1. Year 7 Information Evening
TAS Middle School
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2. Why Middle School?
• Designed to meet the needs of young adolescents
• Period of rapid physical, emotional and intellectual
development
•Bridge between traditional primary and secondary
schooling
•Partnerships between school and home that
encourages growth and change in a secure
environment
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3. Why Middle School?
• Homeroom-based
• Challenging, integrated and innovative
curriculum
• Key person to contact with any concerns
regarding your son
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4. Staying connected
• Web page for every subject
• http://teams.as.edu.au/groups/middleschool/
• overview of learning aims and assessments
• homeroom page, student portfolios
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5. TAS Middle School Year 7 Information Evening
Academic
expectations
TAS / Presentation by Cindy Barnsley / TAS Middle School / 12.02.2013
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6. Extension
• learning how to learn, cognitive and attitudinal
•faster pace, challenging content, negotiated
tasks
• self-directed learners
• requires commitment and engagement
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7. Homework
• relevant, meaningful - consolidate and
develop skills and knowledge
•70 minutes plus 20 reading
• please contact me if students are struggling
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8. Assessment
• 5-6 formal assessment tasks per year
• we recognise that at this age, students are
developing study skills and we help them by
providing scaffolding (providing clear steps to
succeeding at tasks) and revision assistance
• two formal examination periods T2, T4
TAS / Presentation by Cindy Barnsley / TAS Middle School/ 12.02.2013
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9. English
• Term 1: “It’s All About Me” (Portfolio)
• Term 2: Truth, Justice and “The Hunger Games”
• Term 3: Shakespeare Study (King of Shadows)
•Term 4: Dickens in Film (Great Expectations)
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10. HSIE and Geography
• Term 1: What is History?
• Term 2: Legacy of Ancient China
• Term 3: World Heritage
•Term 4: Geographical Environments
(negotiated research project)
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11. TAS Middle School Year 7 Information Evening
Co-curricular
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12. Co-curricular
• excursions (boys’ own adventure Pindari Dam)
•creative arts, debating, public speaking,
junior stage band, TAS singers,
Tournament of the Minds, da Vinci, Philosothon
•sport
•outdoor ed, Year 7 join cadet unit (C Company)
TAS / Presentation by Cindy Barnsley / TAS Middle School/ 12.02.2013
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13. TAS Middle School Year 7 Information Evening
Service
TAS / Presentation by Cindy Barnsley / TAS Middle School / 12.02.2013
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14. Service and Leadership
• Community service (20 hours a year)
• Round Square - IDEALS - Junior Round Square
conference (Perth 2013)
•Service Projects (Fiji Year 8, International 9+)
•Exchanges (Year 10)
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