Year 10 Jumpstart Program (WA)

Core Program

Our Year 10 Jumpstart Program covers four subjects: English, Maths, Chemistry and Physics.

Our term courses are scheduled in line with public school term dates. There are 4 terms per year and usually 10 lessons per term, with one lesson each week. You can commence our courses at any time, however a new term starts in late January, April, July and October.

Our courses enable students to:

  • Improve English skills such as comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, genre and essay writing by using imaginative, interpretive and critical thinking to analyse and compose a variety of texts
  • Cover a variety of stimulating and challenging mathematics questions to systematically introduce and reinforce key concepts, and develop logical thinking and problem solving skills
  • Develop knowledge of science concepts and the scientific method through theoretical and practical learning and experimentation.

Program schedules are designed to allow maximum flexibility for students.

Course Structure
  • English (including Essay & Genre Writing), Maths and Science*
  • 4 terms in a year, 10 weeks in a term
  • 4 hour lessons per week, during term
  • Students attend lessons at their allocated time schedule
  • Small class group based
  • Experienced educators

*Please note Science is not offered in the Year 9 and Year 10 Fastcoach Programs for students in Victoria.

English Course Outline

Year 10 ENGLISH

Term 1
Week 1 — Texts and Rhetoric: Ethos, Pathos, Logos
Week 2 — Debating Part I: Analysing Arguments
Week 3 — Debating Part II: Writing Arguments
Week 4 — Writing Skills: Discursive Writing
Week 5 — Writing Skills: Reflective Writing
Week 6 — Writing skills: Essay writing
Week 7 — Writing skills: Imaginative Writing
Week 8 — Term Test
Week 9 — Advanced Writing skills
Week 10 — Term 1 Review

Term 2
Week 1 — Art of Writing: Topics to themes
Week 2 — Art of writing: setting and atmosphere
Week 3 — Art of writing: advanced characterisation
Week 4 — Art of writing: Narrative voice
Week 5 — Art of writing: Narrative conflict
Week 6 — Art of writing: Motifs and symbolism
Week 7 — Art of writing: Dialogue
Week 8 — Term 2 Exam
Week 9 — Art of writing: writing prompts
Week 10 — Term 2 Review

Term 3 
Week 1 – Texts and connections
Week 2 – Connecting with Self
Week 3 – Connecting with Others
Week 4 – Connecting with Places
Week 5 – Connecting with Memories
Week 6 – Contemporary Poetry
Week 7 – Personal Essay
Week 8 – Term 3 Exam
Week 9 – Textual Analysis
Week 10 – Term 3 Review

Term 4
Week 1 – Reading to Write I: Developing thesis to persuasive and creative
text
Week 2 – Reading to Write II: Shaping for purpose and audience:
Comparing and contrasting texts
Week 3 – Reading to Write III: Reflecting and contesting social values
Week 4 – Narratives that shape our world I: Characterisation and thematic
development
Week 5 – Narratives that shape our world II: Working within Genre: The
Bildungsroman
Week 6 – Narratives that shape our world III: Transcending Realism
Week 7 – Critical study of texts I: Irony and satire
Week 8 – Critical study of texts I: Allegory
Week 9 – The craft of Writing I: Writing for Purpose
Week 10 – The craft of Writing I: Writing for Purpose

Maths (Quantitative & Abstract Reasoning) Course Outline

Year 10 Maths (Quantitative & Abstract Reasoning)

Term 1
Week 1 — Financial Mathematics – I
Week 2 — Financial Mathematics – II
Week 3 — Indices and Surds
Week 4 — Algebraic Techniques – I
Week 5 — Algebraic Techniques – II
Week 6 — Equations – I
Week 7 — Equations – II
Week 8 — Revision & Test
Week 9 — Linear relationships I
Week 10 — Linear relationships II

Term 2
Week 1 — Non-linear relationships I
Week 2 — Non-linear relationships II
Week 3 — Non-linear relationships III
Week 4 — Non-linear relationships IV
Week 5 — Trigonometry (I)
Week 6 — Trigonometry (II)
Week 7 — Trigonometry (III)
Week 8 — Revision & Test
Week 9 — Further Trigonometry I
Week 10 — Further Trigonometry II

