What will I learn?

This unit will guide you through the entire game design process of creating both 2D and 3D games from scratch. Learn essential game development concepts, master industry-standard software tools. You will finish the course with two fully playable games.

What will I do?

• Come up with a game idea: Choose a theme, genre and target audience, gameplay mechanics, story, characters and visual style.
  
• Create and source 2D and 3D art assets, including characters, objects, backgrounds, and user interface elements.
• Programming gameplay elements and implement game logic such as character movement, collisions, scoring, and level progression, win and lose conditions, checkpoints, and difficulty scaling using a scripting language.
• Design levels and environments, place objects, obstacles, and enemies strategically. Create sound effects and background music to enhance the game's atmosphere and user experience

Where can this take me?

VCE Subjects: VET Creative Industries, VCE Applied Computing, VCE Media. 

Careers/Jobs: Animator, game level designer, programmer/software developer, 2D and 3D game artist, 2D animator.

Duration:

1 semester.

What will I learn?

• To identify common cyber threats, practice secure online habits, and understand encryption techniques and network security concepts.
• Gain proficiency in programming concepts and languages, enhance problem-solving and algorithmic thinking abilities, and experience collaborative coding projects.
• Understand and explore key AI concepts, real-world applications, and ethical implications, while discussing the impact of AI on society, its benefits, and limitations.
  

What will I do?

• Engage in cybersecurity challenges: Participate in activities like digital escape rooms, where you'll solve puzzles related to encryption, phishing, and password security.
• Collaborate on programming projects: Work together with peers to create shared projects, such as pixel art or interactive games, while developing teamwork and problem-solving skills.
• Explore AI applications and ethics: Dive into AI-generated content and storytelling, discuss real-world AI applications, and examine the benefits, limitations, and ethical implications of artificial intelligence.

Where can this take me?

VCE Subjects: VCE Applied Computing; VET Creative Industries, VCE MEdia.

Careers/Jobs: Cybersecurity analyst, software developer, data scientist, machine learning engineer, ethical hacker/penetration tester, AI researcher,  IT consultant and AI art and design specialist.

Duration:

1 semester.

What will I learn?

In Fabric construction, we are hands on! We research different uses of fibre and fabrics. There is a class focus on recycling garments and sustainable practices. You learn a wide range of sewing machine skills and how to follow a commercial pattern to make clothing. As well as fabric decoration techniques, including embroidery.

What will I do?

• Sew samples on the machine in preparation for sewing an article of clothing
• Re-model an article of clothing using your own design and complete an assessment on sustainability in the fashion industry
• Complete a variety of fabric construction and decoration projects

Where can this take me?

Pathways subjects: Fibre: Textile Art.

VCE Subjects: VCE Production Design & Technology – Textiles, VCE Studio Arts.

Careers/Jobs: Textile artist, fashion designer, costume designer, visual arts and crafts professional.

Duration:

1 semester.

What will I learn?

This subject explores the creative use of thread and textiles. We examine different techniques utilising a range of textiles, fibre, yarns and fabrics. The range of techniques include the art of dyeing fabrics, silk painting, weaving and 3-dimensional wool felting. You produce an assortment of articles using these methods.

What will I do?

• Explore a range of fabric decorating techniques to make an item such as a tote or make up bag
• Make a wall hanging using different weaving techniques and coloured wools and materials of your choice
• Create your own design to produce an artwork by felting or silk painting

Where can this take me?

Pathways subjects: Fibre: Fabric Construction.

VCE Subjects: VCE Production Design & Technology – Textiles, VCE Studio Arts.

Careers/Jobs: Textile artist, fashion designer, costume designer, visual arts and crafts professional.

Duration:

1 semester.

What will I learn?

We produce recipes that are regularly found on your kitchen table and on menus, including our favourite breakfasts, home-baked sweet treats, lunches and dinners. You learn appropriate food handling and safety considerations, and practice industry standard food preparation methods. We consider environmental and ethical issues in food production.

What will I do?

• Two practical and one theory-based lesson per week
• Use a design brief to prepare a meal of choice - food trend
• Learn preservation methods for recipes such as jam, relish and dehydrated foods

Where can this take me?

Pathway subjects: Foods around the world, Cafe Style, Cooking for Crowds.

VCE Subjects: VCE Food Studies, VET Hospitality.

Careers/Jobs: Hospitality, chef, food technologist, childcare coordinator, home economist, nutritionist.

Duration:

1 semester.

What will I learn?

We produce café-style recipes that are regularly found on a café menu, including our favourite main meals and desserts. You use appropriate food handling and safety considerations, and practice industry standard food preparation methods. You prepare a selection of café lunches that we sell to students and staff at our Café every week.

What will I do?

• Work in groups to prepare foods
• Cook and help run Café at school
• Design foods that would be suitable for customers with specific food allergies or intolerances

Where can this take me?

