Academic Tuition
There are a multiple number of subjects offered at the college.
Subjects offered to Years 9-10 include:
- Catholic Studies of Religious Education (Compulsory subject)
The New South Wales Board of Studies School Certificate compulsory subjects offered to the Years 9-10 include:
- English (Standard & Advanced)
- Mathematics (Standard, Intermediate & Advanced)
- Science (General & Advanced)
- Australian Geography, Civics and Citizenship
- Australian History, Civics and Citizenship
Other Years 9-10 Elective Subjects offered include:
- Business in the Workplace/Life Skills and Career Education (involves work experience, Joint Secondary School TAFE program (JSST))
- Commerce (Economical Business)
- Graphics Design (formerly known as Technical Drawing, until 2006)
- Hospitality (formerly known as Food Technology, until 2005)
- LOTE Italian
- Industrial Technology - Wood (formerly known as Wood Technology, until 2005)
- IST (formerly known as Computing Studies and information technology, until 2005)
- Music
- PD/H/PE (Personal Development, Health and Physical Education)
- Sport Science (since 2004)
- Visual Arts (Art)
The New South Wales Board of Studies compulsory subjects for Years 7-8 include:
- Catholic Studies of Religious Education
- English
- Mathematics
- Integrated Studies
- Science
Other alternating compulsory subjects offered to Years 7-8 include:
- D&T (Design and Technology) - including computers, technical graphical drawing/design, food and wood
- Geography
- History
- Italian
- Music
- PD/H/PE (Personal Development, Health and Physical Education)
- Visual Arts (Art)
There is also a Gifted & Talented Program which are academic extension courses offered to students from Years 7-10 who excel in ability in the subjects of English, Mathematics and Science and must be in the Advanced class for those subjects.
There is also a Special Needs Program which provides resources and helps to develop skills in helping students with academic difficulty cope with their studies and work load.
The college library has many resources available to students to enhance their studies
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