Proposed+Year+9+Curriculum+Structure

MIRBOO NORTH SECONDARY COLLEGE YEAR 9 PHILOSOPHY The major focus of the community connections program is real life learning. The main aim of community connections is getting students out of the classroom, engaging and challenging themselves and making connections with an area of their interest and with the wider community. Potential benefits that the community program will address include fostering a stronger sense of school connectedness and addressing attendance issues. The curriculum has to engage the year 9 students physically, academically and metacognitively. Overall, the community programme aims to transfer and extend student learning beyond the walls of the classroom.

Key areas of focus include: - Problem solving - Team work - Responsibility - Communication - Initiative - Self- management

At the completion of Year 9, students will have successfully completed the Bronze level of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award which includes the areas of Service, Skill, Personal Recreation, and Adventurous Journey.

//YEAR 9 DRAFT CURRICULUM STRUCTURE// Year 9 students study the core units of English, Maths and Community Connections. Year 9 students also have have an option of choosing from elective subjects.