Research assignment: Wellbeing indicators - BELOW
Over a period of four weeks before completing the task, students examined the concept of human wellbeing and factors affecting human wellbeing. Students discussed how effective quantitative and qualitative indicators are at assessing levels of wellbeing. …
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Data analysis: Human wellbeing - BELOW
Students were required to use and respond to a range of presented data sources to form conclusions about human wellbeing in African countries. The task was completed in test conditions as a summative assessment at the end of a two-week inquiry unit. It …
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Learning through work experience - BELOW
This task was part of a unit of work relating to work placement. The students experienced explicit teaching of employability skills and reflective writing. They worked with a career adviser to identify an area of vocational interest and organise for a …
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The Arts: Visual Arts - Below satisfactory - Years 9 and 10
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can identify cultures, time and place. The student can describe some visual conventions and practices that connect cultures and create hybrid artworks and art forms. The student makes artwork in response …
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Investigation: Secure networks - BELOW
Students created and presented a presentation to educate and inform users about data, network communication and security. They identified and described the purpose and components of two different networks, then selected one and created a network topology …
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Research and proposal: Physical activity interventions - BELOW
As part of a broader unit of work on community-based health and wellbeing interventions, students researched a range of physical activity interventions/initiatives/community events – for example, workplace walking challenges, social media campaigns, targeted …
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Research report: Health issue - BELOW
Students participated in a 10-week unit of learning on health promotion. Students were asked to conduct individual research on a chosen lifestyle behaviour and present their research to inform the community about the consequences of the chosen lifestyle …
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Analysis essay - BELOW
Students studied the use of film techniques and conventions to communicate meaning in a film genre. They watched and analysed Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960) through student-led small group class discussion and analysis tasks based on production elements, …
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Written response: Culture and physical activity - BELOW
As part of a broader unit about influences on identities, students explored how stereotypes portrayed within the media and broader society influence the way people perceive the activities they can participate in, the roles they can play in the community …
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Written response: Decision-making - BELOW
Students participated in a unit about making decisions in relation to issues and challenges that young people might face; for example, drugs, alcohol, or a friend they are worried about. They were asked to write an evidence-based extended response in …
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Response to stimulus: First aid - BELOW
Students participated in a 10-lesson unit on first aid focusing on DRSABCD, EAR, CPR, slings, minor injuries and limb injuries. Students were asked to apply their knowledge of first aid to a specific scenario. This scenario involved students having to …
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Production elements - BELOW
Students studied the elements of production in a 10-week unit based on the musical Blood Brothers (1983) by Willy Russell. They explored the script with group workshops, moved readings and short performances for the class. Assessment during the unit consisted …
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Cultures in conjunction - BELOW
Students analysed conjunctions between art forms and artists across time and cultures. They explored the ways that Asian art influenced the West in the past, and the ways that Western art has influenced contemporary Asian art in the present. They began …
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Design project: Mini torch - BELOW
Students designed and produced a working prototype of a mini torch case using CAD-CAM and a control system. They investigated CAD-CAM technologies and rapid prototyping systems. Students investigated the characteristics and properties of electronics and …
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Investigation: Sustainable design - BELOW
Students researched the social and ethical challenges for society associated with modern industrial and commercial manufacture of consumer goods. They identified the consumer behaviours associated with increases in environmental impact and explained how …
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Design project: To market - BELOW
Students designed a sustainable enterprise including the environment to grow a vegetable. They investigated plant varieties, requirements for growth and the control of weeds. Students investigated opportunities for selling produce including value-added …
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Demonstration, verbal and written response: Tactics - BELOW
The teacher taught a five-week unit which included striking and fielding, target, net/court and invasion games. Handball was a small part of an overall unit of work which involved students demonstrating their skills and their understanding of tactics. Students …
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Response to stimulus: Emotional responses - BELOW
As part of a unit of work about respectful relationships, students explored how emotional responses can impact on how people interact with each other and the decisions and behaviours they make in a range of situations. Students were asked to write two …
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Digital project: Python game - BELOW
Students were provided with a game that had been developed by previous students at the school using Python. They were required to correct any errors and to modify the game by creating additional features and functionality, for example new character races, …
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Design project: Nutritious and sustainable - BELOW
Students were tasked with designing a nutritious and sustainable meal that would support preferred futures for adolescents. They were provided with four recipes to modify. Students created a glossary of terms relevant to the brief. They investigated the …
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