CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

The Year 9 program offered by Hillcrest Christian College is designed to comply with the National and State educational standards in the form of the Australian Curriculum. We recognise and implement throughout our program what the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) and the College agree are “Essential Learning”. This is implemented at the College through a curriculum that has both core and elective components.

 

The Core Program

 

English, Mathematics, Science, Humanities (Civics and Citizenship, Geography, History), Health and Physical Education and Wellbeing form the Core program.

 

The Elective Program

 

At Year 9 level students are encouraged to expand their horizons and to explore a range of subject options, putting together a learning plan that best suits their needs.  It would be a mistake to specialise too early – the time for specialisation is in the VCE years.

 

Students will complete one elective subject from two blocks in each semester. To enable classes to be arranged, students are required to select eight preferences and the blockings will be arranged from these preferences. We will endeavour to give students their first preferences; however, constraints such as class size mean that this is not always possible.