Year 9 Handbook 2018
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St John Fisher College Year 9 Handbook 2018 1 Our Mission The St John Fisher College Community is inspired by God’s Spirit and the Catholic faith tradition to live, to love and to learn with respect for truth, the courage to seek justice, the gift of peace and the grace to forgive as we respond with equal dynamism to society’s challenges today and tomorrow. 2 CONTENTS Our Mission 2 Message from the Principal 4 Year Nine Subjects 5 Subject Pathways 6 Subjects Offered Business 8 Digital Technologies 9 Drama 10 English 11 French 12 Geography 13 Health and Physical Education 14 History 15 Home Economics 16 Mathematics 18 Music 19 Religious Education 20 Science 21 Visual Art 22 Careers 23 Useful Internet Sites for Career Planning 24 Inclusive Education 26 Where to Go for Help 26 Homework Guidelines 27 Planning for Success 27 Contact Details 28 3 MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL We hope that Year Seven and Eight were a great experience and you are looking forward to Year Nine. Although I will not be with you, our staff look forward to working with you over the year ahead. Welcome to the new students joining our St John Fisher College community. We hope that your stay in this very special community will be happy and rewarding. The next two years are a chance for you to consolidate your academic skills and take advantage of new experiences so that you can make appropriate choices for your senior years. We believe our curriculum will assist you to achieve your best and enjoy your learning as well as provide you with a strong foundation for your senior studies. Along the way, we hope that you will continue to be fully involved in College life. We encourage our girls to be ‘givers not takers’ as you will gain more rewards and satisfaction, and our community will be far richer for your contributions. We expect our girls to be respectful of the Catholic nature of the College and ensure all relationships are respectful and caring. Treat those we meet in our journey the same way we would like to be treated ourselves. We speak of the ‘John Fisher Way’. We are all different and all have special gifts and talents. It is these differences that make our community, and in fact our world, such an interesting and exciting place. Above all we expect that you will learn and contribute to the best of your ability. I wish you all the best for 2018 and the years ahead and I encourage you all to continue to strive to grow together in ‘Goodness, Knowledge and Discipline.’ Maree Messer Principal 4 YEAR 9 SUBJECTS All students study core units in: Religious Education English Mathematics Health and Physical Education Science History & Geography (one semester of each) Students may choose TWO elective semester units from: Business Drama French Home Economics – Food Technology Home Economics – Design and Technologies Digital Technologies Music Visual Art The subject selection process will require students to choose two electives for Semester One and two electives for Semester Two of year nine. The electives of Semester One may be repeated in Semester Two if this is an area of strong interest. 5 SUBJECT PATHWAYS YEARS 7 TO 12 (A) – Authority (AR) – Authority Registered (C) – Compulsory (V) – VET Certificate YEAR 7 & YEAR 8 YEAR 9 YEAR 10 YEAR 11 YEAR 12 Study of Religion (C) (A) Study of Religion (C) (A) Religious Education (C) Religious Education (C) Religious Education (C) Religion and Ethics (C) (AR) Religion and Ethics (C) (AR) English (C) (A) English (C) (A) English (C) English (C) English (C) Essential English (C) (AR) Essential English (C) (AR) General Mathematics (C) (A) General Mathematics (C) (A) Mathematics (C) Mathematical Methods (C) (A) Mathematical Methods (C) (A) Mathematics (C) Mathematics (C) Mathematics Extension (C) Specialist Mathematics (C) (A) Specialist Mathematics (C) (A) Essential Mathematics (C) (AR) Essential Mathematics (C) (AR) Biology (A) Biology (A) Science (C) Science (C) Science (C) Chemistry (A) Chemistry (A) Physics (A) Physics (A) History (C) – Sem 1 History (C) History (C) Legal Studies (A) Legal Studies (A) Legal Studies – Sem 2 Geography (C) Geography (C) Modern History (A) Modern History (A) Modern History - Sem 2 Accounting (A) Accounting (A) Business Education (C) Business Education Business Education Business (A) Business (A) BSB20112 Certificate II in Business (V) BSB20112 Certificate II in Business (V) ICT20115 Certificate II in Information, ICT20115 Certificate II in Information, Digital Technologies Digital Technologies Digital Technologies Digital Media & Technology (V) Digital Media & Technology (V) Home Economics - Food Home Economics - Food Home Economics - Food Technology (C) Technology Technology Food and Nutrition (A) Food and Nutrition (A) Home Economics - Design and Home Economics - Design Home Economics - Design Hospitality (AR) Hospitality (AR) Technologies (C) and Technologies and Technologies 6 SUBJECT PATHWAYS YEARS 7 TO 12 (A) – Authority (AR) – Authority Registered (C) – Compulsory (V) – VET Certificate YEAR 7 & YEAR 8 YEAR 9 YEAR 10 YEAR 11 YEAR 12 Visual Art (A) Visual Art (A) Visual Art (C) Visual Art Visual Art Drama (A) Drama (A) Drama (C) Drama Drama Music (A) Music (A) Music (C) Music Music Visual Arts in Practice (AR) Visual Arts in Practice (AR) Health & Physical Health & Physical Health & Physical Physical Education (A) Physical Education (A) Education (C) Education (C) Education (C) French (C) French French French (A) French (A) Personal & Social Personal & Social Personal & Social Forum (C) QCS Preparation (C) Development (C) Development (C) Development (C) Last Updated 30 August 2016 7 BUSINESS EDUCATION Why study Business Education? Business activity affects the daily lives of all Australians as they work, spend, save, invest, travel and play. The level of skill required to become an effective business person influences jobs, incomes and opportunities for personal enterprise. Business Education allows students to gain a degree of understanding and independence in accumulating and managing finances and in making decisions about goods and services. Students studying Business Education will develop effective decision making skills related to consumer behaviour and the management and evaluation of personal financial matters, resulting in improved economic, consumer and financial literacy. Students will also be given the opportunity to run their own business venture at the College’s Market Day. Course Content Business Education involves both theoretical and practical elements. Communication is also an essential aspect of the study and involves language education. Semester One Semester Two Topic One – The Nature of Economic Systems Topic One – Dare to Share Identifying participants in the open Australian Concept of share and share trading economy Types of shares Satisfying needs and wants through the Concept of supply and demand production and distribution of goods and Sharemarket trends services Process of buying and selling shares Identifying Australia’s major trading partners Introduction to investment portfolios in the Asia region and the items of trade Global events that impact on economic Topic Two – Let the Share Trading Begin activity ASX School’s Sharemarket Game Introduction to syndicate trading Topic Two – Competitive Advantage Market vs limit orders Reasons businesses seek to create a Price chart analysis competitive advantage Introduction to Accounting for share trading Investigating the different strategies businesses use to create competitive advantage Exploring emerging techniques businesses can use to gain an advantage Assessment Students’ work will be assessed in the following criteria – Business Knowledge and Understanding and Business Skills. Students will engage with a range of assessment techniques throughout the course, including objective short answer response items, extended response items, practical application items, response to stimulus materials, assignments and presentations. Note Students considering Accounting or Business in Senior are encouraged to study Business in Years Nine and Ten however, it is not a prerequisite. 8 DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES Why study Information Communications and Technology (ICT)? People in all cultures and contexts are affected by technological change and development. Digital Technologies education plays a vital role in preparing students to appropriately respond to technological advances and to shape digital futures. It provides the means to extend human capabilities to solve problems and to improve the human condition. Students studying Digital Technologies are equipped with the necessary transferrable skills to be able to analyse problems and design, implement and evaluate a range of digital solutions. Students are required to consider functional and non-functional requirements of digital solutions and how human interaction with systems introduces complexities in terms of privacy, security, useability, sustainability and safety of information systems. Course Content Semester One Semester Two Topic One – Image Editing with Photoshop Topic One – Vector Images with Illustrator Understanding the Photoshop interface Understanding the Illustrator interface Bitmap vs Vector files, File formats, colour modes, Understand vector images and the importance file sizes, image resizing of their effect on file sizes Simple compression, lossy vs lossless compression Select and work with objects (JPEG vs PNG images) Work with artboards, grids, guides and rulers Effective selections Arrange objects