Short response: Changing nations - ABOVE
Students were introduced to the topic of human migration within and between countries and its impact on the concentration of populations in major cities. During this study, comparisons were made between urban and rural environments in Australia and China. For …
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Landforms and landscapes - AT
Students were required to investigate the economic, social and environmental impacts of human interactions with a key geographical landform in their local area and the impacts of the landform on human interactions. Over the course of two weeks, students …
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Landforms and landscapes - ABOVE
Students were required to investigate the economic, social and environmental impacts of human interactions with a key geographical landform in their local area and the impacts of the landform on human interactions. Over the course of two weeks, students …
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Expansion - Above
Prior to the sample task, students had explored states of matter focusing on how the particle model explains matter in its different states at a molecular level. They had completed various inquiries relating to the particle model including kinaesthetic …
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Geography - Years 7 and 8
Geography Year 7 The ways that flows of water connect places as it moves through the environment and the ways that it affects places (ACHGK038) The economic, cultural, spiritual and aesthetic value of water for people, including Aboriginal and Torres …
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English - Year 8
Language Text structure and organisation Analyse how the text structures and language features of persuasive texts, including media texts, vary according to the medium and mode of communication (ACELA1540) Understand how coherence is created in complex …
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Scripted: Pyramus and Thisbe - BELOW
Students were engaged in a unit of work on Elizabethan drama using Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream as the key text for a performance-based assessment. They studied style and the acting conventions of the play’s original context. They also learned …
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The Arts: Dance - Below satisfactory - Years 7 and 8
This portfolio of work shows that the student can choreograph short sequences of movement. The student responds to their dance, describing some parts of their performance or the dance’s intent.
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Economics and Business - Years 7 and 8
Year 7 Knowledge and understanding Content descriptions with elaborations: The ways consumers and producers interact and respond to each other in the market (ACHEK017) investigating how consumers rely on businesses to meet their needs and wants examining …
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Visual Arts - Years 7 and 8
Exploring ideas and improvising with ways to represent ideas Experiment with visual arts conventions and techniques, including exploration of techniques used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, to represent a theme, concept or idea in …
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Science - Years 7 and 8
Year 7 Science Understanding Biological sciences Content description with elaborations: Interactions between organisms, including the effects of human activities can be represented by food chains and food webs (ACSSU112) constructing and interpreting …
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Geography - Years 7 and 8
Year 7 Geographical knowledge and understanding Water in the world Content descriptions with elaborations: The classification of environmental resources and the forms that water takes as a resource (ACHGK037) classifying resources into renewable, …
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Design and Technologies - Years 7 and 8
Year 7 Knowledge and understanding Content descriptions with elaborations: Investigate the ways in which products, services and environments evolve locally, regionally and globally and how competing factors including social, ethical, sustainability …
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History - Years 7 and 8
Year 7 Historical knowledge and understanding Investigating the ancient past The Mediterranean world Students investigate ONE of these Mediterranean societies in depth: Egypt or Greece or Rome. Content descriptions with elaborations: Physical …
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Health and Physical Education - Years 7 and 8
Year 7 and 8 Personal, social and community health Being healthy, safe and active Content descriptions with elaborations Investigate the impact of transition and change on identities (ACPPS070) examining the impact of physical changes on gender, …
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Scripted: Pyramus and Thisbe - ABOVE
Students were engaged in a unit of work on Elizabethan drama using Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream as the key text for a performance-based assessment. They studied style and the acting conventions of the play’s original context. They also learned …
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Scripted: Pyramus and Thisbe - AT
Students were engaged in a unit of work on Elizabethan drama using Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream as the key text for a performance-based assessment. They studied style and the acting conventions of the play’s original context. They also learned …
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Landscapes - ABOVE
Students were engaged in a process of creating an artwork of a landscape with merged perspectives to communicate a viewpoint on sustainability. They explored Aboriginal Waanyi artist Judy Watson’s own viewpoints on sustainability, as well as her use of …
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Design project: Budget pants - BELOW
Students designed and produced pants or shorts for a specified budget. They documented their work including a deconstructed design brief; mood board collage; design ideas rendered and annotated; a fashion illustration (3D sketch); storyboard; materials …
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Hip-hop: Technology - ABOVE
Students were asked to use dance to explore an issue facing the youth of today in a four-week unit. They were assessed in a summative task that included making (choreography and performance) and responding. Students selected and organised the elements …
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