Years 7 and 8
In Years 7 and 8, students study a mandatory curriculum of English, Mathematics, Science, History, Geography, PDHPE, Drama, Music, Visual Arts and Technology.
| English | Maths | Science | Hist/Geo | PDHPE | Drama | Music | Visual Arts | Tech | Language | Fortunae | Fortitude | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Year 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | - |
*Periods per fortnight by subject
Years 9 and 10
In Years 9 and 10, students continue mandatory studies in English, Mathematics, Science, History, Geography and PDHPE. Students also choose three elective subjects from a wide range of options including the Creative and Performing Arts, Languages and Technology faculties.
| English | Maths | Science | Hist/Geo | PDHPE | Elective 1 | Elective 2 | Elective 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Year 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
*Periods per fortnight by subject
Years 11 and 12: The Higher School Certificate
In Years 11 and 12, the only mandatory subject is English. Students choose their remaining courses (generally 6 courses in total for Year 11 and 5 for Year 12) according to their interest and abilities.
In Year 7 students study one semester each of an Asian and European language from the languages offered by the school (Chinese, French, German and Japanese). This serves as an introduction to language study.
In Year 8, students choose one language in which to complete their mandatory 100 hours of language study. This may be one of the two languages they studied in Year 7, or a third language. Every effort is made to give students their first preference, although due to class size and timetabling restraints this is not often possible.
Languages can be continued as elective subjects from Year 9 through to Year 12 (HSC). In special circumstances, languages not offered at the school (i.e. Italian, Korean, etc.) can be studied through the NSW School of Languages or Saturday School of Community Languages.