Outdoor learning: Numeracy
Outdoor learning can give students opportunities to recognise the mathematics that exists in outdoor learning experiences; to see the importance of numeracy, select relevant numeracy knowledge and skills, and apply these skills in outdoor contexts. Students …
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Outdoor learning: Literacy
Outdoor learning can support the development of literacy by introducing specific terminology used in outdoor contexts. Students understand the language used to describe aspects of the outdoors, maps, products, resources, information and services. They …
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Outdoor learning: Science
Science gives students opportunities to develop an understanding of important science concepts and processes including the practices used to develop scientific knowledge, the contribution of science to our culture and society, its applications in our …
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Reflection on learning Japanese - AT
In small groups, students were asked open-ended questions regarding their Japanese learning experience. Their responses were unrehearsed.
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Digital project: App development - BELOW
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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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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Reflection on learning Chinese - AT
Students were asked to respond in English to unscripted questions on learning Chinese.
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Outdoor learning: Geography
Geography is a structured way of exploring, analysing and understanding the characteristics of the places that make up our world. Outdoor learning programs provide opportunities for students to learn to question why the world is the way it is, reflect …
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Outdoor learning: Ethical Understanding
Outdoor learning can focus on the importance of treating others with integrity, fairness and compassion, and valuing and respecting diversity and equality for all. Students can examine ethical principles and codes of practice appropriate to the natural …
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Reflection on learning French - AT
Students were asked to participate in a discussion with unscripted questions, requiring students to reflect on their experience in learning French.
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Design project: Automata - ABOVE
Students investigated some of the key mechanical systems that are used and relied on in daily life, such as the muscles that move their own head, locking and unlocking mechanisms, toys that move and mechanisms in the family car. They critiqued these key …
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Design project: Automata - BELOW
Students investigated some of the key mechanical systems that are used and relied on in daily life, such as the muscles that move their own head, unlocking and opening a door, toys that move and mechanisms in the family car. They critiqued these key mechanical …
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Digital project: Representation of data - AT
Students created a website using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to control visual elements of their web page, and developed an understanding of why data needed to be compressed and separated from presentation. They used Unicode to create a greeting and …
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Reflection on learning Spanish – AT
Students had been learning Spanish for approximately one term. In this task, students were asked to answer a range of questions about learning Spanish. Students were asked to consider cultural and linguistic similarities and differences as well as explain …
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Design project: Rainbow costumes - AT
Students designed and produced costumes for a performance based on the book The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. They gathered information on materials, colours, special effects and design features. They generated and evaluated ideas for their costumes. …
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Career education: Career Week, linking learning to real life opportunities
This illustration of practice highlights how Hillman Primary School developed a career education program to assist students to make informed decisions about their study and career options and set goals for the future. Students develop Personal and Social, …
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Design project: the top playground – Cherrybrook
This task is the culmination of an extended unit of work that aimed to make connections for students between STEM disciplines in a project that targeted an identified need in the school. Students collaborated in small groups to investigate the effect …
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Reflection on learning German – AT
Students had been learning German for approximately one term. In this task, students were asked to answer a range of questions about learning German. Students were asked to consider cultural and linguistic similarities and differences as well as explain their …
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Toys project - AT
As part of their teaching and learning unit on physical sciences, students had investigated different types of forces and simple machines. Students had been explicitly taught how to draw force diagrams and how to scientifically communicate designs that …
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Reflection on learning Korean – AT
In this task, students were asked to answer a range of questions about learning Korean. Students were asked to consider cultural and linguistic similarities and differences as well as explain their own experiences of learning Korean. Students were not …
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