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Year 9 and 10 Electives (Home)
Broadwater Studies (Year 9)
Physiology (Years 9, 10)
Agriculture and Animal Studies (Year 9)
Farm Focus (Years 9, 10)
Chemistry (Year 10)
Physics (Year 10)
Cert I in Rural Ops (Year 10)
Marine Biology (Year 10)
Discovery Science (Year 10)


Farm Focus (years 9 & 10)

In 2009, this elective is being offered as a semester elective in year 9, and as a year elective in year 10.
The areas of study will revolve around growing and marketing produce on the School farm and the marketing and running of the mobile animal nursery at nominated venues. Students will be study:

• The daily needs of animals
• Establishing and maintaining seasonal horticultural crops
• The publication of marketing material
• Constructing spreadsheets using industry standard software such as Excel
• Constructing and following a budget.

Students will develop and use marketing strategies to promote the animal nursery as a small business, and develop an understanding of the role of small business within the local community.

Farm Focus provides a pathway for further studies in Certificates I and II in Rural Operations.




 
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