Learning
At Grace Lutheran College, we are proud to offer a balanced approach to Education, one that honours the proven strengths of traditional teaching while embracing the opportunities of contemporary learning. Our approach is intentionally designed to nurture both academic excellence and future-ready capabilities.
Grounded in a strong foundation of academic rigour, our education framework ensures that students are challenged, supported, and inspired to reach their full academic potential. Core literacy, numeracy, and specialist subject knowledge are delivered through evidence-informed, structured teaching practices that build deep understanding and critical thinking.
Alongside these traditional strengths, we embrace contemporary educational methods that empower students as creative, collaborative, and independent learners. Through problem-based learning, interdisciplinary connections, and real-world applications, students are actively engaged in developing the key competencies of critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, communication, empathy, and resilience - essential skills for both academic success and lifelong learning. These attributes are intentionally cultivated through rich learning experiences that challenge students to reflect, problem-solve, and engage meaningfully with others and the world around them.
Central to our pedagogical philosophy is a bespoke design thinking framework known as INSPIRE, developed specifically to support our vision of a Balanced Education. This unique model fosters inquiry, innovation, and reflection, guiding students to identify problems, generate thoughtful solutions, and take responsible action.
Grace proudly offers an extensive breadth of subject choices, enabling students to explore their interests, discover passions, and pursue areas of strength. From core academic disciplines to specialist electives students are supported to develop a personalised learning pathway that reflects their goals, gifts, and future aspirations.
By intentionally integrating tradition and innovation, Grace Lutheran College offers an educational experience where students are both grounded and empowered: grounded in rigorous academic standards and empowered through forward-thinking, values-driven, and individualised learning opportunities.
Explore learning opportunities per year level
Year 10
Follow the links below to view Year 10 Curriculum Guides.
Caboolture: Year 10 Curriculum Guide
Year 11/12
Follow the links below to view Year 11/12 Curriculum Guides.
Caboolture: Year 11/12 Curriculum Guide
Subject Selection
The curriculum journey at Grace is a carefully designed framework that allows students to steadily develop their personalised pathways at the College from Year 7 through to Year 12.
Choosing your subjects
To find out about subjects offered at Grace:
- Read the subject descriptions in these Curriculum Guides, found above for each year level
- Ask Learning Leads and teachers about particular subjects
- View the videos about specific elective subjects located on the website
- Ask questions about content and assessment types
Year 8 - 9
As students transition through Year 7 into Senior School, a student’s subject preferences will become more evident.
It is suggested that subjects be chosen based on the following:
- Subjects which the student enjoys, is engaged in with an appropriate challenge
- Subjects in which the student has experienced some success in studying
- Subjects which help meet the student’s career aspirations or will keep options open
- Subjects which develop skills, knowledge and attitudes useful throughout life
Year 8
Subject selection in Year 8 encourages students to maintain a breadth of learning with students selecting their 4 electives (2 x electives per semester).
Year 9
Subject selection in Year 9 encourages students to maintain a breadth of learning with students selecting their 3 electives for the whole year.
Year 10 - 11
For choosing subjects in Year 10 and Year 11, students should study subjects which meet the following criteria:
- Subjects which may be prerequisites for further study (see below for further information)
- Subjects which a student enjoys
- Subjects in which a student has already experienced some success
- Subjects which provide an appropriate challenge to the student
- Subjects which will help a student reach a chosen career pathway or keep a wide range of options open
- Subjects which will develop skills, knowledge and attitudes useful throughout the student’s life
Students need to decide about a combination of subjects that suits them.
It is important to remember that all students are individuals, and that their needs and requirements in subject selection will be quite different from those of other students. This means that it is unwise to either take or avoid a subject because:
- Someone told them that they will like or dislike it
- Their friends are or are not taking it
- They like or dislike the teacher
- ‘Only boys or girls take that subject’ (All subjects are equally available for all students)
Students need to be honest about their abilities and realistic with their career goals. There is little to be gained by continuing with or taking advanced levels of subjects that have proved difficult, even after students have put in their best efforts. Similarly, if career goals require the study of certain subjects, students must consider if they have the ability and determination to work hard enough to achieve the necessary level of results in those subjects.
Planning your QCE Pathway
The online guide from the QCAA will help you understand the requirements for the Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE), explore your learning and career goals and develop a draft outline of what your QCE pathway might look like.
Use this guide in conjunction with the information provide above, the Curriculum Guide and the subject videos to make decisions about subjects.
Tertiary Pre-requisites
There are determined by individual tertiary institutions and are available on the QTAC website in the My Path Guide for Tertiary Entrants.
