view to providing a foundation course leading to Stage 2 Earth and Environmental Science. The main themes covered provide opportunities for students to explore links between learning in Earth and Environmental Science and the other sciences, and to discuss social, ethical, historical and environmental contexts. At least three topics will be chosen from the following in negotiation with the students: (continued over page)
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EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (continued) • Topic 1: The turbulent Earth •T opic 2: Composition of the geosphere •T opic 3: Processes in the geosphere •T opic 4: The Earth’s atmosphere • Topic 5: Importance of hydrosphere • Topic 6: The biosphere Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Investigations Folio Assessment Type 2: Skills and Applications Tasks
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PHYSICS
PSYCHOLOGY
Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE credits) Contact person: Lewis Weeden
The following is a list of topics that can be studied at Stage 1. Depending on the cohort, 3-4 of the following topics will be chosen:
Level: Stage 1 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Lewis Weeden
Level: Stage 1 Length: Semester (10 SACE Credits) Contact person: Lewis Weeden
Preferred background/ prerequisite: “C” grade or higher in Year 10 Science.
• Macronutrients and micronutrients • Fresh versus processed foods • Australian Dietary Guidelines and nutrition in the lifestyle • The psychology of food marketing • Indigenous Australians: food changes from the traditional to the contemporary • Contaminated food • Safe food handling
Preferred background/ prerequisite: “A” or “B” grade in Year 10 Science.
Preferred background/ prerequisite: “A” or “B” grade in Year 10 Science.
Content: The study of Physics offers opportunities for students to understand and appreciate the natural world. This subject requires the interpretation of physical phenomena through a study of the topics listed below. As well as applying knowledge to solve problems, students develop experimental and investigation design, information literacy and communication skills through practical and other learning activities. Students gather evidence from experiments and research and acquire new knowledge through their own investigations.
Content: The study of Psychology enables students to understand their own behaviours and the behaviours of others. It has direct relevance to their personal lives. Psychological knowledge can be applied to improve outcomes and the quality of experience in various areas of life, such as education, relationships, child rearing, employment and leisure.
Content: Students of Nutrition investigate and learn the role of nutrients in the body using current scientific information, as well as social and environmental issues related to nutrition. Students explore the links between food, health and diet-related diseases by using their scientific knowledge and the skills they acquire in their study of nutrition to carry out and design practical investigations. Students have the opportunity to critically examine factors that influence food choices and reflect on local, national, Indigenous, and/or global issues. They investigate methods of food production and distribution which impact the quantity and quality of food and then consider how these methods affect the health and individual communities. Students work individually and collaboratively to reflect on the nature of work in research sciences and, in particular, the field of nutrition. The study of Nutrition encourages students to think about the role of nutrition in their own futures and assists them to reinforce or modify their own diets and lifestyle habits to maximise positive health outcomes.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: Assessment Type 1: Investigations Folio Assessment Type 2: Skills and Applications Tasks
Students taking Physics will study the following topics across two semesters:
Stage 1 Psychology builds on the scientific method by involving students in the collection and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data. By emphasising evidence-based procedures (i.e. observation, experimentation and experience) the subject allows students to develop useful skills in analytical and critical thinking, and in making inferences.
• Motion and forces • Electric circuits • Heat • Waves and optics • Energy and momentum • Nuclear physics
The topics covered in Stage 1 Psychology include: • Introduction to Psychology (compulsory) • Social Influence and Interaction • Emotion
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
Assessment Type 1: Investigations Folio Assessment Type 2: Skills and Applications Tasks
Assessment Type 1: Investigations Folio Assessment Type 2: Skills and Applications Tasks
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BIOLOGY Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Lewis Weeden Preferred background/ prerequisite: 2 semesters of any Stage 1 Science course completed to a “B” minimum are required for entry to this course. Content: The study of Biology allows students to investigate and learn about the structure and function of a range of living organisms, how they interact with other living things, and with their environments. The beginning of the course focuses on Cell Biology, vital understanding for all branches of Biology. The latter part of the course covers how the human body maintains the perfect internal environment, along with evolution and ecological sciences. After Stage 2, students can pursue scientific pathways in Biology, for example, in medical research, veterinary science, food and marine sciences, agriculture, biotechnology, environmental rehabilitation, biosecurity, quarantine, conservation, and ecotourism. Stage 2 Biology is organised around the following four topics: • Cells and the basis of life • DNA and proteins • Homeostasis • Evolution
CHEMISTRY Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Investigations Folio • Assessment Type 2: Skills and Applications Tasks External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Examination
Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Lewis Weeden Preferred background/ prerequisite: 2 semesters of Stage 1 Chemistry completed to a “B” minimum are required for entry to this course. Content: In Chemistry students explore organic and inorganic materials, chemical processes and how they can be controlled, and analytical techniques. Students will also investigate how chemistry impacts on their lives, society and the environment. The beginning of the course focuses on reactions in the environment and techniques to monitor them, such as photochemical smog and acid rain. Students will also learn how to maximise the product of a chemical reaction, for use in industry production. A focus of the course is also drawing and naming molecule structures for a range of organic compounds. Throughout the topics, the use of resources such as water, soil, and plastics will be covered. After Stage 2 students can pursue scientific pathways, including in medical or pharmaceutical research, pharmacy, chemical engineering, and innovative product design. Stage 2 Chemistry is organised around the following four topics:
