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Year 9 2020

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CONTENTS

PART A - Elective Strands

Design Technology - Food & Fibre Production ..................................... 3

Design Technology - Food Specialisation ............................................ 3

Design Technology - Materials & Technologies Specialisation ................ 4

Digital Technology ............................................................................ 4

Drama ............................................................................................... 5

Media Studies ................................................................................... 5

Visual Art .......................................................................................... 6

Music ................................................................................................ 6

PART B - Compulsory Curriculum Overview

English .............................................................................................. 7

Mathematics ..................................................................................... 8

Science ............................................................................................. 9

Health and Physical Education ....................................................... 10

Humanities ...................................................................................... 11

Literacy, Numeracy and Wellbeing ................................................. 12

Additional School Programs ........................................................... 13

Year 9 Subject Information 3

PART A - Elective Strands

Subject Design Technology Food and fibre production

Subject Description

Year 9 students will complete a semester long course covering Horticulture and Agriculture.

Under a “Paddock to Plate” course, students will study a combination of horticultural and animal sciences with an element of agribusiness included.

Students will be learning the fundamentals of running their own business by growing and propagating various plants and animals for market. This course is of a mainly practical nature which covers business concepts as well as plant and animal sciences.

There will be hands on experience with animals and various tools in a farm environment.

Assessment Assessment Instruments could include: Portfolios, assignments, theory exams, oral presentations, practical projects

Next Subject Year 10 Rural Operations Preparation

Home Learning

Home learning is given when required.

Students are encouraged and expected to see the teacher for individual assistance if they have trouble with their home learning.

If home learning is unable to be completed due to unforeseen circumstances a signed and dated note should be sent to the teacher.

Subject Design Technology Food Specialisation

Subject Description

Home economics provides a balance between theoretical understandings and practical skills in food studies, textile studies and living environments.

The course is intended to develop students’ abilities to communicate, manage resources and design and create solutions to practical problems.

Students are required to participate in all practical lessons and are responsible for providing and organising their ingredients and textile materials.

The areas of study may include:

Basic Cookery Nutrition through the life cycle Main Meals Smart Choices Patchwork Textile Embellishments and Designs Introduction to Sewing Upcycling Hospitality

Assessment Assessment Instruments could include:

Portfolios, assignments, theory exams, oral presentations, practical projects

Next Subject Preparation for Hospitality practices, Preparation for Food and Nutrition

Home Learning

Home learning is given when required.

Students are encouraged and expected to see the teacher for individual assistance if they have trouble with their home learning.

If home learning is unable to be completed due to unforeseen circumstances a signed and dated note should be sent to the teacher.


Subject Design Technology Materials and technologies specialisation

Subject Description

Technology education plays a vital role in preparing students to appropriately respond to technical advances and to shape technological futures. It provides the means to extend human capabilities to solve problems and to improve the human condition.

Students are challenged to extend their technological literacy when they:

design technology solutions (products, processes and services) use resources (information, materials and systems) manage technological processes (efficiently, appropriately and safely) evaluate the appropriateness of solutions (aesthetic, cultural, economic,

environmental, ethical, sustainable, functional and social).

The areas of study may include:

Design and Technology

Assessment Assessment Instruments could include: Portfolios, assignments, theory exams, oral presentations, practical

projects

Next Subject Preparation for Engineering skills, Preparation for Building and Construction, Preparation for Industrial Graphics Studies.

Home Learning

Home learning is given when required. Home learning is to be completed by the due date.

Students are encouraged and expected to see the teacher for individual assistance if they have trouble with their home learning. This is done in out of class time ie before school or during the breaks.

Subject Digital Technology

Subject Description

Learning in Digital Technologies focuses on further developing understanding and skills in computational thinking such as precisely and accurately describing problems and the use of modular approaches to solutions. It also focuses on engaging students with specialised learning in preparation for vocational training or learning in the senior secondary years.

Students are challenged to extend their technological literacy when they:

Design the user experience of a digital system by evaluating alternative designs against criteria including functionality, accessibility, usability, and aesthetics.

Implement modular programs, applying selected algorithms and data structures including using an object-oriented programming language.

