The Arts: Dance - Above satisfactory - Years 7 and 8
This portfolio of work shows that the student can choreograph dance through the use of elements of dance and choreographic devices to communicate meaning. The student responds to their dance, evaluating in detail how they communicate the prescribed theme, …
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The Arts: Drama - Above satisfactory - Years 7 and 8
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can interpret a script and understand some of the conventions of its style and perform using the elements of drama to style. The student demonstrates understanding of a script and its themes, and …
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The Arts: Music - Above satisfactory - Years 7 and 8
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can identify and analyse the elements of music used in their interpretation of North American folk music. The student performs music demonstrating the use of aural skill and voice and instrumental …
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Design and Technologies - Above satisfactory - Years 7 and 8
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can explain factors that influence the design of products, services and environments to meet present and future needs (WS1, WS2, WS3, WS4). The student explains the contribution of design and technology …
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Digital Technologies - Above satisfactory - Years 7 and 8
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can distinguish between different types of networks and defined purposes (WS5). The student explains how text, image and audio data can be represented, secured and presented in digital systems (WS2, …
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The Arts: Media Arts - Above satisfactory - Foundation to Year 2
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can use technical elements from the process of stop motion animation to complete an artwork with good consideration to composition (WS1). The student can give reason for making a media artwork (WS1) …
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The Arts: Visual Arts - Above satisfactory - Foundation to Year 2
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can analyse and respond to artworks they have made or viewed (WS1, WS2) and experiment with different materials and techniques to create artworks that communicate meaning (WS2).
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The Arts: Media Arts - Above satisfactory - Years 7 and 8
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can identify and analyse technical and symbolic elements in a documentary and describe how they communicate meaning to an audience (WS1). The student can analyse technical and symbolic elements, as …
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The Arts: Visual Arts - Above satisfactory - Years 7 and 8
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can identify and use detail to analyse artworks from a range of artists and cultures. In so doing, the student identifies their own viewpoints and those of others artists (WS1, WS2). They analyse and …
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Health and Physical Education - Above satisfactory - Years 7 and 8
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can describe a range of physical, social and moral changes that occur during puberty and identify how and why relationships change during this time (WS3). They provide detailed advice about managing …
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Digital project: App development - ABOVE
Students collaboratively designed and implemented an app for Year 7 and 8 students. They documented their process using a group wiki including guidelines for using the wiki and managing files, analysis of similar apps, functional and non-functional requirements, …
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Harmony Day - Above
Students completed a teacher-created worksheet to answer questions, and gather and interpret information associated with Harmony Day (21 March). As part of the task students completed a survey of the cultural heritage of their year group, and recorded …
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Genetics practical – ABOVE
Students were asked to perform a multi-generational study on the genetic inheritance of two different traits in the species Brassica rapa, a variety of the canola plant. Students were provided with two sets of seeds that had resulted from crossbreeding …
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Digital project: Podcast - ABOVE
Students designed and implemented a podcast and documented the process. They identified the audience, designed and planned the solution including creating a storyboard and script. Students implemented the solution using audio software, evaluated the solution …
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Scripted: Pyramus and Thisbe - ABOVE
Students were engaged in a unit of work on Elizabethan drama using Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream as the key text for a performance-based assessment. They studied style and the acting conventions of the play’s original context. They also learned …
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Presentation: School system - ABOVE
Throughout the year, students have been using and considering the purpose of a range of digital system components and how these components can be connected. Students were asked to verbally explain and justify the classroom network.
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Class Performance: Under the sea – Above
During the course of a term, students participated in an annual musical theatre production as an integrated unit that developed their skills across Dance, Drama and Music. The theme was ‘under the sea’ and the Year 2 students collaborated with Year 6 …
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Journal writing: Dress and hygiene - ABOVE
Students were part of a mixed-ability, multi-aged class of combined Year 9 and Year 10 students. Through journal writing, students were required to respond to and reflect on articles and experiences relating to issues in the workplace. The task was …
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Reflections on a shadow day - ABOVE
Students were part of a mixed-ability, multi-aged class of combined Year 9 and Year 10 students. In cooperation with the teacher, students negotiated a day to shadow a person working in an occupation of interest. Prior to the experience, students prepared …
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Our class rules - Above
Students discussed the role of rules in the classroom and were asked to propose lists of rules for members of the class to follow. The lists were word-processed and posted on the classroom noticeboard. One of these lists is provided as the work sample. Students …
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