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Term 4Studio Selections

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What are Studios? ................................................3 - 4

Studio Descriptors ............................................. 5 - 26

Wherefore Art Thou? .........................................5

Checkmate ...........................................................5

Globalise Yourself ................................................6

Plan for Japan ......................................................6

App, App and Away..! ..........................................7

Chain Reaction ....................................................7

Chinese Next Level ............................................8

Extreme Maths ......................................................8

Big Band - Pathway to Performance ...............9

Forensic Detective Agency ...............................9

French Next Level III ..........................................10

Get That Glitter ...................................................10

DJ Society ............................................................11

I, Robot ...................................................................11

Masters of the Air (Woodwind Ensemble) .... 12

Lights, Cameras, Action Next Level .............. 12

Music Fit for a King ........................................... 13

Rock Solid ............................................................ 13

Off the Beaten Track .........................................14

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish .......14

Sights and Sounds of Botanic Gardens ...... 15

Train Your Brain .................................................. 15

I Can’t Believe It’s Not Meat! ........................... 16

Run Forest Run! ..................................................16

Sports on the Side ............................................ 17

Stress Less ......................................................... 17

We Are Planet Savers II ................................... 18

Wham Bam - Nailed it! .................................... 18

What’s Maths Got To Do With It? ................... 19

Be Vocal - Pathway to Performance............. 19

Where Sports all Began................................... 20

Japanese Next Level ....................................... 20

Contents

Have Your Say on Year 9 STEM ...................... 21

Have Your Say on Year 10 STEM .................... 21

Footloose ............................................................ 22

Discovering the History of Adelaide ............ 22

Glass Fusion .......................................................23

Cooking Essentials ..........................................23

Like an Animal ................................................... 24

When in Rome .................................................... 24

Get Me Out There! .............................................25

Lead Light Creations .........................................25

Survivor ................................................................26

ABHS World Cup Cricket ..................................26

Sustainable Sculpture .....................................27

Digital Projections .............................................27

Botanic Super Netball ......................................28

Be a Golden Knight ...........................................28

Be a Golden Knight (Continuing) ....................29

Headway ..............................................................29

Bringing Art to Life .............................................30

Smart Refuge ......................................................30

Emerge as Great Leaders ............................... 31

Our Leaders of Tomorrow

Start With Us Today ........................................... 31

T-Shirt Sublimation Station.............................32

Studio Selection Process ............................30


At Adelaide Botanic High School, we support students to have genuine choice and voice in their learning as we know they are far more likely to be engaged and have greater ownership of their learning as a result.

Studios provide students with choice and voice on a term by term basis rather than the full year or semester-based choice subjects traditionally selected a year in advance. Each Studio is an 80-minute block of time each week with a strong Australian Curriculum and pathways focus and not an ad hoc set of choices.

Term 1 this year three Studios; digital fluency, passport to school and the precinct along with the development of the school house structure were designed to support students with their start to the school.

For term 2, 3 and 4 students will be able to choose 3 Studios per term using the following choice criteria.

At least 1 Studio is to be undertaken from each of the 4 learning areas, leaving 5 free choices as long as no more than 5 Studios are undertaken within any one learning area. A student may choose to do all Studios from one learning area in a single term if they wish and do not have to evenly spread them over the year, although this would not be recommended.

This approach provides the option for students to create a full year course from the Studios in, for example music, languages and mathematics but also still have plenty of other choices.

Studios meet a number of learning design criteria before being offered.

Studios provide students with choice and voice

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STEM Lifestyle Choices The Arts Global Perspectives

Term 2

Term 3

Term 4

Student Studio Mapping Tool


What are S

tudios?

Studio learning design criteria include:

- specific Australian Curriculum not covered in other areas

- an experience that extends/stretches student learning in a particular area

- support in areas where students may struggle

- an experience that is unique

- being part of a planned pathway

- assessment of Australian Curriculum and focus on 21st Century Capabilities

- the promotion of collaboration

- immersion in an area of passion

- address the Adelaide Botanic High School learning design principles

Studios will fall into the following categories:

Once off - new students only

Continuing – that is there is progression so that they are done in sequence

New and continuing - ongoing where there is no progression and can be done in any order

Studio One - Studio One (40 mins) is a dedicated time each week for all students that provides for a more intense focus on wellbeing, safety and being a part of Adelaide Botanic High School and the wider community. This is a developmental program that supports students as they move through the school focussing on the needs of students at each of the specific year levels.

Please feel free to contact your child’s Connect teacher if further information is needed.

