Year 09 Curriculum

The subjects offered in Year 9 are grouped within the learning areas of the Australian Curriculum. The subjects are either Semester or Full Year subjects.

Students undertake a common curriculum depending on the amount of Music undertaken. The curriculum allows students to access a greater range of subjects as they progress from Year 8 to 10.

The following table indicates the subjects offered for specific students.

	Mainstream Students	Special Music Students	Elective Music Students	Special Tennis Students
Core Subjects
English	English or English as an Additional Language or Dialect	English or English as an Additional Language or Dialect	English or English as an Additional Language or Dialect	English or English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Mathematics	Mathematics	Mathematics	Mathematics	Mathematics
Science	Science	Science	Science	Science
Humanities and Social Sciences	History and Civics and Citizenship(Semester) Geography and Economics and Business (Semester)	History and Civics and Citizenship (Semester)	History and Civics and Citizenship (Semester) Geography and Economics and Business (Semester)	History and Civics and Citizenship (Semester) Geography and Economics and Business (Semester)
The Arts	Visual Arts A (Semester) or Drama (Semester)	Special Music	Elective Music	Visual Arts A (Semester)orDrama (Semester)
Health and Physical Education	Health and Physical Education (Semester)	Health and Physical Education (Semester)	Health and Physical Education (Semester)	Tennis (includes Health and Physical Education)
Technologies	* Materials and Technologies A (Semester) orMaterials and Technologies B (Semester) or Food Technologies (Semester)		Materials and Technologies A (Semester) or Materials and Technologies B (Semester) or* Food Technologies (Semester)	Materials and Technologies A (Semester) or Materials and Technologies B (Semester) or Food Technologies (Semester)
Electives	May choose a further 3 units	May choose a further 2 units. However, if a Language isn’t chosen one unit of Technologies must be chosen with one other unit.	May choose a further 2 units	May choose a further 2 units
Languages	If a Language is chosen two units must be studied. French Accelerated or French Continuers or Chinese or Japanese	If a Language is chosen two units must be studied. French Accelerated or French Continuers or Chinese or Japanese	If a Language is chosen two units must be studied. French Accelerated or French Continuers or Chinese or Japanese	If a Language is chosen two units must be studied. French Accelerated or French Continuers or Chinese or Japanese
The Arts	* Visual Arts A (Semester) Visual Arts B (Semester) Drama (Semester) Media Arts (Semester) Design (Semester) Dance (Semester)	* Visual Arts A (Semester) Visual Arts B(Semester) Drama (Semester) Media Arts (Semester) Design (Semester) Dance (Semester)	* Visual Arts A (Semester) Visual Arts B (Semester) Drama (Semester) Media Arts (Semester) Design (Semester) Dance (Semester)	* Visual Arts A (Semester) Visual Arts B (Semester) Drama (Semester) Media Arts (Semester) Design (Semester) Dance (Semester)
Health and Physical Education	Physical Education (Semester)	Physical Education (Semester)	Physical Education (Semester)	Physical Education (Semester)
Technologies	Materials and Technologies A (Semester) Materials and Technologies B (Semester) Food and Textile Technologies (Semester) Digital Technologies (Semester) Information Processing and Publishing (Semester)	Materials and Technologies A (Semester) Materials and Technologies B (Semester) Food and Textile Technologies (Semester) Digital Technologies (Semester) Information Processing and Publishing(Semester)	Materials and Technologies A (Semester) Materials and Technologies B (Semester) Food and Textile Technologies (Semester) Digital Technologies (Semester) Information Processing and Publishing(Semester)	Materials and Technologies A (Semester) Materials and Technologies B(Semester) Food and Textile Technologies(Semester) Digital Technologies (Semester) Information Processing and Publishing(Semester)
Humanities and Social Sciences		Geography and Economics and Business (Semester)