Written instructions: Environmental games - ABOVE
As part of a History unit, ‘Children 100 years ago’, students learnt that there was limited money and toys for children in Australia. Students were asked to create or adapt a game, using only natural resources. Students used a template to help develop …
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Letter: Puberty advice - ABOVE
This assessment task was part of a unit of work on relationships and sexuality. Students were asked to write a letter to their Year 6 self. In the letter, they were to give advice about some of the challenges and changes they will face physically and …
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Response to stimulus: First aid - AT
Students participated in a 10-lesson unit on first aid focusing on DRSABCD, EAR, CPR, slings, minor injuries and limb injuries. Students were asked to apply their knowledge of first aid to a specific scenario. This scenario involved students having to …
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Reflection on learning about daily life and school routine in Japan - AT
The student had completed a module of work on daily life and school routine in Japan where they learned the vocabulary, grammar, sentence structures and expressions needed to discuss the topic in Japanese. The student also researched and discussed the …
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La journée à la maison et à l’école - AT
Students had completed a unit of work on daily life and routine. Students had learnt about a typical day in the life of a French student and learnt relevant vocabulary, expressions and grammar to be able to discuss and describe their own daily routine …
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My photo album – AT
Students were asked to pose questions to their mothers regarding their lives at particular ages (baby, toddler, school student). The teacher subsequently transcribed students’ recollections of the answers to these questions. Students then created pictures, …
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My birthday week – ABOVE
Students positioned their birthday on a template provided by the teacher. Students also recorded the date of each day on the template and used text and images to indicate all personal or public events and celebrations occurring within the week.
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Dictation task – AT
Students learnt about Korean food and its availability - such as street food, food in the home and restaurants. Students practised Dictogloss activities throughout the unit of work which required students, in small groups, to collaboratively reconstruct …
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Extended response: Responsibility for the outbreak of World War II - AT
Students explored key people and events from the inter-war years between World War I and World War II and considered the contribution of particular actions and attitudes in the lead-up to the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939. Students then examined a …
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Narrative 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. In this task, students were asked …
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Mein Schultag – AT
Students used the topic of daily and school routines to compare similarities and differences between German culture and their own, including the German schooling system. They made connections between culture and language and expanded their vocabulary …
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Restaurant role play and review – AT
Students learnt the vocabulary and sentence patterns related to names of food and drink, eating at a restaurant, reading a menu, ordering food and critiquing food. Students completed various formative tasks to learn and understand a range of vocabulary …
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Analysis: Contact - ABOVE
Students studied the communicative power of technical elements used in Media Arts as part of a unit of work on the documentary Contact (2009) by Bentley Dean and Martin Butler. They explored and analysed the technical elements of voice-over, music, sound …
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Writing task – weather forecast
Students were asked to write in Chinese characters about the weather forecast in a city of their choice.
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Greek migrants - AT
Students studied the patterns of Greek migration from antiquity to modern times. They compared and contrasted the reasons (overpopulation, trade, war, economic conditions). They concluded the unit with the study of Greek migration to Australia. In this …
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Ensemble: Site specific – ABOVE
Students studied choreography using a site specified by their teacher as a stimulus. The unit explored different spaces where dance can occur and provided students with the opportunity to choreograph their own work in a specific space. This was an informal …
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Response to stimulus: First aid - ABOVE
Students participated in a 10-lesson unit on first aid focusing on DRSABCD, EAR, CPR, slings, minor injuries and limb injuries. Students were asked to apply their knowledge of first aid to a specific scenario. This scenario involved students having to …
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Financial risks and rewards - ABOVE
Students took on the role of a financial adviser for a hypothetical wealth management fund. They were assigned a profile which included details of the client’s financial situation and future goals. Students completed a series of investigative tasks based …
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My house and community - AT
Students were asked to prepare an oral presentation about their house and community. This task was a summative task at the end of a unit on describing the inside and outside of their home and surroundings.
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Building sentences - AT
Students were asked to translate sentences from English to French using the vocabulary, grammar and sentence structures that they had learnt during the semester. Students were given a table of scaffolded language structures to refer to and to assist them …
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