YEAR 7 CURRICULUM

 

 

All lessons are of a 50 minutes duration, with 60 lessons in each two week cycle.

 

The expected program of study is as follows:

 

SUBJECTS STUDIED:

 

English                                    9 lessons per cycle

Mathematics                          9 lessons per cycle

Science                                   9 lessons per cycle

Geography and History            6 lessons per cycle (1 semester of each)

Language                                6 lessons per cycle

Design and Technology            7 lessons per cycle

Music                                      3 lessons per cycle

PD/H/PE                                5 lessons per cycle

Integrated Sport              4 lessons per cycle

Religious Education                   2 lessons per cycle

 

ORGANISATION OF CLASSES

 

Year 7 classes have been established by the School Counsellor, following assessment, testing and consultation with the Principals and teachers at each of the local Public Schools. There are seven classes planned for Year 7 in 2001, with the classes divided into four bands. As in previous years, each of the first three bands will have two parallel classes in each band, whilst the fourth band will have only one class. The classes will be known as:

 

Band	Class/es
Band 1	7.1 and 7.A
Band 2	7.2 and 7.B
Band 3	7.3 and 7.C
Band 4	7.4

 

Students will be in the same class for all subjects except Design and Technology. Due to the practical nature of this course, smaller class sizes are required and these are created by taking two class groups and dividing them into three smaller class groups for each Design and Technology lesson.