Post on 23-Sep-2020
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Orientation Term 2
Student Workbook
Name: _________________________________
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What will I learn in year 7?
Subject Time allocation
Areas of study
English
Humanities and Social Sciences
5 lessons per week including quick-writes, vocabulary development and reading.
1. Reading and interpreting literature about Australia and Australians
2. Reading and creating life writing biographies
3. Literary memoirs and poetry analysis
4. Persuasion in print advertising
Teaching and learning will encompass all strands of the Australian curriculum. These will build
on skills, concepts and processes.
Assessment platforms are diagnostic, formative and summative tasks.
Texts: Paper Planes - Steve Worland, Black Snake ~ the daring of Ned Kelly – Carole Wilkinson, English 8 – Nelson and Oxford publications.
3 lessons per week
Five units of study:
1. Examining Ancient China
2. Water in the World
3. Investigating Ancient Rome
4. Analysing Liveability
5. Sustainable Societies and Economies
Maths
Science
5 lessons per week
1. Number and algebra (two lessons per week)
2. Shape and geometry
3. Statistics and probability
4. Consolidation and application (numeracy)
Text: Essential Mathematics
3 lessons per week
Single-term study units of:
1. Biology
2. Chemistry
3. Physics
4. Earth and space
Specific lessons aimed at scientific numeracy and literacy
Text: Oxford Big Ideas Science 7
Health &
Physical
Education
4 lessons per
week
Term units of study, including theory and skill acquisition, covering:
• Nutrition for health + modified games
• Myself & Others and Values + performance sport - athletics
• Changing and growing + indirect interceptive sports (e.g. cricket, badminton,
softball, volleyball)
• Harm minimisation + direct interceptive sport (e.g. touch, AFL, soccer, netball,
basketball)
• Growth Mindset lessons take place in HPE classes
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Subject Time allocation
Areas of study
The Arts 2 lessons per
week
Ten-week (20-lesson) units of study, covering:
Art: Pop Art: creating an A3 pop art poster using drawing and painting techniques
Music: Popular music: producing contemporary music on guitar, keyboard and drum kit
Dance: Exploring the styles of hip hop and social dance
Drama: Theatre sport and conventions of improvisation
Technology 3 lessons per
week
Ten-week (30 lesson) units of study, covering:
Hospitality: weekly demonstration + weekly cooking lesson
Woodwork: workshop safety & design + construction of a wooden timber name-plate
Digital Technologies: design, construct and code a Lego robot to solve a challenge followed
by the evaluating the program.
Computer Education: typing skills plus Microsoft Office program familiarity
Lesson Times
Minutes Start Finish
Lesson 1 58 8:45 am 9:43 am
Lesson 2 58 9:43 am 10:41 am
1st Break 47 10:41 am 11:28 am
Lesson 3 58 11:28 am 12:26 pm
Lesson 4 58 12:26 pm 1:24 pm
2nd
Break 28 1:24 pm 1:52 pm
Lesson 5 58 1:52 pm 2:50 pm
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What will my year 7 studies lead to after year 7?
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At Innisfail State College, there are set routines which enhance learning. These include:
Classroom procedures
When it’s time to start the lesson, students line up outside the classroom. When the teacher is ready to begin
the lesson, students are invited to enter the classroom, leave their bags in the designated area and take their
seats, with all the equipment needed for the lesson.
In our classes in junior secondary, teachers arrange students into a seating plan, which is devised to promote the
learning opportunities of all the students.
During lessons, the teacher directs the students through different phases of learning. There will be learning
routines including warm-ups and consolidations, before the teacher introduces new work, during which time
students listen quietly and attentively. As the teacher explains the new work, students will be invited to work with
the teacher to help everyone develop their understanding of the work. When this is established, the teacher will
set exercises for students to complete, so they can practise the new work. In many primary schools, these
phases of learning are called “I do, we do, you do”.
At the end of the lesson, the bell rings as a signal to the teacher. When the teacher is ready, he or she
dismisses the class, so students can go to their next class or to break.
