Middle Years Learning (5 - 9)

Year 5 and Year 6

Students in Year 5 and Year 6 work on a fortnightly timetable and engage with their core teachers for much of their learning. In Science, HPE, The Arts, Technologies and Languages, students engage with specialist teachers, making full use of the resources and facilities of the College. Being the first years of middle years, the students work in a more structured timetable of learning and engage with a wider variety of teachers. (N.B All times are per fortnight).

	Religion	English	Mathematics	Science	HASS	Health	PE	Languages	Arts	Technologies
Year 5	5 hrs	11 hrs	9 hrs	3 hrs	6 hrs	1 hr	3 hrs	0 hrs	2 hrs	2 hrs
Year 6	5 hrs	11 hrs	9 hrs	2 hrs	6 hrs	1 hr	3 hrs	2 hrs	2 hrs	2 hrs

 

Year 5 students rotate through Design Technology Materials, Food Technology and Digital Technologies in their Technology lessons, engaging project-based learning in these fields. They also rotate through Dance, Drama, Visual Arts and Media studies in a similar project-based format in their learning of The Arts.

Year 7 and Year 8

Core Learning

Students in Year 7 and Year 8 work on a fortnightly timetable and engage with a core teacher for multiple subjects. Their core and PC teacher acts as a 'learning advocate' for the students in their core class. In the middle years, students work in a structured timetable of learning and engage with a wider variety of teachers. (N.B All times are per fortnight).

	Religion	English	Mathematics	Science	Humanities	Health / PE	Japanese
Year 7	5 hrs	8 hrs	7 hrs	6 hrs	6 hrs	6 hrs	4 hrs
Year 8	5 hrs	8 hrs	7 hrs	6 hrs	6 hrs	6 hrs	4 hrs

Rotational Learning

Year 7 and Year 8 students rotate through Design Technology Materials, Food Design, Digital Technology and Engineering lessons, engaging project-based learning in these fields. They also rotate through Dance, Drama, Media Arts, Visual Arts and Music studies in a similar project-based format in their learning of The Arts. 

	Design Technology & Materials	Food Design	Music	Visual Arts	Dance
Year 7 and Year 8	3 hrs	3 hrs	3 hrs	3 hrs	3 hrs
	Drama	Media Arts	Digital Technology	Engineering
	3 hrs	3 hrs	3 hrs	3 hrs

 

Year 9

Students in Year 9 work on a fortnightly timetable and engage with a core teacher for some subjects. Their core and PC teacher acts as a 'learning advocate' for the students in their core class. In the middle years, students work in a structured timetable of learning and engage with a wider variety of teachers. Year 9 students engage in elective subject choices alongside their core learning, providing them the opportunity to explore courses derived from the Australian Curriculum, deepening their engagement in diverse areas and beginning the process of ascertaining their future learning pathway. (N.B All times are per fortnight).

Core Learning

	Religion	English	Mathematics	Science	Humanities	Health / PE
Year 9	5 hrs	8 hrs	7 hrs	6 hrs	4 hrs	4 hrs

* Humanities learning for one semester only, supplemented by elective choices

Elective Learning

Elective Courses are conducted for one semester. Students study four chosen courses per semester, with each course occurring four hours per fortnight. Given the developmental needs of students at this stage, they must not yet 'specialize' in one field, but select courses across diverse fields.

Students select from a minimum of four columns and it is compulsory to select History and at least one subject from Industry Trades, Humanities and The Arts. 

Industry Trades	Sciences	Humanities	Health & Physical Education	The Arts	Languages & Mathematics
Sustainable Food Futures Engineering & Robotics Design Practical Design Fashion Design Trade Taster	STEM Biology (Applied Science of Plants)	Ancient History Legal Studies Economics & Business Geography	Sport & Recreation Fitness and Training Human Performance	Dance Drama Visual Arts Music Media Arts	Japanese Literature Studies Art of Fiction Advanced Mathematics