Elective Selection Rules
The school year is divided into two semesters. Each semester students will do two elective subjects which will run for three periods per week. Over the year students complete four elective subjects. From those four electives students must choose at least one from each of the following areas:
| Learning Area |
Unit Name |
| Arts |
3 Dimensional Art and Ceramics |
| Collage and Printmaking |
| Guitar |
| Keyboard |
| Painting and Drawing |
| Design |
| LOTE |
Australian Sign Language |
| Japanese - My Family and Me |
| Japanese - My Friends and me |
| Technology |
Breezy Boxers and Hip Hats |
| Computer Aided Design |
| Containers and Toys |
| Electronic Games |
| Twenty-first Century Skills |
| Working with sheetmatal |
| Home Eco |
Foods |
The fourth elective can be from any of the above areas or the students can choose Home Eco as their fourth elective.
Students who have lived in Australia for five years or less and speak English as a Second Language must choose ESL as an elective in both semesters.
Year 8 provides students with a great opportunity to explore some new areas of learning and discover more about themselves as successful learners. Students will be given some choice of subjects they will do each semester and they will participate in the Personalised Learning Program, which will be delivered in Term length units and will include content across the VELS.
