Q9@MELBOURNE

 21st  Century Skills

Throughout Semester One, year 9 students worked collaboratively in an interdisciplinary program designed to promote 21st century skills. Students worked with their peers during excursions, classroom activities and city visits to research the past and present on a topic under the theme Melbourne 2030. Students entered a rich inquiry and community-based curriculum and used many resources to predict the future of their topic. Utilising their Tablet PCs, students received all Q9@Melbourne materials online and were able to produce amazing pieces of work.

                                                                                              Throughout the experience, students visited the State Library of Victoria, the Old Melbourne Gaol and saw different aspects of the city through their Salvation Army session. The expectations within the program were high and students extended themselves as thinkers and presented their project in a three-way conference between parents, students and teachers. The program developed independent students as well as confident and responsible citizens who were able to set goals, reflect  on and evaluate their own work.

 Lyndsey Hubber

Leading teacher  

VELS, Pedagogy and ICT