Year 7-8 Curriculum Links
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Aquatics, Archery & Gym Time
After safety instruction students are introduced to a variety of new personal and group activities, skills and games.
Year 7-8 |
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PE & Health |
Select strategies to promote safety ACPPS073Use feedback to improves skills ACPMP080
Practice and apply movement strategies ACPMP082 Participate in skill-related fitness activities ACPMP083 Demonstrate how effort, space and equipment can enhance skills ACPMP083 Participate in a range of physical activities ACPMP085 Use personal and social skills in physical activities ACPMP085 Modify rules and scoring systems for fair play ACPMP088 |
Caving
Using appropriate safety equipment, students explore a cave system, learn of its historical importance to local Aboriginal people and fossick for rocks and fossils.
Year 7 |
Year 8 |
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Geography |
The way water moves through an environment ACHASSK183Factors that influence where people live ACHASSK188 | Distinctive landform features ACHGK048Geomorphic causes of landscapes ACHGK050 |
History |
The migration of early people to Australia ACHASSK164The evidence for ancient societies ACHASSK165
Conserving the remains of the ancient past ACHASSK171 |
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Science |
Classification of organisms ACSSU111 | Different types of rocks and the processes by which they form ACSSU153 |
Murray River Ecology
Students are introduced to the Murray River ecology through a boat trip and landings. They observe bird and marine life, visit an Aboriginal midden and see the effect of human and environmental changes to the Murray River landscape.
Year 7 |
Year 8 |
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Geography |
The way water moves through an environment ACHASSK183The variability of Australia’s water ACHASSK184
The scarcity of water ACHASSK185 The value of water for people ACHASSK186 Responding to drought and flood ACHASSK187 Factors that influence where people live ACHASSK188 The influence of environmental quality on living places ACHASSK190 |
Distinctive landform features ACHGK048The spiritual value of landscapes ACHGK049
Geomorphic causes of landscapes ACHGK050 Human-caused degradation of landscapes ACHGK051 Ways of protecting landscapes ACHGK052 |
History |
HistoryThe evidence for ancient societies ACHASSK165Conserving the remains of the ancient past ACHASSK171 | |
Science |
Classification of organisms ACSSU111Food chains & food webs ACSSU112
The water cycle ACSSU116 |
Different types of rocks and the processes by which they form ACSSU153 |
Murray Mallee Ecology
Students explore an area of Murray Mallee, observing the environment and wildlife, visiting an abandoned homestead, hiking through a section of scrub and observing relics of pioneer settlement.
Year 7 |
Year 8 |
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Geography |
The scarcity of water ACHASSK185Factors that influence where people live ACHASSK188
Enhancing the liveability of places ACHASSK192 |
Human-caused degradation of landscapes ACHGK051 |
Science |
Classification of organisms ACSSU111Food chains & food webs ACSSU112
The water cycle ACSSU116 |
Sunnydale Farm Adventures
Students travel to Sunnydale Farm by bus where they observe sheep-shearing and wool-sorting. They have the opportunity to observe and sometimes hold Australian wild-life and participate in a variety of old colonial pastimes.
Year 7 |
Year 8 |
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Geography |
Factors that influence where people live ACHASSK188 | |
Science |
Swan Reach Museum
Students visit the Swan reach Museum and explore the history of the local area.
Year 7 |
Year 8 |
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History |
How historians and archaeologists investigate history, including excavation and archival research (ACHASSK167)
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Identify a range of questions about the past to inform a historical inquiry (ACHHS150)
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| The range of sources that can be used in an historical investigation, including archaeological and written sources (ACHASSK168) |
Identify the origin and purpose of primary and secondary sources (ACHHS152)
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The importance of conserving the remains of the ancient past, including the heritage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ACHASSK171)
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