• Monitoring the environment • Managing chemical processes • Organic and biological chemistry • Managing resources Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Investigations Folio • Assessment Type 2: Skills and Applications Tasks External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Examination
EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Lewis Weeden Preferred background/ prerequisite: “C” grade or higher in a semester of any Stage 1 Science course is required for entry into this course. Content: Students consider how humans use the Earth’s resources and the impact of human activities on the environment. They assess the evidence around public debate on social and environmental issues. The beginning of the course focuses on the four spheres of Earth, how they interact with each other and change over time. The latter part of the course covers the resources of Earth, how they are discovered and extracted, along with the effect of these processes on climate change and effecting the sustainability of the planet. After Stage 2, students can pursue scientific pathways, for example, in environmental science, geology, meteorology, oceanography, seismology, metallurgy, and scientific research. Stage 2 Earth and Environmental Science is organised around the following four topics: • Earth systems • Earth resources • Earth’s sustainable future • Climate change (continued over page)
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Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
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PHYSICS
Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Lewis Weeden
Stage 2 Nutrition is organised around the following five topics:
Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 SACE credits) Contact person: Lewis Weeden
Preferred background/ prerequisite: “B” grade or higher in a semester of any Stage 1 Science course is required for entry into this course. Content: The study of Nutrition involves the investigating and learning about the role of nutrients in the body, as well as social and environmental issues related to nutrition. By understanding the science of food, students are able to think about the role of nutrition in their own futures and assists them to reinforce or modify their own diets and lifestyle habits to maximise positive health outcomes. The beginning of the course focuses on the main nutrients required for life, such as the science of absorption and the use of these. After gaining an understanding of the science of food, including production and safety, students are required to analyse and make dietary modifications to reverse dietrelated diseases. There is also a focus on sensory issues, analysis of food in cultural, behavioural, psychological and physical contexts. After Stage, 2 students can pursue scientific pathways, for example, in dietetics, nutrition, food research and production, health, and sports nutrition.
• The fundamentals of human nutrition • Diet, lifestyle and health • Food selection and dietary evaluation • Food, nutrition and the consumer • Global hunger Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Investigations Folio • Assessment Type 2: Skills and Applications Tasks External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Examination
Preferred background/ prerequisite: 2 semesters of Stage 1 Physics completed to a “B” minimum are required for entry to this course. Content: The study of Physics offers opportunities for students to understand and appreciate the natural world. This subject requires the interpretation of physical phenomena through a study of motion and relativity, electricity and magnetism, and light and atoms.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Investigations Folio • Assessment Type 2: Skills and Applications Tasks External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Examination
The beginning of the course focuses on motion and relativity, such as 2D motion, Newton’s Laws, gravity and special relativity. The latter parts of the course cover electric and magnetic fields, along with the study of light, and the physics of atomic structure. After Stage 2, students can pursue scientific pathways, for example, in engineering, renewable energy generation, communications, materials innovation, transport and vehicle safety, medical science, scientific research, and the exploration of the universe. Stage 2 Physics is organised around the following three topics: • Motion and relativity • Electricity and magnetism • Light and atoms
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PSYCHOLOGY Level: Stage 2 Length: Year (20 credits) Contact person: Lewis Weeden Preferred background/ prerequisite: 2 semesters of any Stage 1 Science course completed to a “B” minimum are required for entry to this course. Content: The study of Psychology enables students to understand their own behaviours and the behaviours of others. It has direct relevance to their personal lives. Psychological knowledge can be applied to improve outcomes and the quality of experience in various areas of life, such as education, intimate relationships, child rearing, employment and leisure. The beginning of the course is an introduction to the field of Psychology and its uses. Students will learn about social cognition, how attitudes breeds behaviour and vice versa. The course also covers altered states of awareness, such as sleep and stress, types of learning, and the theories of personality. There is also a focus on the practices of maintaining a healthy mind in oneself, and how to teach this to others.
Topics studied in Stage 2 Psychology include: • Introduction to Psychology • Social cognition • Learning • Personality • Psychobiology of altered states of awareness • Healthy minds Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types: School Assessment (70%) • Assessment Type 1: Investigations Folio • Assessment Type 2: Skills and Applications Tasks External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Examination
After Stage 2, students can pursue scientific pathways in the many sub-fields of psychology, such as education, sports, health, and clinical practice. The skills and knowledge of this course also apply well to careers in human resources and social work.
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The study of VET or Vocational Education Training is an optional pathway or experience for students in years 10-12. VET is an internationally recognised term used to describe the education and training accreditations which allow students to explore career pathways and acquire skills and knowledge for work. By doing VET courses, students are able to access industrydeveloped training packages and gain accreditation, as well as SACE credits. VET courses are available for purchase to Adelaide High School students in Years 10 – 12 though our membership of Eastern Adelaide Schools Vocational Alliance (EASVA). Our students can also purchase VET courses offered through other alliances, such as various trade-training centres, TAFE SA and a range of private Registered Training Organisations (RTOs). All proposed VET courses are based on training packages from the Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF), the national set of standards which assures nationally consistent, high-quality VET training and assessment services.
