1. Year 9 subject selection for 2016.

2. The ROSA is what students work towards in Years 9 and 10  Recognition  Of  Student  Achievement  (Used to be the School Certificate)

3. Year 9 is an important year  You will, finally, be studying the electives that you have chosen for yourself based on your interests.  Habits are important and year 9 is a good time to develop good working habits that will see you through into the senior years.

4. Course requirements for years 9 and 10 Line 1Line 2Line 3Line 4Elective 1Elective 2Elective 3 EnglishMathematicsScience & PDHPE HSIE PDHPE – Physical Development, Health, Physical Education HSIE – Human Society in its Environment 6 months History 6 months Geography SPORT is also compulsory.

5. Available Elective Subjects 2016 CHILD STUDIES INFO SOFTWARE & TECHNOLOGY COMMERCE DANCE DESIGN & TECHNOLOGYJAPANESE DRAMAFOOD TECHNOLOGY MARINE STUDIES TEXTILES TECHNOLOGY MUSICPHYS ACTIVITY & SPORT STUDIES FRENCHPHOTOGRAPHIC & DIGITAL GRAPHICS TECHNOLOGY VISUAL DESIGN HISTORY (Elective) VISUAL ARTS INDUSTRIAL TECH – METALmaximum of 2 of INDUSTRIAL TECH – MULTIMEDIAthese 3 electives INDUSTRIAL TECH – WOOD

6. Electives  Students need to study 3 elective subjects.  They need to study these for 2 years – ie Years 9 and 10.

7. Why choose a subject?  You like it  You have an interest in it  You are good at it

8. Reasons not to choose a subject.  Your friends are doing it, or want you to do it.  Your parents want you to do it.  You have heard that a certain teacher will be teaching it.  You think that you will need it for a future career or it will help you in Years 11 and 12.  There a re no prerequisites for Years 11 and 12.  Eg a student can study Year 11 Visual Arts even if they haven’t studied it in Years 9 and 10.

9. FEES  Please be aware that some electives have a fee to cover the cost of materials which the school purchases on your child’s behalf. The practical projects belong to the students once they have been marked. The fees for these subjects are in the subject selection booklet.

10. Who can help you decide?  Your teachers  Your parents  Older students  What next?  Complete the subject selection online by 11pm Monday 9 th August

11. Edval Webchoice  Each student will be issued an individual login.  All students need to go to their email in the student portal.

12. Edval Webchoice Once submitted, students will need to print their form, get it signed by a parent and return it to Ms Houda.

13. How is the decision made to run a subject.  Edval will match the best fit of subjects across 3 lines with the least number of people missing out.  Some students will miss out.  In this instance, the reserve subject will be placed into the student’s choices by Edval.

14. Any questions