Home > Tutoring > Year 10 Tutoring > Year 10 Jumpstart Program (WA)

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 Course Outline Maths (Quantitative & Abstract Reasoning) Course Outline Chemistry Course Outline Physics Course Outline

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

On Campus
face-to-face
North Shore ONLINE
Online learning
at your own pace
North Shore LIVE
(Zoom Classes)

Timetable Download

You are viewing the campus.

Our campus doesn't have a timetable available for this course, you can view our head campus timetable to see the courses available and contact them to verify the dates & times.

North Shore has 66 campuses across 5 states, please select your preferred campus to view the appropriate course timetable

Year 10 Jumpstart Program (WA)