Week / Week Beginning / Unit / Concepts Covered / School Event/
Public Holiday / Assessment Due
1 / 22 Jan / Geography – Skills Overview / What is Geography? / 22 Jan - Years 7, 8, 9 Commence
23 Jan - Years 10, 11, 12 Commence
26 Jan - Australia Day
2 / 29 Jan / BOLTSS, Atlas Activity / 2 Feb Last day for subject changes
3 / 5 Feb / Landforms and Landscapes
Pearson :- Geography 8 /
- Geomorphology and Geological Landscapes
- Introduction to landforms and landscapes Types of landforms and the human impacts on landscapes
- Plate tectonics and the changing face of the Earth
- Movement of tectonic plates and the impact on landform features and humans
- Subduction /Tsunamis/Volcanoes/ Earthquakes/Hotspots
- Deposition and Erosion Landscapes
- Erosion and how the physical characteristics of the environment change.
- Coastal processes: impact on landscapes.
6 Feb – Semester 1 Overviews Published
4 / 12 Feb / 15 Feb Snr Pathways Evening for Yr 10 Students and Parents in Hall: 6 pm
5 / 19 Feb / 20 & 21 Feb - Year 9 NAPLAN Trial
22 Feb BCC Immunisations 9 am All Yr 7
6 / 26 Feb / 28 Feb Yr 7 Writing Workshop in Lib: Pd 1 & 2
2 Mar Clean up Wavell Day Pd 4
7 / 5 Mar / 7 Mar Yr 12 Maths A&B Exams in Hall: Form, Pds 1 & 3 / Short Response/Response to Stimulus Exam
8 / 12 Mar / 13 Mar Yr 12 QCS Prac Test in Hall & Cert 11 Workshop, Pd 1 & 2
9 / 19 Mar /
- Case Study – Gold Coast
10 / 26 Mar /
- Case Study – Gold Coast
26 Mar Year 11 Business Management excursion to Dreamworld
27 Mar School Dance in Hall: 7 pm – 10 pm
28 Mar Yr 9 Science Day Pd 1 - 3
29 Mar Mid Semester Reports emailed
30 Mar Good Friday
Autumn Vacation (30 March – 15 April)
/ Semester One 2018 / Year Level: 8 / Subject: Geography
Week / Week Beginning / Unit / Concepts Covered / School Event /
Public Holiday / Assessment Due
11 / 16 Apr / Landforms and Landscapes
Pearson :- Geography 8 /
- Case Study – Gold Coast
18 Apr “Shake & Stir” in Hall: Yr 8 Pd 1, Yr 11 Drama Pd 1
19 Apr Inter-house Cross Country Pd 3&4
20 Apr ANZAC Day Assembly
12 / 23 April /
- Case Study – Gold Coast
24 Apr Wavell SHS Homecoming Rugby League Event
25 Apr - Anzac Day Public Holiday
13 / 30 April / Changing Nations
Pearson :- Geography 8 /
- Urbanisation – introduction and causes.
- Consequences of Urbanisation and Australia’s urban future.
- Focus – China’s Changing Urbanisation Patterns World Cities- impacts of Urbanisation p.208
- Urbanisation in China p.216
- Internal Migration in China (causes and consequences)
2 May Yr 7 U2B Reading/Writing W/shop in Lib: Pd 1 & 2 / Assignment Due
14 / 7 May / 7 May Labour Day Holiday
8 May BCC Immunisations 9 am, Yr 10 Meningoccal
15 / 14 May / 14 May District Cross Country (Kedron SHS)
15 – 17 May Yrs 7 & 9 NAPLAN Test Day
16 May Yr 12 QCS/Cert 1 Workshop: Pd 1 & 2
Yr 12 Physics excursion Planetarium: Pds 3 & 4
20 May OPEN DAY
16 / 21 May / 23 May Yr 12 Eng Lit excursion UQ: All day
24 May Yrs 9 & 10 Business Market Day: Pd 3 & Lunch
24 May SRC Non-Uniform Day
17 / 28 May / 30 May Yr 10 Careers Expo in Hall: Form to Pd 3
18 / 4 June
19 / 11 June / 11 – 20 June: Sem 1 Exams Yrs 11 & 12
15 – 19 June Sem 1 Exams Yr 10
15 - 20 June Sem 1 Exams Yrs 7, 8, 9
20 / 18 June / Reflection Tasks on Assessment / 13 June ICAS Writing Comp in Library: Pd 4
20 June - Normal classes resume Yr 10
21 June – Normal classes resume Yrs 11 & 12
22 June – Yr 10 WEX Induction in Hall: Pd 4 / Short response/Response to Stimulus Exam
21 / 25 June / 25 - 26 June Yr12 QCS Practice Test & Cert 1 Workshop in Hall & Q Block
Yr 10 Cert 1 Workshop/Catch-up: Pd 2 - 4
25 June Yr 10 Work Experience Prep: Pd 1
26 – 29 June Yr 10 Work Experience
27 – 29 June Yr 7 Camp at Noosa
28 - 29 June Year 11 Sem 1 Report Cards issued & Academic Review
29 June Sem Reports finalised and posted for Yrs 7 - 10, 12
Winter Vacation (30 June – 15 July)