Year 8 Subjects - Â鶹ÊÓƵ Flinders Anglican College Leading independent co-educational school from Prep to Year 12 Tue, 18 Nov 2025 23:09:44 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 Year 8 IDEAS 4: Plug In & Power Up /subject/year-8-ideas/ Fri, 15 Aug 2025 04:32:31 +0000 /subject/year-8-ideas/ Read More]]> Step into the role of being an innovator, tackling real-world challenges inspired by the United Nations Sustainability Goal: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure. Explore how technology and design can be used to create an innovative and personalised charging station for a business. Students develop their skills by completing projects such as a 3D-printed golf tee, fidget toy...

Source

]]> Year 8 IDEAS 3: Food for Thought /subject/year-8-ideas-4-food-for-thought/ Thu, 14 Aug 2025 04:12:30 +0000 /?post_type=subject&p=32137 Read More]]> Explore how design and innovation can drive sustainable solutions aligned with the United Nations Sustainability Goal: Responsible Consumption and Production. Tackle real-world challenges focusing on transforming new products for the food industry. Create exciting food products, eye-catching packaging and branding, apply plant dye to a kite which you construct and fly, and take on a real...

Source

]]> Year 8 Business and Economics /subject/year-8-business-and-economics/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 06:47:03 +0000 /?post_type=subject&p=31740 Read More]]> The study of Business and Economics provides an introduction to the fundamentals of business operations and economic issues. In developing their own business concept, students learn how decisions are made to allocate limited resources to individuals and communities in an economy. They consider the reasons businesses exist and types of businesses, and identify how entrepreneurial characteristics...

Source

]]> Year 8 Japanese 2 /subject/year-8-japanese-2/ Mon, 08 May 2023 02:52:33 +0000 /?post_type=subject&p=16625 Read More]]> Japanese 2 builds upon the skills developed in Japanese 1. In Unit 3, students learn about the concept of ‘Okozukai’ (pocket money) and the ways in which it can be spent in Japan. They learn vocabulary to discuss the activities they do in their free time, and some of the unusual teenage trends in Japan.

Source

]]> Year 8 French 2 /subject/year-8-french-2/ Mon, 08 May 2023 02:20:09 +0000 /?post_type=subject&p=16597 Read More]]> French 2 builds upon the skills developed in French 1. The theme for Units 3 and 4 is ‘French in Adolescent Life – School and Fashion’. In Unit 3, students investigate and learn vocabulary to discuss their school subjects, preferences and teachers. They analyse and compare timetables with their peers and with French students. They explain and create their timetable in French.

Source

]]> Year 8 Religious & Values Education /subject/year-8-religious-values-education/ /subject/year-8-religious-values-education/#respond Thu, 27 Apr 2023 23:32:58 +0000 /subject/year-8-religious-values-education/ Read More]]> The RAVE course endeavours to explore belief systems and values in society through considering Christian and students’ personal beliefs, world religions and values and ethics in society. Students discuss ideas and processes which shape society’s thoughts, actions and behaviours in God’s world. The course seeks to encourage the development of religious knowledge and also to embolden students to...

Source

]]> /subject/year-8-religious-values-education/feed/ 0 Year 8 Visual Art /subject/year-8-visual-art/ Thu, 27 Apr 2023 23:32:58 +0000 /subject/year-8-visual-art/ Read More]]> Art in the Middle School focuses on guiding students towards an understanding of the Design Process and the Elements and Principles of Art. It provides an intellectually and emotionally stimulating space for ideas to grow, connections to be explored and personal, collective and global experiences to be challenged. Students engage in creative processes and artistic practices to communicate and make...

Source

]]> Year 8 Drama /subject/year-8-drama/ Thu, 27 Apr 2023 23:32:58 +0000 /subject/year-8-drama/ Read More]]> The development of creativity is an essential 21st Century skill. Drama provides an opportunity for students to develop critical and creative thinking, to experiment with ideas, and to create atmosphere by manipulating tension, space, place, mood, symbol and stagecraft. In this unit, students will explore the concepts of dreams and nightmares through the manipulation of the elements of drama and...

Source

]]> Year 8 Media Arts /subject/year-8-media-arts/ /subject/year-8-media-arts/#respond Thu, 27 Apr 2023 23:32:58 +0000 /subject/year-8-media-arts/ Read More]]> What TV advertisements do you find the most appealing? And why? This course examines the way to create meaning through film and television. The emphasis of this course of study is on the television advertisement genre. Advertisements are reviewed and analysed for their appeals, audience and purpose. Students create pitches for advertising different products and create short advertisements for a...

Source

]]> /subject/year-8-media-arts/feed/ 0 Year 8 Music /subject/year-8-music/ Thu, 27 Apr 2023 23:32:58 +0000 /subject/year-8-music/ Read More]]> In Year 8 Music, students build their musical vocabulary and musical literacy through experiences in musicology (asking questions of, and analysing and evaluating music), composition and performance. Students explore the ways in 'music works' through formal classroom experiences, and then have the opportunity to work with agency and autonomy to explore this in a context that is familiar to them...

Source

]]>