HASS - Above satisfactory - Year 4
This portfolio of student works shows that the student can recognise the significance of events in bringing about change (WS2, WS3) and the importance of the environment (WS6). The student explains how and why life changed in the past (WS3) and describes …
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Comparing countries – ABOVE
Students selected two countries, one in Africa and one in South America. With teacher guidance, they undertook a structured inquiry to identify and compare the geographical features of each country. Students recorded their word-processed findings and …
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Environmental investigation – ABOVE
Students investigated the impact of human activity on the environment. They listened to a teacher reading of ‘The Lorax’ by Dr Seuss and wrote a letter to the Once-Ler outlining their concerns about his intentions to commence production in their local …
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Who are we? – ABOVE
Students answered a series of questions based on class data gathered and represented by the teacher as part of an interdisciplinary unit on Australian identity. They reflected on their learning experiences, including songs such as ‘I Am Australian’, and …
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Island map – ABOVE
Students were asked to draw a map of an island to demonstrate their understanding of maps and the use of legends, scales, compass directions and grid references. They were also asked to position a ‘treasure’ at a particular location on the map and then …
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Our school rules – ABOVE
Students explored the role and importance of rules for a community. They discussed how their school operated as a community and drafted their own set of rules for the school. Students produced posters of their rules for consideration by their school’s …
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Explorer research – ABOVE
Students selected a seventeenth century Dutch explorer from a list provided by the teacher. They were asked to pose a series of questions about the explorer using the stems ‘who’, ‘what’, ‘where’, ‘when’, ‘how’ and ‘why’. With teacher guidance and support …
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First Fleet recount – ABOVE
Students investigated the voyage of the First Fleet using primary and secondary sources selected by the teacher. In pairs, they selected one of the eleven ships in the fleet and posed questions to research. On a teacher-created template, the pair of students …
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Cook’s logbook – ABOVE
Students, under teacher guidance, collaboratively traced the journey made by James Cook in the Endeavour between 1768 and 1771 to create a class map of the voyage. This map is included as part of the work sample. Students then chose four locations along …
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Data project: Clean school - ABOVE
Students collected, collated and recorded data about rubbish in an assigned area of the school. They represented data as a series of graphs and on a map. They enhanced the map by adding images and a key.
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Health and Physical Education - Above satisfactory - Years 3 and 4
This portfolio of student work shows that the students explain how personal strengths can support and shape their identity (WS6). Students identify qualities they would like to improve and how, by improving this quality, they can overcome challenges (WS6). …
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Digital Technologies - Above satisfactory - Years 3 and 4
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can describe how a range of digital systems (hardware and software) and their peripheral devices can be used for different purposes (WS1). The student explains how the same data sets can be represented …
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The Arts: Media Arts - Above satisfactory - Years 3 and 4
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can describe a film trailer and discuss some of the elements and processes that they use to communicate to an audience (WS1). The student can discuss how they collaborate with others (WS1). They can …
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The Arts: Visual Arts - Above satisfactory - Years 3 and 4
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can identify and describe complex visual conventions of an artwork (item 1) and draw and plan their own artworks (items 2 and 3). They use visual conventions, processes and techniques to create several …
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The Arts: Drama - Above satisfactory - Years 3 and 4
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can use voice and movement to express character emotional states (Item 1). The student is able to make decisions to demonstrate that a character has undergone change (Item 1). They can demonstrate …
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The Arts: Music - Above satisfactory - Years 3 and 4
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can collaborate to perform in a class ensemble with control and a good awareness of the elements of music (WS1). It also shows that the student can perform their own part singing and/or singing and …
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Design project: Food - ABOVE
Students investigated how to collect suitable materials for composting at their school to improve recycling, reduce waste and improve the productivity of the school kitchen garden. Students designed and produced drawings of a composting system for food …
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Presentation: Working safely - ABOVE
Students have collected evidence of safe and skilful use of technologies in a range of design tasks and recorded this in a presentation template provided by the teacher.
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Choreography: Telling stories - ABOVE
Students investigated how elements of dance can be used to tell a story. The task consisted of two sections that were joined together. The first part engaged the students in the development of understanding of repetition and contrast to communicate their …
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Demonstration, verbal and written response: Striking and fielding (T-Ball) - ABOVE
Students suggested what they wanted to learn about striking and fielding, which was recorded on camera for the teacher to use to develop lessons. Students became more familiar with the games sense approach using questioning and direct instruction to promote …
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