2012 Junior School Curriculum Years 9 & 10 - Centenary State High ...

Message from the Principal
Centenary State High School prides itself on having a quality curriculum framework in place which serves to provide a
wide range of options for students, catering for their individual abilities, needs and interests.
The school’s curriculum framework is underpinned by an understanding that students’ learning needs are diverse and
catering for individual learning need and interest is essential to healthy scholastic engagement. Consequently choice
and variance are featured strongly throughout the Centenary Curriculum. Students may choose an extension subject
in one discipline while at the same time choose a pathway in another subject which allows a longer time to meet the
core outcomes. The curriculum framework has also been developed in conjunction with the senior phase of learning,
thus allowing students to plan and develop seamless learning pathways throughout their five years of secondary
education at Centenary State High School
Year 8 students are introduced to the various key learning areas through foundation subjects. In 2012 the core subject
areas of English, Mathematics, Science and History will be based upon the newly released Australian Curriculum. This
core curriculum will be implemented in Year 9 in 2012 with the exception of History which will come on line in Year 9
in 2013. The balance of the subject curriculum offerings are built on the Queensland Curriculum Assessment and
Reporting Framework (QCAR).
This flexible curriculum structure reflects the values of the Centenary SHS community which endorses a form of
curriculum delivery that caters for individual abilities, needs and interests and which encourages students to achieve
to their true potential.
Quality curriculum alone will not deliver quality outcomes. At Centenary SHS we recognise the critical importance of
the partnership shared between the student, parents/carers and the school. Great outcomes come when there is
shared ownership of the learning journey of a child.
Welcome to and all the best, for this journey as we all work together to build the future.
John Brew
Principal
Centenary State High School Curriculum Handbook Middle Schooling (Years 9 & 10) Page 4