Students in Years 7 to 9 attend classes in specialist subjects. Depending on the year level of the students, these include LOTE, Creative Industries (Music, Visual Art, Media Arts and Drama), Instrumental Music, Health and Physical Education and Sport, Industrial Technology and Hospitality.
LOTE
Students from Years 4 to 8 each receive a specialist lesson which encourages understanding the language and culture of another country. The language offered is Japanese.
Students from Year 9 onwards choose LOTE as either an elective or a subject.
The Arts
The Years 7 and 8 Arts Program is a key feature of the Junior Secondary School Curriculum. It is linked to The Arts P-10 Australian Curriculum and includes the strands of Music, Visual Art, Media Arts & Drama. It is delivered to each class during one lesson per week with students having the opportunity to experience all four strands over both Year 7 and 8.
These subjects have close relationships and are often used in interrelated ways. At the same time, each has a distinct body of knowledge, understanding and skills, and reflects different approaches to arts practices and critical and creative thinking.
Chancellor State College offers an Instrumental Music Program for students from Years 3 to 12.
Chancellor State College offers a Music Immersion Program for Year 7 students in 2022.
Carnivals
College sporting events are held throughout the year including athletics and swimming carnivals. Following school events, nominations are submitted for district and inter-school events.
Sport and HPE
Sport is a compulsory part of our school curriculum. It is linked to life learning, healthy lifestyles and wellbeing of individuals.
Interschool sport
Throughout the year, students are involved in Interschool Sporting events (predominately Semester 1), organised sport and recreational programs (Wednesday for year 7 and 8, Thursday for year 9). Students are also involved in a fitness program called Activ8.
Health and Well Being (HWB)
The Health and Well Being Program is a key feature of the Junior Secondary School Curriculum. It is linked to the Health and Physical Education Syllabus (HPE), and is delivered to each class by specialist teachers.
The scope for the Years 7-10 health and physical education key learning areas embraces traditional subjects of health, Human Relationships Education, life skills, outdoor education, personal development, sport and home economics.
Research shows that additional support and guidance is required through the teaching of personal development, human relationships and the role students play in developing their own healthy, safe and lifelong learning experiences.
Activ8
Activ8 is a unique feature of the school day. Students participate in 10 minutes of fitness activities designed and shared by teams.
Study help in the junior secondary school
Homework clubs are conducted by junior secondary school teachers on a regular basis (Contact Head of Department for specific days and times).
Teachers in attendance are able to lend assistance in areas of need.