Gleeson College Curriculum Guide 2026 - Middle Years | 10 Year 7 Subjects Welcome Learning at Gleeson College Gleeson Staff Contacts Year 7 Overview Subjects Year 8 Overview Subjects Year 9 Overview Subjects LEARNING SUMMARY: Students engage in a variety of physical activities including athletics, adventure challenges, and an introduction to outdoor education. These experiences help develop knowledge and skills in health, safety, wellbeing, and movement. Students refine specialised movement skills across a range of game types, including target, invasion, net/wall, and striking/fielding games. They examine how body control and coordination affect performance and apply movement concepts across different settings. A highlight of the course is the Sports Education unit, where students take on different roles to collaboratively organise and participate in a structured sports competition, building leadership, communication, and teamwork. ASSESSMENT: Students demonstrate their learning through practical assessments and theory tasks. HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES LEARNING AREA: Humanities & Social Sciences LENGTH: Full Year SELECTION: Compulsory LEARNING SUMMARY: Students explore key ideas across Geography, History, Economics and Business, and Civics and Citizenship. In Geography, they build research skills by investigating the importance of water: how we use it, why it matters, and the problems it can cause. In Economics and Business, students learn how markets work, create a product pitch, and explore fair trade and sustainability. In History, they study early human migration and First Nations histories and cultures, as well as one ancient civilisation such as Greece, Rome, Egypt, India, or China. In Civics and Citizenship, students learn about democracy, laws, and how migration has shaped modern Australia. ASSESSMENT: Students demonstrate their learning through a variety of assessment types, using a diverse range of research, analysis, and presentation skills. ITALIAN LEARNING AREA: Health & Physical Education LENGTH: Full Year SELECTION: Elective LEARNING SUMMARY: Students develop their skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening in Italian by using modelled and rehearsed language in familiar situations, and begin to create and communicate their own ideas. They work collaboratively to plan, problem-solve, and reflect on their learning. Students explore the connections between language and culture by comparing Italian with their own language and experiences. They study topics such as school, food, and self, while learning pronunciation, sentence structure, and grammar including articles, gender, and agreement. Through this, they build confidence in using Italian and reflect on what it means to move between languages and cultures. ASSESSMENT: Students demonstrate their learning through oral tasks, reading and writing tasks, and cultural investigations. LEARNING AREA: Languages LENGTH: Full Year SELECTION: Elective