Year 7 & 8 Offerings
The Aquinas College Middle School Curriculum provides for quality learning through prioritising the delivery of the Australian Curriculum. All learners are encouraged to grow through the seven general capabilities:
| Critical and Creative Thinking
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| Digital literacy
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| | Ethical understanding
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| | Literacy
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| | Numeracy
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| | Personal and social capability
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Learners in Year 7 and 8 are provided with a broad experience of the core requirements of the Australian Curriculum.
In Years 7 and 8, students are allocated to a core class, as well as having the opportunity to complete a range of elective subjects.
Religious Education
| Humanities & Social Sciences |
English
| Health and Physical Education |
Mathematics
| Science
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Japanese
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In Years 7 and 8, students will rotate through the following Arts and Technologies subjects, completing two per semester:
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Design and Technology Engineering
| Drama
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Design and Technology Materials
| Visual Art
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Design and Techology Food Specialisations
| Media
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Year 9 Offerings
During the last year in the Middle Years, Year 9 students are given the opportunity to choose electives and begin the transition into the senior phase of learning. It is important that students begin to recognise the subjects that they achieve well in and will guide their future learning pathway. Students are allocated a core class and study elective subjects across the year.
Religious Education
| History for one semester only |
English
| Health and Physical Education for one semester only |
Mathematics
| Science
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Students also study 5 elective subjects across the year, with two to be studied one semester and three in the other. Class offerings are organised through prioritising student preferences, these subjects include:
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Civics and Citizenship
| Geography
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Dance
| Japanese
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Design and Technologies Textiles
| Media Arts
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Design and Technologies Food Specialisations
| Music
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Design and Technologies Engineering and Materials
| lluminate Netball Excellence Program
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Design and Technologies Materials and Technologies Specialisations
| Illuminate Rugby League Excellence Program
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Digital Technologies
| STEM
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Economics and Business
| Visual Arts
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