Adelaide High School Year 8 - 12 Curriculum Guide 2021
All VET courses are offered offcampus, either after school or during a regular weekly training day. All entry-level courses have prerequisites, such as good literacy and numeracy skills and a desire to learn about and develop skills in the industry. All courses stipulate that regular, full attendance, full participation and the completion of set work to a satisfactory standard are required. Some courses also require the completion of a stated number of hours or shifts of Structured Work Placement in the industry.
SACE Credits: • Certificate I or II level training generally attract Stage 1 credits • Certificate III level or higher training usually attract Stage 2 credits (Note that Certificate III Retail Operations only attracts Stage 1 credits) • Students who complete those Certificate III level training courses which are listed on the SACE Board’s VET Recognition Register (given that they contain mostly Stage 2 accreditation) can use this to help generate an Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR), required for tertiary study entrance • Only one such Certificate III can contribute to ATAR generation • The number and level of SACE credits listed below are a guide only, as they are subject to change, depending on changes to AQTF training packages • VET training is usually not tied to a student’s year level. Therefore, Year 10 and Year 11 (Stage 1) students can, in most cases, successfully complete Certificate III level training in the same way that Year 12 (Stage 2) students can. However, some courses stipulate only senior students can enrol Short Courses Short courses are on offer throughout the year, such as White Card Construction Industry Training, First Aid, Barista (coffee making) and Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA). No SACE credits can be gained by doing a short course, unless they are attached to a certificate of training.
Payment Payment is required at the school as part of the enrolment process and families will be advised of any variations. Semester length courses cost approximately $900 per semester, depending on the course selected, whereas full year courses cost considerably more. Very few courses attract a degree of government funding if eligibility criteria are satisfied, and students will be informed if they are eligible to apply. School-Based Apprenticeships Some senior students prefer to gain SACE credits through the completion of a SchoolBased Apprenticeship, should a vacancy arise in an industry of their choice. Potential schoolbased apprentices have generally completed some VET training and/ or work experience in their field of interest. Students can make an appointment to discuss the matter with our regional Apprenticeship Broker, who can help prepare interested students by perusing their résumé and offering tips and important information. 2021 VET Courses The AHS Curriculum Guide outlines a variety of VET courses available for students. However, this list is not exhaustive and there may be new VET courses advertised at different points of the year. Please contact Ms D’Aloia regarding any courses you may be interested in that are not included in this guide. Contact person: Livia D’Aloia, Student Pathways Leader. livia.daloia@adelaidehs.sa.edu.au
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CERTIFICATE II ANIMAL STUDIES ACM20117
CERTIFICATE III ANIMAL STUDIES ACM30110
Length: One semester, one day per week (An online option is also available)
Length: One day per week for the year
Special Interest Programs 16
Venue: TAFE SA, Gilles Plains campus
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RTO code: 41026
Arts 18
Accreditation: 50 credits at Stage 1
Cross-Disciplinary 56 Design and Digital Technologies 60 English / EAL
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Content: This course is designed to teach students with general animal care information, whilst also providing pathways to further training. Practical activities will include companion animal handling, basic first aid for animals and simulated work activities. TAFE SA also offer a short nineweek course (one day per week in Term 4), mainly aimed at Year 10 students. This is an entry-level course into the animal industry. Students start to gain a theoretical understanding of animal behaviour, health and nutrition and it provides practical activities, including grooming, cleaning and feeding. No prior experience with animals is required. 10 Stage 1 credits
Venue: TAFE SA, Gilles Plains campus RTO code: 41026 Accreditation: 60 – 70 credits at Stage 2 Content: This course is designed for students who have completed Certificate II Animal Studies and wish to further their studies in this area. Course completion provides students with the skills and knowledge to purse a senior level qualification in the animal industry. Topics include animal health and disease, infection control processes. Students also gain skills in handling companion animal species.
CERTIFICATE II AUTOMOTIVE SERVICING TECHNOLOGY AUR20516
BARISTA SHORT COURSE FROM CERTIFICATE III IN HOSPITALITY SIT30713
PARTIAL CERTIFICATE III BRICK AND BLOCK LAYING CPC30111
Length: Three semesters, one day per week
Length: 7 hours (one day)
Length: One day per week for the year
Venue: Charles Campbell College, with Quality Automotive Training as the RTO
Venue: Queensford College, Level 11 / 90 King William Street, Adelaide
RTO code: 6194
RTO code: 31736
Accreditation: 50 SACE credits at Stage 2
Accreditation: No SACE credits unless the student is undertaking Hospitality training.
Content: This course offers students the opportunity to enrol for either Semester 1 or 2. Completion of three semesters equates to a full Certificate II in Automotive Servicing Technology. Continuing students, who have secured Certificate I in Automotive Servicing Technology, only need to complete two semesters. Certificate II in Automotive Servicing Technology prepares and inducts students into the automotive industry. This qualification covers the skills and knowledge required to perform a range of servicing operations on light vehicles, heavy vehicles within an automotive service or repair business. This qualification assists in developing the necessary skills and knowledge required to perform routine activities. It also provides participants with experience required to apply for apprenticeships. Students will participate in off-job training. The training involves the completion of both theory and practical assignments.
