Critical and Creative Thinking - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8)
Typically by the end of Year 8, students: Identify and clarify information and ideas clarify information and ideas from texts or images when exploring challenging issues Organise and process information critically analyse information and evidence …
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Critical and Creative Thinking - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8)
Typically by the end of Year 8, students: Identify and clarify information and ideas clarify information and ideas from texts or images when exploring challenging issues Organise and process information critically analyse information and evidence …
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Geography - Years 7 and 8
Year 7 Geographical knowledge and understanding Water in the world Content descriptions with elaborations: The classification of environmental resources and the forms that water takes as a resource (ACHGK037) classifying resources into renewable, …
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Literacy - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8)
Typically, by the end of Year 8, students: Navigate, read and view learning area texts navigate, read and view a variety of challenging subject-specific texts with a wide range of graphic representations Listen and respond to learning area texts listen …
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History - Years 7 and 8
Year 7 Historical knowledge and understanding Investigating the ancient past The Mediterranean world Students investigate ONE of these Mediterranean societies in depth: Egypt or Greece or Rome. Content descriptions with elaborations: Physical …
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Health and Physical Education - Years 7 and 8
Year 7 and 8 Personal, social and community health Being healthy, safe and active Content descriptions with elaborations Investigate the impact of transition and change on identities (ACPPS070) examining the impact of physical changes on gender, …
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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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Scripted: Pyramus and Thisbe - AT
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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Role play – On se présente - AT
Over the course of the unit students had learnt the vocabulary, expressions and grammar structures related to describing themselves and their family. In this task, students were asked to perform a role play where they introduced themselves and gave as …
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Folk music: North American - ABOVE
Students studied American folk music and the origins of blues in a 10-week unit that differentiated for a range of abilities in class. In particular, they studied traditional North American blues and gospel music, focusing on This Train is Bound for Glory …
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Letter: Puberty advice - ABOVE
This assessment task was part of a unit of work on relationships and sexuality. Students were asked to write a letter to their Year 6 self. In the letter, they were to give advice about some of the challenges and changes they will face physically and …
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Letter: Puberty advice - AT
This assessment task was part of a unit of work on relationships and sexuality. Students were asked to write a letter to their Year 6 self. In the letter, they were to give advice about some of the challenges and changes they will face physically and …
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Letter: Puberty advice – BELOW
This assessment task was part of a unit of work on relationships and sexuality. Students were asked to write a letter to their Year 6 self. In the letter, they were to give advice about some of the challenges and changes they will face physically and …
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Song analysis: Relationships and values - BELOW
As part of a unit of work on respectful relationships and values, students were asked to select a song that describes a relationship between two people or two groups of people. Students were asked to write an essay to analyse the aspects of the relationship …
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Song analysis: Relationships and values - AT
As part of a unit of work on respectful relationships and values, students were asked to select a song that describes a relationship between two people or two groups of people. Students were asked to write an essay to analyse the aspects of the relationship …
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Song analysis: Relationships and values - ABOVE
As part of a unit of work on respectful relationships and values, students were asked to select a song that describes a relationship between two people or two groups of people. Students were asked to write an essay to analyse the aspects of the relationship …
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Ma Famille - AT
Students had completed a unit of work on family incorporating conjugation of regular -er verbs, nationalities, likes and dislikes and agreement of adjectives and relevant vocabulary. In this task, students were asked to create a PowerPoint presentation …
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Analysis: Contact - AT
Students studied the communicative power of technical elements used in Media Arts as part of a unit of work on the documentary Contact (2009) by Bentley Dean and Martin Butler. They explored and analysed the technical elements of voice-over, music, sound …
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Written response: Bushwalking - ABOVE
As part of a unit of work about healthy eating and the outdoors, students learnt about the natural environment and participated in a bushwalk in their local community. Students explored strategies to promote minimal impact on the environment. Students …
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Written response: Including others - ABOVE
As part of a unit of work on valuing diversity, students learnt about the importance of positive relationships as they transition into adolescence. Students were asked to examine scenarios involving a range of relationship issues and use a thinking routine …
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