Curriculum Information Evening
Year 10, 2016
Mrs Kimberly Eyre
Secondary Curriculum Manager
2015
Why Study The Arts
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Studies have shown that study in the Arts
strengthens academic performance—for example,
Music assists with word decoding and phonological
skills.
Dance improves visual-spatial skills as well as the
physical benefits.
Drama education strengthens verbal skills and
social skills.
Visual Art allows students to explore and build upon
their imagination, broaden their perspective and
helps with critical thinking.
Year 10
The Arts
Dance Drama Media Music Visual Art
The Arts
Year 10 Electives
Dance
This subject acknowledges the relationship
between practical and theoretical aspects of dance
– the making and performing of movement and
appreciation of its meaning.
The Arts
Drama
An exciting and invigorating subject packed with
variety, excitement, focus and discipline with a
balance of Practical and Theory.
Provides a solid
foundation for Year 11
Drama, which prepares
students for either TAFE
or university entry level.
The Arts
Year 10
Media
In Year 10, students explore and recognise a
range of media concepts, creating a variety of
media products. The Year 10 subject prepares
students for either TAFE or university entry
courses in Year 11,
ensuring a solid
foundation in practical and
theoretical Media concepts.
The Arts
Music
Year 10 Music students will expand their practical
music skills through rehearsal and performance.
The subject will provide essential knowledge and
skills for further study into Year 11 and Year 12.
The Arts
Visual Arts
The Year 10 subject builds on a basic platform
from skills learnt in Year 9. Students are exposed
to painting,
ceramics, graphics,
printmaking, drawing,
sculpture, mixed
media and theoretical
concepts.
Technologies
Computing
To understand the fundamental principles of the nature
of working with Digital Technologies.
Design and Technology
Students will develop skills working with various types
of materials such as metals, plastic and wood.
Students will also engage in Technical Graphics
(manual and computer based).
Technologies
Design & Engineering
This subject facilitates an understanding of how
design, systems and mechanisms work. Students
develop a strong knowledge base of both Design
and Engineering in one subject.
Textiles, Children, Family and Community
Design and make textile projects and explore the
development of children and family.
Foods
Food technology is a practical course covering
preparation and cooking skills needed to design
and prepare meals.
Students will learn
about nutrition and
food commodities
as well as the hospitality
industry.
WACE
Western Australian Certificate of Education
• Students in Year 10, 2016 will complete the
WACE under a new set of requirements that
began with Year 10 2015
• Students will be required to sit and pass an
online Literacy and Numeracy test to achieve a
WACE
• Also required, either achieve an ATAR or
complete a minimum of a Cert II in addition to
meeting the general requirements for the
certificate
Subjects in 2016
• Year 10s, 2016 will choose their subjects for
Year 11 (2017) from the new set of Senior
Secondary courses under the Australian
Curriculum (West Australian Curriculum)
• At LJBC, subjects in Lower Secondary are
designed to prepare students for the new
Australian Curriculum aligned suite of Year 11
and Year 12 courses for the WACE in 2016
The Curriculum team
Dean of Studies
Penny Houghton
Secondary Curriculum Manager
Kimberly Eyre
Learning Technologies Manager and Secondary
Curriculum Administration
Head of Learning Area – Technologies and
Secondary Curriculum Administration
Limpie van Aswegen
Daniel Theunissen
Heads of Learning
The Arts
Tracy Pender
Careers Department
Lynton Smith
Christian Education
Talita van Tonder
English
Jane Ward
Health & Physical Education
Casey Ellery
Humanities
Ryan Verge
Languages
Catherine Campbell
Library
Stephen Sampson
Learning enhancement
Sonja van Aswegen
Mathematics
Lynne Smith
Science
Peter Wong
Technologies
Daniel Theunissen
All Curriculum information is available in the 2016
Year 10 Subject handbook which is located on the
College website at
http://www.ljbc.wa.edu.au