Paragraph: Ancient Egypt – AT (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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των ζώων – AT
Students learnt about farm, wild and domestic animals within the unit ‘living things’. After building on animal vocabulary, students were introduced to articles and how to express likes. In this task, students were asked to make a poster by drawing and …
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My morning routine – AT
Students learnt about telling the time, and personal and school routines for various parts of the day. In this task, students annotated an analogue clock with the time in Greek and then completed a storyboard for activities that take place in the mo …
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A soldier’s story - At
Students researched the experiences of an Australian soldier in World War I using the digitised material held by the National Archives of Australia, the Australian War Memorial and associated sources. They presented their findings as a written account …
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Propaganda poster: The Boxer Rebellion - At
Students investigated the origin and purpose of the Boxer Rebellion in China at the end of the 19th century. They were asked to design a propaganda poster encouraging people to join with and support the Boxers against the western powers. Students were …
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Cucumber recipe – AT
Students learnt a range of vocabulary and grammar structures relevant to food, cooking and recipes, including ingredients, amounts and methods. As part of the unit, they watched a video clip to analyse the language of instructions of how to make a Korean …
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Exploring rights and freedoms - ABOVE
Students were asked to investigate the role, actions and influence of an individual or group involved in the achievement of the civil rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. They were required to present their findings in the first-person …
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Probability – AT
In this integrated unit of work, students’ knowledge of mathematics was used to consider concepts of chance and probability. In this task, students had to imagine that they had partly overheard a conversation. They then had to complete two columns in …
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Comparing housing – AT
Students learnt about the concept of ‘place and space’ and researched housing in both Australia and Vietnam. Students learnt language structures and vocabulary to enable them to compare and contrast objects, express differences in culture and express …
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Creative writing – AT
Using traditional Vietnamese stories, students learnt how to construct imaginative narrative texts. They learnt how to plan and sequence events, use paragraphs, punctuate and use modelled language and grammar structures. Students also looked at writing …
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Vietnamese New Year – AT
Students learnt about various Vietnamese celebrations and traditions. They explored informative writing style conventions to describe and reflect upon events and celebrations. Students learnt to analyse texts to gain information and recount the information …
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Water purification - ABOVE
In a teaching and learning unit on pure substances and mixtures, students investigated different types of mixtures and explored scientific terminology used to describe their components, states of matter, reversible and irreversible changes, aspects of …
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Classification - ABOVE
Students investigated the role of classification in the biological sciences. After a visit to a local wildlife park, where students observed features and behaviours of Australian animals, they analysed how scientists develop hierarchical classification …
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Science research project – AT
In previous Science teaching and learning units, students practised how to: identify questions that can be investigated scientifically, plan and conduct scientific investigations, collect and process data, and present their results in the format of a …
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Megafauna essays – AT
Students were asked to create in expositional essay to analyse and evaluate the evidence for opposing theories relating to the extinction of Australia’s megafauna. This task was part of a teaching and learning unit on biodiversity which focused on the …
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The theory of evolution by natural selection - AT
Students were asked to respond to questions about the principles and development of the theory of evolution. Students had previously completed a unit of work in which early theories of evolution were discussed, as well as the theory of evolution by natural …
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شجرة عائلتي – AT
Students learnt how to talk about family, to discuss family structures and to make a family tree. Students participated in various activities to reinforce how to read, write and pronounce names of family members and their significance in Arabic. In this …
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Recognising colours and shapes – AT
Students learnt about colours, shapes and how to describe nouns using adjectives. They participated in various activities including quizzes, songs and games. In this task, students were asked to complete a sequence of shapes and colours. Then, individually, …
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Classmate interview and personal identity wheel – AT
Students learnt how to express personal information about hobbies, family, their favourite foods and how to describe their physical attributes. Students also participated in whole class and small group activities and discussions about personal identity …
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Let’s travel – AT
In a unit of work based on travel and tourism, students learnt how to make plans to visit a destination and decide on activities to do there and attractions to visit. Students were to consider the best time of year to visit, where they would stay and …
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