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 * End of year program 2010**

The normal teaching cycle was stopped for the last four school days of 2010. An activity program was developed for year 7 and 8 that embraced the concept based unit planning we had undertaken as a school in 2010. The program consisted of three days classroom activities and a fourth day focused on health and well being.

The year 7 program integrated English, Science and SOSE and looked at Celebrations. The year 8 program integrated Maths, PE/Health, Art/Technology and LOTE. They all developed activities that involved competition.


 * Year 7 Program || Year 8 Program ||
 * SOSE Quiz – Students will work within teams to complete a quiz on SOSE topics. The students will develop team-building skills and will celebrate with awards. || LOTE Trivia Quiz – Students will work in groups to complete a trivia challenge. The activity will raise intercultural awareness and develop the skills needed to work within a group ||
 * Researching using IT – Students will race against each other to research SOSE themed questions. The students will develop Boolean skills to help find quality answers to the questions. || Interactive games – Students will create an interactive online game based around languages that they will share with their peers. The students will use ICT to create the games and develop their communication skills. ||
 * Global change – Students will investigate environmental changes and how they affect our planet. This will involve students developing deep thinking to offer solutions to our future climate problems. || Lead lighting – students will develop an understanding of how regular polygons can be used to create different shapes and buildings. They will use polygons to investigate and construct patterns. ||
 * Persuasive Writing/Discussion - What does celebration mean? Students will look at the different meanings of celebration. Students will write a persuasive piece of text around the theme of celebration. || Treasure Island – Students will develop and use orientation techniques to find and detect hidden treasure. Students will work together to follow directions, measure distance and learn to use bearings. ||
 * Oral Presentations/Speeches – Students will look at the origins of celebrity and fame and compare with our modern day society, which is strongly influenced by celebrity. || Jeopardy – Students will use ICT to develop a math’s based game using Jeopardy as the platform, in groups. They will research and use prior math’s knowledge to develop the questions. The students will test their games by playing them against the other groups. ||
 * The Arctic Circle – An activity that examines the legendary home of Santa, the Arctic Circle. Phenomena such as the Aurora Borealis, the Midnight Sun and Climate Change will be examined. Students will be required to create representations of their conceptual understandings of these phenomena. Activities around insulating materials and local animal species will round out this session. || Initiative & Circus Skills – Students will work in teams to develop their skills in working together. The aim is to develop their initiative through work with others. A range of circus skills will be used to help build the skills. The activity will focus on team-work, balance, timing and co-ordination. ||
 * Toy making - Around the themes of belief and celebration, the three science sessions relate to the modern celebration of Santa Claus and gift giving at Christmas time. The first session examines the history of toys and the physical principals that underlie their operation. Students will be required to operate and build simple toys and represent their operation. || Arts Tech Trail - This activity will explore Art/Tech sites around the campus. Students will be given sets of clues, which will lead them to various works of art located on campus. They will have to report back on the nature of the works, their meanings and their function in the life of the campus. Students will develop problem-solving skills, learn to work in teams and develop aesthetic interpretation. ||
 * Santa’s Sleigh – This session builds on the inquiry topic of Term 4 with an examination of the laws of physics behind the ability of Santa to deliver presents to the whole world in one night. Students will be required to design a sleigh. || Digital Story - This activity will require students to create a murder mystery story based on a common starting point, using digital media. Students will understand and develop narrative, problem solving, team work and communication ||
 * Story Telling/Debates – Students will develop a story with a celebration theme. This will lead into a debate around some questions related to celebration. || Recycled Portraits - Students will use recycled materials to create self-portraits.

Students will understand 2D and 3D multi media, self-perception and sustainability. ||