Exploring different cultural perspectives through two-way teaching
Medina Primary School is a government school located 39km south of the Perth CBD on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk People. The school has an enrolment of 231 students, of whom 28% are Aboriginal. In this illustration of practice, Years 5 and 6 …
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Science - Energy transfer
At St Mary MacKillop College, a Year 8 Science teacher/Sustainability co-ordinator ensured that all students were engaged, supported and challenged during a practical investigation about the transference and transformation of energy and wind turbines. …
Science - Energy transfer | Illustrations of practice | Student diversity | Resources
Merici College (Years 9 and 10)
Merici College is a 7-12 girls Catholic School located in Canberra, ACT on the Traditional Lands of the Ngunnawal Peoples. Merici College has a specific emphasis on sustainability. Accordingly, their STEM Connections project focused on solar photovoltaics. …
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Career education: skills for work and vocational pathways
This illustration of practice demonstrates how Redcliffe State High School incorporates opportunities to develop the Australian Curriculum general capabilities and a Vocational Education and Training (VET) qualification into the school’s career education …
Career education: skills for work and vocational pathways | Illustrations of practice | General capabilities and career education | Resources
Rosebery Primary School
Rosebery Primary School is situated in Darwin, in the Northern Territory. It was established in 2011 and at the time of filming had a student enrolment of around 480. The school embraced the implementation of the Australian Curriculum, establishing leadership …
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Hale School
The Hale School took an initiative to assist students to develop strategies to ingrain ways of thinking mathematically into their learning. They took on a focus of problem-based learning and realised, with the implementation of the Australian Curriculum: …
Hale School | Illustrations of practice | Mathematics proficiencies | Resources
Mathematics: Number lines/Science: Energy transfer
Clifford Park Special School upholds the strong belief that all students can learn, and that they should have equitable access to the Australian Curriculum. The school provides educational programs for secondary students with disability. A supportive …
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Toowoomba Grammar School
The mathematics coordinator at Toowoomba Grammar led the staff to undertake a change in the way mathematics was taught in the school. The focus was on differentiation of the curriculum to meet the learning needs of the students. The coordinator felt that …
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St Felix Catholic Primary School
St Felix school staff studied the school data to find programs that would address the needs of the student cohort. The school employed a numeracy coordinator to assist teachers to develop strategies to teach the mathematics curriculum through the proficiencies. …
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Simonds Catholic College (Years 9 and 10)
In the STEM Connections project, Simonds Catholic College focused on improvement of the school environment. Students were asked to design and build a vertical garden. The design brief ensured that Science, Technologies and Mathematics were all well-represented …
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Baynton West Primary School
Baynton West Primary School is an independent public school in Karratha, Western Australia. At the time of filming the school had close to 600 students in Foundation – Year 7, and 50 staff members. The school strives to provide a rigorous education for …
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Cultural competencies and business acumen through Aboriginal Business Enterprise
Balga Senior High School is a government school located 20km north of the Perth CBD on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk People. The School has a total enrolment of 525 students, of whom 24% are Aboriginal. This illustration of practice highlights …
Cultural competencies and business acumen through Aboriginal Business Enterprise | Illustrations of practice | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures | Resources
Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School
Our Lady of Mercy Deloraine School is in rural Tasmania and at the time of filming had 135 students, with this number made up of multi-age classes from Foundation to Year 6, and 13 teaching staff. The focus of this school is the provision of education …
Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School | Illustrations of practice | Primary curriculum | Resources
Mathematics: Money and financial literacy
Inverloch Primary School provides cohesive learning, engagement and wellbeing programs. The ‘Challenging Learning and Growth Mindset’ helps provide a rich theoretical and practical approach to learning. The school caters for the diversity of students …
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Alice Springs School of the Air
The Alice Springs School of the Air (ASSOA) is based in Alice Springs and broadcasts to children in isolated communities through a 1.3 million square km 'classroom', throughout Northern Territory and parts of South Australia and Western Australia. At …
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Mawson Primary School
Mawson Primary School is situated in the suburbs of Canberra. 50 per cent of the student population has EAL/D. The school offers all students the opportunity to learn Mandarin as a second language. There are several bilingual classes, where students learn …
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Brighton Primary School
Brighton Primary School is a large school incorporating a centre for the hearing-impaired. At the time of filming, there were 619 students at the school. The additional language at the school is Auslan. The school’s vision statement is: ‘Engage, imagine, …
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Walcha Central School (Years 5 and 6)
Walcha Central Public School is located in Walcha, New South Wales on the Traditional Lands of the Dhungutti People. The focus of their Years 5-6 STEM Connections illustration of practice was an integrated learning approach to a food and fibre production …
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Staff planning: Adapting the Australian Curriculum to meet the needs of all students
The Woden School offers a supported high school and senior secondary school program to eligible students who meet the ACT Disability Criteria, including students with mild to moderate intellectual disability in addition to other medical conditions or …
Staff planning: Adapting the Australian Curriculum to meet the needs of all students | Illustrations of practice | Student diversity | Resources
Northcote High School (Years 7 to 10)
Northcote High School is located in Northcote, Victoria on the Traditional Lands of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. The focus of their Years 7-10 STEM Connections illustration of practice was enabling student agency through environmental action. …
Northcote High School (Years 7 to 10) | Illustrations of practice | STEM | Resources