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HIGHLIGHTS
CELEBRATING LEARNING IN
SECONDARY
THE POWER OF STUDENT AGENCY
For the IMYC Relationship exit point, a group of Year 8 students decided to use
their passion for Magic: The Gathering card game to illustrate the big idea. They
created their own version of the card game utilising various skills and knowledge
they learned from ICT, Art, English, Humanities, Maths and many more. Each group
member had a specific job to complete for this big project. When everything was
completed, they invited all their peers, families and teachers to play their card
game, Brawl of Gods: Egypt, at the exit point. This was a true showcase of what
student agency and inquiry-based learning can produce.
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GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND
For the IMYC Structures exit point, a group of Year 7 girls decided
to illustrate their understanding of the big idea through
astronomy. They utilised the skills and knowledge they learned in
Art, ICT, English and Science to create this performance
installation. Their installation included various planets hanging
from the ceiling, colourful lights to represent stars as well as space
videos/ music to create an authentic experience in space.
Furthermore, they wrote and performed a group poem
highlighting the structure of earth and the universe. This was
certainly a true showcase of interdisciplinary learning and what
happens when students have control over their learning.
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THE IMPORTANCE OF COLLABORATION
For the IMYC Community unit in English, students read Alan Moore’s
graphic novel, V for Vendetta, and explored how the big idea was present
even in the midst of a dystopic setting. Students inquired the various
themes through the fascist, anarchist and neutral communities in the
graphic novel. For the final project of this unit, students got into small
groups to represent one specific community in the graphic novel. They
then utilised the skills of newspaper writing they learned throughout the
unit to create their own newspaper as a group. Students collaboratively
addressed various overarching themes from the novel in their news
articles. More importantly, they had to utilise their creative and artistic skills
collaboratively to produce the final product. The difficulty and tediousness
of this project required a wealth of collaboration and synchronization
amongst the students. The final product was a true testament to what
students can achieve when they work together for a common goal.
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