Subject Selection 2020 Year 9

Subject Descriptions

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Welcome This handbook is designed to assist students and parents in planning programs and selecting subjects for their Year 9 program. The subjects at Year 9 have been designed in such a way to provide a wide range of opportunities across as many different subject areas as possible while also providing key knowledge and skills for future years. Mornington Secondary College provides students with comprehensive individual pathways which cater to their individual differences. It is strongly recommended that parents take the time to discuss course direction and long term goals with their children. Subjects will only be offered where there are sufficient numbers to make up a class. The timetable enables Year 9 students to continue to build on their essential skills and knowledge across compulsory subjects as well as thinking about what areas interest them and trying something new. It is important that Year 9 students engage with the many, varied opportunities on offer to them. Student course selection should be viewed in conjunction with personal commitment and the desire to achieve one’s personal best. There is an expectation that students will demonstrate a responsible attitude to the education provided by the College. In the Middle School we expect a high level of personal commitment to studies as well as to wider school programs, extra-curricular activities and compliance with school policies.

S Support students to achieve success T Teamwork, bringing the school community together R Respect for all I Inspire minds V Value every opportunity E Endeavour to be the best you can

Key Contacts for Subject Selection

Linda Stanton College Principal Michael Parker Assistant Principal Year 9 Amanda Cruise Year 9 Team Leader Morgan Maloney Year 9 Coordinator Chris Ardi Year 9 Coordinator Amanda Keen Curriculum Leading Teacher Amanda Windsor Curriculum Leading Teacher Jackie Lewis Curriculum Leading Teacher Courteney Boulter Broad Horizons Program Coordinator

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Where to find Careers Information?

We recommend that students visit the Mornington Secondary College Career Page accessed via COMPASS. You will find the following information:

Students Tab - Job and Careers Information - Search almost 300 jobs and careers. View information on each job including, what you do in that job, the personal requirements you need to do it and what education and training you have to have. There are also videos you can view and see what the future outlook for that job is over the next 10 years and look for job vacancies as well. Post School Option tab - Job information through the following websites and information pages: Job Outlook - Careers and labour market research information site: www.joboutlook.gov.au The Victorian Skills Gateway - Developed by the Victorian Department of Education and Training (DET), the Victorian Skills Gateway is a one-stop-shop of Victorian vocational education and training. Searches can be performed on occupations, course, training providers, video and written case studies. The website is also viewable via a smartphone interface. Courses listed on the Victorian Skills Gateway website are either qualifications regulated under the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) or short training programs comprising units of competency from regulated qualifications:

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/victorianskillsgateway/Pages/home.aspx

Defence Forces - http://www.defence.gov.au/adfa/

Police Careers - http://www.policecareer.vic.gov.au/

Senior school tab - Students can find information on: • VCE • VCAL • VTAC (Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre) - Students can find information regarding required subject for

tertiary education. My Future - This website will help students start thinking about their careers, explore their interests and skills and discover different occupations. www.myfuture.edu.au

It is important that students think about the elective choices they make in Year 9 to ensure that the choices made are not only for interest purposes but will allow easy transition to senior studies.

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Year 9 Subject Selection

Selecting Year 9 Subjects

All students are required to undertake the following subjects:

• English • Mathematics • Science • Humanities – History and Geography • Health Education • ONE Physical Education elective • TWO electives from different subject areas

All students are required to undertake the following subjects: English, Mathematics, Science, Humanities, Health Education and ONE Physical Education elective. The remaining TWO Electives MUST BE from different subject areas (not including PE/Health).

Note: Students are exempt from the Health and PE Elective requirements if they are continuing a Language, but it is strongly recommended they pick one or both of these. Language students must pick their TWO Electives from different subject areas.

By enabling students to make personal decisions and pursue areas of interest, they are given the chance to take greater responsibility for their education. Students and parents are advised to carefully consider the program that is to be undertaken and thoroughly read the Subject Descriptions, their costs and the course requirements before choosing subjects.

Languages In view of changing global opportunities it is strongly recommended that students continue with their Indonesian or Japanese studies.

We have a responsibility to ensure our students are Asia literate in both their cultural understandings and language skills. Like Australia, countries across the globe are making major investments in Asia and knowledge and skills of this region are vital to international competitiveness.

Language studies:

• Develop deeper knowledge and understanding about Asia and regional cultures. • Develop language skills, knowledge and fluency. • Focus on reading, writing, listening and speaking. • Promote social cohesion, boost economic cooperation and address global issues.

Study Tours: To enhance student language and cultural understandings, study tours to Indonesia and Japan are available.

