Year Group Programmes - Year 10
A guide to Year 10
Compulsory Subjects (All students)
English, Physical Education (Health), Mathematics, Science and Social Studies.
Optional Subjects
Students select up to 4 option subjects
All options except Languages (*see notes below) will run as single semesters (a semester is two terms). The first semester will run in Terms 1 and 2. The second semester will run in Terms 3 and 4. Options will occur in different semesters dependent on student numbers and staffing considerations. The option subjects enable students to broaden their experience and provide a basis for choosing Year 11 subjects. The school encourages students to continue learning an additional language.
Year 10 language study is a necessary background for study in that language in Year 11.
Year 10 study in the other option subjects provides a very useful background for Year 11 study in a subject – however all can be picked up for the first time in Year 11.
Students who select a Language (Te Reo, French or Japanese) will study it for the whole year across both semesters. This means a student selecting a Language option, will select TWO other options in Year 10.
Year 10 language study is a necessary background for study in that language in Year 11.
The table below shows the Learning Areas of the New Zealand Curriculum and how the compulsory subjects and option subjects are distributed across those Learning Areas. The compulsory subjects at CBHS expose students to the first five learning areas. Whilst they are not compelled to select options from every Learning Area, students are strongly encouraged to experience a broad range of Learning Areas.