Term 3
Week 1 — Area and Surface Area
Week 2 — Volume
Week 3 — Properties of Geometrical Figures – I
Week 4 — Properties of Geometrical Figures – II
Week 5 — Data Analysis (I)
Week 6 — Data Analysis (II)
Week 7 — Variation and rates of Change
Week 8 — Revision & Test
Week 9 — Probability
Week 10 — Data Analysis (III)

Term 4
Week 1 — Functions & Graphs and their Transformations
Week 2 — Trigonometry (I)
Week 3 — Trigonometry (II)
Week 4 — Remainder and Factor Theorem
Week 5 — The Binomial Theorem
Week 6 — Trigonometry (III)
Week 7 — Trigonometry (IV)
Week 8 — Revision and Test
Week 9 — Counting Methods (I)
Week 10 — Counting Methods (II)

Chemistry Course Outline

Year 10 CHEMISTRY

Term 1
Week 1 — Elements, Compounds and Formulae
Week 2 — Atomic Structure, Isotopes and Relative Atomic Mass
Week 3 — The Periodic Table
Week 4 — Metallic Bonding
Week 5 — Ionic Bonding
Week 6 — Covalent Bonding
Week 7 — Writing Chemical Equations
Week 8 — Term Test
Week 9 — Compounds and Mixtures
Week 10 — Separation Techniques

Term 2
Week 1 — Production of Chemical Substances
Week 2 — Compounds and Mixtures
Week 3 — Chemical Reactions (I)
Week 4 — Chemical Reactions (II)
Week 5 — Chemical Reactions (III)
Week 6 — Heat of Reaction
Week 7 — Rate of Reaction
Week 8 — Term Test
Week 9 — Precipitation Reactions
Week 10 — Ionic Equations

Term 3
Week 1 – Relative Mass and Percentage Composition
Week 2 – The Mole Concept (1)
Week 3 – The Mole Concept (2)
Week 4 – The Mole Concept (3)
Week 5 – Chemical Tests for Gases
Week 6 – Chemical Test for Ions
Week 7 – Chemical Analysis of Ionic Compounds
Week 8 – Term Test
Week 9 – Redox
Week 10 – Revision Questions

Term 4
Week 1 – The Chemical Earth (I)
Week 2 – The Chemical Earth (II)
Week 3 – Metals (I)
Week 4 – Metals (I)
Week 5 – Water (I)
Week 6 – Water (II)
Week 7 – Energy (I)
Week 8 – Revision & Test
Week 9 – Energy (II)
Week 10 – Practical and Data Processing Skills

Physics Course Outline

Year 10 PHYSICS

Term 1
Week 1 — Introduction to Physics
Week 2 — Motion
Week 3 — Motion Graphs
Week 4 — Motion Graphs 2
Week 5 — Newton’s Laws of Motion
Week 6 — Connecting Particles
Week 7 — Work and Power
Week 8 — Term Test
Week 9 — Kinematic Equations
Week 10 — Revision

Term 3
Week 1 — Energy I
Week 2 — Energy II
Week 3 — The Big Bang Theory
Week 4 — Formation of Stars and Galaxies
Week 5 — Exploration of the Universe
Week 6 — Introduction to Waves
Week 7 — Properties of Waves
Week 8 — Term Test
Week 9 — Electromagnetic Waves
Week 10 — Revision

Term 3
Week 1 – Electric Circuits I
Week 2 – Electric Circuits II
Week 3 – Electric Circuits III
Week 4 – Electric Circuits IV
Week 5 – Heat I
Week 6 – Heat II
Week 7 – Heat III
Week 8 – Term Test
Week 9 – Revision I
Week 10 – Revision II

Term 4 (Year 11 Jumpstart)
Week 1 — Kinematics
Week 2 — Dynamics
Week 3 — Waves (I)
Week 4 — Waves (II)
Week 5 — Thermodynamics
Week 6 — Electricity (I)
Week 7 — Electricity (II)
Week 8 — Revision & Test
Week 9 — Circular Motion
Week 10 — Practical and Data processing skills

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