Communicators

Responsible Respectful Resilient

Question: If you could choose one thing that costs money and make it free for everyone forever, what thing would you choose? Why? Justify your thinking.

Year 8 student response: An Apple! Because it needs a tree to be planted, it provides food for people, it can be juiced and provides seeds to be replanted. Therefore an apple can provide basic survival and it’s a renewable resource.

Year 92020

CONTINUING TO BUILD THE FOUNDATIONS

YEAR 9 2020

COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

ONE YEAR (TWO SEMESTER) SUBJECTS

CORE EXCITE English or English or FLIP English or Functional Literacy Skills

MATHS EXCITE Mathematics or Mathematics or FLIP Mathematics or Functional Numeracy Skills

SCIENCE EXCITE Science or Science or FLIP Science

ONE SEMESTER SUBJECTS

BAM Body and Mind HISTORY EXCITE History or History or FLIP History

ELECTIVE SUBJECTS

One Year (two semesters) One Semester

ARTS ACADEMY

ART

• DANCE

• DRAMA

• MUSIC

JAPANESE ACADEMY

E4E ACADEMY

SPORTS ACADEMY

• AFL

• NETBALL

• SOCCER

• TRACK & FIELD

• TOUCH

BUSINESS STUDIES

DANCE

DESIGN (GRAPHICS)

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

DRAMA

HOME ECONOMICS - FASHION STUDIES

HOME ECONOMICS - FOOD STUDIES

GEOGRAPHY

INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

JAPANESE

MEDIA ARTS IN PRACTICE

MUSIC

RECREATION & FITNESS

VISUAL ART

Students

choose

4 x Semesters

YEAR 9 2020

Some rules for Academy

If I am not in an Academy, can I just choose it on my subject selection for next year?

Answer - No. You must go see the Academy Director to find out how to be considered for an Academy in 2020. You must be approved through the Academy application process to be allowed to select it.

FAQ

• What am I good at?• What do I enjoy doing?• What were my best subjects in Year 7 & 8?

Choose very carefully…

At Helensvale State High School, we design our timetable AFTER students have chosen their subjects. Subject changes are therefore not always possible and are only permitted at certain times.

How do I choose?

X My friend is taking that subject.

X I do/don’t really like the teacher.

X Someone told me that the subject is fun (or easy).

X Someone told me that the subject is boring.

DO NOT choose your subjects for the following reasons:

How to access the subject selection

book

From the home page select Curriculum menu, then Subjects and programs

At this page, click on the appropriate Subject Selection Book(Current 2019 ones will soon be replaced with 2020 version)

Subject selection completed online

via student’s

My Education Plan

How to enter my subject preferences

• Students will be shown how to lodge their chosen subjects through an online submission.

• These instructions will also be on our website for parents and students to explore together.

On the same page as before, click on SETP/Subject Selection

This link is also available from your Intranet home page and school desktop on campus.

Then click on My Education Plan

1. Click on the Subject Selection tab; 2. And then Click here to select a new model.

Complete your subject selection, following the rules in your Subject Selection Handbook, which also are summarised here. Be sure to click SAVE at the bottom of the form!

At the bottom of this page, you can reorder your electives in preference order

PRINTING YOUR COMPLETED SUBJECT SELECTION

From the Available Reports/Letters drop down menu, choose Subject Selection

Click Return to Subject Selection

Save this document to your computer/other device.

Print it – sign it –have your parent/carer sign it.

Seeking Help

• Teachers• Head of Department• Futures Teacher• Guidance Office• Academy Directors• Deputy Principal – Junior Secondary

Access to Subject Selection willcommence on 9 August

Signed printout of subject selection form is dueback to your English teacher by no later than

TIMELINES

23 August.

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