CURRICULUM OPTIONS
Senior School Curriculum Options - Preliminary 2010PATTERN OF STUDY
With the exception of the HSC curriculum, all high school subjects are now organised within a framework of eight Key Learning Areas (KLAs). We are required to provide experiences in all the KLAs providing at least the indicative hours to each.
The KLAs and specified hours for Years 7–10 are listed below:
English (500)
Mathematics (500)
Science (500)
Human Society and Its Environment (400)
Technological and Applied Studies (200)
Languages Other than English (100)
Creative Arts (200)
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (300)
At Cheltenham we provide two years of compulsory subjects (Years 7–8); two years of compulsory subjects plus three elective subjects for the School Certificate (Years 9–10); and two years preparing for the HSC (Years 11–12).
The senior curriculum is divided into two sections - Preliminary Courses followed by HSC Courses. The subject pattern for each module is given below. Numbers in parentheses are the number of lessons per 10 day cycle.
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Years 7/8 English (10) /(10)Mathematics (10) / (9) Science (10) / (9) History (9) / (0) Geography (0) / (8) Design & Technology (8) / (7) French & German (4) / (0) Japanese (0) / (7) Visual Arts (4) / (5) Music (4) / (4) PDHPE (7) / (7) (incorporating dance) |
Years 9/10 English (10) / (9)Mathematics (10) / (9) Science (10) / (9) History (4) / (5) Geography (4) / (5) PDHPE (5) / (6) 3 Electives (7 each) Careers (2) Terms 1,2,3 Music (2) Term 4 |
Years 11/12 Minimum 12 units Preliminary and 10 units HSC 2004. English is mandatory. Each 2 unit course within the school is allocated a maximum 11 lessons/cycle. Additional courses are available at TAFE, the Open High School, Saturday School of Community Languages and other providers. |
All students have timetabled sport (4), special religious education/non scripture (1) and assembly (1).