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What might your Year 9 course look like?

If Language is continued

Semester 1

4 periods 4 periods 3 periods 3 periods 3 periods 3 periods

English Maths Science History Language (Elective 1)

Semester 2

English Maths Science Geography Language (Elective 2)

Health Education and PE are Recommended. Select THREE reserve electives

If Language is not continued

Semester 1

4 periods 4 periods 3 periods 3 periods 3 periods 3 periods

English Maths Science History Health (Elective 1)

Semester 2

English Maths Science Geography PE Elective

(Elective 2)

Select THREE reserve electives

Please note: Subject costs are indicative at the time of publishing. These costs will be presented and ratified at the next School Council

meeting and are therefore subject to change.

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Year 9 Compulsory Subjects

ENGLISH 9 COST: $43.00 At Year 9, skills in English are consolidated and extended. Students read and view a wide variety of texts and complete activities designed to improve their literacy. They are immersed in the ideas and literature of particular contexts to help inspire the creation of their own texts. They also study a range of texts in depth; learn how to deconstruct and interpret literature and to justify these interpretations with evidence. The year culminates in a formal presentation in which students must work in teams and tailor their language to an adult audience, encouraging them to develop maturity within their spoken language and their interpersonal communication. English may lead to: Year 10 English. VCE: English Units 1-4, English Language Units 1-4, English Literature Units 1-4. OR ADVANCED ENGLISH 9 COST: $41.00 At Year 9 students will be selected to complete an Advanced English course in preparation for the Year 10 Advanced English and VCE English group of subjects; English, Literature and English Language, instead of mainstream English offered at Year 10. Entrance into Advanced English is through a selection process which may include; Performance task data, PAT-R results, entrance exam, as well as teacher recommendation. Students have to be deemed to have the capacity and capability to meet the demands of the course. It is expected that students will engage in more difficult texts to explore moral, psychological and social issues. They will examine how structure and narrative style contribute to understanding of texts. Students will write analytically and creatively in response to texts studied, they will also be encouraged to present and justify their own points of view. In this course, students will develop their language skills both orally and in writing.

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MATHEMATICS 9 COST: $38.00 In Year 9 students will continue to develop their mathematical skills and knowledge by studying three key content areas: Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry and Statistics and Probability. Students explore Indices, Ratio, Measurement, Probability, Graphs, Trigonometry and Statistics. They apply mathematics in each area and engage in classroom activities that strengthen conceptual understanding and develop logical reasoning. Students will require a scientific calculator for this subject (TI-30XB recommended). OR ADVANCED MATHEMATICS 9 COST: $38.00

In Year 9 Advanced Mathematics, students will complete an in depth study of the three strands of the Mathematics curriculum: Number & Algebra, Measurement & Geometry, and Statistics & Probability. Advanced Mathematics places particular emphasis on developing high order mathematical reasoning skills in students. Students explore Indices, Ratio, Measurement, Probability, Graphs, Trigonometry, and Statistics. They apply Mathematics in each area and engage in classroom activities that strengthen conceptual understanding and develop logical reasoning. Students will require a scientific calculator for this subject (TI-30XB recommended). Entrance into Advanced Mathematics is based on student results in PAT-Maths & NAPLAN tests, as well as teacher recommendations.

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Important information regarding Advanced English and Advanced Maths

Advanced English replaces Accelerated English from 2020 onwards.

Advanced Maths replaces Accelerated Maths from 2020 onwards.

The process for entry into the Advanced English or Advanced Maths course is as follows:

1. Students are able to select Advanced English or Advanced Maths by selecting the subject in Edval 2. Students who have previously been in Accelerated English or Accelerated Maths are able to select this

course, however it does not mean an automatic entry into the subject 3. Students who have not previously been in Accelerated English or Accelerated Maths are able to select this

course, however it does not mean an automatic entry into the subject 4. A panel will assess the suitability of all students who select this subject using the following selection

criterion: • The student has demonstrated advanced results in PAT testing, NAPLAN and Victorian Curriculum, as

well as, any other relevant testing source • The student has consistently demonstrated a high level of achievement in Year 9 English or Maths with

80% and above (Distinction average) for assessed tasks • The student has excellent organizational and time management skills, as well as, a high attendance

rate for the current year as evidenced in Compass Learning Tasks, Semester 1 Report and Attendance • The student’s GPA (Progress Checks) reflect appropriate learning behaviours, with a minimum score of

3.0, to deal with the demands of the subject 5. For 2020, there is no separate application, interview or entrance exam. 6. A panel will be formed to assess the suitability of each student for the subject. All decisions will be final.