Evaluate critically how student solutions and existing information systems and policies, take account of future risks and sustainability and provide opportunities for innovation and enterprise

Assessment Assessment Instruments could include: Portfolios, assignments, theory exams, oral presentations, practical

projects

Next Subject Preparation for Engineering skills, Preparation for Building and Construction, Preparation for Industrial Graphics Studies, Food and Nutrition

Home Learning

Home learning is given when required. Home learning is to be completed by the due date.

Students are encouraged and expected to see the teacher for individual assistance if they have trouble with their home learning. This is done in out of class time ie before school or during the breaks.

PLEASE NOTE: These subjects may not run dependent on class sizes, and the school’s available physical and human resources.


Subject Drama (Elective)

Subject Description

Students will use their creativity, imagination and senses to express ideas across a range of social, cultural, historical, technological and economic contexts. They will enhance their aesthetic understandings of arts elements and languages. Students will also create their own works and present and respond to their own and others’ works.

Students are assessed under the following criteria for each strand:

Creating

Presenting

Responding Students will also apply the same skills across the strands: - making decisions about arts elements in relation to specific styles

or purposes - creating arts works - using interpretative and technical skills to modify and refine

works - identifying risks and applying safe practices, reflecting on

learning, apply new understandings and justify future applications.

Assessment

Production Design Folio

Written response to live performance

Scripted Performance to live audience - Preps

Cost An additional fee for compulsory drama performances

Next Subject Drama

Home Learning As required but always including self-study of day’s lesson. Expectations to learn scripts and work on assignments in home time.

Subject Media Studies (Elective)

Subject Description



Creating

Presenting

Responding Students will also apply the same skills across the strands: - making decisions about arts elements in relation to specific styles

or purposes - creating arts works - using interpretative and technical skills to modify and refine

works - identifying risks and applying safe practices, reflecting on

learning, apply new understandings and justify future applications.

Assessment Documentary recorded and edited

Written Analysis

Next Subject Media Studies

Home Learning As required but always including self-study of day’s lesson.


Subject Visual Art (Elective)

Subject Description

Students will use their creativity, imagination and senses to express ideas across a range of social, cultural, historical, technological and economic contexts. They will enhance their aesthetic understandings of arts elements and languages. Students will also create their own works and present and respond to their own and others’ arts works.

Students are assessed under the following criteria:

Presenting

Responding

Students will also apply the same skills across the strands: - making decisions about arts elements in relation to specific styles or

purposes, - creating arts works, - using interpretative and technical skills to modify and refine works, - identifying risks and applying safe practices, reflecting on learning,

apply new understandings and justify future applications.

Assessment Practical Folio and submission of Visual Diary. Written Theory Task.

Next Subject Introduction to Visual Art

Home Learning

As required. Study and revision of the day’s lesson. Regular visual diary activities and assignment work.

PLEASE NOTE: These subjects may not run dependent on class sizes, and the school’s

available physical and human resources.

Subject Music (Elective)

Subject Description



Knowing and Understanding

Creating

Presenting

Responding Students will also apply the same skills across the strands: - making decisions about arts elements in relation to specific styles or

purposes, - creating arts works - using interpretative and technical skills to modify and refine works, - identifying risks and applying safe practices, reflecting on learning,

apply new understandings and justify future applications.

Assessment

Assessment may include: Musical Performance Analysis Assignment Composition

Next Subject: Music

Home Learning

As required and own reflection. Students are expected to learn/practice music and work on assessment at home.


PART B - Compulsory Curriculum Overview

Subject English

Subject Description

Year 9 covers a range of modes used in communication: listening, reading, viewing, speaking, writing and creating. In Semester One students develop their communication skills by reading a drama script and demonstrate their knowledge of character construction through the play 12 Angry Men. Students use their script writing skills to present a character’s point of view regarding an event in the play. Student then move into a study of News Media and the techniques used by producers to position audiences. They compare two news media items examining how the event/person has been portrayed.

In Semester Two students further their study of narratives by studying a range of speculative fiction stories and hyrbrid elements.. They also create their own hybrid speculative fiction short story. Finally students read Worldshaker by Richard Harland. They demonstrate their understanding of how authors use language and text structures in their own book review. Students then perform a dramatic monologue that fills a gap within the novel to illustrate their understanding of character.

Year 9 English students may apply to be in the Accelerated Curriculum Enrichment Programme, which includes studying ACE Science and Maths. Students in the ACE programme will study concepts at a quicker pace and a greater depth to develop a deeper understanding of texts. They will further their core learning and apply these skills to more complex texts or higher order thinking activities.

