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Year 9 – 2014 - Electives
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Literacy/Numeracy
Art Habits Skateboard Art Fragmentation Photorealism
Students will focus on producing Students will produce a skateboard Students will produce a ceramic Students will produce an ultra life-
an acrylic painting designed from a design based on their observations sculpture loosely inspired by a like portrait inspired by a person's
photograph which is the computer of contemporary skateboards. They section of the body. They will be life, using refined technical skills
manipulated in Photoshop CS 5.5. will explore the techniques introduced to advanced decorative produce a pencil artwork.
The design will reflect and associated with airbrushing and and construction skills. HoM:
communicate common actions various media HoM: Task:
observed from everyday life. HoM: Task:
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Bus St Introduction to Business Travel and Tourism The World of Work
Consumerism HoM: Students will focus on planning and Students will examine workplace
Marketing Task: organising, budgeting and relations, the changing nature of
Students will examine consumer promoting and selling travel work, how income is earned and
decisions and consumer protection destinations at a travel expo. analyse the attributes and skills
as well as the global consumer. HoM: required for specific jobs.
Strategies used by businesses to Task: Budgeting and managing finances
promote products and services will will also be explored.
also be explored. Students will HoM:
practise the skills and knowledge Task:
learnt by participating in a mini
carnival/market day
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Drama Let's Have a Laugh Let's Explore the Trenches Let's go from Page to Stage The Physical Side
Students will explore the style of Students continue developing their Students will develop skills in Students will be exposed to myths
comedy. They will extend their understanding of the Elements of characterisation, reading script, and legends through the style of
practical knowledge of the Drama and dramatic conventions understanding the Elements of physical theatre. Students will
Elements of Drama, through the through improvisation, role-play Drama, exploring opportunities explore aspects of Greek theatre,
use of improvisation, role-plays, and scripted drama. They will be for presentation to further develop Aboriginal drama, Asian theatre
student-devised drama and the exploring how dramatic action can their understanding of scripted etc. focusing on myths and
nature of comedy. Students be developed through oral histories drama as an art form. The actor's legends, ritual and symbolic
develop skills in slapstick, lazzi, and historical documents focusing craft will be explored through the theatre, the use of mask and
farce, silent movies, parody, satire, on World War One and Two, scriptwriting process and practical conventions of physical theatre.
stock characterisation etc. They Vietnam and the ANZAC tradition. study, looking at movement, voice, HoM:
will take all the knowledge and HoM: and bringing the character/s and Task:
skills and transform them into Task: Monologue writing plays to life.
student devised drama for student-devised performances HoM:
performance. Task:
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Task: Responding Task analysing
a live performance.
Graphic Industrial Design Graphic Design Industrial Design Built Environment Design
Cad, Sketching, Orthographic Cad, Sketching, Pictorial Views Cad, Sketching, Orthographic Cad, Sketching, Pictorial
Projection, Solid and Plane (Open and in Line), Developments Projection, Solid and Plane Views, Orthographic Projection,
Geometry, Pictorial Views, 2D & Advertising, Logos, Branding, Geometry, Pictorial Views, 2D & Residential Built Environment, 2D
3D Modelling. Product Packaging, Maps and 3D Modelling. & 3D Modelling.
Charts, 2D & 3D Modelling. HoM:
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HPE Making Healthy Lifestyle Making Healthy Lifestyle You are what you Eat! - Diet & 'Global' Sports
Choices - Social Drugs Choices - Sports Injuries Nutrition
Electives – Gymnastics, Track &
Aquatics: Swim & Survive Indoor Sports: Basketball/Indoor Invasion Games: "Ultimate Disc" Field
Practical aquatic unit conducted in Cricket/Indoor Hockey A Practical Unit that takes Practical Unit that takes students
the swimming pool taking students Practical Unit that takes students students through the different skills through two major international
through Water-based survival and through different indoor games that of this modern game in order to sports of either Gymnastics or
lifesaving skills. foster teamwork, strategy foster teamwork, strategy Track & Field. The aim is to foster
development, and promote development, and promote an appreciation, knowledge and
HoM: movement skills and game sense. movement skills and game sense. understanding of the basic
Task: movement skills of these two major
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