By Year 10, students at WAYS have found their footing. They know their teachers. They feel safe in their environment. And they are ready to build.
Year 10 is where confidence becomes capability. Students close the learning gaps that brought them here, deepen their connection to education, and begin thinking seriously about what comes next. For many, it is the year they surprise themselves.
After two consecutive terms at WAYS, 91% of students report they have bridged their learning gaps. 87% say they feel better about themselves and more connected to education than they ever did before.
At the end of Year 10, students who intend to continue to Year 11 begin thinking about their HSC subject selection. This is an important transition and WAYS supports every student through it carefully.
Many students arrive at WAYS with gaps in their learning from periods of non-attendance or disengagement. Year 10 is where those gaps close. Literacy and numeracy support is embedded into the school day, not added on as an afterthought.
Small classes of 6 to 20 students mean every student gets genuine attention. Students at WAYS regularly achieve at a higher standard than they believed possible when they enrolled. Year 10 is where that starts to become clear.
Year 10 is the time to start thinking about HSC subjects. WAYS supports students through subject selection carefully, including options for distance education where students want to study subjects not offered on site.
Year 10 at WAYS follows the full NSW Stage 5 curriculum. Every student works toward their Record of School Achievement with the same rigour as any mainstream school.
WAYS is NESA accredited. Students finishing Year 10 here leave with exactly the same qualification as students finishing at any other school in NSW.
Students at WAYS are expected to continue through to Year 12. Leaving at the end of Year 10 is strongly discouraged and is not the model WAYS is built around.
English, Mathematics, Science, PDHPE
Modern History, Geography, Drama, Enrichment
Independent study habits, subject selection guidance, academic confidence
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 9:45am | Students arrive. Breakfast provided. |
| 10:00am | Morning classes begin |
| 1:00pm | Lunch break |
| 1:40pm | Afternoon classes |
| 3:15pm | End of day |
A message from Dr Terri Said, Principal
Year 10 students at WAYS arrive in one of two ways. Some have been with us since Year 9 and are hitting their stride. Others are arriving for the first time, having spent the last year or two falling further behind in a school that did not know what to do with them.
Both groups belong here and both groups surprise us in the best possible way.
Year 10 is where we see momentum build. Students who arrived convinced they were behind discover they are not as far back as they thought. Students who had stopped believing in themselves as learners start to believe again. It is the year the story begins to change.
I started WAYS because I believed that every young person deserves an education built around who they actually are. Year 10 at WAYS is proof that belief is not naive. It is achievable. We have seen it happen hundreds of times.
If you are wondering whether it is too late to make the move, the answer is almost always no.
Dr Terri Said Principal and CEO, WAYS Youth & Family
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