The Westminster Year 7 2021 Curriculum - Mrs Andrea Sherwood Director of Learning - Westminster School
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Year 7 2021 The Westminster Curriculum Mrs Andrea Sherwood Director of Learning
Year 7 2021 Curriculum Information A curriculum information evening is scheduled to take place on Monday 17 August 2020. At this event, the information contained within this presentation will be expanded upon. There will be the opportunity to amend the choices that will have been made for 2021.
Year 7 2021 – Curriculum
an education worth having
“Intentionally Designed for the Future”
What’s happening in the world?
The most valuable assets we now have are
what make us human. One of these traits is
what the World Economic Forum calls
“learnability”, the will and capacity to learn.
Burke (2017) at Columbia University calls this
ability learning agility, and he presents us with
nine facets of behaviour that combine into
learning agility: flexibility, speed,
experimenting, collaborating, information
gathering, feedback seeking, and reflecting.
Hoff, D. & Burke, W. (2017) Learning Agility. Hogan Press.
It’s a VUCA world! VUCA is an acronym used to describe or reflect on the volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity of general conditions and situations. The notion of VUCA was introduced by the U.S. Army War College to describe the more volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous multilateral world which resulted from the end of the Cold War. The common usage of the term VUCA began in the 1990s and derives from military vocabulary. It has been subsequently used in emerging ideas in strategic leadership that apply in a wide range of organisations, including education.
Young people are our future and to be successful they need to understand what is required in terms of: • New skills • New capabilities • New complex competencies
The Competences (Cs) of the Future
The ‘Four Cs’ (21st) The ‘Four Cs’ (22nd)
• Communication • Connection
• Collaboration
• Care
• Critical Thinking
• Creativity
• Community
PLUS: Computational Thinking • Communication
Year 6 to 7 Transition at Westminster School is well established
and features the following:
• Australian Curriculum
• Specialist Teachers
• Pastoral Care Team
• Academic Support
• Laptop Program
• Learning Management system - SEQTA
Curriculum in Year 7
• A broad range of subjects
• Core subjects
• Purposefully few Elective subjects
• Co-curricular activities
• ACARA Australian Curriculum
http://www.acara.edu.au
http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/
Academic Curriculum
All students will engage in:
• Mathematics • The Future is Us (FUSS)
• Science - Digital Technologies
• English (+ Library) - Creative Arts – Art/Design
• Humanities and Social Sciences - Design and Digital Technologies
• Health and Physical Education - Drama
• Languages (Chinese, German, Japanese) - Food Technology
• Music • Pastoral Care Time
• Religious and Values Education
• Dance (elective)
• Wellbeing @ WestThe Future is Us (FUSS)
In the spirit of dealing with the ‘tricky’ world, this course is designed to help students to approach
problems, have agency and be resilient. The course is co-constructed with students.
• Develop “learnability” skills (see below)
• Develop learning agility
• Develop Critical and Creative Thinking skills Flexibility: willingness to try new things
• Develop Personal and Social Awareness Speed: rapidly grasping new ideas
Experimenting: testing out new ideas
• Subject specific knowledge, understanding and skills
Performance Risk Taking: taking on challenges
Interpersonal Risk Taking: asking others for help
Collaborating: leveraging the skills of others
Information Gathering: increasing knowledge
Feedback Seeking: asking for feedback
Reflecting: taking time to reflect on effectivenessFUSS Feedback from 2020 we had a lot of freedom
I really enjoyed doing coding, and my most memorable moment was
learning how to make different codes crashing the drone into the roof
I enjoyed it, working more I thought we could of had better
in groups was fun materials for our contraption
I haven't really done anything with cooking It was really fun but there is
before and I feel like trying to make room for self-improvement
something like this was fun
we never just sat there and had to
listen, it was really hands onThe Future is Us (FUSS) Academic Curriculum
• Critical and Creative Thinking
- Inquiring
- Generating
- Analysing
- ReflectingDuring FUSS students will explore the Global Goals for Sustainable Development, why they are important and how they relate to themselves. They will provide solutions to a diverse range of topic and project options that will require interdisciplinary and collaborative learning alongside mastery of discipline- based knowledge. They will link their learning experiences to the real world and have a sense of purpose in their learning.
The Future is Us: Organisation
• 6 lessons a week
• Different semester challenges
• Learning to Learn
• Subject specific content
• Combined groups with 3
teachers
• Mission Projects
• Grand ChallengeFor families wishing to discuss “Stretch” learning
Academic Support support, should make contact with
Mrs Rebecca Wilkins, Head of Student Diversity, at
School. rwilkins@westminster.sa.edu.au
• Individualised
• Flexible
• Proactive
• Responsive
• Small groups
• Targeted programs
• SEQTA Learning Platform for supportWestminster Values
Subject Selection Process for 2021
On the School Website Curriculum booklets are available online. These detail the courses available and should be read prior to making decisions about an Academic Program for each year level.
Subject Selection Process for Languages and Dance • The subject selection process for 2021 is online and can be completed at http://www.selectmysubjects.com.au • Discussion and careful consideration are required for the Language selection. Refer to the Curriculum Booklet for advice • Answer Yes or No for Dance when promoted • Discuss choices with Parents and other trusted advisors • Enter the selections online
Subject Selection Process • Opens Tuesday 21 July and closes Friday 7 August. • Print, sign and return the online form (student and parents) to the Preparatory School or Senior School Offices by Tuesday 11 August 2020. • After the Curriculum Information Evening on Monday 17 August, students will have the opportunity to amend their electives if they wish.
Year 7 2021
Curriculum Information
For more information contact
Mrs Andrea Sherwood
Director of Learning
asherwood@westminster.sa.edu.auYou can also read