Content: This short course provides participants with the skills and knowledge to extract and serve espresso coffee using a commercial espresso machine. Other topics covered include storage of coffee, and cleaning, care and preventative maintenance of machinery. This course is popular for students looking for part time work or those simply wanting to learn how to make the perfect espresso.
Venue: Rosewater Trade Training Centre, in collaboration with TAFE SA RTO code: 41026 Accreditation: 40 SACE credits at Stage 2 Content: This course is the final stage in the Doorways 2 Construction Program and is designed to increase knowledge and skills in the field of bricklaying. Successful completion of this course will enhance the graduate’s employment prospects as an apprentice or in finding general employment in the building and construction industry. A substantial period of work placement is required to ensure that all outcomes are met.
There is pre-reading to be done prior to the training day.
(At the time of publishing this course is partially Work Ready funded for eligible students who meet the criteria. A similar course is offered at the Grand Junction Trade Training Centre, with TAFE SA as the RTO. This course has only one entry point at the start of the year and the RTO CODE is 41026.)
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CERTIFICATE III BUSINESS BSB30115
CERTIFICATE III MICRO-BUSINESS BSB30315
Length: One night per week for three terms
Length: One night per week for three terms
Special Interest Programs 16
Venue: Queensford College, Level 11 / 90 King William Street, Adelaide
Venue: Queensford College, Level 11 / 90 King William Street, Adelaide
Subjects
RTO code: 31736
RTO code: 31736
Arts 18
Accreditation: 70 SACE credits at Stage 2
Accreditation: 55 SACE credits at Stage 2
Content: This course will give students a foundation to be successful in their chosen careers. Students will not only learn how to create documents, databases and spreadsheets, they will also develop the management and organisational skills required to conduct their own business affairs. Within the course, students identify opportunities for personal development and gain a wide range of current, transferable and nationally recognised capabilities for life and further study, including university. Structured Work Placement is recommended but not a compulsory component of this course.
Content: This qualification reflects the role of skilled independent and micro-business contractors who apply a broad range of competencies in varied contexts, using some discretion and judgement and relevant theoretical knowledge. Skills covered include investigating opportunities, developing proposals, organising finances, determining resources and complying with regulatory, taxation and insurance requirements. Training in this area will equip graduates to research the viability of their business idea. This course is designed for people intending to open their own small business in the near future. Structured Work Placement is recommended but not a compulsory component of this course.
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CERTIFICATE II CONSTRUCTION: DOORWAYS 2 CONSTRUCTION CPC20211
PARTIAL CERTIFICATE III CONSTRUCTION: DOORWAYS TO CONSTRUCTION PLUS CPC30211
Length: One day per week for the year
Length: One day per week for the year
Venue: Grand Junction Trade Training Centre OR Rosewater Trade Training Centre, in collaboration with TAFE SA
Venue: Grand Junction Trade Training Centre OR Rosewater Trade Training Centre, in collaboration with TAFE SA
RTO code: 41026
RTO code: 41026
Accreditation: Up to 45 SACE credits at Stage 1
Accreditation: Up to 30 SACE credits at Stage 2
Content: This is an introductory course, which also delivers a White Card qualification. The course assists students to gain skills and knowledge in most areas of the building industry, with a view to forging a career in the building, construction and technology industries. Students learn the culture, essential workplace safety requirements, the industrial and work organisation structure, communication skills, work planning and basic use of tools and materials. Work placement is required for successful completion.
Content: This is ideal for those who have completed Certificate II in Construction: Doorways 2 Construction. The course assists students to develop skills and knowledge in most areas of the building industry. Successful course completion may assist students to gain an apprenticeship and/or employment within the building, construction and technology Industries. Work placement is required for successful completion.
(At the time of publishing this course is partially Work Ready funded for eligible students who meet the criteria. An alternate venue for undertaking this course is Marden Senior College, with Carey Training as the RTO. RTO Code 140100.)
CERTIFICATE II CONSTRUCTION PATHWAYS CPC20211 Length: One day per week for the year Venue: TAFE SA, Tonsley Campus, 1284 South Rd, Clovelly Park RTO code: 41026 Accreditation: 50 SACE credits at Stage 1 Content: Successful completion of this introductory course enables students to purse a pathway in the building, construction and technology industries. Students learn the culture, essential workplace safety requirements, the industrial and work organisation structure, communication skills, work planning and basic use of tools and materials. Work placement is required for successful completion. (At the time of publishing this course is partially Work Ready funded for eligible students who meet the criteria.)
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CERTIFICATE III IN DANCE CUA30113 Length: One day per week for the year
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DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND LIGHTING (PARTIAL CERTIFICATE III IN VISUAL ARTS) CUV30111 (PHOTOIMAGING STREAM)
Special Interest Programs 16
Venue: Charles Campbell College, in collaboration with Empowerdance Pty Ltd
Subjects
RTO code: 40397
Venue: Marden Senior College, Marden Road, Marden
Arts 18
Accreditation: 70 SACE credits at Stage 2
RTO code: 40046
Cross-Disciplinary 56 Design and Digital Technologies 60 English / EAL
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Content: This qualification provides participants with the knowledge and skills to demonstrate a range of technical skills in a solo and group dance performance. In addition, students get the opportunity to work in a team, develop an understanding of the mechanics needed for creating a project. They also create a short solo and small group dance piece, design a concept for a performance setting, develop skills in assisting the teacher, etc. There are also numerous opportunities to work with industry professionals. Auditions normally occur in early September.