Studios are part of a planned

pathway

Click on the icons throughout the Guide for connections to the General Capabilities








Do you want to study one of Shakespeare’s famous plays? Explore

the world of Verona, Italy through the lives of the Capulets and the

Montagues to learn about the lives and loves in one of the famous

Shakespearian tragedies: Romeo and Juliet.

Students will work collaboratively to read and study Shakespeare’s

Romeo and Juliet. We will investigate the time period, language

features (such as puns and innuendo), characterisation, and

Shakespearean language to determine what we can still learn form

Shakespeare’s plays and how he helped to build the English language.

Learning Pathway

Duration

Australian Curriculum Focus

Key Ideas

Open to new students

9 Weeks

Global Perspectives: English

Why is Shakespeare still relevant? How has he contributed to the

world as it is today?

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks

Critical and Creative Thinking

Studio Overview

Studio Overview

Learn how to play chess by competing against ABHS students and if

time permits, perhaps competitions against other schools!

You will be challenged to problem solve, learn and make strategic

decisions and understand other people’s motives. Calculate your

moves as well as anticipate the next moves of your opponent.

Plan your attack and keep 10 steps ahead!

Checkmate

Wherefore Art Thou?


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Studio D

escriptors

Geography is part of your everyday life. It’s what you eat, what you buy,

what you do. It’s important. It’s your future.

Students will explore the city of Adelaide to learn about the challenges

facing the city and develop plans for the future. They will participate

in field work, create topographic maps and interpret data while

investigating local geographical issues such as sustainability,

population growth, and city liveability.

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas

Open to Year 9 students

9 Weeks

Global Perspectives: Geography

How are we changing the world?

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks

Global Perspectives: Languages (Tourism)

Studio Overview

Plan for Japan

Studio Overview

Students will understand the requirements of international travel and

how to go about working as a team to develop an itinerary through

research.

Students will develop language skills in Japanese that will enable them

to greet people, undertake transactions at shops/restaurants and ask

for basic directions confidently.

They will also develop cultural understanding about how to be a good

tourist in Japan with a focus on sustainable and cultural tourism.

Reflect critically on the effect of inter-cultural experiences on their

own attitudes and beliefs and those of others

Globalise Yourself






Join us on a journey through the mobile application development

landscape. Along the way we will learn to use MIT App Inventor to build

Android apps.

The course will introduce you to the basics of the Android platform,

Android application components, UI design, Multimedia and 2D

graphics.

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas

Open to new and continuing students

9 Weeks

STEM: Digital Technologies

Have you ever wondered how your favourite mobile applications are

developed?

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks

STEM: Science, Technologies

Studio Overview

Chain Reaction

App, App and Away..!

Studio Overview

In this studio you will design and build a Rube Goldberg machine that

uses simple machines, joined together to create a complicated device

to complete a very simple task.

Your group will design a compound machine to complete the task that

was decided upon by the class, using at least five steps (five simple

machines). Throughout the design process you will be required to post

your progress through the Engineering Design Process on FROG .

Do you know the game Mouse Trap? Can you think outside the

square and imagine things the way others can’t?







Studio D

escriptors

Are you passionate about Chinese? Where could Chinese language

take you? Let’s meet again for this studio to enhance your skills in

Chinese language, vocabulary and expression.

Students will develop a greater understanding of how Chinese

language and culture are rich and intertwined while advancing their

language skills. They will visit the Confucius Institute at Adelaide

University and explore the rich Chinese culture in the local precinct.

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas

Open to new and continuing students - Chinese language students

9 Weeks

Global Perspectives: Languages

How do you say that in Chinese?

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks

STEM: Mathematics

Studio Overview

Extreme Maths

Chinese Next Level

Studio Overview

Finding mathematics easy? Looking for a challenge? Like to strain your

brain? Take your mathematical understanding and thinking to the next

level through the development and application of rigorous

problem-solving and reasoning skills.

Students will use geometric thinking and techniques to efficiently

solve a wide range of complex problems from the world around them.

They will work individually and collaboratively to share and critique

approaches to solving problems, refining and mastering their skills and

techniques.

Using mathematics to solve the impossible




An artistic vision, technical skill, effective practice and individual flair

will set you above the pack. Do you have what it takes?

Big Band musicians will be involved in a fast-faced and rigorous

performance process. Jazz lingo, heightened aural perception and

a commitment to ensemble culture are essential to succeed in this

ensemble and on the public stage. Who has the skill and endurance to

undertake it?

