CURRICULUM STRUCTURE
Currently our school offers a curriculum based on both the traditional subject disciplines within the Australian Curriculum and some school-based option courses.
YEAR 7 CURRICULUM
Year 7 students follow a common course. The aim of the course is to introduce students to the wide range of subjects available. Year 7 students also select four enrichment courses, one per term.
Core: English, Mathematics, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, Health and Physical Education
Year 7 Half-year courses: MDT, Music, Food Technologies, Visual Arts, LOTE – Spanish, Drama.
Year 7/8 Enrichments (1 per term): Enrichment courses vary year to year depending on student interest. Some examples of enrichment courses include Photography, Winter Sport Football, Netball, Soccer, Ready Steady Cook, Wooden Toy Making, RoboWars, and Bubbles and Bangs.
YEAR 8 CURRICULUM
Year 8 students follow a similar pattern, but there is an element of choice built in, and some subjects are no longer compulsory. Year 8 students also select four enrichment courses, one per term.
Core: English, Mathematics, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, Health and Physical Education
Year 8 Full Year courses: Year 8 full year courses vary year to year depending on student interest. Some examples of Year 8 full year courses include Design and Technology, Food Technology, Visual Arts, Music, STEM, Drama, Computing, and Dance.
Year 7/8 Enrichments (1 per term): Enrichment courses vary year to year depending on student interest. Some examples of enrichment courses include Photography, Winter Sport Football, Netball, Soccer, Ready Steady Cook, Wooden Toy Making, RoboWars, and Bubbles and Bangs.
YEAR 9 & 10 CURRICULUM
In Years 9 and 10, students continue with basic subjects and each year choose two additional full-year courses and four enrichment courses.
Core: English, Mathematics, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, Health and Physical Education
Year 9/10 Full Year courses: Year 9/10 full year courses vary year to year depending on student interest. Some examples of Year 9/10 full year courses include Design and Technologies: Wood, Food Technologies, Catering, Visual Arts, Drama, Child Studies, Sports Science, Music, and Computing.
Year 9/10 Enrichments (1 per term): Enrichment courses vary year to year depending on student interest. Some examples of 9/10 enrichment courses include Adulting 101, Filmmaking, Photography, Winter Sport Football, Netball, Soccer, Café and Barista Skills, Building and Construction, and Automotive,
BLENDED LEARNING
Blended Learning is a term used to describe the process of combining online web tools and media with traditional classroom methods in order to improve engagement, collaboration and accessibility for students. At Kings Meadows High School, we believe that Blended Learning is a powerful way to transform education; through the use of these tools and learning management systems, we can empower students to have a say in the time, place and pace of their learning.
CANVAS
Canvas is our Department of Education online Learning Management System. It is a virtual classroom – a space where teachers can collaboratively plan units of work, students can engage with their learning, access resources, and seek and receive feedback, and progress can be tracked and celebrated. Our students are all provided with iPads, giving them 1:1 access to devices and maximising learning opportunities in the Canvas space.
EXTENSION PROGRAMS
The Department of Education provides a range of online learning programs to meet the needs of gifted and talented students in schools state-wide. The programs are collectively known as the Gifted Online programs and they provide online extension and enrichment across a wide range of learning areas. These programs are facilitated by teachers who are very experienced in extending and enriching learning for gifted and talented students. Students are able to connect and work with other gifted and talented students from around Tasmania through the Gifted Online programs. Selected Kings Meadows High School students participate in their chosen online course for one hour per week.
FLEXIBLE PROGRAMS
Flexible programs at Kings Meadows High School are designed to help students engage actively in school life and to achieve success through a wide range of activities and social learning opportunities. Support is provided on an individual and small group basis and utilises students’ strengths and interests to assist them to achieve positive outcomes.