Length: One night per week for one semester
Accreditation: 25 SACE credits at Stage 2 Content: This course aims to develop skills and knowledge in the use of a digital single lens reflex camera, file management and image manipulation techniques using Adobe Photoshop. Students will be provided with the opportunity to prepare prints for exhibition. Students will learn how to operate the camera (aperture, lens focal length, shutter speed, exposure meter techniques, and perspective) experiment with techniques to capture photographic images, review images, restore equipment, clean and maintain and learn to understand about photographers, their work, ideas and techniques. Processing the photo images will involve correctly setting up the relevant work environment, learning how to document the work progress, explore elements and principles of design and the stage of filing/storage. This course will provide students with practical skills in capturing digital images using both natural daylight and photographic studio flash lighting.
CERTIFICATE III IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE CHC30113 Length: One night per week for the year Venue: Queensford College, Level 11 / 90 King William Street Adelaide RTO code: 31736 Accreditation: 115 SACE credits at Stage 2 Content: Students need to obtain a DCSI ‘Working with Children’ check and complete First Aid when undertaking this course. There is a cost incurred in requesting this clearance and the process can take several weeks. However, the cost of First Aid training is included in the course. By enrolling in this course, students learn how to care for and work with young children through practical activities and theory based research in a range of areas, including health, communication, and nutrition. Participants also learn how to work with others in a student friendly, fun and educational environment. Students undertake many workshops in First Aid and Child Protection and learn how to ensure the health and safety of children, develop positive and respectful relationships with children, provide experiences to support children’s play and learning as well as provide care for babies and toddlers. Assessment is conducted in both practical and theoretical aspects. Work placement of 120 hours is essential.
CERTIFICATE II ELECTROTECHNOLOGY UEE22011
CERTIFICATE II ENGINEERING MEM20413
Length: One day per week for the year
Length: One day per week for the year
Venue: TAFE SA, Tonsley Campus, 1284 South Rd, Clovelly Park
Venue: Rosewater Trade Training Centre, corner Symon Street and Russell Street, Rosewater, in collaboration with TAFE SA
RTO code: 41026 Accreditation: 50 SACE credits at Stage 1 Content: Successful completion of this course enables students to pursue a pathway into one of the following areas: Electrician, Voice and Data Technician, Refrigeration Mechanic and Electronics Technician. Admission to this course is only available to students who meet the eligibility criteria under Skills for All. The content of this course includes theoretical understandings and practical tasks. Theoretical knowledge includes electrical principles, cable and component identification and practical tasks such as house wiring, light fabrication and circuit construction. (At the time of publishing this course is partially Work Ready funded for eligible students who meet the criteria.)
RTO code: 41026 Accreditation: 40 SACE credits at Stage 1, possibly with some scope to earn some Stage 2 accreditation Content: This qualification delivers broad-based underpinning skills and knowledge in a range of engineering and manufacturing tasks which will enhance graduates’ entry level employment prospects for apprenticeships, traineeships or general employment in an engineering related workplace. Work placement is required for course completion. (At the time of publishing this course is partially Work Ready funded for eligible students who meet the criteria.)
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CERTIFICATE III IN FITNESS SIS30310
CERTIFICATE III IN FOOD PROCESSING FBP30117
Length: One night per week for three terms
Length: One day per week for the year
Venue: Queensford College, Level 11 / 90 King William Street, Adelaide (practical sessions are held at nearby gyms)
Venue: Marden Senior College
RTO code: 31736 Accreditation: 100 SACE credits at Stage 2 Content: Certificate III in Fitness will enable students to enter the fitness industry as a Fitness or Gym Instructor. Each student completes industry approved fitness theory, which is current, comprehensive and will provide a solid foundation for future success as a Personal Trainer. The course is structured around real life client progression, which gives students a more logical and relevant study path helping them grasp concepts faster. This course offers an excellent introduction to a career in the Fitness Industry and is designed to allow students to learn theory concepts to assist with completing online assessments. Students will be required to complete approximately three hours of additional study each week in their own time and 30 work placement hours in a gym/fitness centre. As part of the Certificate III in Fitness, students must complete a total of 15 units of competency being ten core units and five elective units. The completion of the First Aid short course is also an additional requirement of this qualification and is included in the overall course cost.
RTO code: 40046 Accreditation: 130 SACE credits at Stage 2 Content: This introduction to baking and patisserie is ideal for students wishing to pursue a career in baking or the food industry. The training gives students the opportunity to gain key skills and/ or recognition in food handling, food preparation, customer service / selling and barista/ cafĂŠ duties. Students produce quality food and beverage products to serve and sell to staff / students in the Marden Cafeteria one day a week over recess and lunch. Each week students produce a minimum of two new products and espresso coffee to order over the duration of the service period. A theory session commences after the students have completed stocktake of product and cleaned the kitchen area. Most of the work placement hours will therefore be met during the course, but some students may need or wish to do additional hours elsewhere.
