Year 10 Curriculum

The Year 10 learning program promotes a culture of learning designed to engage, excite and challenge our students as they embark on senior study in the College.

The program reflects three-year teaching and learning sequences created to best prepare all students for the rigours of Year 12 study, be that as part of the Victorian Certificate of Education [VCE] pathway or the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning [VCAL] pathway, both of which formally commence in Year 11.

Key skills and knowledge required to successfully complete both pathways have been identified to enable the Year 10 program to further improve the performance of all our students including those undertaking the more traditional academic pathway of VCE.

At Year 10, every student will complete seven units of study each semester. The units of study comprise a combination of mandated and non-mandated units. English, Mathematics, at least one semester of Science in conjunction with prescribed Physical Education is mandated for all students as is the continued study of Religious Education.

Semester examinations occur in all mandated and non-mandated subjects with the exception of Physical Education that comprises two periods of physical activity each week.

As part of the inherent flexibility in place, Year 10 students can apply to undertake accelerated VCE studies as part of their learning program. 

Ignatian Learning: Point of distinction

Ignatian education views excellence as one of its intrinsic values. However this distinguishing quality refers to not only academic excellence but excellence in everything attempted by students in Jesuit Companion schools such as Saint Ignatius College, Geelong.

The Year 10 curriculum is focused on depth as opposed to breadth of study options. It also includes a weekly class entitled, Ignatian Learning, undertaken by all students. In these classes, there is opportunity for individual and collective discernment, that offers an Ignatian lens on contemporary issues affecting all adolescents related to health, social justice, environmental and faith matters.

A focus on leadership is implicit in these classes to help develop a clearer understanding of the increased responsibility placed on students to take prime ownership of their learning and subsequent actions in all that they do in and out of the classroom.