All Year 9 English students will cover the same core concepts, study the same texts and sit the same assessment tasks. ACE students will apply additional skills or consolidate their skills in extension activities.

Unit 1 – Drama Text – 12 Angry Men

Unit 2 – News Media

Unit 3 – Speculative Fiction – Short Stories – Hybrid Writing

Unit 4 – Novel Study – Worldshaker by Richard Harland

Unit 5 – Dramatic Monologue Character

Assessment

Assessment may include:

Exams

Assignments

Spoken presentations/performances

Next Subject English

Home Learning

Regular home learning activities will be given to students as directed by their classroom teacher. Students are encouraged to read each evening. Where novels are the focus for a unit, these need to be read both at school and home. Once assessment tasks have been distributed, it is expected students work on these at home to be ready for monitoring and due dates.


Subject Mathematics

Subject Description

All Year 9 Maths students will cover the same core concepts, sit similar assessment tasks and be graded using the same standards.

At Biloela State High School students are studying the Australian Curriculum in mathematics. It will allow students to become self-motivated, confident learners through inquiry and active participation in challenging and engaging experiences. Ultimately, mathematics is about thinking and problem solving, and being able to communicate and justify decisions.

In Year 9, students will apply a variety of mathematical concepts in real-life, life-like and purely mathematical situations. Topics they will study include: - Direct proportion, analytical geometry and trigonometry - Index laws, simple interest and the distributive law - Surface area, volume and algebraic expansions - Pythagoras’ theorem - Statistics - Probability - Trigonometry including the sine, cosine and tangent ratios - Solving algebraic, numeric and geometric problems

Year 9 Mathematics students may also apply to be in the Accelerated Curriculum Enrichment program, ACE, which includes English and Science. Students in the ACE Maths program will focus on the skills of problem solving, higher order thinking and reasoning to develop a greater depth of understanding of mathematical concepts. They should also participate in the Australian Mathematics Competition, ICAS, and extra-curricular Mathematics projects and initiatives.

Assessment

Assessment may include: - Exams - Assignment - Group work - Practical Activities - Investigations

Next Subject Year 10 Mathematics OR Year 10 Extension Mathematics.

Home Learning

Students will receive a variety of work to be taken home for completion, including revision tasks from class work and assignment work. There will be opportunities for students to engage in enriching activities that require both learning of basic facts and problem solving.


Subject Science

Subject Description

All Year 9 Science students will cover the same core concepts, sit similar assessment tasks and be graded using the same standards.

In Year 9, students consider the operation of systems at a range of scales. They explore ways in which the human body as a system responds to its external environment and the interdependencies between biotic and abiotic components of ecosystems. They are introduced to the notion of the atom as a system of protons, electrons and neutrons, and how this system can change through nuclear decay. They learn that matter can be rearranged through chemical change and that these changes play an important role in many systems. They are introduced to the concept of the conservation of matter and begin to develop a more sophisticated view of energy transfer. They begin to apply their understanding of energy and forces to global systems such as continental movement.

Year 9 Science students may apply to be in the Accelerated Curriculum Enrichment program, which includes studying ACE English and Maths. Students in the ACE program will study concepts at a quicker pace and a greater depth to develop a deeper understanding.

Units include:

Physics unit 1: Energy on the move

unit 2: Making waves

Earth & Environmental Science

unit 3: It’s Elementary

unit 4: Changing Earth

Biology

unit 5: My life in balance

unit 6: Responding to change

Chemistry

unit 7: Chemical patterns

unit 8: Heat and eat

Assessment

written exams

research task with scientific report

experimental investigation with scientific report

Home Learning

Home learning is set in most lessons and is to be recorded in the student diary. These diaries must be brought to every class.

If set home learning is not provided for any one night, students should take the opportunity to use this time for reading, revision and study of concepts that have been covered in class.


Subject Health and Physical Education

Subject Description

Term 1 – Respectful Relationships and Netball Students will identify factors that contribute to sustainable health and examine influences that impact their ability to make good decisions. They will plan a response that promotes community health and addresses an identified sustainable health concern.

Term 2 – Personal, social and community health and Batting & Fielding Students will identify factors that contribute to healthy, respectful relationships and how these impact on decision making.