FIRST AID SHORT COURSE Length: Full day, with some prior learning activities Venue: Queensford College, Level 11 / 90 King William Street, Adelaide RTO code: 31736 Accreditation: No SACE credits, unless the student is undertaking Fitness Training at the same venue Content: This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to provide first aid response, life support, management of casualties, the incident and other first aiders until the arrival of medical or other assistance. These skills and knowledge may be applied in a range of situations, including community and workplace settings. This course is offered as a one day training course which provides participants with the knowledge and skill to confidently recognise and respond to an emergency situation requiring first aid. The topics covered in this course include: Principles of First Aid including legal issues; Infectious Diseases and Hygiene; Basic Human Anatomy and Physiology; Management of the conscious and unconscious casualties; CardioPulmonary Resuscitation; AED; Airway Management; Bleeding; Shock recognition and treatment; Burns types and treatment; Fractures and soft tissue Injuries; Head Injuries; Eye and Ear Injuries; Chest, Pelvic and Spinal Injuries; Diabetes, Epilepsy, Stroke, Asthma, Anaphylaxis; Heart conditions; Extremes of heat and cold; Poisons, Bites and Stings. The training is valid for three years. However, update training for CPR is recommended annually.
HAIRDRESSING, CERTIFICATE II SALON ASSISTANT SHB20216 Length: One day per week for the year Venue: Rosewater Trade Training Centre, in collaboration with TAFE SA RTO code: 41026 Accreditation: 45 SACE credits at Stage 1 (At the time of publishing this course is partially Work Ready funded for eligible students who meet the criteria.) Content: This course is an introduction to the full hairdressing course. It is designed for direction into the hairdressing industry. It covers all essential primary elements for the salon business, how to build professional relationships, networking, building a clientele, how to work with a client’s needs, hair care, hair theory, professional draping, shampooing and scalp massage, blow-drying, long hair braiding and creative power drying, classic hair colour and removal, and rinsing and neutralizing chemically restructured hair. Students participate in theory and practical work sessions. This course allows students to subsequently undertake Certificate III Hairdressing or Certificate III in Makeup.
CERTIFICATE II HORTICULTURE AHC20416 Length: One day per week for the year Venue: TAFE SA, Urrbrae Campus RTO code: 41026 Accreditation: 70 SACE credits at Stage 1 Content: Students participating in this Outdoor Skills Development Program Butterfly Garden Project learn how to design, build and plant a butterfly garden at the TAFE SA Urrbrae Campus. They learn to select appropriate species, find plants in the wild using navigation and plant recognition skills, collect and propagate seed and construct, plant and maintain the garden. 70 hours of work placement is a requirement of this course. (At the time of publishing this course is partially Work Ready funded for eligible students who meet the criteria.)
(Note that a similar course is also available at Clip Joint Academy, RTO code: 2316.)
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CERTIFICATE III IN HOSPITALITY SIT30616
CERTIFICATE II KITCHEN OPERATIONS SIT201416
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Length: One night per week for three terms
Length: One day per week for the full year Venue: Hamilton Senior College, 815 Marion Rd. Mitchell Park
Special Interest Programs 16
Venue: Queensford College, Level 11 / 90 King William Street, Adelaide
Subjects
RTO code: 31736
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Accreditation: 5 SACE credits at Stage 1 and 50 SACE credits at Stage 2 Content: The hospitality industry covers a wide range of organisations offering food service and accommodation. The industry is divided into sectors according to the skill-sets required for the work involved. Sectors include accommodation, food and beverage, meeting and events, gaming, entertainment and recreation. Certificate III in Hospitality provides the skills and knowledge for an individual to be competent in a range of activities and functions requiring basic operational knowledge and practical skills within a hospitality food and beverage environment. 18 shifts (service periods) of Structured Work Placement are required each semester. These 36 shifts in total (which convert to approximately 120 hours) will need to be organised for the school holidays. The College can assist with finding placements in various hospitality settings such as restaurants, hotels, motels, catering operations and cafes, as long as students submit their rĂŠsumĂŠ and state their availability.
RTO code: 0561 Accreditation: Up to 40 SACE credits at Stage 1 Content: This course gives students an insight into many aspects of the hospitality industry, some experiences in formal training and compulsory work placement. Topics cover both practical and theoretical aspects of working in this industry. This qualification provides the skills and knowledge for an individual to be competent in a range of kitchen functions and activities that require the application of a limited range of practical skills in a defined context.
CERTIFICATE III IN INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT CHC33015: AGEING Length: One night per week for a year Venue: Queensford College, Level 11 / 90 King William Street, Adelaide RTO code: 31736 Accreditation: 95 SACE credits at Stage 2 Content: This course gives students the skills to understand the important role of workers in the community and/or residential setting. These workers follow an individualised plan to provide person-centred support to people who need assistance due to ageing, disability or some other reason. Work involves using discretion and judgement in relation to individual support as well as taking responsibility for own outputs. Workers have a range of factual, technical and procedural knowledge, as well as some theoretical knowledge for the concepts and practices required to provide person-centred support.