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas

By invitation only - Please check with Elena

9 Weeks

The Arts: Music

How do you create a Live Music performance that commands your

audience to stop, listen and love your music?

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks

STEM: Science

Studio Overview

Forensic Detective Agency

Big Band: Pathway to Performance

Studio Overview

Ever wondered how detectives and scientists work together to solve

crimes? Take a tour behind the scenes to see how it’s done.

Students will learn skills in chromatography, fingerprinting and other

forensic techniques through engaging in a mock crime scene.

A crime has been committed. Use the clues to solve the forensic

mystery!




Studio D

escriptors

French film is iconic, innovative and beautiful. In this studio we will

explore some classic films and delve into French culture via the big

screen. Brush up on your film analysis techniques and arm yourself

with new ideas and terminology to impress any hipster film buff. Paired

with additional language learning to build on your class work - this will

give you a certain je ne sais quoi edge!

Students will learn about the influence of French film makers and

understand some of the hallmarks of this genre. Film analysis

techniques will be embedded in this learning as well as focused time

on language learning skills to enhance their weekly French lessons.

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas

Open to new and continuing students *French language students only

9 Weeks

Global Perspectives: Languages - French, The Arts

What influence have French film makers had on cinema as we know

it?

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks

STEM: Design and Technologies

Studio Overview

Get that Glitter

French Next Level III

Studio Overview

Students will use hand tools and small power tools to create their own

jewellery designs. They will learn how to create their own brand so they

can exhibit and sell their creations through an online store.

Skills covered include sawing, soldering, filing, basic gem setting,

shaping, polishing and use of workshop equipment.

Design, exhibit, sell! Are you keen to learn how to make jewellery

either as a hobby or as a potential future profession?




Discover why the DJ is arguably the master of entertainment. Find out

which skills you need and begin the path to being a DJ. Create your

playlist and learn how to deliver it live. WARNING- this is a NOISY studio!

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks

The Arts: Music

Decks, Tracks, Breaks and Beats. What do those words mean? Plug into

this studio to find out.

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas

Open to continuing students

9 Weeks

Digital Technologies, Mathematics

Studio Overview

I, Robot

DJ Society

Studio Overview

Imagine holding the international VEX Robotics Cup aloft! Teamwork,

leadership, communication and problem-solving are the essential skills

that will help you get there.

Students will work in teams to design and build a robot and develop a

strategy to complete a challenge. Students will have the opportunity to

compete against other schools in the VEX Robotics Competition.

Robot builders and coders unite!



Studio D

escriptors

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks

The Arts: Drama

Studio Overview

Lights, Cameras, Action - Next Level

Students will work together to produce and perform a piece of theatre

for an audience. This extended Studio will allow the students to build

on their skills from the previous studio and create a high quality

performance with elements such as lights, sound and costume.

Students will learn about the audition process, rehearsals, vocal and

body skills and the elements required in mounting a professional

production.

How is a professional production put together? What are the

elements required?

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas

Compulsory for selected students, optional for woodwind players

9 Weeks

The Arts: Music

Studio Overview

Masters of the Air (Woodwind Ensemble)

Gain the essential sills to play new songs quickly, fit in with a large

ensemble and pursue the music of you own taste. Learn to play with

the confidence to make it look easy.

Musicians will refine practical techniques and partake in a highly

practical rehearsal studio. Masters of the Air will perform a diverse

range of repertoire, explore improvisation and work towards

performance opportunities.

OK, so you have mastered sound production, finger positions and a bit of note reading- A great start!

Now- how do you “Level Up” in the Music world? Let’s find out!




Are you ready to play the (arguably) finest music in history? Experience

the life of one of the most highly regarded Musicians in the country by

throwing yourself into divine Baroque and Classical repertoire.

Musicians will develop practical and ensemble skills and they play

some of the most significant, popular and highly revered works in

Traditional Music History. Ensemble rehearsals will be intertwined with

stories of the great Court composers. This Fine Arts ensemble will work

towards a performance- I wonder which ”member of royalty” this group

will present their sonic offerings to?

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas

Music Intense Students - By invitation only

9 Weeks

The Arts: Music

Long ago a King’s worth was often judged by the size of his orchestra. Recreate an ensemble that plays fine music destined for royal ears.

Learning Pathway

DurationAustralian Curriculum FocusKey Ideas

This studio is an option for Music Intense students or students who

have completed Climb a Mountain - Let’s Play It

9 Weeks

The Arts: Music

Studio Overview

Music Fit for a King

Studio Overview

Are you wanting to unleash your inner Rock God or Goddess? This

studio will enable you to ‘rock out’ with other musicians while further

developing your confidence and performance skills. In this studio you

will work collaboratively to design and perform a set of music in term 4.