7. Both successful and unsuccessful applicants will be notified by email.

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SCIENCE 9 COST: $44.00 In this full year compulsory subject students are beginning to explain the world around them through thinking scientifically. Science ideas, achievements and results surround us and they have shaped our technology and society into what it is today. The aim is to develop and enhance practical skills through a range of activities, investigations, experiments and to build-on problem solving skills. Some of the exciting topics include Genetics, Chemistry, and Plate Tectonics along with many others, which includes an incursion/excursion. Year 9 is your chance to deepen your understanding of Science that directly impacts on you as an individual, studying a variety of topics. This pathway may lead to: Year 10 – Year 10 Science VCE – Biology Units 1-4, Chemistry Units 1-4, Physics Units 1-4, Psychology Units 1-4, Agriculture and Horticulture Units 1-4, VCAL.

HUMANITIES – History 9 and Geography 9 TOTAL COST: $52.00 Year 9 Humanities enables students to understand how individuals and groups live together and interact with, and within, their environment. It is organised into two separate units across the two semesters.

Geography – this unit has two areas of study. ‘Biomes and food security’ investigates food production, finite resources and the future challenges we face as the world’s population grows. ‘Geographies of interconnections’ will help students develop an understanding of how transport, trade and communication technologies have made the world increasingly interconnected. Students will also explore how economies operate in different parts of the world and how global interconnectedness is drastically changing the workplace.

History – within this unit students will examine factors that shaped the modern world and covers the period from 1750-1918. It focuses on the changes brought on by the Industrial Revolution and events that shaped Australia during this period culminating in an in-depth look at World War 1. Students will also examine the ways political parties, interest groups, media and individuals can influence 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. Assessment

Students will be expected to complete performance tasks for each unit. Assignments and assessments will vary in nature and include: • Essays • research reports • Oral and digital presentations • Field Work • Exams

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HEALTH EDUCATION 9 COST: $34.00 This unit investigates the emotional, social and physical wellbeing of adolescence. The unit incorporates an understanding of Health topics including: • Personal Identify and Personal Strengths • Food and Nutrition • Mental Health and Wellbeing, including stress management • Alcohol and Other Drugs • Sexuality and Relationships with a focus on building respectful relationships

This course will equip students with knowledge and skills to identify health issues, develop positive coping strategies and develop respectful relationships with others. Students can expect incursions that include: Yoga and Safe Use of Social Media. This pathway may lead to: VCE Health & Human Developments Units 1-4, VCAL and/or VET. It provides a great taster for Health Professions including Medicine, Nursing, Mental Health, Sport and Fitness, Nutrition, Teaching.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION ELECTIVES Students are required to select ONE PE elective at Year 9. Refer to the Year 9 Electives Section of this handbook for details of the PE elective descriptions.

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YEAR 9 ELECTIVES Arts Digital Art Performing Arts Visual Art Food Technology Café Catering Fantastic Fast Foods

Languages

Indonesian Japanese (2 semesters/full year elective) Physical Education Mind, Body and Movement Sports and Recreation Sports Coaching Team Sports

Technology Architecture and 3D Modelling Creative Textiles Electronics Mult-imaterial Products

Broad Horizons Program: completed over 9 weeks, off-campus at the Mornington Life Saving Club. Is not included as an elective. Available to Year 9 students only.

Art Electives

DIGITAL ART 9 COST: $90.00 Learning in Digital Art involves students learning to engage with communications technologies and cross-disciplinary art forms to design, produce, distribute and interact with a range of print, audio, screen-based or hybrid artworks. They acquire skills and processes to work in a range of forms and styles. Students learn to reflect critically on their own and others’ media arts experiences and evaluate various media artworks, cultures and contexts. They express, conceptualise and communicate through their media artworks with increasing complexity and aesthetic understanding. Digital Art involves using communications technologies to design, produce and distribute media artworks. PERFORMING ARTS 9 COST: $53.00 Students devise, interpret and perform drama. They manipulate the elements of drama, narrative and structure to control and communicate meaning. They apply different performance styles and conventions to convey status, relationships and intentions. They use performance skills, stagecraft and design elements to shape and focus relationships with an audience. Students identify and analyse how the elements of drama are used, combined and manipulated in different styles, and apply this knowledge in drama they make and perform. They evaluate how they and drama practitioners from different cultures, times and locations communicate meaning and intent through drama.

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VISUAL ART 9 COST: $86.00 Students analyse and evaluate how artists communicate ideas and convey meaning in artworks. Students identify the influences of other artists and analyse connections between techniques, processes and visual conventions in artworks to develop their own art practice. They select, and manipulate materials, techniques, processes, visual conventions and technologies to express ideas and viewpoints in their artworks.

