Year 10 Student Pathways
Year 10 is a transition year that sees students continue to learn across compulsory subjects and enjoy electives, as they begin to select their pathway for Year 11 and beyond.
Results achieved in Year 10 determine which Year 11 courses are available to students’ the following year.
As with all year groups at Rossmoyne Senior High School, the Year 10 curriculum fulfills the requirements of the School Curriculum and Standards Authority and the Department of Education.
The flow of the Year 10 curriculum course structure on from Year 9 is designed to continue the students’ learning progress, preparing them for their chosen pathway in Year 11.
Year 10 subjects and classes
Year 10 students at Rossmoyne take classes across compulsory subjects and choose four (4) elective subjects.
Year 10 compulsory studies
Year 10 students at Rossmoyne Senior High School take classes across eight compulsory subjects:
- English, or English as Second Language
- Mathematics
- Science
- Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS)
- Physical Education or Volleyball
- Health
Year 10 elective studies
As well as their compulsory studies, Year 10 students choose four (4) additional subjects from a range of electives*.
Most** students need to select:
- Three (3) 2-hour-per-week electives:
- Applied Law and International Security
- Business and Entrepreneurship
- Chinese Second Language
- Chinese First Language
- Compassion in Action
- Dance
- Design Photography
- Digital Technologies
- Drama – Production
- Drawing and Design
- Fashion and Fabrics
- Food Technology
- French Second Language
- German Second Language
- Holistic Fitness
- Japanese Second Language
- Law: Criminal Investigation
- Media Arts – Hollywood and Beyond
- Medical Science
- Multimedia Design and Development
- Music (only available to students continuing with Music from Year 7, 8, and 9)
- Outdoor Education
- Practical Engineering
- Programable Robotics
- Psychology in action
- Visual Arts
- Volleyball
- Wood and Metal Technology
- One (1) 1-hour-per-week elective:
- Critical Thinking
- International Tourism
- Media Arts – Filmtastic
- More then Just Talk
- Physical Recreation
- Science Discovery
- Tech Start Up
- Visual Arts Drawing 101
- The Writer’s Craft – creative writing for pleasure
*Elective subject preferences can be submitted online and every effort is made to accommodate student preference.
**For students taking the Gifted and Talented Languages or Specialist Music programs elective selection is slightly restricted. Read more about this in the Curriculum Handbooks.
Extension and support
Academic extension and support
At Rossmoyne Senior High School, the program coordinators of each year group monitor student progress and plan either extension or extra support for individual students. Learn more.
Extra-curricular opportunities
Rossmoyne Senior High School’s large student population means the timetable is packed with extra opportunities for learning, connection and engaging in special interest activities. Explore the range of student clubs and groups.
Specialist programs
Rossmoyne Senior High School runs three Specialist Programs in Classical Music, Volleyball and Mathematics. These programs commence in Year 7 but have some late-entry opportunities.
More details
Read about what content is covered in classes, and what opportunities are available in each Learning Area in the Year 10 Curriculum Handbook.