Participants will develop their confidence and performance skills

through performing a variety of contrasting repertoire in the rock style.

Participants will learn a range of rehearsal techniques and through

using this knowledge design and perform a program of music.

Do you want to be a Rock Star? What skills are required to take a

rock band from being good to great?

Rock Solid



Studio D

escriptors

What some might call a challenge, we call a walk in the park. How

can orienteering improve our overall health? Why is it so important to

engage in outdoor activities? How can problem solving skills learned in

orienteering help you in your day-to-day life?

Students will get a breath of fresh air and explore outdoor areas

around the school through Geocaching and Orienteering activities.

They will unlock access to the world around them through learning

navigation techniques with map, compass and technology.

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas

Open to new students only

9 Weeks

Lifestyle Choices: Health and Physical Education

Do you avoid discovering new places for the fear of a dead phone

battery or getting lost? Not us!

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks


The Arts: Visual Arts

Studio Overview

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

Off the Beaten Track

Studio Overview

Share your favourite children’s books. Do you love writing stories and

illustrating them? Do you love interacting with younger children? Here

is your opportunity to do both.

Students will examine the unique elements of children’s literature and

come to understand why some books stay in our memories. They will

create a children’s story with illustrations and present their book to

publication standard. Once complete, students will visit a local primary

school to share their story with younger children.

What was your favourite children’s book and why?




Students choose an appropriate format to capture the sights and

sounds of Botanic Gardens through creative writing (poetry or prose)

and photographs.

Through regular visits to the Botanic Gardens students will spend time

closely observing specific areas of the gardens. They will produce short

pieces of prose and/or poetry focusing on descriptive techniques in

order to improve their skills in creative writing.

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks


How do our senses influence how we see the world around us?

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas

Studio Overview

Sights and Sounds of Botanic Gardens

Studio Overview

Train Your Brain

Students will learn what metacognition and neuroplasticity is and

how this can be applied to be a gritty and resilient learner. Students

will learn different techniques to help train their brain. Students will

consider which aspect of learning and brain development they want to

investigate.


9 Weeks

STEM: Science

How does your brain work? How do you learn?

What can you do to improve your learning, resilience and grit to be

successful?




Studio D

escriptors

This studio explores plant based recipe alternatives to meat and looks

at cooking some of your favourite meat dishes using alternatives to

meat. A vegetarian diet can be more than just vegetables and tofu so

join us to take your taste buds on a pho meat adventure!

Students will learn about the link between meat and the environment

and the health of individuals, exposure to alternative products to meat

and experience in cooking more complex dishes in the kitchen.

Learning Pathway

DurationAustralian Curriculum Focus

Key Ideas

Open to new students. Students must have confidence in the

kitchen at home and be able to follow more complex recipes or have

completed the Cooking Essentials studio in Term 2

9 Weeks

STEM, Lifestyle Choices: Food Technology

Are you curious to find our how eating less meat can help save the

planet?

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks


Studio Overview

Run Forest Run!

I Can’t Believe it’s Not Meat!

Studio Overview

Do you enjoy running? Have you ever wanted to set yourself a goal

by challenging yourself and your body? No matter what fitness level

or experience you have, if you are keen to get out and about in our

beautiful precinct and improve your health then come and join us in

‘Run Forest Run!

Students will participate in pre-program fitness testing, use this data

to identify a goal, and create their own cardiovascular fitness plan.

They will be involved in regular physical cardiovascular activity in our

precinct and learn about the importance of nutrition and hydration.

How do I set myself an achievable goal and plan to make it happen?





Play the same sports all the time? Would you like to learn about other

sports that are out there? Anyone up for a game of Flag football,

lacrosse, softball, korfball ?

Students will improve their knowledge and game sense in a variety of

different sports of their choice. They will use the facilities in the area to

undertake these sports.

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks


How can I learn some new skills and challenge myself at a sport I

might not have tried before?

Learning Pathway

Duration

Australian Curriculum FocusKey Ideas


9 Weeks


Studio Overview

Stress Less

Sports on the Side

Studio Overview

Are you interested in improving your wellbeing and mental health? Do you

want to find a way to relax and destress when life just becomes too much?

9 billion dollars is spent on improving mental and physical health per year

in Australia; this studio focuses on different ways to improve our overall

mental and physical wellbeing.