Food Technology Electives

CAFÉ CATERING 9 COST: $148.00 Café Catering involves students creating various high quality dishes that are commonly found in cafes and restaurants. This course will enable to students to develop many café specific food preparation and presentation techniques relating to current café trends, as well develop skills in evaluating the sensory properties of these foods. Students will use the design process to plan a cake for a special occasion. Students will learn: • The characteristics of food ingredients and using modern trends to optimise the quality of food products. • Cake making and decorating techniques. • The impacts of food waste on the environment and sustainability.

Assessment: • Research Assignment • Design Task • Production Test • Semester Exam

This pathway may lead to: VCE Food Studies Units 1-4

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FANTASTIC FAST FOODS 9 COST: $148.00 Fantastic Fast Foods will allow students to develop practical skills in modifying recipes and producing healthy versions of common takeaway foods. Students will use the design process to plan and prepare foods according to a set design brief, as well as considering the causes of and solutions to global food insecurity. Students will learn: • The safe and appropriate use of tools and equipment in the kitchen • The science of food • How to use the design process to plan and prepare for food products. • The factors that influence global food security.

Assessment:

• Written Test • Research Assignment • Design Task • Production Test • Semester Exam

This pathway may lead to: VCE Food Studies Units 1-4 and Health and Human Development Units 1-4

Language Electives

INDONESIAN 9 (2 Semester/Full Year) COST: $57.00 Students engage in a variety of skills sets to improve their listening, reading, writing and grammar understanding of the Indonesian language. Students use peer teaching techniques, create posters and scripts for oral presentations and further their cultural understanding of Indonesia through the use of ICT in the classroom. The course covers revision from year 7 and 8, Sport and Entertainment, Our Environment, Going on Holiday and Celebrations and Ceremonies. Assessment Students will complete listening, reading, writing and speaking assessment over the course of the semester. Prerequisite: Indonesian Years 7 and 8

This pathway may lead to: VCE Indonesian Second Language Units 1-4

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JAPANESE 9 (2 Semester/Full Year) COST: $57.00 Students work towards building and consolidating their Japanese cultural and language understanding through the use of ICT and variety of texts as well as a strong emphasis on grammatical structures and everyday communication skills. There is also an opportunity for students to travel to Japan to improve their language and cultural understanding. Students will study Invitations, Locations, School, Seasons and Weather, Shopping and Describing someone. Assessment: Students will complete listening, reading, writing and speaking assessment in a variety of forms from listening to conversations, writing speeches/scripts and using ICT to record their speaking skills.

Prerequisite: Japanese Years 7 and 8

This pathway may lead to: VCE Japanese Second Language Units 1-4

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Physical Education Electives

MIND, BODY AND MOVEMENT 9 COST: $115.00 In Mind, Body and Movement students will explore a holistic approach to their health. They will understand how their mind and body and movement intertwines through a variety of avenues. Activities include yoga, pilates, barre, dance and mindfulness. Learning Outcomes: • The importance of movement and its relationship with a healthy lifestyle • Building confidence, communication skills and leadership through participating in a diverse range of activities

Assessments:

• Peer Teach • Research Task

This pathway may lead to: Year 10 Health & Human Development SPORTS AND RECREATION 9 COST: $145.00 This subject will be centered on recreational activities and healthy lifestyles, with a non-competitive focus. Students will be exposed to a wide range of different activities that may include lawn bowls, bocce, archery, ultimate frisbee, bush walking, go karting and much more. Learning Outcomes:

• The importance of physical activity and its relationship with a healthy lifestyle • The role of the community in promoting physical activity • Building confidence, communication skills and leadership through participating in a diverse range of

recreational activities Assessments: An investigation into Physical activity across the lifespan Recreational facilities in the local community research task and pamphlet design End of semester exam Excursions: Go Karting, Laser Tag, Croquet, Lawn Bowls, Bushwalking, Gravity Zone This pathway may lead to: Year 10 Health & Human Development

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SPORTS COACHING 9 COST: $44.00 Focuses on developing coaching, communication and leadership skills in sports coaching contexts. Emphasis on planning/participating in various sport sessions, organizing equipment and running coaching sessions. Students involved in coaching younger students in various sports and in the preparation of a junior school sporting team. Learning Outcomes:

• Skills and attributes of effective coaching • Designing and implementing an effective training session • Delivering Coaching sessions and reflection on these sessions • Skill Acquisition, stages of learning a skill and types of physical skills • Fitness components • Training methods and principals

Assessments:

• Ongoing practical coaching and reflections • Skills and attributes of coaching outcome • College Sports Team coaching assignment • Skill acquisition peer teach task • End of semester Exam

Excursion: Victorian Institute of Sport This pathway may lead to: Year 10 Physical Education TEAM SPORTS 9 COST: $34.00

Students engage in a variety of team sports offered locally and internationally. Learning Outcomes: • Students Investigate and apply methods of training specific to each team sport and design and implement

a training program to improve personal performance. • Investigate skills specific to each team sports and learn how to sequence a training session. • Develop an understanding of rules of a variety of team sports and how to apply them as game official/referee. • Investigate current issues around team sports such as the use of performance enhancing substances.

