For home learning this term, you will be working on a personal project as part of your weekly tasks.

What is a personal project?

This is a larger task that will be done bit by bit over the term. It can be anything you like that involves learning or creativity. After you decide what it is, your teacher will double check it. It needs to be able to be completed in the timeframe (about 40 minutes each week for 6 weeks). Here are some examples:

Research into a particular historical event
Research into a particular scientific phenomenon
A design and construction
An extended narrative
Development of a skill such as cooking or juggling
A musical composition
An artwork
A short film
Many more!

How do I show what I’m doing?

Each week, you’ll record what you achieved during the week and email it to your teacher. This will look different for each student and can look different between weeks. This might be:

Some research you have collected
Photos of a work in progress
Story plans
A journal entry

Can I change my project during the term?

You can’t change the type of project since part of what you are learning is how to undertake a longer project like this. Your project may take interesting directions that you didn’t expect and end up looking a bit different to what you first planned, which is perfectly okay.

What happens when I’m finished?

Everyone will be required to present their project to their class at the end of the term. This doesn’t need to be a prepared speech and may feature some questions from the rest of the class. Students will have a maximum time limit of 5 minutes.