Historical inquiry: Kokoda - Above
Students explored the experience of Australians during World War II. They developed a series of inquiry questions in relation to the events and significance of the Kokoda campaign. Students presented their findings as a report, using the inquiry questions …
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Historical inquiry: Kokoda - AT
Students explored the experience of Australians during World War II. They developed a series of inquiry questions in relation to the events and significance of the Kokoda campaign. Students presented their findings as a report, using the inquiry questions …
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Report: Australian popular culture - ABOVE
Students investigated the history of popular culture in Australia from the end of World War II to the early twenty-first century. They were asked to identify and discuss changes during the period, societal reactions to developments, and any evidence of …
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Prisoners of war - ABOVE
Students explored the experiences of Australians on the battle and home fronts during World War II. They researched, with the support of the teacher-librarian, stories and events associated with prisoners of war. Students then freely chose an appropriate …
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Maths in Vietnamese – AT
In this integrated unit of work, students’ knowledge of mathematics was used to count and skip count in Vietnamese; talk about activities at different times of the day and to graph likes of colours based on a class survey.
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Why do you want to learn Vietnamese? – AT
Students learnt how to discuss likes and dislikes with justification and how to express personal information, desires and wishes. In this task, students were asked to create a bilingual poster explaining why they want to learn Vietnamese.
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This is me - AT
Students learnt to introduce themselves, discuss likes and talk about their family. Students learnt the vocabulary and alphabet to form words, and complete scaffolded sentences. In this task, students were asked to complete sentences with appropriate …
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School holidays recount – AT
Students learnt how to compose short recounts using simple, modelled language structures and familiar vocabulary relating to leisure activities, likes/dislikes and family members. In this task, students were asked to write a short recount about their …
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Narrative writing – AT
Using traditional Vietnamese stories, students learnt how to construct imaginative narrative texts. They learnt how to plan and sequence events, use paragraphs, punctuate and use modelled language and grammar structures. In this task, students were asked …
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Mother’s Day letter - AT
Students learnt about celebrations and traditions and how to create texts to express thanks and appreciation. Students discussed the role of mothers/carers in the family and in society, and their own personal response to the role. Students had previously …
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Expression of gratitude – AT
Students studied a unit on relationships and people that are important in their lives. They learnt how to talk about special people, memories and expressing thanks and gratitude. In this task, students were asked to create a structured written text to …
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My family – AT
Students explored the concept of family and the traditional structure of the Vietnamese family. They learnt how to describe family members and use the different terms depending on relationship and status. In this task, students were asked to create a …
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Creative writing – AT
Using traditional Vietnamese stories, students learnt how to construct imaginative narrative texts. They learnt how to plan and sequence events, use paragraphs, punctuate and use modelled language and grammar structures. Students also looked at writing …
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My future career – AT (Vietnamese)
Students studied a unit on work and future plans, learning a range of grammar structures and topic-specific vocabulary. Students learnt how to express future plans and wishes and justify reasons and opinions. In this task, students were asked to write …
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Conversation between friends – AT
Students learnt how to interact with peers, discussing likes and dislikes, share personal information and opinions and how to make shared plans for activities. In this task, students were to perform a role play between friends in front of the class, …
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Natural and man-made impact on ecosystems – ABOVE
In a teaching and learning unit on ecology, students learnt about energy and matter transfer in an ecosystem using food chains and food webs, different relationships between organisms in an ecosystem, sustainability, and natural and man-made impacts on …
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Heat transfer – AT
By the end of Year 9, students explain chemical processes and natural radioactivity in terms of atoms and energy transfers and describe examples of important chemical reactions. They describe models of energy transfer and apply these to explain phenomena. …
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شجرة عائلتي – AT
Students learnt how to talk about family, to discuss family structures and to make a family tree. Students participated in various activities to reinforce how to read, write and pronounce names of family members and their significance in Arabic. In this …
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About me interview – AT
Students learnt how to share personal information and form questions to ask peers about their personal worlds. In this task, students were asked to interview each other in pairs to request personal information.
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My house – AT
Students learnt about housing in some Arabic-speaking countries and compared these with their own homes. They learnt vocabulary and structures to support descriptions and comparisons. In this task students answered questions of comprehension on a text …
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