The Horizons Excellence Program is a locally based Burnside State High School initiative whereby students who are accepted into the program experience deeper learning in the key curriculum areas with a multi-disciplinary focus.
The Horizons Excellence Program has an enriched, cross-disciplinary curriculum focus to extend students through a variety of different learning styles and mediums to become Globally Competent Learners.
Horizons Excellence Program students study the National Curriculum as prescribed for Junior Secondary students (Years 7-9) however the learning will include co-curricular opportunities including student-led projects; innovative cross-curricular units; competition entries; learning portfolios; public exhibitions; to lead to increased student engagement and achievement.
Students will learn traditional subjects whilst developing important skills such as problem solving, lateral thinking, creativity, ethics, flexibility and independent learning.
This program will prepare students for the ever-changing world of the twenty-first century with the potential to inspire learning and deliver curriculum extension opportunities for participants.
The Horizons Excellence Program is recommended for students who have demonstrated high levels of engagement in the classroom and are willing to be extended academically, foster collaboration and who possess an interest to want to build upon their knowledge an ability globally.
This program will provide extra curricular and co-curricular opportunities with a STEAM lens (Science, Technology, Engagement, Arts and Maths) while still ensuring students study the core subjects of Mathematics, English, Humanities, Literacy, Numeracy and Health and Physical Education.
In addition to this, students will study all electives in a rotation model across the year:
The Arts: Drama, Media Arts, Music, Visual Art
Humanities and Social Sciences: Economics and Business
Languages: Indonesian, Japanese
Technology: Design and Technologies, Digital Technologies, Economics and Business, Food and Fibre Production