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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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