Year 12 Subject Selection 2021
2021 Year 12 Subject Selection
This page provides resources to assist with the subject selection process for students entering Year 12 at St Patrick’s College. Students completing Year 12 in 2021 will be able to access a variety of subjects and pathways designed to provide each boy with the maximum flexibility to meet his learning needs and to attain the certification most relevant to his future education and employment goals.
2021 will see Year 12 students participating in one of two possible Senior Certificate programs:
• The Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) or,
• The Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL).
Students can also undertake a Vocational Education and Training (VET) certificate as part of your VCE or VCAL or School-Based Apprenticeship or Traineeship (SBAT) as part of your VCAL. The decisions made now can affect the directions a student might take after completing his secondary schooling so it is important to research each carefully.
Pastoral Care teachers and Senior School teachers have been asked to assist and support each student in preparing their proposed course of study for 2021.
2021 Year 12 Subject Selection Resources
Section 1
Senior School Certificates
The Year 10 Program at St Patrick's College has provided learning opportunities and experiences that lead to the study of the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) or the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) in Years 11 and 12. The program also offers students the opportunity to undertake a Vocational Education and Training (VET) subject.
The following three videos provide an overview of VCE, VCAL and VET for Year 12 students.
Section 2
Future Directions
Deciding on a career pathway is not easy but there are several tools that support students in choosing subjects.
Morrisby Report
Log into your personal area on the Morrisby Website to review your results, research pathways into careers and investigate job-specific information. Your login is your email school address.
TAFE/University or Future Employment
You may know the area you would like to study or work in. This will also inform your subject choices. Prerequisites are subjects that you need to have taken in order to be eligible for the course or job. Your entry to a course may not only require a certain ATAR score but you also may need to have taken a specific subject like Mathematical Methods or Chemistry.
Research the courses that you may be interested in and look for any prerequisites that may be required. in the Course Prerequisites for 2022 PDF below.
Section 3
Compulsory Subjects and Teacher Recommendations
Each Year 11 student is required to complete the compulsory subjects of Religious Education and one of the subjects from the English Group of studies (for students completing the VCE program) or Literacy (for students completing the VCAL program)
Religious Education at St Patrick’s:
The following year-long Religious Education studies are offered to 2021 Year 12 students:
Religion and Society VCE Units 3/4 (not available to students completing the VCAL program)
Texts and Traditions VCE Units 3/4 (not available to students completing the VCAL program)
Non-VCE Year 12 Religious Education
Non-VCE Year 12 Religious Education – Liturgical Music
Non-VCE Year 12 Religious Education – Faith in Action
VCE English and VCAL Literacy:
VCE students must study at least one of VCE Units 3/4 English, VCE Units 3/4 English Language, or VCE Units 3/4 Literature for the whole year. English Support is taken as an additional subject and does not contribute to an ATAR score.
Students completing the VCAL program should note that VCAL Literacy is a compulsory study.
Watch these videos to learn about the different options on offer and read the subject details in the 2021 Year 11 and 12 Information Booklet.
Subject Recommendations
Students are required to seek the recommendation of their current Year 11 RE and English teachers. Ask for their recommendation and signature in Section 3 of your 2021 Year 12 Subject Selection Guide.
Section 4
Submission of proposed 2021 Year 12 studies
Using your “Senior School Subject Selection Planner” and the advice from your teachers, fill in your proposed 2021 Year 12 studies in your 2021 Year 12 Subject Selection Guide.
It is not always possible to give every Year 12 student all of his preferred subject choices. Student numbers, staffing, timetabling and facilities will all impact on the subjects which will run in 2021.
This is why you will need to add 2 reserve VCE choices.
Section 5
2021 Year 12 Intentions
You now need to submit your proposed 2021 Year 12 subjects into Web preferences. You will be sent an email with a personalised link. Enter the subjects you have recorded in your 2021 Year 12 Subject selection Guide into the web preferences. Then print a receipt of your web preferences.
Check that the subjects recorded in your guide match the subjects on your web preferences receipt then they need to be signed by you and your parents.
A parent and student signed copy of the 2021 Web Preferences Preference Receipt is to be submitted with the Subject Selection Guide.
Hand in your 2021 Year 12 Subject Selection Guide with the Web preferences (signed) to the ERC. This must be done by Friday, July 24
