GIS Year 10 Elective Choices

Year 10 Electives
Alternative Sports
Challenge, Explore, Enjoy
This elective will provide students with an opportunity to
play alternative sports and be physically active. Students
will get the opportunity to participate in a number of
sports. Some examples can be found below:
Volleyball, Table Tennis, Ultimate Frisbee, Metaball,
Short Tennis, Handball, Tchoukball, Aussie Rules, Gaelic
Football
Take this if:
You wish to be active and try new/different sports. This will
help you manage the stresses involved in chasing academic
excellence.
Coaching & Leadership
Introduction to Sports Leadership and Coaching
Lead, Motivate, Inspire
This elective will support students through
understanding the importance of developing leadership
characteristics, how they can be strengthened in a
practical environment and the safety/support networks
that should be built between teammates, coaches and
friends.
Take this if:
You would like to understand the role of coach.
You want to learn more about safety in sport.
You are interested in training athletes.
Chinese Culture
Explore, Experience, Appreciate
In this elective, students will gain a deeper insight into
Chinese culture and be able to research a cultural topic
of personal interest. Additionally, they will be able to
develop a number of key skills that will be useful beyond
the elective.
Take this if:
You would like to improve your presentation skills.
You would like to develop your chinese cuisine cooking skills.
Close Harmony Choir
Sing, Learn, Grow
Come and discover the joys of singing together and
creating powerful harmonies with others. In this
elective, you will learn to sing songs from a range of
styles, cultures and time periods, you will form new
friendships through making music together, and you will
learn about how music works on a much deeper level.
Take this if:
You enjoy singing.
You enjoy discovering new music.
You want to deepen your understanding of music harmony.
You want to feel uplifted and energised each week.
You do not need to play music to take this elective, however it does
compliment the music IGCSE and A Level very well.
Creative Interactive Media
Analyse, Conceptualise, Create
Graphic Design is the practice of conceptualising and
visualising ideas and experiences with illustration,
photography, digital imagery, and media.
User interface (UI) design and user experience (UX) are
the yin and yang of web design.
Take this if:
You want to understand the purpose and content of
pre-production.
You want to be able to create a digital graphic, animation and
websites.
You want to understand the purposes and features of
animation and websites.
Digital Entrepreneurs
Challenge, Experiment, Success
Let's start a software company! By joining this elective,
you'll become a founding member of GIS's new in-house,
student-run software development company. You'll learn
how commercial companies manage the design, coding,
and testing of software, solving real problems. Particular
skills covered will include design thinking (how to come
up with workable solutions to problems) and Agile
development (one of the most popular software
development management models).
Take this if:
You would like to know how to write user stories and assess
your product against them.
You would like know how to use Git properly, including pull
requests and code reviews.