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Year 7, 2021, Curriculum & Extra-Curricular Showcase Tuesday - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Year 7, 2021, Curriculum & Extra-Curricular Showcase Tuesday - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Year 7, 2021, Curriculum & Extra-Curricular Showcase Tuesday 15 September 2020 Masters of Ceremonies Junior School Leaders Laura Gough Yesmi Kalugalage Executive Principal Mr Wade Haynes A school with a truly great past and a
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Masters of Ceremonies
Junior School Leaders
Laura Gough Yesmi Kalugalage
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Executive Principal
Mr Wade Haynes
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A school with a … truly great past and a… very bright future.
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The State High ‘ingredients of success’:
- A thirst for personal best
- Setting the bar very high
- The State High network
- Try something new
- Thinking beyond
yourself…
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Opportunities
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Dean of Teaching & Learning
Ms Emily Simons
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Our approach to learning.
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When teachers see learning through the eyes of the students. When students see themselves as their own teachers.
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Technical Specifications
- iPad or iPad Pro (Must be compatible with Apple Pencil)
- Apple Pencil
- Website for more information
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Enrichment Learning:
- Aspire English/Humanities
- Aspire Mathematics/Science
Students may apply and undertake a combination
- f one or both of the above programs.
Aspire Courses
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Aspire Courses
What is Aspire?
- Higher-order, creative and lateral thinking
- Differentiated pace
- Complexity of challenge
- Appropriate degrees of independence
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Instrumental Music
- Auditions for placement in the program occur early
December, 2020.
- The audition is to help the instrumental music
teachers place you in a lesson group and appropriate band or orchestra.
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Head of Junior School
Mr David Burrows
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Subject Selection
Compulsory Subjects
Students study for 2 semesters:
❑ Maths ❑ English ❑ Science ❑ Humanities
Students study for 1 semester:
❑ HPE ❑ Language
(Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish)
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Subject Selection
Elective Subjects – 1 semester/year
1 Arts elective
❑ Dance ❑ Drama ❑ Media Arts ❑ Music ❑ Visual Art AND
1 Technology elective
❑ Engineering ❑ Design ❑ Digital Solutions
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- Submit subject selection survey
- Emailed to you
- Also available on our school website
Due by 4:00pm on Friday 9 October 2020.
How to submit subject selection
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- Via Showbie
- Information will be emailed to you
- Also available on the school website
Due by 4:00pm on Friday 9 October 2020
How do I apply for Aspire?
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- Via survey emailed to you
- Also available on our school website
Due by 3:00pm on Wednesday 16 September 2020.
How do I apply Instrumental Music applications?
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