CERTIFICATE III INFORMATION, DIGITAL MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY ICT30115 Length: One evening per week for the year
CERTIFICATE II RETAIL COSMETICS SHB20116 Length: One day per week for three terms Venue: Media Makeup Academy
Venue: Thebarton Senior College
RTO code: 2316
RTO code: 40117
Accreditation: 60 SACE credits at Stage 1
Accreditation: 70 SACE credits at Stage 2 plus 5 credits at Stage 1 Content: Students must meet language, literacy and numeracy requirements to gain a place in this course. The coursework is supported through the College Moodle. Semester 1 focuses on installation and configuration. Semester 2 focuses on networking systems, computer hardware, optimising operating systems and supporting users. Students are expected to do reading, preparation for class and written assessments online. Work placement is not a requirement of this course.
Content: Course participants will gain the practical skills and knowledge to work as a retail consultant/ salesperson in either a department store, makeup boutique, pharmacy or salon. Participants will be required to complete an Industry Practice Log Book, which will take approximately 30 hours which may be outside of contact hours. (Note that a similar course is also offered at Clip Joint Academy, RTO code: 2316.)
This course is best suited to mature Year 12 students who wish to work in Individual Support. Extensive work placement is required: a minimum of 120 hours in a residential care facility. Essential course requirements include a DCSI clearance, First Aid and Manual Handling training. An extra fee needs to be paid by prospective students to complete the clearance, but the cost of the other two short courses is included in the course fee.
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CERTIFICATE III IN MAKEUP SIB30110
CERTIFICATE III MAKEUP SHB30215
Length: Two days per week for the year
Length: 32 weeks, two days per week
GAME DESIGN: 3D CHARACTER DESIGN AND DIGITAL EFFECTS (PARTIAL CERTIFICATE III SCREEN AND MEDIA CUA31015)
Venue: Media Makeup Academy, 27 James Place, Adelaide
Special Interest Programs 16
Venue: Rosewater Trade Training Centre, in collaboration with TAFE SA
Length: One night per week for one semester
RTO code: 2316
Subjects
RTO code: 41026
Venue: Marden Senior College, 1 – 37 Marden Rd, Marden
Arts 18
Accreditation: 65 SACE credits at Stage 2
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Content: This course is ideal for Year 12 students who have successfully completed Certificate II Retail Cosmetics as this course builds on the skills and knowledge gained during the training. The students prepare to work as salon assistants, competent in communicating in the workplace, interacting with and providing service to clients and assistance to colleagues. They perform functions under direct supervision as part of a beauty therapy team.
Accreditation: 75 SACE credits at Stage 2 Content: This course is designed for Year 12 students. Course participants will gain the necessary skills and confidence to work as freelance Makeup Artists, providing makeup, airbrush makeup and hairstyling services to clients. Job outcomes include working for clients such as Photography Studios, Bridal and Personal Services, Spa and Salons, the Fashion Industry including runways, photo shoots and events. This course includes a series of professional photo shoots which allow the student to begin developing a professional portfolio. Work placement is provided in the Media Makeup Retail Store and Student Salon, located at the Academy, as well as in industry. This is a compulsory requirement of the qualification.
RTO code: 40046 Accreditation: 20 SACE credits at Stage 2 Content: This program introduces students to the world of 3D modelling visual effects and video games. 3D modelling and 3D animation are complex and wildly varying crafts used in countless games, movies and commercials, full of futuristic robots, buildings and spaceships. This course will aid as a stepping stone to making a career out of 3D animation, to become a modder for your favourite video game. The course covers 3D modelling, animation and creative thinking processes to achieve a short 3D animation movie using industryoriented software. Students who also attend for a full day, in addition to this training, if done in Semester 1, are able to gain full Certificate III Screen and Media.
CERTIFICATE III IN MUSIC INDUSTRY / PERFORMANCE CUA30915: SONG WRITING & PERFORMING ORIGINAL MUSIC Length: One day per week for 32 weeks Venue: St Paul’s Creative Centre, 200 Pulteney St, Adelaide (MusicSA) RTO code: 40381 ACCREDITATION: 45 SACE credits at Stage 2
The course covers the different styles of contemporary music and their relevance, and students will learn structured methods, exploring creativity, set up and use of a small P.A., rehearsal techniques and preparing for performances.
Content: This qualification is delivered by MusicSA under a third party arrangement with the College of Sound and Music Production (COSAMP). Students will be required to have completed studies at Certificate II level OR have completed Year 10. The course has a twin focus in song writing and music business. As such, students do not need to have formal musical training, but an interest in the music industry is essential, preferably with a view to working in the industry. Musicians are encouraged to participate, as these skills will help them to pursue their careers as a self-managed artist in the modern music industry as well as enhancing their song writing and performance skills. Each week students will write original songs and rehearse, culminating in recording a demo for Triple J Unearthed or Unearthed High. The course is ideal for students who use DAW and traditional methods for song writing.
