Year 9 2025 Electives Handbook

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YEAR 9 2025 ELECTIVES

HANDBOOK

Pakenham

Secondary

College

Introduction

Acknowledgement of Country

Table of Contents

Introduction

Year 9 Timetable Structure 2025

Duke of Edinburgh Award

Duke of Edinburgh

English

Literature

Language

French

Humanities

Business: Money makes the world

go round

Geography: Globetrotters

History: Enlightenment, Revolution

and Empire (1750-1914)

The Arts

Art

Digital Art & Design

Photography

Drama

Music

Technology

Fashion and Product Design

Food Studies

Digital Technologies

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Science

Body and Mind: The Science of

Biology & Psychology

STEAM Explorations

Sport Science

Health & Physical Education

World of Sport

Active for Life

Power Up

Team Sports

Wood Technology and Product

Design

Pakenham Secondary College recognises the Boonwurrung and Wurundjeri tribes as

the original inhabitants of the Cardinia region. The College respects Aboriginal sacred

sites, special places and objects, and fully supports the reconciliation process.

Acknowledgement of Country

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Depending on the program, you will be able to choose electives from any Key Learning

Area. Please refer to the Year 9 Timetable Structure on Page 4 for the details.

Please note: Students who wish to study languages (French) must select this. It will be done

across the year for two periods per week. This will impact on elective time.

Costs associated with each elective are stated in the subject description included in this

booklet.

Introduction

Year 9 Timetable Structure 2025

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Year 9 Mainstream

Year 9 Enhancement

Year 9

Applied Learning

English

10 periods

Applied Literacy

7 periods

English

10 periods

Mathematics

10 periods

Science 6 periods

(full year)

Humanities 6 periods

(full year)

Health/P.E.

2 periods

Life Skills

4 periods

2 Electives per Semester

4 Electives in total

1 compulsory from

Art/Technology and

1 compulsory from P.E.

Applied Numeracy

7 periods

Applied Science

4 periods

Applied Humanities

4 periods

Applied Health 2 periods

(Health only)

Plus a minimum 1

compulsory P.E. Elective

must be chosen

Hands on Learning

10 periods

Mathematics

10 periods

Science 6 periods

(1 semester)

Humanities 6 periods

(1 semester)

Health/P.E. 2 periods

(Health only)

Plus a minimum 1

compulsory P.E. Elective

must be chosen

3 Electives per Semester

6 Electives in total

1 compulsory from

Art/Technology and

1 compulsory from P.E.

The other 4 Electives

can be from any

of the Key Learning Areas

Electives they choose

2 Electives per Semester

4 Electives in total

1 compulsory from

Art/Technology and

1 compulsory from P.E.

The other 4 Electives

can be from any

of the Key Learning

Area Electives they choose

Life Skills

4 periods

Applied Life Skills

4 periods

ENGLISH

Year 9 Elective - Literature

Course Description

Cinema Excursion

·State Library

·ACMI

·Melbourne Museum

·Guest Speakers

Potential Incursion/Excursion Opportunities

$25 (approximately, for excursions)

Subject Cost

VCE Literature

Link to VCE/VET Subjects

Mr Russell Bennett

Contact Person

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Combining the best of teenage-orientated

science fiction, Science Fiction Literature has

provided some of the most well-known

characters, themes, and tropes in fictional

writing.

Stories, poetry, films, and novels, (from

authors including James Phelan, George

Ivanoff and George Lucas) will introduce

students to the tropes, ideas, emotions and

interesting adventures that are inherent in

science fiction.

Students will create their own short story and / or short film in the science fiction genre.

Group Project: To create a published anthology of short stories for an authentic audience.

This elective aligns with VCE Literature and is recommended for students who are interested in

fields such as writing, creative arts, film and television production.

LANGUAGE

(FRENCH)

The Languages Pathway 2 curriculum in French focuses on the development of communication

in a variety of social and cultural contexts in both written and spoken form.

Through multi-modal immersion and modelled use of language, the teaching and learning

program will consolidate students’ existing knowledge of French grammatical conventions, then

extend upon students’ personal vocabulary and knowledge of language structures such as verb

tenses, definite and indefinite articles, along with possessive, personal, direct and indirect

pronouns. Students will read, view, or listen to a range of multi-modal texts to obtain factual

information on defined topics of interest in order to construct conversations with others or

written reflections.

Students will develop a deep understanding of the close relationships between language and

cultural conventions that recognise social norms of purpose and context in formal and informal

communication. They will gain an understanding of diverse views and beliefs within a different

cultural community as compared with their own and be able to articulate a preference, provide

information or a point of view on a given topic.

Year 9 Elective - French

Course Description

Viewing, listening, reading and

responding to French texts

Oral and written French

communication in both formal and

informal social contexts

Creative Cultural Research Folio

Writing Folio

French Immersion Incursion or

Excursion

Areas of Study

$25

Subject Cost

VCE Languages (Units 1-4)

Link to VCE/VET Subjects

Mrs Deborah Kielnhofer

Contact Person

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National Gallery

French café/crêperie

Cinema excursion

Potential Incursion/Excursion

Opportunities

HUMANITIES

Year 9 Elective - Business: Money Makes

the World Go Round

Course Description

Assessment Unit Assessments could include:

Money Makes the World Go Round is a semester length unit essentially on money. Or is it?

Students are introduced to the concept of an economy and explore economics on three levels.

Firstly, what does economics mean to me? What is a budget, credit, investments and shares?

Students look at ways to manage personal finance and how to better manage money and debt.

They explore the share market and other investments and participate in the ASX Sharemarket

game. Secondly, students look at what is involved in the Australian economy. How does the

government spend its money and where do they get it from? Students look at the role of

business in our Australian economy and, the responsibilities of social welfare. Finally, students

explore what it means for Australia to be part of the Asia region and global economy. Students

consider how we see our nation as part of the global world and how globalisation impacts our

decision making.

Research Tasks

Structured questions

Case studies

Significant Events Task

End of term tests

Subject Cost

VCE Business Management

VCE Accounting

VCE General Mathematics

VCE Vocational Major

Personal Development Skills

Literacy

Numeracy

Link to VCE/VET Subjects

Mr David Telford

Contact Person

Resources

Oxford Textbook and teacher developed resources

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