CONTENTS CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................................... 2 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 5 YEAR 10 2018 .......................................................................................................................................... 9 ARTS ...................................................................................................................................................... 11 MEDIA ART ........................................................................................................................................ 11 VISUAL ART ....................................................................................................................................... 12 DRAMA .............................................................................................................................................. 13 MUSIC................................................................................................................................................ 14 CHRISTIAN LIFE ...................................................................................................................................... 15 INDIVIDUALS & SOCIETY ....................................................................................................................... 16 GEOGRAPHY ...................................................................................................................................... 16 HISTORY ............................................................................................................................................ 17 COMMERCE, CIVICS AND CITIZENSHIP ............................................................................................. 18 ENGLISH ................................................................................................................................................ 19 LANGUAGE ACQUISITION ..................................................................................................................... 20 MANDARIN 1 (CONTINUERS) ............................................................................................................ 20 MANDARIN 2 (CONTINUERS) ............................................................................................................ 20 GERMAN 1 (CONTINUERS) ................................................................................................................ 21 GERMAN 2 (CONTINUERS) ................................................................................................................ 21 MATHEMATICS ...................................................................................................................................... 22 Year 10 Specialist Mathematics ........................................................................................................ 22 HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION ......................................................................................................... 24 PHYSICAL EDUCATION ....................................................................................................................... 24 SHAPE (Sport, Health and Physical Education) ................................................................................. 25 SCIENCES ............................................................................................................................................... 26 DESIGN .................................................................................................................................................. 27 ENGINEERING ........................................................................................................................................ 29 THE SACE – STAGE 1 AND STAGE 2 2018 .............................................................................................. 31 THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION (SACE) ............................................................ 33 VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (VET) .................................................................................. 40 TERTIARY EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................... 42 TERTIARY EDUCATION ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................. 43 CHOOSING A COURSE AT STAGE 1 AND STAGE 2 ................................................................................. 44 GLOSSARY.............................................................................................................................................. 48 ARTS ...................................................................................................................................................... 50 DRAMA .............................................................................................................................................. 50 DRAMA (STAGE 1) ......................................................................................................................... 50 DRAMA (STAGE 2) ......................................................................................................................... 52 2 | P a g e Senior School Curriculum Handbook 2018 MUSIC................................................................................................................................................ 54 STAGE 1 MUSIC (Advanced) .......................................................................................................... 54 STAGE 2 MUSIC ............................................................................................................................. 55 VISUAL ARTS ...................................................................................................................................... 58 STAGE 1 VISUAL ARTS ................................................................................................................... 58 STAGE 2 VISUAL ARTS ................................................................................................................... 60 BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND TECHNOLOGY ........................................................................................... 62 STAGE 1 BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE ................................................................................................ 62 STAGE 2 BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE ................................................................................................ 63 STAGE 1 DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY ..................................................................................................... 65 STAGE 2 DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................................ 66 STAGE 1 DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES .................................................................................................... 67 WORKPLACE PRACTICES ....................................................................................................................... 69 STAGE 2 WORKPLACE PRACTICES ..................................................................................................... 69 CROSS DISCIPLINARY STUDIES .............................................................................................................. 71 STAGE 1 PERSONAL LEARNING PLAN ................................................................................................ 71 STAGE 1 RESEARCH PRACTICES ......................................................................................................... 72 STAGE 2 RESEARCH PROJECT ............................................................................................................ 73 ENGLISH ................................................................................................................................................ 74 STAGE 1 ESSENTIAL ENGLISH ............................................................................................................ 74 STAGE 1 ENGLISH .............................................................................................................................. 75 STAGE 2 ESSENTIAL ENGLISH ............................................................................................................ 77 STAGE 2 ENGLISH .............................................................................................................................. 78 STAGE 2 ENGLISH LITERARY STUDIES................................................................................................ 79 HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION ......................................................................................................... 81 STAGE 1 PHYSICAL EDUCATION ........................................................................................................ 81 PHYSICAL EDUCATION A .............................................................................................................. 81 PHYSICAL EDUCATION B ............................................................................................................... 82 STAGE 2 PHYSICAL EDUCATION ........................................................................................................ 82 FOOD & HOSPITALITY.......................................................................................................................