Year 8 Courses

What our Year 8 students will cover each term at Matrix.

Written by Melanie
Updated over a week ago

All Year 8 courses are 1.5 hours long once a week for 9 weeks during the term.

We offer Year 8 English and Maths.

Should you wish to enrol please click here or if you have any questions, chat to us online!

English

Term 1
Journalism and Poetry

Stereotypes
Feature Articles
Poetry in-depth

Term 2
Texts Through Time

Traditional Stories
Prose Narrative
Film

Term 3
Representation and Perspective

The Military
Consumerism
Gender
Australian Fiction

Term 4
Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet
Values in Shakespeare' time

Maths

Term 1

Indicies
Algebraic Techniques
Linear Relationships

Term 2

Equations
Rates
Length
Area

Term 3

Algebraic Techniques
Properties of Geometrical Figures
Volume and Capacity

Term 4

Probability
Similarity
Financial Mathematics