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PLUMBING, CERTIFICATE I IN CONSTRUCTION: DOORWAYS 2 CONSTRUCTION: PLUMBING CPC10111
PLUMBING, PARTIAL CERTIFICATE III IN ROOF PLUMBING: DOORWAYS 2 CONSTRUCTION: PLUMBING PLUS CPC32612
RESPONSIBLE SERVICE OF ALCOHOL (RSA) SHORT COURSE (FROM CERTIFICATE III HOSPITALITY SIT30713)
Length: One day per week for a year
Length: One day per week for the full year
Length: 7 hours
Venue: Unley High School, in collaboration with the Master Plumbers Association of South Australia
Venue: Unley High School, in collaboration with the Master Plumbers Association of South Australia
Cross-Disciplinary 56
RTO code: 40070
RTO code: 40070
Design and Digital Technologies 60
Accreditation: 40 SACE credits at Stage 1
Accreditation: 30 SACE credits at Stage 2
English / EAL
Content: This qualification can be accessed by senior students, ideally those in Stage 1. It focuses on developing the introductory skills that a plumbing apprentice would require. Students will learn skills that have industry relevance and undertake their ‘White Card’ as part of the course. Three weeks of work placement are required for successful course completion.
Content: This course continues from Certificate I Construction (Plumbing) and so is ideal for Stage 2 students who have completed that qualification. It provides an entry point for students wishing to gain an apprenticeship. The course comprises classroom based study and workshop and outdoor practical activities. This course has a strong emphasis on safety and will give students the necessary skills and knowledge to apply for apprenticeships. Three weeks of work placement are required for successful course completion.
Curriculum Structure
4
Learning at Adelaide High School
10
Individualised Learning
14
Special Interest Programs 16 Subjects Arts 18
78
Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
104
Humanities and Social Sciences 112 Languages 128 Mathematics 150 Science 162 Vocational Education Training (VET)
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CERTIFICATE III SCREEN AND MEDIA, CU31015 (VISUAL EFFECTS)
CERTIFICATE III SCREEN AND MEDIA, CU31015 (GAMES DESIGN)
Length: One day per week for the year and one evening a week during Semester 1
Length: One day per week for the year and one evening a week during Semester 1
Venue: Queensford College, Level 11 / 90 King William Street, Adelaide
Venue: Marden Senior College
Venue: Marden Senior College
RTO code: 40046
RTO code: 40046
RTO code: 31736
Accreditation: 70 SACE credits at Stage 2
Accreditation: 45 SACE credits at Stage 2
Content: This course is ideal for young people who want to be part of Adelaide’s movie scene. Participants gain basic, fundamental knowledge about Film and VFX (Visual Effects). This course is an introduction to the basic concepts in VFX, including industry guest workshops that will provide students with insight into the various job roles and skills required. Students will gain experience in the use of Adobe Premier, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Audition and Maya. These will be used to create videos with effects, including exposure to industry standard software like Nuke and Houdini. Therefore, prospective students need to be confident at using computers.
Content: In this course students research games and work in teams to generate ideas. They investigate genres and draft a game design through storyboarding. The major final product is the creation of a game using tools, such as Gamemaker and Unreal Developing Kit (UDK) or Unity. Students also develop 3D models, 3D environments, logos, sounds effects, merchandise and radio advertisements to ensure that they are able to develop all elements of a game. Throughout the year industry guest speakers are invited to address the students to discuss jobs and pathways. Prospective students are required to be confidence in using computers. Basic skills in Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator are not required but recommended.
Accreditation: No SACE credits, unless the student completes further training in Hospitality Content: This short course provides participants (who are 18 years or just under) with the skills and knowledge to satisfy the requirements for responsible service of alcohol under state/ territory legislation. All elements are undertaken in accordance with legal provisions of the relevant liquor legislation and gives accreditation to be a responsible person in a licensed venue. This unit covers the RSA skills and knowledge requirements for South Australia.
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VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TRAINING (VET) JUMP TO
WHITE CARD TRAINING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY – SHORT COURSE
Curriculum Structure
4
Learning at Adelaide High School
10
Length: 7 hours
Individualised Learning
14
Venue: Carey Training, 230 Grange Rd, Flinders Park, 5025
Special Interest Programs 16
RTO code: 140100
Subjects
Accreditation: No SACE credits, unless the student undertakes further training in the trades.
Arts 18 Cross-Disciplinary 56 Design and Digital Technologies 60 English / EAL
78
Health and Physical Education 88 Home Economics
104
Humanities and Social Sciences 112 Languages 128 Mathematics 150 Science 162 Vocational Education Training (VET)
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Adelaide High School Year 8 - 12 Curriculum Guide 2021
Content: This course is recommended for students planning a pathway in the trades, or in any job that will require access to building sites. A Construction Industry White Card is needed for access to building sites, including for work experience and structured workplace learning. This course is a nationally-recognised Workplace Safety qualification, allowing White Card holders to work on building sites across Australia. This short course usually runs once a term, but the training forms part of several trade courses. (Note that a similar course is also held at the Youth Education Centre, Kilburn, delivered by SYC (Service to Youth Council) RTO code: 40053)
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Adelaide High School West Terrace, Adelaide South Australia 5000 Phone +61 8 8231 9373 Facsimile +61 8 8212 7827 office@adelaidehs.sa.edu.au www.adelaidehs.sa.edu.au
Department for Education T/A South Australian Government Schools CRICOS provider number 00018A Š Adelaide High School 2020