Overview
Mackellar Girls Campus offers a wide range of opportunities to our students through the faculties listed, to help them become the independent, tolerant and resourceful young women of today's society.
Head Teachers:
English - Ms J Brigden
Mathematics - Mrs L Courtney
Science - Mrs Y Du'Bery
History/Language - Ms G Mercieca
Social Science - Mrs C Hourigan
TAS - Ms K Mills
Creative Arts - Mr B Funnell
PE/Health/PD - Ms R Williams
Teaching & Learning - Ms E Biswell (relieving)
These faculties provide the following subjects
Subjects Years 7 and 8:
Students follow a wide compulsory course in Year 7, consisting of english, mathematics, science, history, geography, languages, technology, music, visual arts, learning skills, religious education, PE, PD, and sport. In Year 8 students select their foreign language from the Year 7 introduction of French, German and Japanese.
Electives Year 9 and 10:
In addition to the compulsory courses in english, mathematics, science, history and geography, and PD/Health/PE, the school offers courses in commerce, information and software technology, dance, design and technology, drama, food technology, french, german, japanese, human movement, music, textiles and design, and visual arts. Careers education is taught to all classes in Year 10, and christian studies is taught in Years 9 and 10.
Electives Years 11 and 12:
The school offers all of the English courses at all levels including Extension Courses, aboriginal studies, ancient history, biology, business Studies, chemistry, computing studies (information processes and technology, software design and development, information technolgy), earth and environmental science, dance, drama, economics, food technology, french, geography, german, japanese, legal studies, mathematics (maths extension 1 & 2, general maths), modern history, music, PD/Health/PE, physics, senior science, society and culture, textiles and design, visual arts.
Content Endorsed Courses (CEC) I-unit subjects include photography. The school enters students in the Joint Secondary Schools (TAFE) Program (JSST). The Dual-Accredited Vocational Studies (VET) subjects hospitality, information technology, retail operations and business services and entertainment.
