Then and now – ABOVE (Year 1)
Students talked about schools in the past – ‘then’ – compared to the present – ‘now’. They drew pictures and wrote a simple text to illustrate and describe schools in the past and present. The teacher supported students in editing, scanning and including …
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HASS - Above satisfactory - Year 1
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can identify and describe with detail important dates and changes in the student’s own life (WS5, WS6). The student explains how specific aspects of daily life have changed over recent time while others …
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The Arts: Dance - Above satisfactory - Foundation to Year 2
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can demonstrate control and use well-developed movement and expressive skills (WS1). The student can perform their own choreography and lead a dance partner in a dance performance (WS2). They can …
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The Arts: Drama - Above satisfactory - Foundation to Year 2
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can maintain focus and demonstrate sustained choices in role with some aspects of character in a class performance. They can improvise and use movement to represent a range of situations; and show …
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The Arts: Music - Above satisfactory - Foundation to Year 2
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can perform in a small class ensemble and compose music using graphic notation (WS1). It also shows that the student can sing a learned melody, compose music, and sing, or sing and play, from a simple …
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Design and Technologies - Above satisfactory - Foundation to Year 2
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can describe the purpose of familiar products, services and environments and how they meet the needs of users and affect others and environments (WS1, WS2, WS3). The student identifies the features …
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Digital Technologies - Above satisfactory - Foundation to Year 2
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can identify how common digital systems (hardware and software) are used to meet specific purposes (WS4). The student uses digital systems to represent simple patterns in data in different ways (WS1, …
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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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Written instructions: Environmental games - ABOVE
As part of a History unit, ‘Children 100 years ago’, students learnt that there was limited money and toys for children in Australia. Students were asked to create or adapt a game, using only natural resources. Students used a template to help develop …
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Digital project: Bee-Bot - ABOVE
Students explored the concept of sequencing steps and decisions using Bee-Bots. They worked in groups to solve progressively more complex routes using grids on paper. Students then programmed the Bee-Bots to navigate grids created on the floor using masking …
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Pairs: Seasons - Above
Students made and responded to dance by exploring seasons as a stimulus in a short unit of work. They also individually choreographed a dance to represent their chosen season. They were guided through the process of developing movements to represent a …
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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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Class performance: Jimmie Jean and the Turtles - ABOVE
Students studied the Great Barrier Reef in an integrated unit that involved English, Science and The Arts. They developed their understanding of sustainability and conservation in relation to the reef by artistically exploring the narrative of the stimulus …
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Demonstration: Creating dance - ABOVE
Students spent the first half of the year following dance videos as part of their warm-up in physical education lessons. Students were asked to construct and perform a dance routine using a minimum of four dance moves that went for at least 30 seconds. …
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Demonstration: Striking (tennis) - ABOVE
Students were involved in a unit of work which focused on the skill of striking. They explored how to control different types of balls using a variety of equipment. Students’ prior experience varied from never having held a bat or racquet to participating …
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Demonstration: Striking (tennis) - AT
Students were involved in a unit of work which focused on the skill of striking. They explored how to control different types of balls using a variety of equipment. Students’ prior experience varied from never having held a bat or racquet to participating …
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