English VCE Beginner Course
The Top Scope College VCE Beginner English course is focused on helping students in the middle years to prepare for VCE by developing all the core skills required for VCE English.
The course:
- Enhances creative, analytical expression and interpretation skills.
- Develops an understanding of implied meanings, purposes, styles, structures of texts and forms of writing.
- Develops a student’s ability to make sound and critical judgments about a variety of text types.
- Teaches students to write effectively and coherently.
We provide:
- Carefully planned and presented course material which covers each area of VCE English.
- A library of reading and supplementary materials to help generate ideas and develop nuanced literary perspectives.
- Essay marking and review by experienced VCE examiners.
- Weekly small group tutorial sessions allowing you to learn at your own pace, and ask tailored questions based on your needs.
- Professional and past students’ high scoring essays to refer to when practicing your writing.
The VCE English course focuses on:
- Reading and responding – Area Study 1
- Reading and creating – Area Study 1
- Analysing and presenting argument – Area Study 2
Extra resources are provided according to individual needs.
English VCE Unit 1-4
The Top Scope College VCE English course is focused on helping students to:
- Enhance creative and analytical expression and interpretation skills.
- Understand implied meanings, purpose, style, structure of texts and forms of writing.
- Develop sound and critical judgments about a variety of text types.
- Write effectively and coherently.
We provide:
- Library of reading and supplementary materials to help you generate ideas and develop nuanced literary perspectives.
- Revision lectures for both unit 1&2 and 3&4.
- Essay marking and review by experienced VCE examiners.
- Weekly small group tutorial sessions allowing you to learn at your own pace, and ask tailored questions based on your needs.
- Past students’ high scoring essays to refer to when practicing your writing.
The VCE English course focuses on:
- Reading and responding – Area Study 1
- Reading and creating – Area Study 1
- Analysing and presenting argument – Area Study 2
Students will use their school texts to prepare for each area of the course in units 1-4 and extra resources are provided depending on individual needs.
Literature VCE Unit 1-4
The Top Scope College VCE Literature course is focused on helping students to prepare by developing all the core skills required for success in VCE Literature.
Students work with their prescribed school texts to prepare for each assessment and extra resources are provided according to individual needs.
The course develops:
- Creative, analytical expression and interpretation skills.
- Awareness of literary devices, vocabulary and metalanguage, and how to apply these effectively.
- An enhanced understanding of implied meanings, purposes, styles, structures of texts and forms of writing.
- The ability to make sound and critical judgments about a variety of text types and authorial choices.
- The ability to write effectively and coherently.
We provide:
- Course material which covers each area of VCE Literature in line with VCAA requirements.
- A library of reading and supplementary materials to help generate ideas and develop nuanced literary perspectives.
- Essay marking and review by experienced VCE examiners.
- Weekly small group tutorial sessions allowing you to learn at your own pace, and ask tailored questions based on your needs.
- Professional and past students’ high scoring essays to refer to when practicing your writing.
The VCE Literature course focus on:
- Unit 1- Approaches to literature
- Unit 2- Context and connections
- Unit 3- Form and transformation
- Unit 4- Interpreting Texts
Mathematics VCE Unit 1-4
The Top Scope College’s VCE Mathematics course is an accelerated program focused on developing the students’:
- Logical and critical thinking necessary for complex problem solving.
- In depth calculator training (CAS or Casio).
- Effective work habits and ethics.
- Intuitive understanding of mathematical concepts as opposed to memorizing formulas.
We provide:
- Large library of trial exams for revision and consolidation of learnt content.
- Revision lectures for both unit 1&2 and 3&4.
- Weekly application material and notes to support your learning.
- Weekly small group tutorial sessions allowing you to learn at your own pace.
The VCE mathematics curriculum is divided into 3 subjects, each having a different learning focus:
Further Mathematics:
There are two core and two selective modules. The core modules, which are compulsory for all students taking further mathematics include：
- Data Analysis
- Recursion and Financial Modelling
Two more selective modules are to be completed on top of the core modules. These modules include：
- Graphs and relations
- Networks and decision mathematics
- Geometry and Measurement
- Matrices
Each of the selective modules will comprise 20 percent of the course mark.
Mathematics Methods:
Methods explores the application of the following key concepts:
- Functions
- Trigonometry
- Algebra
- Calculus
- Probability
- Statistics
Maths Methods differs from Further Maths in its application of more abstract and theoretical concepts, such as algebra and calculus.
Specialist Mathematics:
Specialist Maths is designed to extend the students’ skills further by taking them beyond concepts taught in Maths Methods, exploring all of Methods’ concepts in greater detail and with the addition of new ones.
The key concepts include：
- Rational and quotient functions
- Complex numbers
- Calculus
- Vectors
- Differential equations
- Mechanics
- Statistical inference
Study of Specialist Mathematics assumes concurrent study or previous completion of Mathematical Methods Units 3 and 4.
Physics VCE Unit 1-4
The Top Scope VCE Physics course focuses on helping students：
- Tackle explanation and problem-based questions.
- Build students’ exam technique, subject skills and self-confidence by provding extensive practice with a wide range of VCE Physics Trial papers and exam style questions.
- Develop a range of inquiry skills involving research and analytical skills including critical and creative thinking, and communication skills.
- Communicate an understanding of the disciplines using appropriate terminology, conventions and formats clearly and accurately.
We provide：
- Large library of trial exams for revision and consolidation of learnt content.
- Revision lectures for both Units 1&2 and 3&4.
- Weekly application material and notes to support your learning.
- Weekly small group tutorial sessions allowing you to learn at your own pace.
Some of the difficult key concepts of the course that we aim to help you tackle include：
- Special relativity
- Electromagnetic induction
- Projectile motion
- Wave-particle duality
The focus of our course is to review Year 11 and Year 12 VCE Physics, teach exam skills and provide clear guidance and feedback to enhance student performance.
Chemistry VCE Unit 1-4
The Top Scope VCE Chemistry course helps students develop:
- a range of investigative inquiry skills involving practical experimentation.
- research analytical skills including critical and creative thinking.
- communication skills.
We provide:
- Large library of trial exams for revision and consolidation of learnt content.
- Revision lectures for both unit 1&2 and 3&4.
- Weekly application material and notes to support your learning.
- Weekly small group tutorial sessions allowing you to learn at your own pace.
The key focuses of the course are:
- Exploring how chemical processes are utilised to optimise efficiency.
The categorisation, analysis and uses of organic compounds
Biology VCE Unit 1-4
The Top Scope VCE Biology course focuses on helping students:
- Tackle explanation and problem-based questions.
- Build students’ exam technique, subject skills and self-confidence by providing extensive practice with a wide range of VCE Biology Trial papers and exam style questions.
- Develop a range of inquiry skills involving research and analytical skills including critical and creative thinking, and communication skills.
- Gain an understanding of molecular and evolutionary concepts and how they apply to current societal issues.
We provide:
- Large library of trial exams for revision and consolidation of learnt content.
- Revision lectures for both Units 1&2 and 3&4.
- Weekly application material and notes to support your learning.
- Weekly small group tutorial sessions allowing you to learn at your own pace.