Duke of Edinburgh Award

The Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award is an exciting component of the Year 10 program. The award is an internationally recognised program for anyone aged between 14 and 24. The aim of the program is to provide students with an opportunity to acquire and develop a range of skills, build confidence and self-esteem, learn determination in facing new challenges, develop and maintain their personal fitness and enhance their ability to work in a team environment.

Weekly Goals & Mindfulness

Mindfulness is an ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we are doing, not over react or become overwhelmed by what is going on around us. Students write and reflect on small, achievable goals to develop self-reflection and intrapersonal skills. Students explore their emotional intelligence, identifying stress triggers, and work collaboratively with staff and peers to construct strategies to control their triggers.

Science

The Year 9/10 Science curriculum offers students the opportunity to increase their overall understanding of how and why things work, and teaches them about the world around them. Students utilise the Scientific Method to conduct a series of experiments across different fields of sciences, thus enhancing their ability to think, learn, solve problems and make informed decisions.

Projects

Project Based Learning or Challenge Based Learning provides students opportunities to take charge of their own learning, contribute ideas in a team and develop creative thinking skills. Projects will involve hands-on experience, use of technology, research, integration of knowledge and skills from a variety of fields, communication, decision- making, and problem-solving. Students will plan, evaluate, execute and refine their projects utilising a framework and guidance from a team of teachers. Unique strengths within a team are beneficial and students are encouraged to use individual talents for the planning and presentation of their projects.

Cyber Safety

Cyber Safety focuses on the analysis and impact that cyberbullying, sexting and filmed rights has on adolescents, and discusses methods to keep themselves and others safe online. Year 9 students analyse the impact that online bullying has on individuals and how its effect is far reaching. Year 10 students learn how to be safe, responsible and positive online through a series of curriculum-aligned workshops. Topics include digital identity, fake news, respectful relationships, privacy and digital balance.

Camps

The Year 9/10 camp provides our students with an opportunity to consolidate friendships by developing skills around supporting peers and taking more responsibility for inquiry based learning and independence under the care and supervision of Year 9/10 teachers.