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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Entrepreneurs - AT
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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Je vous présente ma famille - AT
Students learnt the vocabulary and sentence structures to use to describe themselves and their family. They learnt a number of adjectives and to agree the adjective with the noun in number and gender. Students learnt to conjugate the verb aimer and how …
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Ma chambre - AT
Students had learnt vocabulary related to the home and grammatical structures such as prepositions to describe location. In this task, students described their bedroom using prepositions of place to indicate where different furniture was located and features …
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Revision of systems of language - AT
Students had completed learning the grammar of the passé composé, when to use the auxiliaries avoir and être, using the passé composé with reflexive verbs and the partitive article de, the pronoun en and the imperative with reflexive verbs. Students …
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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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The local lagoon – AT
Students undertook a guided excursion to a freshwater wetland in a local national park. After the excursion students completed a structured worksheet in class.
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Then and now – ABOVE (Year 1)
Students talked about schools in the past – ‘then’ – compared to the present – ‘now’. They drew pictures and wrote a simple text to illustrate and describe schools in the past and present. The teacher supported students in editing, scanning and including …
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Clothing – ABOVE
Students looked at photographs of clothing worn in the first half of the twentieth century. They were asked to find similar clothing which they subsequently wore for a full day at school. Students then responded to teacher questions on their likes and …
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My place in the world – ABOVE
Students listened to and discussed a teacher-reading of a picture book, such as My Place in Space or Me on the Map. Students then collected photographs and maps to show the location of their own homes on a variety of scales. The pictures were positioned …
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Creating a place – ABOVE
Students conducted surveys and collected data about different environments. Students then used the data to inform their drawings of imagined places and wrote reflections on the process and the choices they made. The entire task took place over a one-week …
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Creating a place – AT
Students conducted surveys and collected data about different environments. Students then used the data to inform their drawings of imagined places and wrote reflections on the process and the choices they made. The entire task took place over a one-week …
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Australia and its neighbours – ABOVE
Students labelled outline maps to show the location of the following: the states, territories and capital cities of Australia; some of the major natural features of Australia; and Australia’s neighbouring countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Students …
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Australia and its neighbours – AT
Students labelled outline maps to show the location of the following: the states, territories and capital cities of Australia; some of the major natural features of Australia; and Australia’s neighbouring countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Students …
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Explorer research – ABOVE
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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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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Island map – ABOVE
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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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 – ABOVE
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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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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