Australian Curriculum: English Year 1 Sequence

Our Year 1 teacher, Claire Poole, has developed a lesson using The Australian Curriculum - English content descriptions. You can access The Australian Curriculum by clicking this link:

http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/

 

This sequence was developed using the literary text,

“How the Kangaroos got their Tails” by Pamela Lofts

and uses our new Woodlands PS planning framework.

Click HERE to download/view the teacher's lesson plan.When you click the link it will open in Google Docs. When that screen opens, click on FILE and then DOWNLOAD.

Please find some student work samples below that provide some evidence of student skill and knowledge in relation to content descriptions taught.

Our first Woodlands Australian Curriculum Implementation (WACI) Club was on Thursday 21 February Woodlands PS and a total of 85 teachers and administrators attended! Our next WACI Club is on April 10 from 4pm to 5pm at Woodlands PS.  We are focusing on "create texts"! To register please go to the Institute for Professional Learning Online Calendar which can be accessed by clicking this link: http://www.det.wa.edu.au/professionallearning/detcms/professionallearning/professional-learning-website/pl-register-modules/institutes-online-calendar-and-enrolment-system.en?oid=MultiPartArticle-id-10961534

or  Email Carlene.Thorpe@education.wa.edu.au if you would like to attend.

Australian Curriculum: English Year 7 Sequence

Our Year 7 teacher, Maureen West, has developed a lesson using The Australian Curriculum - English content descriptions. You can access The Australian Curriculum by clicking this link:

http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/

 

This sequence was developed using the literary text, "Didger" by Libby Gleeson and uses our new Woodlands PS planning framework.

Click HERE to download/view the teacher's lesson plan.When you click the link it will open in Google Docs. When that screen opens, click on FILE and then DOWNLOAD.

Click the images below to download the excerpt used and the grid.

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Our first Woodlands Australian Curriculum Implementation (WACI) Club starts Thursday 21 February 4pm to 5pm at Woodlands PS. Email Carlene.Thorpe@education.wa.edu.au if you would like to attend.

Australian Curriculum: English Year 1 Sequence "When the Snake Bites the Sun"

Our Year 1 teacher, Jenny Russell, has developed a lesson using The Australian Curriculum - English content descriptions. You can access The Australian Curriculum by clicking this link:

http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/

 

This sequence was developed using the literary text, "When the Snake Bites the Sun" by Pamela Lofts

Click HERE to download/view the teacher's lesson plan.When you click the link it will open in Google Docs. When that screen opens, click on FILE and then DOWNLOAD.

Australian Curriculum Work Sample Portfolios

 The Australian Curriculum Student Work Sample Portfolios have been published online. You can view the portfolios for English by clicking the link below:

http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/English/Curriculum/F-10

Then scroll to your selected year level and view the portfolios following the Achievement Standards for each year level.

Under the "Organisation" tab in the Achievement Standards section, you will find the following information: "Student work samples play a key role in communicating expectations described in the achievement standards. Each work sample includes the relevant assessment task, the student’s response, and annotations identifying the quality of learning evident in the student’s response in relation to relevant parts of the achievement standard. Together, the description of the achievement standard and the accompanying set of annotated work samples help teachers to make judgments about whether students have achieved the standard."   http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/English/Achievement-standards

Please remember that the portfolios are an indication of the extent to which a child demonstrates an END OF YEAR achievement standard.  Satisfactory is at the Achievement Standard.  If you attend our Woodlands Australian Curriculum Implementation (WACI) Club you will discover ways you can utilise the portfolios. Our next WACI Club is on 21 February 4pm to 5pm.

The work sample portfolios for Maths, History and Science are also available.

Enjoy! Woodlands PS contributed many of the work samples so it is exciting for our team!

Carlene Thorpe
Deputy Principal
Woodlands PS