Island map – AT
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 – AT
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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Comparing countries - At
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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Cook’s logbook – AT
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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Who are we? – AT
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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Explorer research – AT
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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Environmental investigation – AT
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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First Fleet recount – AT
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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Presentation: Working safely - AT
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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Chouette, c’est la rentrée - AT
Students had learnt about the cultural concept of la rentrée and discussed key language and grammatical structures. In this task, students were given a poem as a written stimulus text and were asked to answer questions in English about the content and …
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Design project: All systems go - AT
Students investigated two closed force systems (pneumatics and hydraulics) to understand that the technology of pneumatics relates to air pressure and the technology of hydraulics relates to water pressure. They were given a design brief to design a machine …
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Agreeing adjectives - AT
During an introductory activity to consolidate learning, students were asked to show their understanding by agreeing adjectives into masculine and feminine nouns.
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Il mio mostro sa ….. - AT
Students had learnt to recognise the verb sapere and understand that it is followed by another verb in the infinitive form. Students were asked to match the frequently used verbs phrases with the action in the image. Students were then asked to compose …
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Poster: Stay safe - AT
As part of a unit of work on safety, students learnt about what the concept of safety means in the classroom, school and local community. Students were asked to design a poster illustrating an important aspect of safety in each setting (classroom, school …
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Creating a dictionary - AT
Students were asked to create a personal dictionary to help them learn and remember Chinese for an upcoming assignment. Students could include Chinese that they wanted to learn or revise such as numbers, greetings, colours, family members, tones and age. …
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Animals - AT
Students were asked to describe an animal of their choice in hiragana using their knowledge of adjectives, particles and sentence structure. They were provided with a vocabulary list and had previously learned Japanese sentence structure and the role …
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Letter to French penfriend - AT
Students had learnt how to structure likes/dislikes and personal information and how to structure a simple letter. In this task, students were asked to write a letter following the text type conventions to a new French penfriend.
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Analysis: Food and nutrition - AT
Students learnt about the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating and its categories. They discussed influences on the food and drink people consume and what food is needed to stay healthy. Students were asked to record what they had eaten in the previous …
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Reflection: I am good at ... - AT
As part of a unit of work on personal identity, students learnt how people, places, personal interests and personal strengths helped shape their identity. Students were introduced to character strengths and each strength was explained. Students were …
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Written response: Community connections - AT
As part of a unit of work on community connections, students learnt about how places in their local community were designed to promote physical activity. They visited a local playground near their school to conduct an audit of the types of resources available. Students …
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