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Year 9 Fastcoach Program

Core Program

Our Year 9 Fastcoach Program covers three key subjects: English, Maths and Science*.

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.

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

Course StructureEnglish Course OutlineMaths (Quantitative & Abstract Reasoning) Course OutlineScience 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 9 ENGLISH

Term 1
Week 1 — Creative Writing
Week 2 — Character Building
Week 3 — Emotive Language
Week 4 — Persuasive Language
Week 5 — Language Conventions
Week 6 — Symbolism
Week 7 — Reading comprehension
Week 8 — Term Test
Week 9 — Textual Analysis
Week 10 — Objective and Subjective Language

Term 2
Week 1 — Texts and culture
Week 2 — Representations of culture
Week 3 — Conflict and culture
Week 4 — Language and identity
Week 5 — Cultural Connections
Week 6 — Organizing writing
Week 7 — Clear and concise writing
Week 8 — End of Term Test
Week 9 — Editing and revising
Week 10 — Term 2 Review

Term 3
Week 1 – Poetry and Shakespeare
Week 2 – Style and Technique in Poetry
Week 3 – Style and Technique in Shakespeare
Week 4 – Translating Shakespeare
Week 5 – Inspired by Shakespeare
Week 6 – Shakespearean Drama Macbeth
Week 7 – Shakespearean Drama Hamlet
Week 8 – Term Test
Week 9 – Shakespeare in Fiction
Week 10 – Creative Adaptation

Term 4
Week 1 – Non-Fiction Genre
Week 2 – Life Writing
Week 3 – Memoirs
Week 4 – Travel Writing
Week 5 – Feature Articles
Week 6 – Critical Writing
Week 7 – Film Adaptations
Week 8 – Term Test
Week 9 – Precise Writing
Week 10 – Term 4 Review

Maths (Quantitative & Abstract Reasoning) Course Outline

Year 9 Maths (Quantitative & Abstract Reasoning)

Term 1
Week 1 — Volume
Week 2 — Linear Relationships – I
Week 3 — Linear Relationships – II
Week 4 — Linear Relationships – III
Week 5 — Non-Linear Relationships -I: AR Practice
Week 6 — Non-Linear Relationships -II: AR Practice
Week 7 — Non-Linear Relationships -III: AR Practice
Week 8 — Term Test
Week 9 — Further Algebraic Techniques & Equations (I)
Week 10 — Further Algebraic Techniques & Equations (II)

Term 2
Week 1 — Financial Mathematics
Week 2 — Trigonometry-I
Week 3 — Trigonometry-II
Week 4 — Algebraic techniques-II
Week 5 — Algebraic techniques-III
Week 6 — Equations-II
Week 7 — Equations-III
Week 8 — Revision and Term Test
Week 9 — Equations-IV
Week 10 — Area and Surface area

Term 3
Week 1 – Properties of Geometric Figures
Week 2 – Deductive Proofs Using Quadrilaterals
Week 3 – Trigonometric Ratios (I)
Week 4 – Trigonometric Ratios (II)
Week 5 – Trigonometry (III)
Week 6 – Application of Trigonometry (I)
Week 7 – Application of Trigonometry (II)
Week 8 – Revision Test
Week 9 – Similar Figures
Week 10 – Consumer Arithmetic: Wages, Salary and Taxation

Term 4
Week 1 – Further indices, surds and number of any magnitude
Week 2 – Data analysis (I), Abstract reasoning
Week 3 – Data analysis (II), Abstract reasoning
Week 4 – Data analysis (III), Abstract reasoning
Week 5 – Yearly review (I), Abstract reasoning
Week 6 – Yearly review (II), Abstract reasoning
Week 7 – Common Logarithms (II)
Week 8 – Revision & Test
Week 9 – Non Linear Relationships
Week 10 – Proportion and Variation

Science Course Outline

Year 9 SCIENCE

Term 1
Week 1 — The Wave Model
Week 2 — Light Energy
Week 3 — Sound
Week 4 — Seeing and Hearing: The Human Eyes and Ears
Week 5 — Electrical Energy and Circuits
Week 6 — Circuit Calculations and Household Electricity
Week 7 — Heat Transfer: Conduction, Convection and Radiation
Week 8 — Term Test
Week 9 — Medical Applications of Electromagnetic Radiation
Week 10 — Communicating With Electromagnetic Waves

Term 2
Week 1 — Coordinated Function of Body Systems
Week 2 — Nervous System
Week 3 — Endocrine System
Week 4 — The Immune System: Responses to Disease
Week 5 — Relationships and Energy Flow in Ecosystems
Week 6 — Population Size and Impacts of Change in Ecosystems
Week 7 — Plate Tectonics
Week 8 — Term Test
Week 9 — Geological Activity at Plate Boundaries
Week 10 — Earthquakes and Tsunamis

Term 3
Week 1 — The Australian Continent
Week 2 — Atomic Structure
Week 3 — Isotopes and Radioactivity
Week 4 — Writing Chemical Formulas
Week 5 — Reactions and Chemical Equations
Week 6 — Reactions of Acids
Week 7 — Combustion Reactions and Pollution
Week 8 — Term Test
Week 9 — Term 3 skills and Data processing Test
Week 10 — Photosynthesis and Respiration

Term 4
Week 1 — The Scientific Method
Week 2 — Organising Information
Week 3 — Identifying Relationships and Making Generalisations
Week 4 — Relating Variables
Week 5 — Drawing Scientific Diagrams
Week 6 — Applying Science Skills
Week 7 — Mathematics in Science
Week 8 — Revision & Test
Week 9 — Diffusion and Osmosis
Week 10 — Density, Weight and Pressure

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