Middle School

At Ignatius Park College, students in Years 7 to 10 undertake a program of study to prepare them with the knowledge, understanding and skills needed for work and life in the 21st Century. The Middle School curriculum program is fully aligned to the requirements of the Australian Curriculum and, as such, content  includes both knowledge and skills. These are defined by discipline-based key learning areas as well as the general capabilities and cross-curriculum priorities which are transferrable across all disciplines.

Students study the Key Learning Areas of:

• Religious Education
• English
• Mathematics
• Science
• Humanities and Social Sciences
• Health and Physical Education
• The Arts
• Technologies
• Languages

 The general capabilities are addressed in each of these Key Learning Areas and this curriculum plan maps how and when these are embedded, to ensure there are multiple opportunities across all subjects and all year levels. “In the Australian Curriculum, capability encompasses knowledge, skills, behaviours and dispositions. Students develop capability when they apply knowledge and skills confidently, effectively and appropriately in complex and changing circumstances, in their learning at school and in their lives outside school”. (ACARA, 2016).

 The Australian Curriculum also includes cross-curriculum priorities. These have been drawn from the Melbourne Declaration which identified three key areas to be addressed. These are not taught as subjects alone but again embedded in the disciplines. The three priorities are: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures, Asia and Australia’s Engagement with Asia and Sustainability.

 Years 7 and 8

Students in Years 7 and 8 are required to undertake six core subjects per semester for Religious Education, English, Mathematics, Science, Humanities & Social Sciences and Health and Physical Education.

 Students will then rotate through the various electives we offer. Students will undertake two different electives per term over the course of the two years.

 Please refer to the below table which outlines the subjects we have on offer.

Year 9

Students in Year 9 are required to undertake six core subjects per semester for Religious Education, English, Mathematics, Science, Humanities & Social Sciences and Health & Physical Education.

 Students will then choose two electives per semester over for the year. Some courses will only run for one semester, so please read the detailed information regarding each subject for further information.

 Please refer to the below table which outlines the subjects we have on offer. 

Year 10

Students in Year 10 are required to choose five core subjects per semester for Religious Education, English, Mathematics, Science and Health & Physical Education and will be a full-year course.

Students will then also need to select three elective subjects per semester and the students must select Modern History in at least one of the semesters. Some courses will only run for one semester, so please read the detailed information regarding each subject for further information. Important note: These subjects will be grouped into ‘Elective Lines’ for students to choose from, however, this does not occur until just before subject selections. The below electives table is simply a list of the subjects that will be on offer.

Please refer to the below table which outlines the subjects we have on offer.

For more information about the subjects on offer, please refer to the Curriculum Handbook available for download below.  

Core Subjects

Electives