Pathways: Foods Around the World, Brunches Lunches and Dinners, Cooking for Crowds.

VCE Subjects: VCE Food Studies, VET Hospitality.

Careers/Jobs: Hospitality, chef, food technologist, childcare coordinator, home economist, nutritionist.

Duration:

1 semester.

What will I learn?

We focus on cooking for larger numbers, which includes cooking for functions within the school. We study quantity calculation of ingredients and learn how to compile standard recipe cards. Emphasis is on practical work using safe and hygienic food production.

What will I do?

• Generally two practical and one theory-based lesson per week
• Work in groups to prepare food for functions
• Use of design brief to complete assessments including Cafe snack menu and cocktail food

Where can this take me?

Pathways:  Foods around the world, Brunches Lunches and Dinners, Cafe Style.

VCE Subjects: VCE Food Studies, VET Hospitality.

Careers/Jobs: Hospitality, chef, food technologist, childcare coordinator, home economist, nutritionist.

Duration:

1 semester.

What will I learn?

We will explore and examine dishes and ingredients from around the world, investingating why these foods are unique to a specific region, both culturally and geographically. As such, there will be an exploration of the history of food and cuisines both globally, and on a national scale; we will explore indigenous foods and how waves of migration have influenced Australian fare, culminating in our exciting contemporary multicultural 'food fusions'. We will learn a variety of new cooking skills, terminology, how to plan and write food and time plans and how to 'cost out' recipes.

What will I do?

• Two practicals and one theory-based class per week
• Cook meals that contribute to Australia’s multicultural food scene
• Use a Design Brief to complete cook Mediterranean and Asian style foods

Where can this take me?

Pathways: Cooking for Crowds, Brunches Lunches and Dinners, Cafe Style.

VCE Subjects: VCE Food Studies, VET Hospitality.

Careers/Jobs: Hospitality, chef, food technologist, childcare coordinator, home economist, nutritionist.

Duration:

1 semester.

What will I learn?

This is an introduction to the Building and Construction Industry. You gain an appreciation for what it is like to work ‘on the tools’. You develop an understanding of, and experience in, the safe and correct use of carpentry hand tools.

What will I do?

• Learn how to use a wide range of carpentry tools
• Build a wall frame
• Use your practical know-how to build a project out of timber

Where can this take me?

VCE Subjects: VET Building & Construction, VCE Product Design & Technology.

Careers/Jobs: Builder/carpenter.

Duration:

1 semester.

What will I learn?

Intro into Engineering is a taster subject that will allow you to learn the basic skills of Engineering and give a head start if you decide to choose it as a VCE or VET subject in Senior School. In this class you will learn how to correctly mark out, turn using the lathe, use different types of welding equipment and techniques and more.

What will I do?

• Machining 
• Welding
• Hand and power tool skills

Where can this take me?

Pathways: Metal – Wrought Iron, Metal – Alloy Steel, Metal – Carbon Steel.

VCE Subjects: VET VCE Engineering.

Careers/Jobs: Mechanical fitting and turning trades, boiler making trades, auto trades and mechanical, electrical and structural engineering degrees.

Duration:

1 semester.

What will I learn?

Utilising new skills, you make a series of set projects then design your own. You create a portfolio to help build skills as you progress in levels. We use power tools and machinery to achieve satisfying results. We look at the wide-spread use of different metals, and the environmental impact (mining) associated with obtaining them.

What will I do?

• Make hand tools that you can use and keep
• Design and make your own project
• Create and present a portfolio

Where can this take me?

Pathways: Metal – Carbon Steel, Intro to Engineering.

VCE Subjects: VCE Product Design & Technology, VET Engineering.

Careers/Jobs: fitting and fabrication trades.

Duration:

1 semester.

What will I learn?

Skills associated with machining and fabrication are available for you to learn and explore in depth, broadening your metalworking experience and understanding. Challenge yourself by designing a unique project that fulfils an end user’s need. We explore modern production methods and the use of computer aided machinery, along with sustainability concepts and how they apply to us as metalworkers.

What will I do?

• Make a folding shovel
• Design and create your own project
• Create a portfolio

Where can this take me?

Pathways: Intro to Engineering.

VCE Subjects: VCE Product Design & Technology, VET Engineering.

Careers/Jobs: Fitting and fabrication trades.

Duration:

1 semester.

What will I learn?

We take a more sophisticated approach to metalworking as you explore the possibilities of using metal in the making of unique items. Gain a deeper appreciation of metals as materials which are integral to our lives. Discover modern and traditional production methods used in blacksmithing such as forging and fabrication. Become familiar with sustainability concepts.

What will I do?

• Produce a project of your own design such as a barbeque, barbeque tools, pot belly, fire pit or letter box
• Use tools such as plasma cutters and a variety of different welders
• Use a variety of manufacturing techniques

Where can this take me?

