Data analysis: Water in the world – ABOVE
Over a period of six weeks, students explored how water connects places, environments and people. Students used digital technologies to present the process of orographic rainfall and explain how it influences the characteristics on either side of a mountain. Students …
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HASS - Above satisfactory - Year 7
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can explain in detail the role of groups and the significance of particular individuals in past societies (WS1). The student suggests reasons for continuity and change over time (WS5). The student …
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Science - Above satisfactory - Year 7
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can describe techniques to separate pure substances from mixtures (WS1, WS2, WS4). The student represents and predicts the effects of unbalanced forces, including Earth’s gravity, on motion (WS3). The …
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Water in the world - ABOVE
Students explored how water connects places, environments and people. Provided with images, graphs and thematic world maps showing average annual precipitation and access to improved drinking water, students were asked to identify global patterns of average …
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Geography - Above satisfactory - Year 7
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can describe a range of human and geographical processes that influence the characteristics of places, and how places are perceived and valued differently (WS1, WS2). The student gives detailed explanations …
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History - Above satisfactory - Year 7
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can suggest reasons for change and continuity over time (WS5, WS6). The student explains the effects of change on societies, individuals and groups (WS5, WS6). The student describes in detail events …
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Economics and Business - Above satisfactory - Year 7
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can explain the interdependence of consumers and producers in the market (WS3). The explains the importance of short- and long-term planning to individual and business success and describes different …
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Photostory: Liveability - ABOVE
Students were required to investigate ways of improving the liveability of their local community through the encouragement of pride and ownership in places and spaces. At the end of the four-week unit, students undertook a field trip in their local area …
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Liveability - ABOVE
Students were required to investigate ways of improving the liveability of their local community through the encouragement of pride and ownership in places and spaces. At the end of the four week unit, students undertook a field trip in their local area …
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Mixtures and solutions - ABOVE
Prior to the sample task, students investigated different types of mixtures and had been instructed on the scientific terminology used to describe their components. They had been given opportunities to identify solvent and solute in solutions and to use …
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Slater investigation - ABOVE
In previous teaching and learning units, students learnt about the scientific method and conducted investigations, wrote reports and reflected on their investigations. During a teaching and learning unit on biological sciences, students practiced identifying …
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Entrepreneurs - ABOVE (HASS)
Students studied examples of businesses associated with entrepreneurs. They identified the characteristics of each entrepreneur, the strengths of the business and created general categories associated with entrepreneurial behaviour. Students then adopted …
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Entrepreneurs - ABOVE
Students studied examples of businesses associated with entrepreneurs. They identified the characteristics of each entrepreneur, the strengths of the business and created general categories associated with entrepreneurial behaviour. Students then adopted …
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Source analysis: Ötzi, the iceman – Above
Students were presented with a selection of unseen primary and secondary sources associated with the discovery of the body of Ötzi, the iceman, in 1991. They were asked to answer a series of questions about each of these sources and then propose an explanation …
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Paragraph: Ancient Egypt – Above (History)
Students examined a series of images of the wall decorations of two different ancient Egyptian tombs. They used the information in the images to make inferences and draw conclusions about life in this ancient society. Students expressed their ideas in …
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Research report: An Asian wonder – ABOVE
Students were asked to write a research report based on their investigation of a wonder of the Asian world as part of their study of the ancient past. They were required to develop appropriate inquiry questions and to support the findings in their report …
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Letter: Life in ancient China – Above (history)
Students were asked to adopt the perspective of a peasant in ancient China and to write a letter describing the main features of their life. This task was undertaken at the end of a unit on ancient China in which students investigated housing, work, clothing, …
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Reflection: The legacy of Rome – Above
Students were asked to reflect on the legacy of ancient Rome for modern society, and write a response as part of an end-of-unit task. They were asked to make connections between the ancient and modern worlds, incorporate images in their texts, and to …
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Advertisement - ABOVE (E&B)
Students produced a print advertisement for a fictitious product: a self-sharpening pencil. They were required to consider ways of engaging with their target market and to include key pieces of information required by the consumer. The task was completed …
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Paragraph: Ancient Egypt - ABOVE
Students examined a series of images of the wall decorations of two different ancient Egyptian tombs. They used the information in the images to make inferences and draw conclusions about life in this ancient society. Students expressed their ideas in …
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