VCE

VCE at Aim High
Students at Aim High can elect to complete their VCE as part of their year 11 and 12 schooling at Aim High. At Aim High VCE is viewed and delivered as a potential pathway to tertiary education or as an entry to the workplace. Aim High seeks to deliver a high quality VCE curriculum to students who have identified this a a particular pathway that will further their aims. These aim will be formulated through the development of an individual learning plan that each student will develop as a part of their progression through years 7-10.

Enrolment in VCE at Aim High
__**Requirements**__ In order to satisfy the requirements of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority students undertaking the Victorian Certificate of Assessment will be required to undertake 16 units of study from the units offered at Aim High. 3 of these units are required to be from the English group and Aim High requires that students complete this as a sequence of units 1-4. Students are also required to complete 3 other unit 3-4 sequences. Aim high encourages students to undertake at least 20 units as part of their VCE.

__**Individual Learning Plan**__ Enrolment in VCE delivered at Aim High will be negotiated in consultation with the students themselves, their parents as well as the school careers advisor. As part of the decision, the aims developed in the Individual Learning Plan will be taken into account as justification for undertaking VCE studies. Aim high recognises the significant stigma associated with enrolment in pathways other than VCE due the perception that it caters only for bright students. Efforts will be made to negotiate an appropriate pathway that suits the individual student, taking into account their individual learning pathway.

__**Assessment of VCE subjects**__ For units 1 and 2 assessment is conducted internally at AIm High and includes the assessment of outcomes through coursework as well as exams. Units 3 and 4 are assessed by coursework as well as externally set examinations.Teachers will ensure that means of assessing and providing feedback to students is factored into all learning activities.

Where possible the following subjects will be offered at Aim High. If a subject is not listed below or if Aim High is unable to offer a subject due to staffing or timetabling issues, support will be sought through partnerships with other schools.
 * __Subjects Offered__**

English and ESL English Language Literature Foundation English

Chinese First Language Chinese Second Language and Chinese Second Language Advanced Classical Greek Greek

Art Studio Arts Visual Communication and Design Dance Drama Theatre Studies

Music

Business Management Accounting

Mathematics Foundation Mathematics Further Mathematics General Mathematics Mathematical Methods Mathematical Methods Specialist Mathematics

Chemistry Physics Biology Environmental Science Geography Philosophy Psychology Health and Human Development

Information Technology IT Applications Software Development

Media Technology Design and Technology Food and Technology Economics Physical Education

Classical Societies and Cultures

History Australian History Renaissance Italy Revolutions

International Politics International Studies National Politics Legal Studies

__**VCE Innovations**__ Aim High provides students the opportunity to apply the content of their VCE course through involvement in the Innovations program. The Innovations program is run in addition to VCE and enables students to either work in groups while engaging in an enquiry based learning activity that runs for a year and a half. The aim of the Innovations program will be to allow students to apply the knowledge and skills gained during their VCE study to a real word problem, investigation or exposition. Students will be supported by teachers to engage in this activity. Teachers will form interdisciplinary groups in order to develop problems for groups of students to take on and these teaching groups will deliver lectures and old tutorial groups in order to facilitate the process of completing the project. The Innovations program is an optional activity for all students. The findings or results of the Innovations program will be delivered either at an expo run by the students themselves or will take the form of an actual event for example an exhibition.