Pathways: Intro to Engineering, Metal – Alloy Steel, Metal – Carbon Steel.

VCE Subjects: VCE Product Design & Technology, VET Engineering.

Careers/Jobs: Fitting and fabrication trades.

Duration:

1 semester.

What will I learn?

This is a practical hands-on class where you develop printed circuit boards and produce components to manufacture a completed electronics project. We conduct basic fault finding and testing and how to design and manufacture projects or components using CAD design and 3D printing. You look at energy generation, forces, safety, sustainability, as well as new and emerging technologies.

What will I do?

• Use simulated electronic designs and then reproduce them
• Make a shock box of your design using 3D printing
• Make a project of your own, using the skills you have learned

Where can this take me?

Pathways: Remote Controlled Vehicle, Robotics.

VCE Subjects: Further study in Systems Engineering. Metal Units 1-4. Wood Units 1-4. VET Engineering, Digital Technologies.

Careers/Jobs: Engineer, electrician.

Duration:

1 semester.

What will I learn?

You program a microcontroller and how the microcontroller works in relation to a development board for a remote-controlled vehicle. We learn the theory of Ohm’s Law and how basic electronics components and circuits work in a system.

What will I do?

• Design and manufacture parts using CAD and 3D printing
• Use CAD software to design parts for your own remote-control vehicle
• Manufacture and construct a printed circuit board, vehicle chassis, gearbox
• Program the vehicle to follow remote instructions using the Arduino microcontroller or ESC receiver combo
• Run diagnostic tests and do prototyping

Where can this take me?

Pathways: 3D Design and Construction, Robotics.

VCE Subjects: Further study in Systems Engineering. Metal Units 1-4. Wood Units 1-4. VET Engineering. VET Creative Industries. Digital Technologies.

Careers/Jobs: Engineer, electrician.

Duration:

1 semester.

What will I learn?

We explore combinations of materials, forces, energy and motion in an engineered system. As a team, you learn how to design and build a mobile VEX robot to play a sport-like game. We look at key STEM principles, and robotics concepts. You design and manufacture parts using CAD and 3D printing, run diagnostic tests and do prototyping. At the culmination of this class, you compete head-to-head against your peers in the classroom.

What will I do?

• Construct the VEX robot and program it to follow instructions
• Using the VEX robot, redesign or modify it to solve an engineering problem
• Battle your robot head-to-head against peers in your classroom

Where can this take me?

Pathways: 3D Design and Construction, Robotics.

VCE Subjects: Further study in Systems Engineering. Digital Technologies. VET Creative Industries. VET Engineering.

Careers/Jobs: Engineer, electrician.

Duration:

1 semester.

What will I learn?

Cabinet making, joinery, wood turning, carving, and more are available to explore in depth, broadening your woodworking experience and knowledge. Learn how to use steam to bend timber components. Explore modern production methods and the use of computer aided machinery. Learn about sustainability and waste management concepts and how they apply to us as woodworkers.

What will I do?

• Three lessons each week, largely practical work
• Express your creativity through the use of timber
• Challenge yourself using advanced timber joinery techniques making a wooden mallet and Japanese lantern
• Design and build creative projects which will enhance your surroundings

Where can this take me?

VCE Subjects: VCE Product Design & Technology, VET Engineering.

Careers/Jobs: This unit provides insights into careers in trades, and further study in design and manufacturing.

Pre-requisites:

Previous completion of Timber – Introduction and / or Timber – Intermediate would be advantageous.

Duration:

1 semester.

What will I learn?

In this class you discover modern production methods and the use of recently developed equipment, along with sustainability concepts. The technique of bent lamination and the use of exotic veneers and moulds are used to create exciting projects of your own design, such as desk lamps and personalised skateboard decks.

What will I do?

• Three lessons each week, largely practical work
• Enjoy working with others, be creative
• Design and build personalised items - rolling pin

Where can this take me?

Pathways: Timber – Intermediate, Timber – Advanced.

VCE Subjects: VCE Product Design & Technology, VET Engineering.

Careers/Jobs: This unit provides insights into careers in trades, and further study in design and manufacturing.

Duration:

1 semester.

What will I learn?

This class gains an insight into the use of wood. We explore the importance of trees in the natural world, and also the ways in which they benefit birds, animals, and humans. You will understand how to use the design process followed in the Technology Domain and how to safely use tools and machines.

What will I do?

• Three lessons each week, largely practical work
• Enjoy working with others, be creative. You use hand and power tools to design and build satisfying projects
• Make a breadboard, design brief project

Where can this take me?

Pathways: Timber – Intermediate, Timber – Advanced.

VCE Subjects: VCE Product Design & Technology, VET Engineering.

Careers/Jobs: This unit provides insights into careers in trades, and further study in design and manufacturing.

Duration:

1 semester.