Students will embark on a journey undertaking activities aimed at

developing their understanding and improvement of physical and mental

wellbeing. Students will acquire skills enabling them to develop lifelong

positive choices and enhance their emotional and physical wellness whilst

engaging in topics such as mindfulness, meditation, yoga, pilates and

personal fitness. The culminating event will involve students creating and

sharing an inventive way that they can enhance their own wellness and that

of others.

Happiness can exist without well-being, but well-being can’t exist

without happiness




Studio D

escriptors

Students will lead an independent or collaborative inquiry to identify

a local or global issue and develop an innovative solution.

They will develop their capacity to communicate the key factors

surrounding environmental issues clearly and to a range of audiences.

They will deepen their understanding of the science behind the

environmental issues they investigate and the potential solutions.

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks

STEM: Science

Personal and Social Capability and Critical and Creative Thinking

Do you want to find ways to impact the biggest social and

environmental concerns facing society today?

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks

STEM: Design and Technologies

Studio Overview

Wham Bam - Nailed It!

We Are Planet Savers

Studio Overview

Students will design a small project to meet a design brief. This could

include making toys for a children’s hospital or designing a display

system to be used at school.

Students will learn traditional materials techniques by using a range

of hand tools and power tools. Contemporary technologies such as a

laser cutter may also be used.

Discover the importance of design and measurement as you explore

a range of production techniques to make a small project.




Mathematics getting you down? Don’t understand why we have to “do”

Mathematics? Struggling to understand mathematics and looking for

extra support? Then this studio is for you!

Students will be supported to develop their numeracy and

mathematical skills through individual and collaborative games,

problem-solving activities, hands-on and visual activities. They will

share their strategies with each other, enabling them to develop their

mathematical thinking and communication.

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks

STEM: Mathematics

Explore how Mathematics is used to solve problems all around us

Learning PathwayDurationAustralian Curriculum Focus

Key Ideas

By audition only - please see Elena

9 Weeks

The Arts: Music

Studio Overview

Be Vocal: Pathway to Performance

What’s Maths Got To Do With it?

Studio Overview

Using Music as a springboard, the “Be Vocal” Studio will explore vocal

techniques, vocal ensemble experiences, and the social/ political

power of vocal communication to develop students’ understanding

and control of this unique instrument.

Students will learn vocal and choral techniques in preparation for a

public performance and will begin preparing for Generations in Jazz

2020.

Your voice is one of the most powerful tools to connect with others. Develop this and unleash a weapon for the rest of your life’s

experiences!




Studio D

escriptors

Sports in the modern era are a huge part of life where people

congregate to cheer on their favourite teams, but have you ever

wondered how they began? There were no thirds in netball and no

third umpire in cricket ! The rules of AFL have changed massively! Are

you interested to explore how the game style and equipment have

changed?

Students will choose a sport or game of interest to them and explore

it’s history and development. They will play the original and modern

version of the game, investigating and comparing them by considering

aspects such as the rules and equipment used. Along the way,

students will engage with the culture and technologies that have

influenced the sport or game.

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks

Lifestyle Choices: Physical Education, Health

What were sports like when they first started? How and why have

they evolved to where they are today?

Where Sports all Began

Studio Overview

Are you passionate about Japanese? Where could Japanese language

take you? Let’s meet again for this studio to enhance your skills in

Japanese language, vocabulary and expression.

Students will develop a greater understanding of how Japanese

language and culture are rich and intertwined while advancing their

language skills. There will be opportunities to explore Mange and

Anime.

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas

Open to new and continuing students (Japanese language students)

9 Weeks

Global Perspectives: Languages

Deepening your Japanese language skills

Japanese Next Level

Studio Overview





Studio D

escriptors

Students will have their say designing the learning for 2020. Students

will co design the learning for 2020 side by side with teachers.

Students will have an understanding of the design process teachers go

through when designing the learning for students. Students will learn

the curriculum requirements and have their say in what they believe

would be valuable learning experiences for 2020.

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas

Open to Year 8 Students

9 Weeks

STEM: Science, Mathematics and Technologies

Want to have your say in your learning? Want to be involved in the planning for 2020? Here is your chance to work with the STEM team

and have your say on the learning that could take place in 2020.

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas

Open to Year 9 Students

9 Weeks

STEM: Science and Mathematics

Studio Overview

Have Your Say on Year 10 STEM

Have Your Say on Year 9 STEM

Studio Overview

Students will have their say designing the learning for 2020. Students

will co design the learning for 2020 side by side with teachers.

