Students in Year 9 and 10 can elect to study the following subjects:
- Visual Arts
- Music
- Drama (film and televison)
Visual Arts
The Visual Arts course encourages student's to work with a range of media to develop artworks that communicate ideas and feelings on a range of themes and issues. It looks at possible meanings of other artists' works and investigates the contribution which artists make to society.
The students learn about:
- other living things
- printmaking techniques
- places and spaces
- digital photography
- photoshop
- painting techniques
- composition.
The students learn through:
- practical media such as clay, computer, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design and photography
- excursions.
Music
The aim of the course is to foster an enjoyment of music through listening, composing and performing on one or more instruments.
Students learn about the:
- history of music
- music of a culture
- popular music
- keyboard and guitar skills.
Students learn through:
- performing different musical instruments
- technology
- group performances.
Drama
The aim of the Drama course is:
- to develop the knowledge and skills to be able to make independent films
- to develop an understanding of how film manipulates audience
- to develop an understanding of how film changes over time reflecting a changing world.
Students learn about:
- slapstick comedy
- horror
- sporting films
- junior trop fest film festival
- sound effects
- script writing
- film editing
- introduction to special effects.
Students learn through:
- movie making and editing
- script writing
- research tasks
- viewing and criticism of film
- drama journal
- sound effects database.