At Le Fevre High School, our core subjects English, Mathematics, Science, and Humanities and Social Sciences are brought together through an innovative approach called Voyage Learning. This concept connects learning across subjects, helping students explore big ideas and real-world challenges in a meaningful and integrated way. Through Voyages, students engage in authentic projects that encourage collaboration, creativity and critical thinking. This approach makes learning purposeful and relevant, ensuring students develop the knowledge and skills they need for life beyond the classroom.
In Year 8 science, learners explain that cells are the basic units of life with specialised structures that determine their efficient functions. They describe how tissues, organs and systems in multicellular organisms work together to sustain life. Learners explain how tectonic plate movements drive geological events and shape Earth’s features at plate boundaries. They explain how the properties of rocks are determined by the process of their formation and composition and discuss how these properties influence their use. Learners explain how energy is transferred and transformed in simple systems and apply these principles to investigate the efficiency of systems. They explain that all matter is composed of atoms and classify it as elements, molecules, compounds or mixtures, using appropriate methods to represent these in context. Learners identify and analyse indicators of physical and chemical changes and collect data to explain energy changes during chemical reactions.
CONTENT
The following topics provide the framework for learning throughout the year, but not necessarily in this order:
ASSESSMENT
Students are assessed against the science curriculum standards. Evidence of student achievement will be gathered through tests, assignments and practical reports.
THRIVE • RESPECT • INTEGRITY
