Deputy Principal Teaching and Learning
Assessment Blocks
Years 7 -10 will complete their final assessments over the next few weeks. Throughout this period, they have scheduled study sessions built into their timetables to support preparation and balance. These assessments are low-stakes learning checkpoints, offering teachers and students valuable insight into student progress at a specific moment in time. Students have met with Ms Imber or Ms Pugh to create a study plan, and teachers are actively supporting them in class with targeted resources and guidance.
While many assessments are completed in class under supervision, students are also working on longer-term projects that involve experimentation, innovation and hands-on learning. Examples include Technology Mandatory tasks in Years 7 and 8 listed below, Visual Arts projects, PDHPE Year 9 PBLs, and practical assessments in Dance, Drama, and Music. In Languages, students are preparing for speaking and listening tasks, which form an important part of their assessment. These varied formats allow students to demonstrate their learning in meaningful and authentic ways.
Technology Mandatory
Years 7 and 8 students at Santa Sabina are engaging in a rich and varied Technology Mandatory program across multiple disciplines. In Textiles, students design and make a pair of pyjama bottoms that reflect their individuality. In Engineering Technology, they build a fast, stable,and lightweight propeller-driven car for use with the Power Anchor. Food Technology challenges them to design and prepare a nutritious meal suitable for adolescents. In the workshop, students create a Memphis-inspired pen case using timber, MDF and plywood. In Architecture, they redesign the interior of a standard shipping container (12m x 3m x 2.5m) as a contemporary studio home, emergency shelter or remote community dwelling. Finally, in Coding Design, students design, produce and evaluate an EV3 robot programmed to dance to a song of their choice, combining creativity with computational thinking.
Register now for Elevate’s Parent Webinar Series
Earlier this year, students in Years 7–10 participated in Elevate Education sessions to build essential study skills ahead of their assessment blocks.
This term, Elevate is offering a parent webinar series designed to help you support your child at home by reinforcing the strategies they’ve learned at school.
- How You Can Set Your Child Up for Success – 10 December, 6:30pm
- How You Can Help Your Child Manage Their Time – 29 October, 6:30pm
- How To Help Your Child Alleviate Stress – 12 November, 6:30pm
- How You Can Build Resilience in Your Child – 26 November, 6:30pm
Jacqueline Pugh
Deputy Principal Teaching and Learning