• Assessments: • Training program Assignment • Rules Tests • End of Semester Exam

Excursions:

• AFL Game Excursion – Friday Night Football This pathway may lead to: Year 10 Sports Education

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Technology Electives

ARCHITECTURE AND 3D MODELLING 9 COST: $90.00 Students will use 3D Computer Aided software to design a range of 3D models both on screen and in physical form. This skills learned in this subject will be useful for those wanting to do Product Design or Visual Communication at VCE level. Assessment:

• 3D design process; 3D model (electronic); 3D model (physical)

CREATIVE TEXTILES 9 COST: $140.00 The students will engage in the design and development of a variety of fashion, accessories or soft furnishings e.g. bags, hats, quilts, soft sculpture and garments. Student’s creativity will be encouraged and explored, challenged and extended throughout the course. Students will learn:

• A variety of decorative techniques to create their ideas. Student’s creativity will be encouraged and explored, challenged and extended throughout the course.

• A variety of construction techniques and processes such as felting, printing, laser cutting, embroidery and weaving to enable them to be successful at making soft furnishings, accessories, clothing or sculptures.

• How to structure a design folio with consideration to the design process. • Sustainability – Social, economic and environmental issues.

ELECTRONICS 9 COST: $127.00 Electronic Products gives students the opportunity to learn the theory of electronics through software modelling, prototyping and building electronic circuits. They will undertake a number of focused practical tasks which will give them the tools to design, prototype and build functioning electronic products. This subject is an excellent stepping stone from the work that students have done in year 8 as two of the projects use the PICAXE microcontroller. The focused practical tasks are: flashing bike light / stroboscope, traffic light simulator and remote control mood light and the major project is an obstacle avoiding and line tracking robot with optional extension to create a ‘pick and place’ robot.

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MULTI-MATERIAL PRODUCTS 9 COST: $137.00 The Multi Materials course focuses on developing designing and manufacturing skills using a variety of different materials, including wood, metal and plastic. There is a particular focus on the use of CAD/CAM which could involve using the laser cutter or 3D printer. An understanding of basic electronics and soldering skills will be developed. Typical projects could be a free standing lamp, USB holder, or Sustainable Clock. Assessment will be through a design portfolio and a completed practical outcome. Students will learn:

• Study a range of different designers and design movements to gain inspiration to develop a range of creative design ideas.

• Study key design issues such as sustainability, product analysis, industrial manufacturing, and the social, economic and environmental factors involved in producing an effective product.

• Gain an understanding of various manufacturing techniques which can be used with the different materials. • Keep a design folio of their work

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The Broad Horizons Program

BROAD HORIZONS PROGRAM (BHP) COST: $435.00 The Broad Horizons Program is an elective nine-week alternate curriculum program for Year 9 students. It is an innovative and unique learning experience and is undertaken by students of all interests and academic levels. Three days a week are spent at the Mornington Lifesaving Club, where students engage in team-building challenges and hands-on activities as well as units of theory on topics that interest and affect young people. Each Wednesday students attend a different excursion (see below), while Friday’s are spent volunteering at Mornington Primary School and engaging with local organisations at The Corner Youth Centre. There is also a three-day camp, either surfing, cross-country skiing or horse riding. Learning Objectives:

• Enhancing student engagement through an exciting and interactive approach to learning • Developing leadership and teamwork qualities while enhancing confidence and resilience • Learning valuable life skills, independence and experiencing vast personal growth

Assessments:

• Weekly journal entries • Cultural Diversity Assignment • Travel Project through The Real Game

Excursions: Three-Day Camp, Survivor Day, Pt Nepean, Melbourne Salvation Army Homelessness Tour, Obstacle Course, Willum Warrain Indigenous Gathering Space, Two-Day Amazing Race in the CBD, Melbourne Street Art Tour & Workshop *BHP has a separate application process which takes place in Term 4. It cannot be selected as an elective through the online Edvel procedure.