• Interpersonal development

• English
• Mathematics
• Humanities

• Information & Communications Technology
• Thinking Processes

Interpersonal Development Level 5
Building social relationships Dimension
Standards:
At Level 5 students identify and use appropriate strategies to manage individual conflict and assist others in resolution processes.

Working in teams Dimension
Standards:
At Level 5 students accept responsibility as a team member and support other members to share information, explore the ideas of others, and work cooperatively to achieve a shared purpose within a realistic time frame. They reflect on individual and team outcomes and act to improve their own and the team's performance.

English Level 5
Reading Dimension
Standards:
At Level 5, students infer meanings and messages in texts, analyse how social values or attitudes are conveyed.

Writing Dimension
Standards:
At Level 5 students write extended narratives or scripts with attention to characterisation, consistency of viewpoint … They write arguments that state and justify a personal viewpoint; reports incorporating challenging themes and issues; personal reflections on, or evaluations of, texts presenting challenging themes and issues. Students improve the accuracy and readability of their writing, developing confidence in the identification and use of grammatical conventions and features of language and in their use of figurative language. They use a range of punctuation accurately to support meaning, including the use of ellipses, dashes, colons and semi-colons. They control tenses, and subject–verb and noun–pronoun agreement. They accurately identify and use different parts of speech. They edit their writing for clarity, coherence and consistency of style, and proofread and correct spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors.

Speaking and Listening Dimension
Standards:
At Level 5, students express creative and analytical responses to texts, themes and issues. They identify main issues in a topic and provide supporting detail and evidence for opinions. They critically evaluate the spoken language of others and select, prepare and present spoken texts for specific audiences and purposes. They use a variety of multimodal texts to support individual presentations in which they inform or persuade an audience. When listening to others, students ask clarifying questions and build on the ideas of others. They identify key ideas and take notes.

Mathematics Level 5
Working Mathematically Dimension
Standards:
Working mathematically focuses on developing students’ sense of mathematical inquiry: problem posing and problem solving, modelling and investigation. It involves students in the application of principled reasoning in mathematics, in natural and symbolic language, through the mathematical processes of conjecture, formulation, solution and communication; and … the historical heritage of mathematics through the discourse of working mathematically. Mental, by hand and technology-assisted methods provide complementary approaches to working mathematically.

The Humanities: Geography Level 5
Geospatial skills Dimension
Standards:
At Level 5, students collect geographical information from electronic and print media, including satellite images and atlas maps, and analyse, evaluate and present it using a range of forms. They construct overlay theme maps using map conventions of scale, legend, title, and north point. They identify and gather geographical information from fieldwork and organise, process and communicate it using a range of written, oral, visual and graphic forms.
Information and Communications Technology Level 5
ICT for visualising thinking Dimension
Standards:
At Level 5, students select and apply ICT tools and editing functions that support the filtering, classifying, representing, describing and organising of concepts, issues and ideas. They use rule-using software to assist with problem solving and decision making. They evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of their decisions and actions in the given situations.

ICT for creating Dimension
Standards:
At Level 5 students keep their bank of digital evidence up-to-date, and ensure it is easy to navigate, complies with ICT presentation conventions and demonstrates a diversity of ICT skills and knowledge.

ICT for communicating Dimension
Standards:
At Level 5 students select the most appropriate search engines to locate information on websites. They use complex search strategies to refine their searches. They judge the integrity of the located information based on its credibility, accuracy, reliability and comprehensiveness. Students share their ideas through their blog, website or other public forums, which are correctly formatted, comply with ICT conventions and demonstrate an awareness of the characteristics that contribute to products meeting their purpose.

Thinking Level 5
Reflecting, processing and metacognition Dimension
Standards:
At Level 5 students explain the purpose of a range of thinking tools and use them in appropriate contexts. They use specific language to describe their thinking and reflect on their thinking processes during their investigations. They modify and evaluate their thinking strategies. They describe and explain changes that may occur in their ideas and beliefs over time.

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Alan Thwaites attended an Intel Teach Essentials Course and provided the idea for this portfolio.
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