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ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL – SENIOR SUB SCHOOL 5  \nINTRODUCTION TO YEARS 10 TO 12 6  \nCURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT 8  \nRESPONSIBILITIES OF STUDENTS IN YEARS 10 TO 12 10  \nCAREERS AND PATHWAYS INFORMATION 11  \nOTHER INFORMATION 13  \nSELECTING A YEAR 10 PROGRAM OF STUDY 14  \nSELECTING A YEAR 10 PROGRAM OF STUDY-SCHOLARS PROGRAM 16  \nSELECTING A VICTORIAN CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION (VCE) PROGRAM OF STUDY 18  \nSELECTING A VCE VOCATIONAL MAJOR (VM) PROGRAM OF STUDY 19  \nDOMAIN: ARTS 20  \nART-YEAR 10 21  \nMEDIA-YEAR 10 22  \nART MAKING AND EXHIBITING-UNITS 1-4 23  \nMEDIA-UNITS 1-4 24  \nDOMAIN: PERFORMING ARTS 26  \nDRAMA–YEAR 10 27  \nMUSIC – YEAR 10 28  \nDOMAIN: ENGLISH 29  \nENGLISH–YEAR 10 30  \nENGLISH EXTENSION – YEAR 10 31  \nAPPLIED ENGLISH–YEAR 10 32  \nENGLISH-UNITS 1 – 4 33  \nENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE-UNITS 1 – 4 34  \nENGLISH LANGUAGE-UNITS 1-4 35  \nDOMAIN: HUMANITIES 36  \nGEOGRAPHY–YEAR 10 37  \nGLOBAL POLITICS–YEAR 10 38  \nHISTORY–YEAR 10 39  \nLEGAL STUDIES–YEAR 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\nPSYCHOLOGY-UNITS 1 – 4 74  \nDOMAIN: TECHNOLOGY 75  \nDIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES–YEAR 10 76  \nDESIGN TECHNOLOGY–MATERIALS-YEAR 10 77  \nFOOD STUDIES-YEAR 10 78  \nTEXTILES–YEAR 10 79  \nAPPLIED COMPUTING-UNITS 1 – 4 80  \nFOOD STUDIES-UNITS 1 – 4 81  \nPRODUCT DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGIES-UNITS 1 – 4 82  \nVOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN SCHOOLS (VETIS) 83  \nVCE/VCE VM/VET CERTIFICATE II: AUTOMOTIVE STUDIES (PRE-VOCATIONAL) 85  \nVCE/VCE VM/VET CERTIFICATE III: BUSINESS 86  \nVCE/VCE VM/VET CERTIFICATE III: MUSIC INDUSTRY (MUSIC PERFORMANCE) 88  \nVCE / VET CERTIFICATE II: OUTDOOR RECREATION 89  \nVCE/VCE VM/VET CERTIFICATE III: SPORT AND RECREATION 90  \nVICTORIAN CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION-VOCATIONAL MAJOR (VCE VM) 91  \nOVERVIEW 92  \nTHE VCE VM PROGRAM 92  \nRESOURCES 95  \nGLOSSARY OF TERMS 96  \nPage 3 of 97  \nContact Information  \n\n|  |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| Principal | Warwick Beynon |\n| Assistant Principal – Senior Sub School | Michael Watson |\n| Assistant Principal – Middle 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