Folk music: North American - AT
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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Folk music: North American - BELOW
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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Spanish naming traditions – AT
Students learnt about Spanish naming traditions and customs and participated in activities and tasks based on this theme. Students compared their own naming customs to that of Spanish-speaking countries and examined adjustment of language for various …
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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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Digital project: Bee-Bot - ABOVE
Students explored the concept of sequencing steps and decisions using Bee-Bots. They worked in groups to solve progressively more complex routes using grids on paper. Students then programmed the Bee-Bots to navigate grids created on the floor using masking …
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Digital project: Bee-Bot - AT
Students explored the concept of sequencing steps and decisions using Bee-Bots. They worked in groups to solve progressively more complex routes using grids on paper. Students then programmed the Bee-Bots to navigate grids created on the floor using masking …
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Prends... Pose... - AT
Students had learnt common classroom instructions and the name of shapes and colours. Students were asked to play a game giving and following instructions with ‘prends’ and ‘pose’ using shapes and colours.
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Daily routine video - AT
Students had completed a unit on daily routine during which they had learnt about daily and leisure time activities, transport to and from school and daily commitments, telling the time and specifying time of day, linking and sequencing words, and the …
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Je me sens mal - AT
Students had completed a module of work where they learnt how to express symptoms and explain illnesses and how to give advice about health and remaining in good health. In this task students were asked to perform a role play where one friend is giving …
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Game using le passé composé - AT
Students were asked to participate in a game of battleships using le passé composé. First, they reviewed the grammatical structures required for the activity.
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Water treatment - AT
Students had investigated the ways in which the Australian Government treats our wastewater, and ways in which we can preserve and protect water resources in Australia. Students had learnt a variety of separation techniques and had researched different …
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Mi barrio y los pueblos antiguos de Latinoamérica – AT
Students learnt about Indigenous South and Central American groups and conducted research into one group of interest to them. The following task, in three parts, was set: Part 1: Investigate how an Indigenous South or Central American group lived and …
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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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Enterprise project - Year 9 - ABOVE
This group of students was drawn from a class of mixed-ability students learning through STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) enterprise project work. Students were asked to complete an action project which demonstrates entrepreneurial …
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Reflection on learning German – AT
Students had been learning German for approximately one term. In this task, students were asked to answer a range of questions about learning German. Students were asked to consider cultural and linguistic similarities and differences as well as explain their …
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Talking about my food preferences – AT
In a unit of work about Korean food and culture, students learnt new vocabulary, phrases and relevant grammar structures to talk about their favourite foods and personal perspectives on the relationship between food and culture. This speaking task had …
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Number and algebra: My thinkboard - WS2
The students were presented with a basket containing five skipping ropes. They were told that previously there was a basket full of skipping ropes and were asked to list three different solutions to how many skipping ropes had gone missing. Students gave …
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Written response: Life changes - ABOVE
Students listened to a story about children growing and changing and discussed the physical characteristics and different roles of characters in the book. Using a range of different images of people, students were asked to place them in order of age and …
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About me – AT (Spanish)
Students learnt self-introductions and how to share basic information about physical characteristics at word and simple sentence levels. Students participated in various activities to learn body parts and colours and read and write simple vocabulary and …
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