SENIOR YEARS CURRICULUM
Focus
In the senior years, the curriculum focus is to:
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Challenge students towards a life-long commitment of personal faith in God and participation in the work of God locally and internationally.
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Provide a learning environment where each student feels understood, supported, valued and encouraged by teaching staff.
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Assist students in their personal development towards the fulfilment of the life-goals that they have embraced for their future.
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Provide opportunities for Senior Level students to “Learn and Serve” within the school context and beyond.
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Include and facilitate students as active and valued participants within each curriculum context whose contribution to the learning process is valued.
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Further equip and prepare students for the challenges of higher levels of thinking and learning in preparation for tertiary studies and employment.
Outcome
The curriculum outcome for students in the Senior Years is for each student to:
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Understand their God-given gifts and abilities with the desire to use them in God’s service and for the benefit of others.
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Demonstrate that they have the learning skills, attitudes and personal disciplines to enable them to be successful learners in the senior levels of study.
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Acquire an awareness of their opportunity to be a positive influence on others with the Christ-like leadership skills of a servant-leader.
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Develop a sound basis of Christian morality and values to guide them in ethical actions and responsible citizenship.
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Clarify their life-direction and be equipped to move in the direction of their interest and ability, prayerfully and faithfully, in obedience to God.
Program
Study programmes for secondary students include a variety of core school-based subjects and access to extended curriculum options undertaken as distance learning through Open Access College.
In the senior years, students at Mount Torrens Christian School undertake a learning programme that:
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Satisfies the requirements of the Australian Curriculum Framework and
the South Australian Certificate of Education. -
Accommodates their study interest.
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Is personalised to reflect individual student skills and abilities.
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Equips each student with the necessary learning experiences to assist
them in preparation for and transition to their chosen postsecondary pathway to employment or tertiary study.