Seaton High School

Seaton High School is a coeducational public secondary school based in Seaton, a suburb of the City of Charles Sturt in western Adelaide, South Australia. The school has a total enrolment of more than 800 students per year, with an official count of 875 students in 2018.[1]

Seaton High School
Location
Glenburnie Street

Seaton
,
South Australia

Australia
Coordinates34.8855°S 138.505°E / -34.8855; 138.505
Information
TypePublic, secondary
Established1964
PrincipalRichard Abell
Grades8-12
Enrolment875 (2018)[1]
Colour(s)Navy blue, Polynesian blue, orange and white     
Websitewww.seatonhs.sa.edu.au

Seaton High School's current role of Principal is held by Richard Abell. The school also consists of one Deputy Principal, five Assistant Principals, one Business Manager, two Student Counsellors, five Year Level Coordinators and 61 full-time equivalent teaching staff.[1][2]

A future development of the school, through utilisation of a $20 million grant through the Department for Education's Better Schools Program, is currently under proposal and is scheduled to commence in the early 2020s. The development process is expected to be completed before the introduction of the Year 7 cohort to the school in 2022.[3][4]

Facilities

Facilities at Seaton High School include:

  • Trade Training Centre
  • Drama and Dance Studio
  • Multimedia suite
  • Two specialist art rooms
  • Japanese Language Centre
  • Baseball Training Centre
  • Gymnasium
  • Tennis, basketball and netball courts[5]

Curriculum

Specialist programs

Special interest programs available to students at Seaton High School include:

  • Diamond Sports Program
  • Emerging Technologies Specialist Program
  • Students with High Intellectual Potential (SHIP) Program
  • UAV Specialist Program
  • Visual Arts and Innovation Specialist Program[6][7]

Middle School

Year 8 students undertake the full year subjects of English, Mathematics, Science, Applied Science, History and Japanese, as well as the subjects of Arts (Visual Arts or Performing Arts), Health & Physical Activity (Physical Education, Dance or Baseball) and Technology (Woodwork, Metalwork, Plastics, Electronics, CAD and Robotics) for one semester, and Geography and Food & Nutrition for one term.[8]

Year 9 students undertake the compulsory subjects of English, Mathematics, Science and History for the whole year, as well as the semester-long subject of Health & Physical Activity (Physical Education, Dance or Baseball). Students also choose three of the following semester-long or year-long elective subjects:

  • Advanced Baseball (full year)
  • Art for Gifted Art Students
  • Dance
  • Drama
  • Electronics & Control Technologies
  • Geography
  • Home Economics
  • Japanese (full year)
  • Music
  • Timber & Metal Materials
  • Visual Arts[8]

Year 10

Year 10 students undertake the compulsory subjects of English, Mathematics (General Mathematics, Essential Mathematics or Mathematics 10A) and Science for the whole year, as well as Modern History and the Personal Learning Plan for one semester. Each student also undertakes a semester-long subject with a physical component (Applied Environmental Studies, Baseball, Dance, Fitness or Physical Education). Elective subjects available to Year 10 students include:

  • Advanced Baseball
  • Creative Music
  • Dance
  • Drama
  • Economics & Business
  • Home Economics
    • Food Studies
    • Textiles Studies
  • International Studies
  • Introduction to Aviation
  • Japanese
  • Metalwork
  • Modern History
  • Music A
  • Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics (STEAM)
  • Visual Art
  • Woodwork[8]

Year 11

Year 11 students undertake the compulsory subjects of English (Standard, Essential or Advanced) Mathematics (General Mathematics A & B, Essential Mathematics A & B, Essential Mathematics - Numeracy, Mathematical Methods A & B or Specialist Mathematics) and the Personal Learning Plan. Elective subjects available to Year 11 students include:

  • Applied Environmental Studies
  • Baseball
  • Biology A
  • Biology B
  • Business & Enterprise
  • Chemistry A
  • Chemistry B
  • Creating with Fabric
  • Dance A
  • Dance B
  • Design Product
  • Digital Technology
  • Drama A
  • Drama B
  • Electronics
  • Fitness
  • Food & Hospitality A
  • Food & Hospitality B
  • Food for Living
  • Geography
  • Information Publishing & Processing
  • Japanese
  • Metalwork
  • Modern History A
  • Modern History B
  • Music A
  • Music B
  • Outdoor Education
  • Physical Education A
  • Physical Education B
  • Physics A
  • Physics B
  • Print Media
  • Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics (STEAM)
  • Seaton UAV Project
  • Society & Culture
  • Spanish (for Beginners)
  • Tourism
  • Visual Art A
  • Visual Art B
  • Woodwork
  • Workplace Practices[8]

Year 12

Year 12 students undertake the compulsory subjects of English (Standard, Essential or Literary Studies), Mathematics (General Mathematics, Essential Mathematics, Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics) and the Personal Learning Plan. Elective subjects available to Year 12 students include:

  • Biology
  • Business & Enterprise
  • Chemistry
  • Dance
  • Digital Technologies
  • Drama
  • Food & Hospitality
  • Information Publishing & Processing
  • Japanese
  • Material Products
  • Modern History
  • Music
  • Outdoor Recreation Studies
  • Physical Education
  • Physics
  • Society & Culture
  • Spanish (for Beginners)
  • Sports Studies
  • Tourism
  • Visual Arts
  • Workplace Practices[8]

Vocational Education & Training

Seaton High School offers the following three Vocational Education & Training (VET) courses:

  • Electrotechnology: Certificate I & II in Electrical
  • Plumbing: Certificate in Construction - Plumbing
  • Plumbing Plus: Certificate III Roof Plumbing (Partial)[9]

Co-curricular and extracurricular activities

Seaton High School offers the following co-curricular and extracurricular activities to students:

  • Art trip to Sydney or Melbourne (Years 11 and 12)
  • Artists in Residence Program
  • ASPIRE Leadership Program
  • Dance, Drama and Music performances
  • Exhibitions/Community Art
  • Gifted Art Program (Year 8)
  • Japan trip
  • Japanese annual study tour
  • Robotics Club
  • Sport SA carnival and knockout competitions
  • Student Voice Forum
  • Western Zone Sport
  • Year 12 art studio workshops[2][10][11][12][13]

References
  1. "School Context Statement 2018". Department for Education (South Australia). Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. "2019 Information Handbook". Seaton High School. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. "Seaton High School Annual Report to the School Community". Department for Education (South Australia). Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  4. "Seaton High School". Department for Education (South Australia). Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  5. "Facilities". Seaton High School. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  6. "Special Interest Programs". Seaton High School. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  7. "UAV Specialist Program". Seaton High School. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  8. "Seaton High School 2019 Curriculum Handbook". Seaton High School. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  9. "Vocational Education and Training (VET)". Seaton High School. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  10. "The Arts". Seaton High School. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  11. "Student Participation". Seaton High School. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  12. "Global Peace School". Seaton High School. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  13. "Japanese". Seaton High School. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
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