Students will have an understanding of the design process teachers go

through when designing the learning for students. Students will learn

the curriculum requirements and have their say in what they believe

would be valuable learning experiences for 2020.

Want to have your say in your learning? Want to be involved in the planning for 2020? Here is your chance to work with the STEM team

and have your say on the learning that could take place in 2020.






Keen to cut-loose? Craving some chorey? Footloose is our inaugural

ABHS dance studio where you have the option to express yourself...on

the dancefloor.

Students will work with a professional dance company and an ABHS

Arts teacher to enhance their expressive skills through dance. They

will drill, devise, rehearse and perfect a range of dance skills and

choreography that will develop their physicality on-stage and their

understanding of just how expressive bodies can be.

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks

The Arts: Dance

Does ABHS have a dance-troupe in the making?

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks

Global Perspectives: History, Civics and Citizenship

Studio Overview

Discovering the History of Adelaide

Footloose

Studio Overview

Students will produce a polished guidebook for tourists to better

understand the history of the Kaurna people, significant landmarks

and buildings, and the modern history of the city of Adelaide since

1836. With the use of QR codes, the students can record short videos

or audio clips to embed into the guidebook.

Students will learn more about the history of Adelaide (the CBD) from

the Kaurna stories to colonisation and beyond. They will learn how to

summarise facts and trivia into easy-to-read guides on key landmarks

within the CBD. (There is also a potential to do a translation of some of

these into Chinese and Japanese)

What do we know about the ground upon which we walk at ABHS? Who has been here before us? What do we owe to this city? Every city in the world has a story to tell, but the history of Adelaide goes

back over 60,000 years. How can we feel connected to our past?

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Studio D

escriptors

This course has been designed to enable students to develop skills

and knowledge with glass tools and machinery, as well as investigating

and planning their own ideas through a design process. This program

will be delivered on site and with the opportunity to visit the Jam

Factory and Uni SA.

The program’s main focus is to develop glass skills and knowledge by

introducing students to new tools and machines each week to allow

students to build their knowledge and skills. Students will produce two

projects where they will learn how to fuse glass, they will be required

to negotiate an individual design for their major task with their teacher.

Guiding questions will be given to students to support reflection and

development of the capabilities.

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks

STEM: Design and Technology

Interested in glass?

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks

Lifestyle Choices: Food Technologies

Studio Overview

Cooking Essentials

Glass Fusion

Studio Overview

Students will learn the basics of cooking and how to make food to

perfection and how food allergies impact peoples lives.

Cooking will include things such as eggs, pancakes, scones, bread,

pasta, gourmet toasted sandwiches etc. Students will also research

how certain food allergies affect what people can eat and how

accommodate those. Please note that some recipes will include gluten

and eggs.

Do you want independence in the kitchen at home? Are you sick of

waiting for your parents to cook you food.

Cost $10 per student - to cover ingredients




Students will observe live animals and conduct experiments, gaining

an understanding of how animals behave.

They will learn skills in scientific method and observation techniques.

They will understand how animals weigh up the cost of fighting and

fleeing, as well as cheating and showing displays for mating purposes.

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks

STEM: Biological Sciences

Why do animals interact with each other and behave the way that they do?

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks

Global Perspectives

Studio Overview

When in Rome

Like an Animal

Studio Overview

Give students an awareness of what they can see and learn from

travel. Travel isn’t cheap and if students create goals early, they

will have a better understanding of what is involved to make safe

decisions.

Possible opportunities that exist for travel (interstate, international,

independant, tour guide operator, university exchange, volunteer trips,

work visa, etc.), planning a trip, researching costs involved, creating

goals & discussing basic travel safety. Students will set budgets and

create itineraries of potential adventures they could undertake.

Do you want to travel in the future but you don’t know how to make the dream come to life? Let’s have a look! The journey of a lifetime

starts with a single step!

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For students to develop the confidence to go camping with friends

and family. To learn fundamental campcraft skills. To bridge the gap in

learning for Outdoor Education run in higher year levels.

Students will learn some of the fundamental practical skills to be

successful in Outdoor Education.

Trangia Cooking, Meal preparation, Understanding of equipment, Tent

setting up, Slack-lining, Knot-tying and Rock-climbing excursion (or

other adventure activity) could be covered in the 10 week block.

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks

Lifestyle Choices

Do you have a connection with the world around you or do you think you get everything you need from a screen? The skills learned in this course will help open your eyes to the possibilities to spend time really being in the outdoors.

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks

STEM: Design and Technology

Studio Overview

Lead Light Creations

Get Me Out of There!

