1. St Peter’s College Cranbourne Year 9 2018 Subject Selection
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2. The Year 9 Program
Key considerations in the design of our Year 9 Program:
Year 9 students must be enabled to take responsibility for tailoring their course of study within clear and reasonable guidelines.
Some choice of electives enables students to explore which studies are most relevant to their educational and vocational needs.
A series of minimal requirements must be established to ensure that students do not deny themselves access to future learning opportunities.
When students are selecting their Year 9 elective subjects they need to think about the following:
Which units are most relevant to my interests and intended career path?
Which units will help me to build my skills and talents?
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3. Year 9 Program Overview Semester One Semester Two Religion English
Mathematics
Science
Humanities
Health & PE
LOTE
Elective 1
Elective 3
Elective 2
Elective 4
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4. Year 9 Program in detail Page 5 Curriculum handbook
Core Units
These run for the full year
Religious Education
English
Mathematics
Humanities
Health & Physical Education
LOTE French or Japanese
Science
Pastoral Period
Elective Units
These run for one semester only, with four electives completed per year
Elective 1
Elective 2
Periods per cycle 5 7 1

5. Year 9 Electives Page 6 Curriculum Handbook
Technology
At least one of these must be chosen:
Basic Construction
Electro-technology Basics
Food Around the World
Food by Design
Game On
Product Design
Textiles
Web Publishing
The Arts
At least one of these must be chosen:
Arts Escape
Dance*
Drama
Music
Visual Explore
* These subjects are not available to Cranbourne East students for 2018 due to resourcing issues

6. Year 10 Overview Core Units Elective Units Periods per cycle
These run for the full year:
Religious Education or CSYMA
English
Mathematics
Pastoral Period
These run for one semester:
Humanities
Science (Life Science or Physical Science)
Elective Units
These run for one semester only, with four electives completed per year
Elective 1
Elective 2
Note: these electives could include a VCE or VET unit.
Periods per cycle 4 9 1

7. Pathways – Year 10 and Beyond
VCE – Victorian Certificate of Education
VCAL – Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning
VET – Vocational Education & Training
Sessions are running today which explain how each of these pathways operate. Information is also available in your Curriculum Handbook.
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8. Descriptions of Year 9 Core and Elective Subjects
These can be found in the Curriculum Handbook:
Core Subjects – pages
Elective Subjects – pages 59 – 68
It is important you read the descriptions of the elective subjects carefully to make the best choices for next year.
If you are unsure about electives talk to your current subject teachers in that area or talk to your Learning Advisor.

9. Other details:
Students who completed Literacy Development instead of LOTE in Year 8 will not be required to do LOTE in Year 9. These students will continue to receive Literacy Support instead of LOTE studies. This will take the form of a Foundation English class which will supplement their Core English studies.
Mathematics enhancement and support will be available to students through their classroom teacher and also through the Mathematics Help classes running each Monday after school.
At both campuses the eventual elective units which run in will be dependent on the number of enrolments in each subject.
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10. How to select your subjects
Subject selection will be done on-line using the “Web preferences” website.
You will receive a personalised printed sheet which will have your individual student access code and password and instructions for how to complete your subject selection on-line.
PLEASE DO NOT LOSE THIS SHEET

11. Web Preferences Access Guide 1

12. Web Preferences Access Guide 2

13. Web Preferences Access Guide 3

14. Web Preferences Access Guide 4

15. Subject Selection Process
Timeline:
26th June – Curriculum Handbook distributed to students in Tutor Group
25th July – Futures Expo
26th July – Web Preferences Access Guide distributed to students in Tutor Group. On-line Web Preferences opens.
8th August – On-line Web Preferences closes – subjects must be entered by this date. This is also the final deadline for submitting signed “Print Receipts”. They are to be signed by student, parent and learning advisor.
Late Term Four – Students notified of subjects they will be studying for Head Start/2018
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