Shearwater

The Learning Program for Class 8

Main Lesson                              Middle Lesson
English
Indigenous Literature            Writing in style
Medieval Literature: Chaucer        Poetic devices
Film & Film Art            Short Stories
Australian Experiences:
Picture Book study

Mathematics
Shape and Space            Working with numbers, Algebra
The Logarithm            Geometric figures, Probability
Personal Finance            Graphing Linear Equation                                Collecting and Presenting Data
Pythagoras’ Theorem, Area & Volume
Equations and Inequalities,
Analysing data

Science
Aeromechanics / Hydraulics            Cell biology, Physiology, Acids
Ocean Ecosystems                and Bases
Water                        Forces, Current, Reflection
Sound/Ecology, The galaxy
+ an open ended Student investigation

Human Society and Its Environment (H.S.I.E.)
1.    Australian History
2.    Aboriginal and Indigenous Peoples: Colonisation and Contact

Technology & Applied Science :
Technology
Metal fabrication & electronics
Multimedia
Timber & wood machining
Textiles
Food technology
Computing Technology
Contuing general computer literacy
Graphics, comic life, photoshop

Creative And Performing Arts (CAPA)
Visual Art    Shock Value: Is this artwork postmodern?
(1 semester, 30 hrs)
Multi color lino printing
The Human Form: Variations on a genre
(a 3 week block of 18 hrs)
Graphics, animation, computer graphics

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (P.D.H.P.E.)
Outdoor education: Nymbodia, white water part 2, survival and abseiling
Class trip:     Streetwise, survival in the city, 2 weeks
Blocks:     Health
Movement
Team sports
Aquatics – Bronze Star
Weekly:    Eurythmy