Studio Overview

Students will develop skills and knowledge with glass tools and

machinery, as well as investigating and planning their own ideas in

their folio through a design process. Students will have the opportunity

to produce two projects which they will be able to take home.

In this program, students will learn how to design and create projects

using cold glass techniques. Students will produce two projects

where they will develop the correct skills to use tools and machines

which include using the water jet. They will also learn how to join glass

through soldering. Students will be required to negotiate an individual

design with their teacher. Guiding questions will be given to students

to support the development of the capabilities.

Do you like to make projects? Why not make it with glass?

Cost $30 per student - to cover ingredients




Students will be introduced to some of the basic survival skills

including:

- finding and purifying water

- creating a shelter

- finding food (trips to botanic gardens to learn about aboriginal

culture and edible weeds)

- navigation (possible activities in botanic park precinct)

- mental preparedness (real life case studies of resilience, grit,

determination)

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks

Personal and Social Capability

What would you do to survive?

Survivor

Studio Overview

Students will develop their skills learning the fundamentals of cricket.

Playing mini games such as mat cricket then moving up to whole

games on park 10.

Students will learn how to play the prestigious game of cricket, such

learning how to hit a cover drive, bowl a yorker and field at square leg.

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks

Lifestyle Choices

Now that the ashes are on TV and the aussies are killing it. Have you

wanted to pick up a bat and smack a few sixes?

ABHS World Cup Cricket

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Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks

The Arts

Digital Projections

Studio Overview

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks

The Arts

How do we create contemporary Art in a collaborative way that

responds to the world around us?

Sustainable Sculpture

Studio Overview Together let’s create 3D artworks made from found and sustainable

materials. We will look at Earth Art and ephemeral street Art and

respond to the idea of depicting animals found in our local area,

including the bats. We will venture out into the Botanic Gardens to

research ideas for our Art.

Students will explore how to engage with 3D art media within a team.

They will act as both an artist and designer to put on a visual display

that is inspired by large scale sculpture.

Use the Adobe suite to create abstract, patterned based artworks

as a starting point Let’s see the designs we can create by learning

how to make digital collage, striking digital photographs and drawn

animations. Together we will work out how to project images on to a

range of surfaces to create visually stunning Art installations within our

school’s interior spaces.

Students will engage with digital art media in a collaborative way and

explore being an artist and a curator as part of a team.

How do we create colourful Art using patterns and designs through

the use of light and technology?


Students will be devising drills and playing the game of netball. Seeing

which team will come out on top in the end. Students will also learn the

fundamentals in umpiring.

Students will develop their skills and learn the rules of the game of

netball, As well as learning the rules so that they can umpire the games

effectively and confidently.

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks

Lifestyle Choices

Have you ever wanted to see what all the fuss was about playing the fast paced game of netball. Or do you have a craving to play now that the winter season has finished and you don’t know how you will

cope?

Botanic Super Netball

Studio Overview

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks


Studio Overview

Be a Golden Knight

Empower yourself and increase your self-confidence… Be part of your

world, notice the small things and use your intuition.

Students will work with a professional from Golden Knights Self

Defence on a program of work including but not limited to earning

their Blue belt certificate in self-defence. Students will develop harm

minimisation strategies, for example, not getting themselves into

trouble or putting themselves into risky situations.

How can I keep myself safe when I’m out and about?

Cost $60 per student - to cover instructor fee

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Duration


Key Ideas

Studio Overview

Headway

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks

Lifestyle Choiecs: Health and Physical Education

Studio Overview

Be a Golden Knight - Continuing

Empower yourself and increase your self-confidence… Be part of your

world, notice the small things and use your intuition.

Students will work with a professional from Golden Knights Self

Defence on a program of work including but not limited to earning

their Blue belt certificate in self-defence. Students will develop harm

minimisation strategies, for example, not getting themselves into

trouble or putting themselves into risky situations.

How can I keep myself safe when I’m out and about?


9 Weeks


Everyone knows that relationships are tough (including the one with

have with ourselves). To experience the best of relationships with self

and others takes skill, effort and self awareness.

By interacting and participating in a range of activities, students will

explore skills around:

Friendship with self, friendship, boundaries, control of self and others,

anxiety, anger vs abuse, triggers (flipping lids), conflict resolution,

support networks, communication styles (Myers Briggs).

Are you ready to move ahead? Prepare yourself to cross all the hurdles that may get in your way and thus paving the way for success?

