INTRODUCTION
Year 7 marks the entry of students into high school. This is an exciting period for our youngest students and their families. Our College endeavours to not only extend the use of each student’s gifts and talents in the curriculum offered, but to assist in the transition into high school through pastorally supporting each student.

All schools in WA are required to teach according to the outcomes set out in the mandated Australian Curriculum. The Curriculum sets out a series of outcomes which describe the knowledge, understandings, skills, values and attitudes that students are expected to acquire through their schooling from Kindergarten to Year 12. In WA Catholic schools, a further Learning Area, Religious Education, has been mandated by the Church.

In Year 7, students at Sacred Heart are given a broad experience across all nine learning areas – Religious Education, English, Health and Physical Education, Humanities, Languages (French or Japanese), Mathematics, Science, The Arts (visual and performing) and Technologies.

Particular attention is given to the holistic view of the curriculum, with an emphasis on teaching vital skills such as literacy, numeracy, digital citizenship and social cooperation, whilst integrating knowledge, skills and values across all learning areas. The fundamental role of curriculum is the promotion of student enjoyment of learning and achieving to one’s potential is continually promoted.

The transition between primary and secondary school is very smooth and the curriculum model we have adopted further assists in this process, regardless of which primary school was attended in Year 6.

I wish each student a happy and successful school career at Sacred Heart College.

GENERAL INFORMATION
The College timetable consists of 30 periods per week. There are six periods per day, however, the periods vary in length between 50 minutes and 70 minutes. The breakdown of periods allocated for subjects is as follows:

• Religious Education - 3 periods
• English - 4 periods
• Mathematics - 4 periods
• Science - 3/4 periods (3 one Semester, 4 in other)
• Humanities - 3/4 periods (3 one Semester, 4 in other)
• Health & Physical Education - 3 periods
• Languages (Japanese or French) - 2 periods
• Electives - 4 periods
• Pastoral Care (including Essential Skills program) - 2 periods
• Digital Technologies - 1 period

Year 7 students study subjects from all nine Learning Areas. Year 7 students will have the opportunity to engage in four electives and two project based learning courses. Project Based Learning entails learning experiences from both The Arts and Technologies and will include a public performance or display of the project at the conclusion of the term. Students study subjects from six learning areas plus eight electives from either Languages, The Arts and Technologies in Year 8. In Years 9 and 10, students will have an opportunity to select elective subjects from The Arts, Technologies and Languages, whilst continuing to study subjects from the remaining six Learning Areas.

At the end of Year 10, students will continue to study Religious Education and English to the Year 12 level. The remainder of the subjects studied in Year 11 and Year 12 will be determined by the student’s gifts and interests. The College's Course Counsellor and the student’s allocated Course Advisor will assist students in this process.

Students in Year 7 should note that if they intend to study Music in Year 11 and Year 12, they must complete Music in Years 7 to 10.