School attendance
It is expected that all students will attend school every day, unless they are too ill to do so. When this is the
case, the student should bring a note explaining the reason for absence to the student services officer on the
next day of school attendance. Alternatively, the parent/carer may phone the student services officer to explain
the absence or submit an absence record via email or by texting a response to the absence notification.
If a student is absent for part of a day, for an authorised reason like attending an appointment with a doctor or an
orthodontist, the student must present a note to the student services officer on the morning of the appointment.
The student will be issued a late slip to present to the class teacher to excuse the late arrival or early departure.
Our data clearly shows us that students with higher attendance rates are more successful at school than
students with poor attendance. Our aim is to achieve a college-wide attendance of 95%, giving every student the
best opportunity to succeed in their studies.
Homework
Every student in year 7 will be assigned a weekly homework assignment task (WHAT) relating to their maths /
science classwork and another relating to their English / history / geography classwork each week. These
WHATs must be completed and handed in every week. They will be marked and recorded by the teacher. The
WHAT practises current classwork as well as building literacy and numeracy skills.
Students may also be assigned homework from their other classes. Homework from HPE, The Arts and
Technology may include spelling, reading, set exercises and completing classwork.
All students are expected to re-read their class notes each evening and reading for pleasure for at least 15
minutes each night is highly recommended.
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Bookwork Standard
1. One exercise book per subject (not multi-subject book) is brought to every lesson. 2. Books are labelled with student name, subject name and teacher name. 3. Pages have a ruled margin down left hand side. 4. New work is dated. The date for each lesson must be written in the margin. 5. No graffiti is drawn in or on books. 6. Writing is neat and accurate. 7. Handouts/worksheets are secured in book (glued/stapled) next to section they are connected to. 8. Work is ruled off after each lesson. 9. Teachers provide written feedback on student bookwork periodically. 10. It is the student’s responsibility to catch up on any work missed if absent and collect any notes.
Samples of the standard of student bookwork expected at ISC.
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Homework
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Support Structures at ISC
Person Role Work
Kate MacDonald Principal Co-ordination of high school and diverse
learning centre operations
Simon Whatling Deputy Principal Leader of junior secondary
Matt Sharrock Head of Department
Junior Secondary
Case manager of students and families
of junior secondary
Sally Hammett Head of Department
Junior Secondary
Case manager of students and families
of junior secondary
Michelle Messina Head of Inclusive
Practices for the High
School
Lead the inclusion team of teachers and
teacher aides
Dempsey Hastie Administration Officer
Junior Secondary
All correspondence, appointments,
reporting, handling student and parent
enquiries, excursion information and
collection of forms, organises student
late notes and early departures, enters
student absences and sick bay enquiries
Alana Robertson Business Services
Manager for the
College
All enquiries regarding fees and
payment plans
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TASK 1: COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING TABLE
Person Role Work
________________
________________
Guidance
Officers
Assist in planning interventions or
programs that can help students
achieve positive outcomes.
_______________ CEC
Assists with Indigenous student
welfare.
_______________ College
Chaplain
Assists with emotional and spiritual
support.
______________ School Based
Health Nurse
Assists with health-related student
needs.
______________
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Youth Support
Coordinators
Assist with individual support and
case management to maximise
student engagement with education.
______________ High School
Therapy Dog
Listens without
interrupting, enjoys quiet time with
pats, provides non-judgemental
company, equally happy in the fresh
air chasing balls.
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Behaviour Expectations
The four expectations below are what we encourage everyone at Innisfail State College to adhere to.
We refer to these expectations as the “Four Pillars”.
TASK 2: RECORD EACH PILLAR IN THE WHITE BOX BELOW
TASK 3: ANSWER THE BELOW
There are many areas within the college that have specific behaviours or expectations that we must strive to
meet. Please read the rules on the next page and identify which pillar the rule is referring to:
I arrive at class on time after the lunch bell. AREA: RESPONSIBILITY__________
I wear safety glasses in the science lab when AREA: ________________________ doing an experiment.
One person speaks at a time. AREA: ________________________
I know my timetable each day. AREA: ________________________
I complete my weekly homework task assignment. AREA: ________________________
With your partner, identify two reasons that schools need a set of rules?
1.______________________________________________________________________________
2.______________________________________________________________________________
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