Year 10 Curriculum
Our curriculum philosophy at Year 10 is one of guided choice, with increasing room for challenge. Year 10 is regarded as a transition year from a compulsory and common curriculum to the more specialised pathways that boys plan in the two-year VCE program offering students an opportunity to undertake a wide variety of programs.
There is an increasing range of VCE options at year 10 as well as an emphasis on career education and the very challenging Year 10 Outdoor education camps program.
All boys in Year 10 will study a core program of:
- English (or ESL)
- Mathematics (or Foundation Maths)
- Science
- Health and Physical Education
- History
- Religious Education
Elective subject options include:
- VCE Unit 1/2 subjects of Business Management, Legal Studies, Geography, 20th Century History, Politics, Psychology, Maths Methods, Theatre Studies, Physical Education, Biology, Chemistry and Physics
- LOTE (French, Japanese, Latin, Chinese)
- Commerce
- Art
- Visual Communication & Design
- Woodcraft
- IT programming
- IT multimedia
- Music
As well as these subjects boys in Year 10 engage in a range of associated learning experiences including:
- Compulsory interschool Saturday sports competition
- Duke of Edinburgh Awards
- St John Ambulance
- Cadets
- School drama productions
- Debating
- Public Speaking
- Chess
- Outdoor education
- Music – membership of choirs, bands and orchestras
- Careers and tertiary study education
- Community Service