St Peter Chanel Catholic School
St Peter Chanel developed a whole-school initiative to concentrate on teaching mathematics through the proficiencies. The entire staff engaged with the analysis of the school data to find areas where the focus of teaching was to occur. The initiative …
St Peter Chanel Catholic School | Illustrations of practice | Mathematics proficiencies | Resources
St Stephen’s Primary School (Years 1 and 2)
St Stephen’s Catholic Primary School is located in Reservoir, Victoria on the Traditional Lands of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. The focus of their Years 1-2 STEM Connections illustration of practice was a culminating task after a unit of …
St Stephen’s Primary School (Years 1 and 2) | Illustrations of practice | STEM | Resources
Mandurama Public School (Years K to 6)
Mandurama Public School is located in Mandurama, New South Wales on the Traditional Lands of the Wiradjuri People. Mandurama Public School is a multi-age school from K-6, with the focus of their STEM Connections illustration of practice centering around …
Mandurama Public School (Years K to 6) | Illustrations of practice | STEM | Resources
Simonds Catholic College (Years 9 and 10)
In the STEM Connections project, Simonds Catholic College focused on improvement of the school environment. Students were asked to design and build a vertical garden. The design brief ensured that Science, Technologies and Mathematics were all well-represented …
Simonds Catholic College (Years 9 and 10) | Illustrations of practice | STEM | Resources
Toowoomba Grammar School
The mathematics coordinator at Toowoomba Grammar led the staff to undertake a change in the way mathematics was taught in the school. The focus was on differentiation of the curriculum to meet the learning needs of the students. The coordinator felt that …
Toowoomba Grammar School | Illustrations of practice | Mathematics proficiencies | Resources
Girraween Primary School
Girraween developed a whole-school approach to focus their teaching of mathematics through the proficiencies. They nominated a mathematics/numeracy coach, who mentored the staff to change how they taught mathematics in the school. Teachers engaged in …
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Northcote High School (Years 7 to 10)
Northcote High School is located in Northcote, Victoria on the Traditional Lands of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. The focus of their Years 7-10 STEM Connections illustration of practice was enabling student agency through environmental action. …
Northcote High School (Years 7 to 10) | Illustrations of practice | STEM | Resources
St Michael’s Collegiate School
St Michael's Collegiate School is a F-12 girls school located in Hobart, Tasmania on the Traditional Lands of the Muwinina Peoples. The focus for their STEM Connections project was to engage girls in STEM lessons, they accomplished this by having students …
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Heathfield High School (Years 9 and 10)
Heathfield High School is a 8-12 co-educational government school located in Heathfield, South Australia on the Traditional Lands of the Peramangk Peoples of the Adelaide hills. Heathfield had entered into a school–business partnership, brokered by the …
Heathfield High School (Years 9 and 10) | Illustrations of practice | STEM | Resources
Henley High School (Years 9 and 10)
Henley High School is a 8-12 co-educational government school located in Henley Beach, South Australia on the Traditional Lands of the Kaurna Peoples of the Adelaide plains. The school l chose the development of a biofuel as the focus for its STEM Connections …
Henley High School (Years 9 and 10) | Illustrations of practice | STEM | Resources
Learning together through two-way science at Wiluna Remote Community School
Wiluna is situated in the mid-west region of Western Australia on the edge of the Western Desert. Wiluna Remote Community School has a population of between 70 and 105 students. Most students are Wiluna Martu and the Aboriginal language of the area is Martu Wangka. However, most Martu at …
Learning together through two-way science at Wiluna Remote Community School | Illustrations of practice | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures | Resources
Sadadeen Primary School
Sadadeen Primary School is a small school in Alice Springs. There are 130 children and around 92 per cent of them are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background and 80 per cent for whom EAL/D (English is an Additional Language or Dialect). The school …
Sadadeen Primary School | Illustrations of practice | Primary curriculum | Resources
Lansdowne Crescent Primary School
Lansdowne Crescent Primary is a city school in Hobart. At the time of filming the school had a population of 400 students from Foundation to Year 6. The school has been implementing the Australian Curriculum since 2011 and has embedded the English, mathematics, …
Lansdowne Crescent Primary School | Illustrations of practice | Primary curriculum | Resources
Mawson Primary School
Mawson Primary School is situated in the suburbs of Canberra. 50 per cent of the student population has EAL/D. The school offers all students the opportunity to learn Mandarin as a second language. There are several bilingual classes, where students learn …
Mawson Primary School | Illustrations of practice | Primary curriculum | Resources
Rosebery Primary School
Rosebery Primary School is situated in Darwin, in the Northern Territory. It was established in 2011 and at the time of filming had a student enrolment of around 480. The school embraced the implementation of the Australian Curriculum, establishing leadership …
Rosebery Primary School | Illustrations of practice | Primary curriculum | Resources
The Hills Christian Community School
The Hills Christian Community School (HCCS) is an independent school situated in the picturesque Adelaide Hills, two minutes from Hahndorf and 20 minutes from Adelaide. With the opening of the Early Learning Centre (ELC), HCCS offers effective transition …
The Hills Christian Community School | Illustrations of practice | Primary curriculum | Resources
Gillen Primary School, Alice Springs
Gillen Primary School is situated in the town of Alice Springs and provides educational programs from preschool to Year 6. At the time of filming the school had 312 students of which 180 are Indigenous. Gillen has been a ‘National Accelerated Literacy …
Gillen Primary School, Alice Springs | Illustrations of practice | Primary curriculum | Resources
Kalinda Primary School
Kalinda Primary School is a government school in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. At the time of filming there were 473 students enrolled, 27 teaching staff and 11 non-teaching staff. Kalinda has an energetic learning environment, and staff continually …
Kalinda Primary School | Illustrations of practice | Primary curriculum | Resources
Brighton Primary School
Brighton Primary School is a large school incorporating a centre for the hearing-impaired. At the time of filming, there were 619 students at the school. The additional language at the school is Auslan. The school’s vision statement is: ‘Engage, imagine, …
Brighton Primary School | Illustrations of practice | Primary curriculum | Resources
Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School
Our Lady of Mercy Deloraine School is in rural Tasmania and at the time of filming had 135 students, with this number made up of multi-age classes from Foundation to Year 6, and 13 teaching staff. The focus of this school is the provision of education …
Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School | Illustrations of practice | Primary curriculum | Resources