Term 3 – My social responsibility and Training Programs

Students explore public health and advertising campaigns to

determine effectiveness on adolescent choices about using

alcohol and other drugs. Students will examine stereotypes

surrounding adolescent alcohol and drug use and investigate

information about alcohol including laws. They will examine

scenarios and use a decision making process to make smart

choices in regards to alcohol. Students propose and evaluate

an intervention to improve fitness and physical activity levels

in their community.

Term 4 – Active Aussies and Volleyball Students examine the role physical activity has played historically in defining cultural identity. Propose a response to increase participation in physical activity and the effectiveness in the 21st century including choices and access to resources. They will examine scenarios and use a decision making process to make smart choices in regards to physical activity. Students will participate in Volleyball and study tactics and strategies to achieve team goals.

Assessment

Term 1 Sexual Health Exam Physical performance – Netball Term 2 Sustainable health concept persuasive oral Physical performance – Batting & Fielding Term 3 Alcohol and the community letter to the editor assignment Physical performance – Training Programs Term 4 Participation in physical activity brochure assignment Physical Performance – Volleyball

Next Subject 10 HPE or 10 Fitness Preparation

Home Learning Revision and home learning activities as required. Assignment work needs to be planned and worked on at home.


Subject Humanities

Subject Description

The students will study History in semester 1 and Geography in semester 2.

History Units

Industrial Revolution

Making a Nation

World War 1

Geography Units

Biomes and Food security

Geographies of Interconnections

The course will also develop a range of skills in students essential to implement the inquiry process and communicate their findings effectively. These skills include developing focus questions, evaluating a range of sources and constructing a thoughtful and supported hypothesis.

Assessment

A range of assessment techniques will be implemented throughout the course. This may include:

Short response exams

Research essays

Orals/seminars

Essay exams etc

Next Subject In the senior school 10, 11 and 12, students will have the opportunity to select Geography, Ancient History, Modern History, Economics or Legal Studies as specialised subjects.

Home Learning

Written home learning may not be given for every lesson, however, it is expected that revision of in-class concepts and activities occurs after each lesson to consolidate learning. Once assessment tasks have been distributed, it is expected students work on these, consistently, at home to be ready for monitoring and due dates.


Subject Literacy

Subject Description

All students in Year 7 will have a 70 min lesson per week to consolidate skills around core literacy concepts and skills of writing, reading and Australian spelling, grammar and punctuation.

In Semester One students focus on writing skills, this includes genre (narrative and persuasive) as well as grammar and punctuation. This focus areas are developed by addressing cohort weaknesses.

In Semester Two students develop their reading and comprehension ability as well as their spelling skills.

Regular monitoring of student mastery of concepts and application of skills is conducted to track student progress and areas for future development.

Assessment Students will engage in a range of short mini quizzes to track progress. In some cases they will complete a more extended assessment to assess student ability levels.

Home Learning Writing tasks and reading tasks can be given by classroom teachers on a weekly basis.

Subject Numeracy

Subject Description

Students revise core numeracy concepts and skills based on requirements outlined in the Australian Curriculum. The key ideas for Numeracy are organised into six interrelated elements in the learning continuum, as listed below:

Using Measurement

Estimating and calculating with whole numbers

Recognising and using patterns and relationships

Using fractions, decimals, percentages, ratios and rates

Using spatial reasoning

Interpreting statistical information

Regular monitoring of student mastery of concepts and application of skills is conducted to track student progress and areas for future development.

Assessment Students will engage in a range of short mini quizzes to track progress. In some cases they will complete a more extended assessment to assess student ability levels.

Home Learning Students may be issued weekly exercises and homework to complete as a part of the course of study to consolidate learning in class.

Subject Well Being

Subject Description

Students will have 70 min per week to engage in a range of activities to help acclimatise to high school and work through skills and concepts suited to their adolescent age of development.

Junior Secondary wellbeing topics and activities are organised around 4 areas: self-management, social-awareness, self-awareness and social management. The program evolves to suit the needs of the students. Possible topics are listed below:

1. Self Management- Time management, healthy sleep patterns, Living in balance etc

2. Social Awareness- Recycling, emotional literacy, bullying, conflict resolution etc

3. Self awareness- Hidden emotions, body language, + and – friendships, friendship skills

4. Social Management- art of an apology, decision making, team work etc

Assessment Students will be reported on for their level of engagement and participation in the subject.

Home Learning Students may be set weekly tasks to come home and discuss or share concepts covered in class.


