Community Studies

Content

Community Studies is a flexible individual project-based subject where students plan, organise and carry out a chosen project.  The project must consist of 120 hours of work in total, from initial planning to completion.  Previous projects have included: coaching sporting teams, restoring furniture, developing a website, writing a script and many more – whatever you can think of can be worked into Community Studies.

Initially, students complete a contract of work outlining their project and the steps they will take to achieve their goal.  During the project, students are expected to develop literacy, numeracy, and other SACE capabilities and interact with a mentor who will provide feedback on the project.

On completion of the project, students are required to present their project to an audience that usually consists of the teacher and mentor and write a reflection on their learning.

Assessment

Contract of work  70% 

• Contract of work
• Folio of evidence
• Presentation to an audience

Reflection  30%

• Summary of the community activity - 200 words or 1 minute of total reflection
• Reflection on the completion of the contract of work - 1000 words or 6 minutes multimodal form

Additional Information

Community Studies will contribute to SACE completion, but cannot be used for University entry (ATAR).  Community Studies can also be studied as a semester-length 10-credit subject or multiple subjects.