Year 8
Please find all relevant work links to classroom resources and activities for all subjects under their Faculty headings.
Much of the work below is accessed via Google Classrooms. The best way to access Google Classroom is via the ‘Student Portal’.
ENGLISH
Students have been invited into the Google Classroom by their teacher. They will find this invitation in their school email. Clicking on accept will allow students to access the classroom. In this unit, students are to use the novel that they have studied in Term 1 to complete a variety of activities that will complement and extend their knowledge. To complement this, students will complete literacy activities on nouns, nominalisation, verbs and tense. A booklet is available for students who are unable to access their Google Classroom. Please contact the office to organise a copy. The students in 8 GEC will find extension activities in their Google Classroom.
MATHEMATICS
Students have access to Maths Online, www.mathsonline.com.au, all students who study Maths have a logon which is usually your initials followed by 75845. E.g., JH75845
All students have a password but if you can not remember it, please contact Jacinta.hohnke1@det.nsw.edu.au and Mrs Hohnke will get back to you as soon as possible.
The front office staff also have a copy of your passwords if you contact them they will be able to help you.
Your teachers will be assigning work on Maths Online for you to complete, you will also have to check Google Classroom for other more specific tasks
SCIENCE
Year 8 will be working through a unit on Elements, Compounds and Mixtures. Each student has been invited to join a Google Classroom called “8 Science 2020”. To join the classroom, students will need to access their Education (DOE) email address through the student portal, and accept the invitation. Once they have joined the classroom, they can access the work left there by their teacher.
To access the classroom once they have joined it, go in to the student portal and find G Suite, click on this and it will take them to Google Classroom. Check out the video on Facebook to see how.
Please check the classroom regularly for work.
HSIE
Geography - Water In the World: Students have been invited to join a Google Classroom by their teacher. The following codes allow access to each of the classrooms:
Miss Hyde 8Yellow - z5wavlh
Mr Thomas 8Red - i6pddxi
Mr Thomas 8Blue GEC - ljrbnk3
Miss Thomas 8Green - lxrdhip
In this unit, students are studying Water in the World. A work booklet with activities for this unit is available in the Google Classroom. If students are unable to access Google Classroom, please contact the school to arrange a copy. Year 8 GEC students will find extension activities via their Google Classroom.
PDHPE
Work has been posted into a Year 8 Google Classroom site. Use the code tknbhxm to access the page. Students are reminded the easiest way to access Google Classroom for themselves is via the ‘Student Portal’, which enables them to maintain all their details as per their Department login information. On their Google Classroom page, there is a booklet to work through and the term’s assessment is uploaded in the classwork section of the Classroom. Both the workbook and assessment task must be completed before the end of Term 1.
Physical Activity - Students are encouraged to keep up their daily physical activity levels. There are some suggestions attached in the booklets, but in general, it is ideal that students achieve a minimum of 60 minutes of physical activity per day, for 5 days a week. Please note that we must follow the Government's direction in relation to social distancing, e.g. no walking in groups of friends! There are a range of activities that students will be able to find online also.
TAS
Technology Mandatory Stage 4 - Digital Technology
Students will cultivate an understanding of the fundamentals of programming and its crucial role in gathering data from real world contexts. Such enables students to develop an appreciation of the processes through which technologies evolve and how they contribute to society.
The formal assessment task will require students to follow the Design and Production Process. All students will have an information booklet and associated worksheets where they will have to answer a series of questions. An electronic version of the assessment tasks will be accessible through Google Classroom with the code ‘poyzgz’ or alternatively contact the school for a hard copy to be sent out.
CAPA
Visual Arts 8 Blue and Green
A Google Classroom has been set up for Visual Arts, please check your school wmail address for the codes. Please email Mrs Hill if you are having problems accessing the classroom Louise.Hill@det.nsw.edu.au
Music 8 Red and Yellow
A Google Classroom has been set up for Visual Arts, please check your school email address for the codes. Please email Mr Herrera if you are having problems accessing the Classroom Patricio.Herrera@det.nsw.edu.au