Applecross SHSYear 7 MAP Program – a Transition to High School

Rationale

MAP Program stands for our school values

Mutual Respect

Achievement

Personal Best

Program aims to assist Year 7s explore goals & individual pathways, build new friendships, develop resilience and social capacity and understand some of the foundation skills required for a successful high school life.

Foundation skills include literacy, inquiry process, ICT protocols and study skills.

Opportunity

• In 2014 a ‘Personal Best’ program for Years 8 – 10 was offered covering a variety of topics including study skills, well-being, cyber safety and Inquiry Skills sessions.

• A similar program was proposed for the Year 7 timetable commencing 2015 to be delivered by selected Year 7 class teachers.

• Program was developed by a committee of teachers, Student Services Program Co-ordinator, Deputy and the teacher-librarian.

Organisation

• Students have a weekly 1 hour lesson on a Monday.• Students are not formally assessed but must keep a

portfolio of evidence (worksheets and activities) which is shown to parents.

• Challenge is to devise lessons suited to a variety of abilities which will be taken by other class teachers.

Organisation cont.

• Topics include:• Orientation to High School• File organisation, Diary use, Homework and Time Management• Introduction to school ICT network and Library**• Making friends and participating in school life• Keyboard skills• Inquiry skills**• Notemaking • Personal and Cyber safety• Resilience and protective behaviours• Problem solving and teamwork

Lesson

• Lesson: Introduction to the School Network and Library Resources

• Learning Intentions: Students to be able to access & navigate:• Shared drive and ‘My documents’• Student portal• Library search ‘Aims’• ‘Connect’ and ‘Webmail’ – communication tools• Clickview• World Book Online• Choose correct printer for their documents

Lesson cont.

• Lesson consisted of a Powerpoint presentation and ICT Explorer activity

• Sample slides are included here

Your desktop

Note icons for: AXSHS Student Portal

Library searchWebmail

Clickview playerPrinter account

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Your Desktop

The AXSHS Student Portal

The Student Portal has links to:Library search (Aims)Connect and Webmail

GoogleOnline databases: World Book &

Ebsco

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Library Search

To locate books and other resourcesselect

the type of search you require and

enter your search term

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Communicating: Logging on to Connect & Webmail

Your teacher may post messages andhomework for your class via Connect.

To sign in: Type your network username and passwordMake sure you click the ‘Appropriate Use

Of Online Services’ box! 11

World Book Online

World Book Online is an excellent resource for research. You can access different databasesand find articles, audio-visuals, websites, maps, and other reference tools.Find World Book on the Student Portal! 12

Student activity

Feedback

• Subject teachers who delivered the lesson were generally positive and able to follow the lesson plan

• Visiting the classes, observed that students were meaningfully engaged in the ICT activity

• Some technical issues arose with computer access, but students could work in pairs on the activity

Lesson: Inquiry Process

• Learning intentions: • To introduce students to the Inquiry Process• To enable students to develop an organised approach to their

research tasks• To focus students on identifying, locating, and selecting relevant

information

• Lesson to consist of: • Powerpoint presentation outlining a six step Inquiry Process model• Activity – students to be given focus questions and sample texts on

Ancient Rome and asked to locate and select relevant information

Overview – Six Steps• Define - your topic • Locate - your resources• Select - your information • Organise - your notes• Present - your finished product• Assess - your process and product

References

• LUPTON, M 2013, 'Inquiry pedagogy and the Australian Curriculum', Primary & Middle Years Educator, 11, 2, pp. 23-29, Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre, EBSCOhost, viewed 19 August 2014.

• Mapping curriculum and general capabilities to Guided Inquiry Design Framework by Karen Bonanno. (2014). Zillmere, Queensland: Eduwebinar Pty Ltd.