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Junior Secondary Subject Selection
Year 7 into Year 8
Timothy Barraud – Associate Principal -Junior Secondary
Deirdre Hall – Deputy Principal - Junior Secondary (Year 7)
Luke Wallace – Guidance Officer (Year 7) Rebecca Wheeler – Head of Department – Junior Secondary
Belinda Carey – Year 7 Coordinator
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Choose subjects that you enjoy and are good at with consideration for future pathways.
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The message
All Year 8 Students will study:
• Mathematics• English• Science• History/Geography• Integrated Technologies• Health & Physical Education
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Students will chooseIn addition to mandatory subjects, students select two electives
• One Language (Chinese, Chinese Acceleration, Spanish, Spanish Immersion )
• One Arts subject (Theatrical Movement Studies, Visual Media Technology, Music or Music Acceleration)
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All Year 9 students study:• Mathematics• English• Science• History• Health and Physical Education
Students will chooseYear 9Three electives (can be from one Learning Area or across Learning Areas• Mathematics: Mechatronics• Humanities and Social Sciences: Economics and Business,
Geography• The Arts: Dance, Drama, Media Arts, Music, Visual Arts• Design and Technologies: Digital Technologies, Food & Fibre,
Industrial Technology & Design• Languages: Chinese, Chinese Acceleration, Spanish, Spanish
Acceleration
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Years 7 & 8 - Subject SelectionTowards Senior Learning Pathways
From Luke Wallace - Guidance Officer
OP to ATAR
• Queensland has come into line with the rest of Australia in terms of a common tertiary admissions rank system.
• The new system commenced for students who entered Year 11 in 2019.
What are the key changes? The new systems include: • A new senior assessment model that combines school-based assessment developed and marked by classroom teachers, with external assessment set and marked by the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA); and • A move from the current Overall Position (OP) tertiary entrance rank to an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR), as used by other Australian states and territories.
SATE: Senior Assessment and Tertiary Entrance systemsATAR: Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank
• From 2020, Queensland’s standard pathway to tertiary entry, for Year 12 school leavers, will be the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR). ATARs will be calculated by QTAC (Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre).
• ATAR is calculated on a student’s best 5 General subjects or 4 General + 1 AppliedLearning Subject / Certificate III or higher Vocational subject.
• Students require satisfactory completion of a QCAA English subject.• The ATAR will be expressed as a number on a 2000-point scale from 99.95 down to 0.00
in steps of 0.05 (ATAR under 30 will be recorded as 30 or below)• The ATAR will be used as a measure for Tertiary Admissions (Higher Education) and will
indicate a student’s position relative to other students.
Senior Pathways
Summary from Guidance Officer
• There are many subjects on offer at Indooroopilly SHS that will prepare students for senior school and beyond.
• The Junior Secondary phase (Years 7-9) is a perfect time to explore opportunities, learn more about yourself and develop a positive work ethic.
• A new Senior Assessment and Tertiary Admissions system commenced with the Year 11 cohort in 2019.
Your handout
• Instructions• Contacts• Year 9 Pathway
Subject Selection ProcessYear 7 into 8 Thursday 20 August Subject Selection opens via OneSchool. Students must select subjects they intend to study in 2021.Tuesday 25 August Subject Selection closes at 9.00am.
Subject Selection Process
Navigate to OneSchool
• Shortcut for students on computer
• Any computer using the url:
oslp.eq.edu.au• Note: It will say Subject Selection
Click on My Education Plan
Click here to Commence your subject selectionSubject Selection
Junior Secondary Curriculum Handbook
Select 2021 Subject Selections
Click SAVE
2021
Click on Edit BoxAccess the Junior Course Guide, also available via indoorooshs.eq.edu.au/curriculum/junior-secondary
2021
Questions
ContactsTimothy Barraud – Associate Principal -Junior [email protected] Hall – Deputy Principal - Junior Secondary (Year 7)[email protected] Wallace – Guidance Officer (Year 7) [email protected] Wheeler – Head of Department – Junior [email protected] Carey – Year 7 [email protected] A COMMUNITY O FORWARD THINKERS