Length: Full Year

Recommended background: None

Content:

Community Studies offers students the opportunity to learn in a community context and to interact with teachers, peers and community members beyond the school environment. Students decide the focus of their community activity, which begins from a point of personal interest, skill or knowledge.

By setting challenging and achievable goals in a community activity, students enhance their skills and understandings in a guided and supported learning program. They develop their capability to work independently and to apply their skills and knowledge in practical ways in their community.

Students prepare a contract of work to develop a community activity from the following six areas of study:

• Arts and the Community
• Communication and the Community
• Foods and the Community
• Health, Recreation and the Community
• Science, Technology and the Community
• Work and the Community

Assessment:

Students’ performance will be determined according to the subject’s Performance Standards as outlined in the Subject Outline. Grades A+ to E- will be used for reporting purposes.

• School-based Assessment: Contract of Work, Folio and Presentation (70%)
• External Assessment: Reflection (30%)

Disclaimer: Community Studies A provides students with 20 credits towards SACE but is NOT a tertiary admissions subject (for an ATAR or TAFE Selection Score)