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English // Writing Composition

Gather relevant information from print and digital sources, summarise or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a basic bibliography or…

English // Writing Composition

Use layout devices including headings, sub-headings, columns, bullets, and tables to structure text and guide the reader through informational and explanatory…

English // Writing Composition

Precis longer passages by summarising the main ideas and key information concisely while maintaining the essential meaning and removing non-essential detail

English // Writing Composition

Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence — including introducing claims, acknowledging counterclaims, organising reasons…

English // Writing Composition

Apply growing knowledge of vocabulary, grammar, and text structure to writing — drawing on literary and rhetorical devices from reading (e.g., rhetorical…

English // Writing Composition

Summarise and organise material from reading and research — gathering relevant information from multiple sources, assessing credibility, integrating evidence…

English // Writing Composition

Write for a range of purposes and audiences beyond narrative — including scripts, poetry, personal and formal letters, notes for talks, and other forms…

English // Writing Composition

Write narratives that develop real or imagined experiences using effective technique — including establishing context and point of view, developing characters…

English // Writing Composition

Write informative and explanatory texts that examine a topic and convey ideas clearly — organising information logically with headings and formatting…

English // Writing Composition

Use varied transitions, cohesive devices, and paragraph-linking strategies to create coherence across a whole piece of writing — including temporal transitions…

Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

Describe how palaeontologists work in the field and lab: prospecting for exposed fossils, careful excavation with hand tools, plaster jacketing for transport…

Science // Earth's Systems

Make observations and measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation

Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics, using evidence to justify classification decisions

Science // Energy

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another

Science // Matter & Materials

Give reasons, based on evidence from comparative and fair tests, for the particular uses of everyday materials including metals, wood, and plastic

Science // Matter & Materials

Use knowledge of solids, liquids, and gases to decide how mixtures might be separated through filtering, sieving, and evaporating

Science // Matter & Materials

Select and carry out appropriate separation techniques for different types of mixtures: filtration (insoluble solids), distillation (liquids by boiling point)…

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Calculate and evaluate energy intake and requirements in a healthy daily diet, interpreting food labels and nutritional data

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Use a light microscope correctly to prepare, focus, and examine biological specimens, including making accurate labelled drawings at an appropriate…

Science // Scientific Inquiry

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints

Science // Scientific Inquiry

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be…

Science // Scientific Inquiry

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost

Science // Scientific Inquiry

Record data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs

Science // Scientific Inquiry

Take measurements with increasing accuracy and precision using a range of scientific equipment, taking repeat readings when appropriate