Cost $60 per student - to cover instructor fee





Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas

Studio Overview

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas

Studio Overview


9 Weeks

STEM: Technologies, Science, Mathematics

Smart Refuge

Nesting boxes can provide homes to animals due to decline of their

natural habitat but how do we know if these are being used?

Students will build a nesting box with integrated sensors to monitor

their use. They will develop their own code to collect data to inform the

future placement of nesting boxes around the community to support

the re-population of local native fauna.

How can can we provide safe refuge and at the same time monitor the habitats of our previous native fauna to better understand urban

impact?


9 Weeks

STEM: Technologies, Mathematics

The Arts: Art

Bringing Art to Life

How can we use 3D modeling and animation, with their unique creative

abilities to explore volume and boundaries, to simulate realistic

movement and expression- in other words, bring art ‘to life’?

Students will experience a thorough ‘taster’ to gain further

experiences with 3D modeling and animation, game development

and visual effects and so provide informed opportunity for subject

selections in upcoming years.

Strong Industry connections will be provided and with this an

associated excursion to at least one Industry location to gain further

insights into the Screen and Media Industry.

What are the levels of creativity, skills, passions and levels of determination required to be successful in the game development,

3D modeling and animation and visual effects industries?

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By now your SYNERGY portfolio team is well established with your selected project underway. Focus on emerging as great leaders as you embark on sharing your ideas, and strategies with one another and improving our school community in response to student and staff feedback.

Now is the time to apply everything you have learned so far about leadership. Using this project in action, reflect on your leadership capabilities continuously as you move your project forward. Analyse your own role in the team in terms of effectiveness and improve and adjust your approach as required for the overall success of your team.

This studio provides you with the opportunity to continue developing your Individualised Leadership Development Plan and see your SYNERGY Project through from initial concept to final stages.

Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas

Open to SYNERGY students only

9 Weeks


Do you have what it takes? To take an idea, implement a course of action and improve our school community? Emerge as great leaders

as you see your projects through to fruition.

Emerge As Great Leaders

Studio Overview

Learning Pathway

Duration

Australian Curriculum FocusKey Ideas


9 Weeks


Studio Overview

Our leaders of tomorrow start with us today - Apply for SYNERGY

Take advantage of this studio as an application process into the

SYNERGY program. You will be taken through an intensive process

to prepare and skill you with the necessary capabilities to transition into the ENDEAVOUR strand of the SYNERGY leadership program at Adelaide Botanic High School

Explore what it means to be a great leader through a series of intensive modules. Through a variety of capability assessments, demonstrate you have developed the capacity to be an adaptable and resilient leader. If successful through this application process you will be invited to participate as an endeavour level member of the SYNERGY

leadership team in 2020.

Our Future needs inspiring energy. Is it yours? If you are committed to making Adelaide Botanic High School the best place for students

then SYNERGY is for you.




Learning Pathway

Duration


Key Ideas


9 Weeks

The Arts

Studio Overview

T-Shirt Sublimation Station

Work in the PrintLAb and explore the processes involved in designing

and creating marketable merchandise for profit. Design the next big

trend in a custom designed, T-shirt, Cap or mug print. Alternatively

work within the niche industry of up-cylced custom designed vintage

clothing.

Understand how to create a visual design either by manual application

or using photo-shop to create a design fit for merchandise print. Select

an item or range of items to customise with your design, using transfer,

sublimation and viynl transfer printing technologies. Yes you will have

your own unique item for yourself at the end of this studio.

Ever considered yourself as the next merchandise printing entrepeneur? Well here is your opportunity!

Cost $20 per student - to cover merchandise purchase

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Students will receive a Student Access Code and Password along with instructions through their school email address and will require internet access to complete the selection process. Counselling from Connect Group teachers regarding Studio choices, and pathways will help students understand the options as well as providing the opportunity to ask questions. Time will also be provided to navigate through the Studio selection process with their teacher using the Web Preferences portal.

To finalise the studio selection process, a parent acknowledgement form will be sent via email for families to approve their child’s Studio selection.

As a parent you can assist by:

Exploring this Studio Guide together with your child and supporting them to make their initial selections in the Web Preferences portal.

It will be useful to talk with your child about some of the following things as they make their selections:

- their interests, particularly regarding Studios and their pathways

- their strengths, and areas for development

- selecting Studios that contain a blend of interest, challenge and fun

- their progress in subjects they are doing this year

- your thoughts about their Studio choices

- viewing Studio selection as an important process that requires careful consideration

- encouraging your child to ask questions and seek advice

The process for selecting Studios is online using the Web Preferences portal

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