Course description
This course will see students work independently on passion-based projects, categorised into entrepreneurial, design, research, subject specific and art. Throughout the project, students will have the opportunity to work with teachers, peers and external experts to achieve a high quality product which is showcased at the end of the third term to a public audience. Each project is broken into three cycles of learning - Discover, Create and Share.
Students learn about:
Students learn to:
How will this course help me in the senior years?
The project management skills learnt during this course will help students who elect to study subjects that require the completion of major works in the senior years. The strong focus on self-reflection will help students with their study of English in years 11 and 12. The development of time-management and organisation skills, as well as critical and creative thinking, will support students’ learning throughout their studies in all subjects during the senior years and the HSC.
How will student performance be assessed?
Students will be assessed formatively throughout the course with regular progress updates and journal documentation, as well as with an end of course presentation of learning. Students will need to have demonstrated significant effort the course and have proven an understanding of high-order, critical thinking and inquiry question development. The end-of-course presentation will consist of an exhibition of work presented to family and other students, highlighting the students’ unique response and creation of a product in response to their chosen inquiry question. The students will finally complete a task reflection in which they analyse their process in completing the project.
This course will see students work independently on passion-based projects, categorised into entrepreneurial, design, research, subject specific and art. Throughout the project, students will have the opportunity to work with teachers, peers and external experts to achieve a high quality product which is showcased at the end of the third term to a public audience. Each project is broken into three cycles of learning - Discover, Create and Share.
Students learn about:
- Creativity
- Critical thinking
- Self-directed learning
- Time management and organisation
- Reflective thinking
Students learn to:
- Manage time
- Prioritise tasks
- Think creatively and critically
- Be self-directed learners
- Develop a higher order question and provide a solution to it
- Modify and change initial ideas
- Research in an in-depth and effective manner
- Produce a high-quality end product
How will this course help me in the senior years?
The project management skills learnt during this course will help students who elect to study subjects that require the completion of major works in the senior years. The strong focus on self-reflection will help students with their study of English in years 11 and 12. The development of time-management and organisation skills, as well as critical and creative thinking, will support students’ learning throughout their studies in all subjects during the senior years and the HSC.
How will student performance be assessed?
Students will be assessed formatively throughout the course with regular progress updates and journal documentation, as well as with an end of course presentation of learning. Students will need to have demonstrated significant effort the course and have proven an understanding of high-order, critical thinking and inquiry question development. The end-of-course presentation will consist of an exhibition of work presented to family and other students, highlighting the students’ unique response and creation of a product in response to their chosen inquiry question. The students will finally complete a task reflection in which they analyse their process in completing the project.