Year 9 Discovery

The Year 9 Discover Program is a new curriculum initiate at Galen aimed at engaging Year 9 Students to a great degree. Its aims are:

  1. To enable students to make the connections necessary for a purposeful and resilient lifestyle and to inspire them to truly enjoy their life .
  2. To further encourage the development of competencies needed for functioning effectively in society and the environment.
  3. To further recognise and develop the different learning styles of our students.
  4. To provide opportunities for students to make connections between their learning and real life experiences and the challenges we face in our world.
  5. To empower students with value-based decision making and problem solving competencies that will equip them to participate in the emerging patterns of work and to contribute to political, economic, social and environmental issues.
  6. To foster life-long learning principles of negotiation, responsibility, ownership, calculated risk taking and self-reflection.
  7. To further develop in students an environmental conscience that evokes a sense of responsibility and stewardship for our planet.
  8. To generate a model of communal teamwork by reinforcing the collaboration between  the student, their peer group, school, family and the wider community.

Year 9 Discovery Teachers