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At Ashmore State School we provide a diverse smorgasbord of Curriculum offerings to enrich and challenge our students’ academic, cultural and social learning.
We follow the Queensland Curriculum Assessment and Reporting (QCAR) framework as core curriculum. It aims to provide consistency in teaching and learning, assessment and reporting and is based on a set of essential learning standards.
The following framework was introduced to all Queensland schools in 2008:
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Framework Component
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Purpose
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Essential Learnings
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To provide clarity about what to teach
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Standards
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To provide a common language to describe achievement
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Assessment Bank
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To provide access to quality assessment items
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Queensland Comparable Assessment Tasks (QCATs) in Years 4, 6 and 9
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To demonstrate what students know and can do and support consistency of teacher judgments
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Reporting
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To support consistency of reporting
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Teachers plan using the Essential Learnings and then develop the assessment that will demonstrate what each student needs to know and what they are able to do with this knowledge. Learning experiences are then sequenced incorporating a variety of strategies, including ICT skills. All year level curriculum programs are designed to align curriculum, pedagogy and assessment across the 8 Key Learning Areas (KLAs) of English, Maths, Science, SOSE, Health and Physical Education, LOTE (French), The Arts and Technology.
Information on all of the KLAs is available on the Queensland Studies Authority website (QSA) at www.qsa.qld.edu.au.
Year level teachers collaboratively plan four main integrated units throughout the year in conjunction with our Head of Curriculum. These units may have a major Science or SOSE focus; however, English and other KLAs are embedded into all teaching and learning.
Unit Overview
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Term 1
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Term 2
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Term 3
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Term 4
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Year 1
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You Can Do It
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Me and my family
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Why are farms busy places?
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Who uses the sea?
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Year 2
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Who works in our community?
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Why are insects special?
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Are characters in fairytales different to real people?
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Why do things move?
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Year 3
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What makes a person happy, healthy and safe?
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Is Australia a hot/dry country?
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What on Earth are natural patterns?
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What are the traditional cultures within Australia, and our near neighbours?
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Year 4
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What is cultural diversity?
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How are plants and animals different?
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How has the Gold Coast changed?
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What’s out there?
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Year 5
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Australia – How did we develop?
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Move it – What works best?
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Togetherness rules – Why is working together important?
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Kitchen Chemistry
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Year 6
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What has shaped Australian culture?
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Should material things affect the groups we belong to?
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How did Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander’s culture preserve the environment and what impact has non-indigenous culture had?
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Climate change, pollution and deforestation are all impacting on our environment. How can we ensure a safe environmental future?
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Year 7
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Disasters waiting to happen
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Leaders at Last!
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Manufacturing and Energy
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Active citizens in a global environment
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* Subject to alteration. While at times the units may alter because of planning changes or important events such as the Olympic Games they generally follow the overview above.
Assessment and Reporting
Assessment is ongoing throughout each semester and uses a variety of assessment techniques to cater for all learning styles.
A written student report is issued twice during the year; the first towards the end of Semester One, the second during the later part of Semester Two. Formal parent / teacher interviews will occur at the end of Term Two. Either parents or the classroom teacher may request a formal interview during Semester Two or as requested by the teacher or parent. Parents are welcome to meet with teachers at other times to discuss a student’s progress or concerns.
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Newsflash |
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Phone: (07) 56561333
Fax: (07) 56561300
School Hours: 9am - 3pm
Office Hours: 8am - 4pm |
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Calendar |
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November 2009 |
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