About the Faculty
The Social Sciences Faculty is committed to opening the minds of its students to the world around them. The faculty offers courses across the school curriculum at Liverpool Girls' High School, introducing students to arts, humanities, civics and citizenship as well as social education. We believe our students will be the leaders of the future. This will be both challenging and exciting. Opportunities exist for all students to achieve their potential through a range of subjects and activities. Our subjects and courses are designed to encourage students to think about the world in new and different ways and enable them to develop and appreciation of the physical, social and cultural aspects of society.
Students undertaking courses in Social Sciences are provided with a range of opportunities to experience course content in the real world. Students are able to participate in field work activities, commerce market day, school excursions, academic competitions such as Mock Trial, Worldskills and the Australian geography competition.
COURSES
Stage 4 (Years 7 and 8)
- Mandatory Geography
Stage 5 (Years 9 and 10)
- Mandatory Geography
- Elective Geography
- Elective Commerce
- Elective Stage 5 Retail Services and Business Services
- Elective Work Education
Stage 6 (Years 11 and 12)
- Business Studies
- Economics
- Geography
- Legal Studies
- Society and Culture
- Studies of Religion II
- Work Studies
- VET Business Services
- VET Retail Services
FACULTY FOCUS AREAS
The Social Sciences Faculty at Liverpool Girls' High School is a vibrant faculty dedicated to providing a rich variety of quality teaching and learning practices across a range of subject areas. The faculty aims to:
- provide active student engagement in all learning
- provide guidance and support for all students' range of learning needs
- develop independent and critical thinking
- encourage high order thinking and research skills
- provide students with the opportunity to gain important employability skills
- integrate numeracy, literacy and ICT skills into quality teaching practices and programs
- foster an attitude of life long learning
- develop stimulating and collaborative learning environments for both staff and students.
OUR STRATEGIES
- Implementation of the new NESA syllabus in geography incorporating the National Curriculum.
- Create engaging learning environments for all types of learners.
- Provide industry standard learning spaces for VET Retail Services and VET Business Services.
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