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Work sample Year 5 – 6 Japanese: Hiragana writing

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 5 - 6: Hiragana writing. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample is an authentic representation ...

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Find advice as to how to help your students learn to creatively critique each other's work

Find advice as to how to help your students learn to creatively critique each other's work. The resource includes useful questions that can be used as a structure for critique and review.

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Work sample Year 5 and 6 Drama: Blueback: Readers' Theatre

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 5 and 6 Drama. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample is an authentic representation ...

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Balancing Mobiles

In this teaching activity, students will apply mathematical, science, and engineering concepts to experiment with balancing levers. They classify types of levers to design and build a simplified mobile and explore suspended and standing mobiles by sculptor Alexander Calder.

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Elements of Myth

In this lesson, students will read myths, discuss the elements of this literary form, and dramatize a myth of their choice. They will write scientific, research-based reports, as well as fantastical stories to explain the natural phenomena of the world.

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Work sample Year 5 - 6 Italian: Ali di fuoco 3000

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 5 - 6 Italian: Ali di fuoco 3000. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample is an authentic ...

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Work sample Year 5 - 6 French: Frap! Frap! Frap! poem

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 5 and 6 Frap! Frap! Frap! poem. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample is an authentic ...

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Work sample Year 5 - 6 Chinese Second-Language Learner Pathway: Self Introduction

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 5 and 6 Self Introduction. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample is an authentic representation ...

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Sci-Fi and Fantasy Worldbuilding

In this lesson, students will explore the intersection of science fiction and fantasy from the works of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time Trilogy. Students will create an original character, thing, ability, and/or place using worldbuilding elements. Students will choose between dramatizing, making a book trailer, or ...

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How can a traditional folktale be adapted to a play?

In this lesson, students will read and compare Russian folktales. Students will be introduced to the elements of a plot, then become playwrights to write a play about a traditional Russian folktale

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Debating guide for classroom teachers

This teacher guide provides advice about the key elements of debating as well as a judging guide, planning templates for each speaker and links to a range of resources.

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Journey’s end

This is website about emigrants arriving by boat to Victoria in the 19th and early 20th century. The resource has three sections: Introductory information; Story Objects; and Story Education Resources. There are 21 Story Objects, including a video and images with captions that depict the journey and way of life at this ...

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The First Fleet

In this unit, students explore the many perspectives surrounding the significance of the 26th of January in Australia. They hear from Traditional Custodians about the laws, protocols and welcoming practices that existed for thousands of years before colonisation, and understand that these practices were not observed nor ...

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A World of Myths

How did past civilizations explain natural phenomena? In this teaching activity students will explore how myths help to explain nature and science. Students will read, discuss, and draw comparisons between creation myths and explanatory myths. Examples of myths are included in the unit.

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Writing Folktales

In this activity, students will analyse the characteristics of traditional folktales to write an original tale. They will use elements of folktales to develop their story and strengthen work through the writing process. Templates support students to structure their knowledge and skill development in this area.

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Sikh and Indian Australians: Year 6 Teaching Resource

This resource provides opportunities to explore both immigrant experiences and the changing policies of the Commonwealth Government toward Asian migrants and refugees from 1901 until the present. Many examples of migrant experiences are drawn from the Australian Sikh community. The stages of the changing migration policy ...

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Western Australia at War 1914 Year 6 Learning sequence

The focus on the involvement of Western Australian people in World War 1 assists students through the stages of an extended historical inquiry. The sequence begins by contextualising the war, using primary sources and developing inquiry questions. Further activities build an understanding of sequencing and research skills ...

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Elements of Fables

What are the key elements of a fable? In this teaching activity, students will improvise scenarios found in fables. They will identify the key elements of a fable and describe the author’s use of personification. Examples of fables are included in the unit.

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Writing Creation Myths

In this teaching activity students will explore how creation myths provide explanations for nature and science. They engage in an exercise writing adjectives and listen to digital creation myth stories. They then write original myths with support from a template, then retell them through a form of media.

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Humanities and Social Sciences – Economics And Business Sample Teaching And Learning Outline Year 6

This resource focuses on trade-offs and the impacts of economic decisions. The imbalance between wants and resources is introduced. Students consider the implications of consumer choices about a variety of products.