work in progress
This website that is being developed to hold all the ideas of Mr Holmes.
What is Holmes Classrooms?Holmes Classrooms is an online tool that I am busy developing. It will hold all my current lessons that I have made online. It allows teachers, students and parents alike to access these lesson and see exactly what is being taught, what curriculum links are underlying the lessons and the relative assessment for the lesson. The goal of the website is to create a database of lessons for all years that can eventually be used by a wide range of teachers.
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About Mr HolmesMy name is Mr Holmes and I am a teacher. I have finished studying and received a Bachelor of Education with a specialisation in Science and an accreditation in Catholic Religious Education. My goal is to make all subjects accessible and enjoyable for all. I am also passionate about bringing classrooms into the 21st century. I like to innovate and implement new ICT (Information Computer Technology) tools within my lessons. This websites is just a sample of the work I did with ICT.
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Completed Units of work for year 6
HistoryThere are three completed History units of work: Significance of Anzac Day, Gold Rush in Australia & Australian Suffragettes.
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BiologyThis is an introductory unit to writing a scientific report in biology. Students complete tasks individually or in groups.
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Multicultural foodThis is a food studies unit that gets students to investigate a country and make a dish from the country.
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GeographyThis is an inquiry-based webquest that focuses on the Geography curriculum strand. Students are tasked with exploring Asia and creating their own travel blog to depict what they know. It encompass both individual and collaborate tasks.
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Completed Units of work for year 4 & 5
Choosing to do GoodThis is a Catholic Religious Education Unit that outlines the 'Choosing to do Good Unit' and how to teach it.
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Butterfly WebquestThe Butterfly WebQuest is a self guided web resource that gets students to investigate the life cycle of the butterfly.
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How to be a space ExplorerAn Inquiry-Based approach to teaching Year 5 students about the solar system. Activities are sequential and link with other subjects.
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Australian ColoniesThis is an inquiry-based history unit that explores Australian Colonies specifically the Swan River Colony and the WA Gold Rush.
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Holiday Budget & PlanningThis math unit tasks students with applying mathematical knowledge about budgeting to the context of holiday planning.
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Simple circuit toysThis unit explores electricity and its use within the context of toys. Students design a simple electric buzzer circuit and game.
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Completed Units for high School GEOGRAPHY
Year 7 Inquiry TaskThis inquiry-based assignment investigate the liveability of different cities and how to possibly improve them.
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Year 8 Inquiry TaskThis inquiry-based assignment investigates how Geomorphic Hazards are formed and what their impact on the environment is.
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Year 9 Inquiry TaskThis inquiry-based assignment investigates the challenges and possible solutions to future food production.
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Sustainable Food ProductionIn this lesson you will investigate different methods of sustainable food production. Using the knowledge you gain from this, you will plan out a community that produces food in a sustainable way.
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Factors influencing InterconnectionsStudents will be tasked with summarising the information about the different influences to interconnections. Students will then produce a brainstorm of their summary and publish it to Padlet.
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Least & Most Liveable CitiesStudents will be tasked to investigate the liveability of cities using specific objective factors. They will then compare one of the most liveable cities with one of the least liveable cities, presenting the information in the form of a brainstorm.
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COMPLETED UNITS FOR HIGH SCHOOL History
Key Features of the medieval worldIdentifying some of the key features of the medieval world that influenced daily life, such as:
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Medieval CoNtinuity and ChangeStudents will use the principle of Continuity and Change to investigate one of the following areas of Medieval society:
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Developments during the industrial revolutionStudents will research some of the key developments that occurred during the industrial revolution. Students will specifically investigate the developments in:
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What Impact did the ANZAC TROOPS HAVE? ESSAYStudents will watch a documentary and conduct research, to help them answer an essay question on the impact ANZAC troops had on the world and on Australia.
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Teacher Resources
The following is a collection of resources created by numerous pre-service teachers. These resources are available for use by teachers. The resources span across all learning year and areas. |
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