Remembering and commemorating - At
Students examined the ways in which war memorials in Australia and overseas assist people to remember and commemorate the past. They were provided with a teacher-produced worksheet listing nine different war memorials and were asked to record a summary …
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Harmony Day – AT
Students completed a teacher-created worksheet to answer questions, and gather and interpret information associated with Harmony Day (21 March). As part of the task students completed a survey of the cultural heritage of their year group, and recorded …
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Verbal response: Staying safe - BELOW
Students identified feelings in day-to-day activities and distinguished between safe and unsafe situations. Students identified and explained warning signs and how to take action to keep themselves safe in their small rural community. Students were …
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Demonstration and written response: Dance creation - BELOW
Students were involved in a 10-week HASS and HPE unit of work about celebrations around the world. The unit of work had a strong focus on working cooperatively in a group. Students were asked to collaborate as a group to prepare a short performance consisting …
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About me (Indonesian) - AT
Students were asked to complete sentences with appropriate information about themselves. This activity was undertaken after students had learned to introduce themselves, count from one to ten, say their age, and say which fruit they liked in Indonesian. …
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Animal Poster - AT
Students had completed a unit on learning the vocabulary associated with the name of animals, colours, adjectives and body parts. Students were asked to create a poster describing an animal of their choice.
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Like Statements - AT
Students had been learning sentence patterns through songs, games, reading and writing activities. Year 2 students were asked to write a sentence about their likes and dislikes using Hiragana and Romaji. They were able to refer to classroom posters and …
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Je parle.. AT
Students had shared information about their origins, discussed the diversity in their class and the languages that were spoken amongst the class members. In this task, students were asked to use learnt sentence structures, vocabulary and grammar to create …
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Past and present – ABOVE
Students recorded, with teacher guidance, a definition of ‘the past’ and a definition of ‘the present’. Following class discussion, and teacher provision of examples, students drew pictures and wrote explanatory texts to support each definition. Students …
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Business plan - AT (HASS)
Students completed a structured business plan using information and ideas associated with a fictitious company. The task was the culmination of the year’s study and required students to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of business practices. …
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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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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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Written response: Personal safety - BELOW
The class explored different scenarios where personal safety may be at risk and investigated a range of strategies that could be implemented to minimise risk to personal safety, remove themselves from unsafe situations and report inappropriate behaviour. The …
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Referendum to change the Constitution - AT
Students created a brochure outlining both the ‘yes’ and ‘no’ cases for Australia becoming a republic. This brochure would be distributed to members of the public before the vote which took place in 1999. The task was completed after an introductory six-week …
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Business plan - AT
Students completed a structured business plan using information and ideas associated with a fictitious company. The task was the culmination of the year’s study and required students to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of business practices. …
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My holiday story - Above
Students produced a sequence of drawings of the key events in a recent holiday. The drawings were completed in class on a teacher-provided template. The teacher then interviewed the student, posing questions about the holiday. A transcript of the interview …
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A significant place – AT
Students selected a significant site in their local area from a list provided by the teacher. Working with the teacher, and supported by the teacher-librarian, students posed a series of questions about the building or place and researched answers to …
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'Stolen' – ABOVE
Students were engaged in a series of activities associated with the theme of reconciliation. Students listened to a teacher-reading of ‘The Shack that Dad Built’ by Elaine Russell and completed a tabular comparison of lives and experiences. Students listened …
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'Stolen' – AT
Students were engaged in a series of activities associated with the theme of reconciliation. Students listened to a teacher-reading of ‘The Shack that Dad Built’ by Elaine Russell and completed a tabular comparison of lives and experiences. Students listened …
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Comparing countries - At
Students selected two countries, one in Africa and one in South America. With teacher guidance, they undertook a structured inquiry to identify and compare the geographical features of each country. Students recorded their word-processed findings and …
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