2009

I worked in the year 7 MAX team and primarily delivered an ICT, Literacy and Inquiry curriculum. The members of the team included: Nikki Peters-Smith and Kellie Wiltshire (Educational Leaders), Russell Paxino and Colin Bowes (Team Leaders), John Auon and me. The curriculum was fundamentally the same program as the year before. There was a crisis during the course of the year when I discovered that I had prostate cancer and Colin Bowes had a terminal brain tumour. All round a disappointing result to the year. It started with the fundamentals of English and Math. Pre-testing would determine which differentiated groups the students would go into to. I was asked to oversee the under achievers.

History entailed doing units on the discovery and early settlement of Australia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient China and Greek and Roman Empire..

Geography entailed the exploration of the Australia and the Asia Pacific, Endangered Species and Natural Disasters.