Meine Familie- AT
Students learnt vocabulary related to describing family and pets, including names, ages, birthdays and personal characteristics. They were also introduced to grammar structures such as present tense of verbs, possessive articles (mein/dein) and the subject-direct …
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Federation: for and against – AT
Students were provided with a selection of primary and secondary sources detailing the key figures and events that led to Australia’s federation in 1901. The task involved extracting arguments for and against federation and then recording this information …
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Living things – AT
Students learnt about farm, wild and domestic animals within the unit ‘living things’. After building on vocabulary related to colours, students were introduced to descriptive sentences for noun and adjective agreement. Students participated in discussions …
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My Spanish learning journey – AT
Students participated in whole-class and peer discussions about their Spanish learning journey. Concepts such as identity, intercultural awareness, metalanguage, values, global citizenship and culture were unpacked and discussed, with students recording …
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A soldier’s story - Above
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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Farm animals – AT
In this unit of work, students integrated aspects of other Learning areas with their learning in Vietnamese on the topic of “Farms and farming”. Students learnt the roles that animals play in our lives. Animals are pets, they are raised to be food and …
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Why I want to learn Vietnamese – AT
Students learnt how to talk about likes and dislikes with justification, and how to express personal information, desires and wishes. Students learnt how to use action verbs, conjunctions to link ideas and how to use appropriate personal pronouns consistently …
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Chemical change – ABOVE
Prior to the sample task, students were introduced to the atomic model and the ways in which this could be used to explain chemical structures and processes. They had investigated a variety of chemical reactions and classified them as endothermic or exothermic, …
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Digital project: The beach - BELOW
Students collected data about what they found on the beach and presented the data as an information product.
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Reflection: Emotional responses - AT
Students participated in a games unit focusing on social interactions and emotions. They identified their own and others' emotions using a classroom chart of ‘feelings faces’. Students identified how their reactions might make others feel, talked about …
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Written reflection: Team challenges - ABOVE
For the first three lessons of the year, students worked in small groups to complete a number of challenges that required teamwork, decision-making, problem-solving, and movement skills to be successful. This series of lessons focused on building social …
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Seeking workplace information - AT
In groups, students visited workplaces that most closely aligned with their interests. Students were asked to prepare a set of interview questions that could be asked of a human resource person in the workplace. They visited the workplace and conducted …
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Journal writing - AT
Students were part of a mixed-ability, multi-aged class of combined Year 9 and Year 10 students. The task was undertaken as a part of a sequence of six 30-minute lessons about potential workplace issues. Through journal writing, students were required …
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Self Introduction - AT - Chinese
Students had learnt the language to enable them to write a basic self-introduction. In this task, students were asked to prepare a self-introduction in Pinyin (with tonal marks) demonstrating their learning. This activity took place in class with no additional …
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Advertisement - ABOVE (E&B)
Students produced a print advertisement for a fictitious product: a self-sharpening pencil. They were required to consider ways of engaging with their target market and to include key pieces of information required by the consumer. The task was completed …
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The world of work in the future - AT
Students researched the factors that may impact upon the world of work and created an infographic to summarise their findings. The teacher, in association with the teacher-librarian, scaffolded the research and monitored the nature and breadth of source …
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Vocabulary exercise - AT
Students had learnt about forming simple sentences in Italian and using simple vocabulary. Students were asked to identify, sort and classify vocabulary from an English and Italian word list. Students were asked to draw an image to demonstrate their understanding …
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Clothing – AT
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 – AT
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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Paragraph: Ancient Egypt – Above (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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