Special Education Information Identified students are able to follow various pathways depending on their individual needs. Most students will be fully included in high school classes, students who are working on a different curriculum level will have an Individual Curriculum Plan (ICP), these plans provide for individual learning goals for students and are signed off by parents. Currently these plans only cover the learning areas of English, Maths and Science. All students access and are taught the Australian Curriculum. Identified students follow pathways based on individual needs. Students working on an Individual Curriculum Plan (ICP), will have plans written to individual learning goals and are signed off by parents. We currently do ICPs for English and Maths. We have Intensive support classes for English and Maths for students who are on an ICP pathway. All students access and are taught the Australian Curriculum. Identified students are allocated available teacher aide support in the mainstream classes, with safety being given highest priority. Teacher aides may provide support to the students by acting as a scribe, reader or note taker, especially during assessment times. Teacher aide support is allocated to a variety of classes. Teacher aides may also support students by acting as an exam reader, scribe or note taker. Students are assigned case managers who are responsible for liaising between parents, the school and specialists. They are also the point of contact for any concerns with regards to the student’s wellbeing. We encourage parents to join us in ensuring quality two way communication between home and school. Verified students are assigned a case manager who is responsible for liaising between parents, the school and specialists. They are also a point of contact for any concerns regarding the student’s wellbeing. We strongly encourage parents to join us in ensuring quality two way communication between school and home.

Support Programs Learning Support Program Support is managed utilising the Whole School Intervention Model whereby students who are identified as underachieving are supported through a layered approach. This entails starting at the grass roots level with professional development for staff to ensure quality teaching and learning happening in our classrooms, to targeted teaching of concepts, to withdrawal programs for students well below grade level.


Accelerated Curriculum Enrichment (ACE) Program in English, Mathematics and Science

Biloela State High School offers the ACE (Accelerated Curriculum Enrichment) program in English, Maths and Science as a part of our junior secondary curriculum.

This program forms a unique part of the curriculum on offer to students in years 7-9 and complements the Australian Curriculum by offering extension and challenging activities for students who apply and are deemed eligible for the course.

The distinctive learning opportunities offered as part of the ACE program are designed to engage students in challenging and purposeful learning environments.

Biloela State High School is proud of the high academic calibre of its students. The ACE Program is aimed to develop their higher order, creative and lateral thinking, pace, complexity of challenge, appropriate degrees of independence and the development of the whole student. ACE students will be interested in developing their skills to a very high standard.

To be successful in the program students will need to be:

highly motivated

able to commit to independent work All students are invited to apply to be a part of the ACE program. Students must answer a selection criteria and complete an application package.

Successful students will demonstrate:

consistently high grades participation in designated extra-curricular activities

commitment to the program

Gifted Education Program

Biloela State High is committed to an education program that recognizes individual student differences. Embodied in this commitment is a responsibility to Gifted and Talented (G&T) students to help them maximize their high potential.

Opportunities for higher order thinking are embedded throughout the curriculum, and further enriched through the various school and regional extra-curricular subject competitions and events such as ICAS, Opti-minds and Brain Bee. As well, students have the option in their senior years to extend their learning through University or TAFE offerings.

Indigenous Support Program

Biloela State High is committed to the needs and concerns of our Indigenous students and their families. To support these students, a teacher aide is on staff to work with indigenous students in and out of the classroom. The teacher aide supports the students by ensuring they complete their assignments, exams and class work.

As well, our school is a member of the Biloela Indigenous Education Group which has been involved in organising health checks, the annual NAIDOC week activities, TAFE based courses and community projects for the Indigenous community. This group also brings the indigenous students, parents and school staff together through community events.


Instrumental Music Program

The Instrumental Music Program at Biloela State High School offers weekly tuition in Woodwind, Brass, Bass Guitar and Percussion instruments. Students have a group lesson and one band rehearsal each week. Acoustic Guitar, Piano and Strings are not available for individual lessons as part of this program.

All students will be a member of either the Senior Concert Band or the Intermediate Band. Students interested in the jazz idiom will also be able to be a member of the Stage Band. All bands perform at many local community events and the Senior Band may take part in Education Queensland’s band Festival ‘Fanfare’ and the Australian Academy of Music Band Festival in Brisbane.

Students pay an annual levy and occasionally need to contribute towards costs of competing in Festivals and trips when required.

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