Core Skills Analysis
English
Arrie practised oral language by playing the verbal game "Can't Make You Say" and asking the support worker questions. She recorded the answers in her iPad notes, developing skills in listening, recalling information and writing short responses. Arrie also participated in video editing, making choices about how ideas could be presented to an audience. Her questioning and note-taking showed curiosity and purposeful communication.
Digital Technologies
Arrie used digital tools to draw, design avatar outfits, write notes, edit videos and manage her Roblox friends list. She made creative decisions about digital content and reviewed online connections by removing people she did not know or no longer wished to have as friends. These activities supported digital creativity, decision-making and basic online safety awareness. Arrie also practised using technology for communication, entertainment and self-expression.
The Arts
Arrie explored visual and media arts through iPad drawing, avatar costume design and collaborative video editing. She experimented with colour, appearance and presentation while creating outfits and digital content. These activities encouraged imagination and allowed her to communicate ideas through images and edited video. Her sustained participation showed enjoyment of creative expression.
Mathematics
Arrie engaged with mathematical thinking while beginning a puzzle and playing rounds of a digital game. The puzzle required her to notice shapes, compare pieces and use persistence to work toward a completed arrangement. Playing several rounds also involved following sequences, recognising changes and making decisions within a game structure. Although no formal calculations were described, these activities provided informal practice in spatial reasoning and problem solving.
Science
Arrie interacted with the kittens and spent time observing conditions in the courtyard when her hair became wet from rain. These experiences gave her opportunities to notice living animals and changes in the outdoor environment. She also responded to a practical self-care prompt by brushing her hair after it became wet, connecting observation with an appropriate action. The activity supported everyday observation rather than a formal scientific investigation.
Personal and Social Capability
Arrie remained emotionally regulated and moved flexibly between drawing, games, kittens, puzzles, outdoor conversation, video editing and Roblox. She built a positive social connection by asking the support worker questions and recording the answers. Reviewing her Roblox friends list demonstrated thoughtful decision-making about whom she wanted to remain connected with. Arrie also accepted a prompt to brush her hair, showing cooperation with a self-care routine.
Tips
Tips: Turn Arrie's questions into a short interview project by helping her organise them into categories and create a simple profile or audio presentation. Extend the video-editing activity by planning a beginning, middle and end, then discussing how music, captions and transitions affect viewers. Use the puzzle to introduce a relaxed strategy lesson in sorting pieces by colour, edge and pattern. For online safety, create a private checklist together covering trusted contacts, personal information and what to do when an unfamiliar person sends a message.
Book Recommendations
- The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds: A short, encouraging story about creative expression, confidence and discovering personal possibilities through art.
- Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty: A lively picture book about asking questions, observing the world and pursuing curiosity.
- The Great Big Book of Families by Mary Hoffman: A broadly inclusive book that supports conversations about people, relationships, identity and the many ways families and communities can be understood.
Learning Standards
- English — AC9E6LY01: Arrie used interaction skills by asking questions, listening to responses and recording information for communication.
- English — AC9E6LA05: Her video-editing choices connected to considering how language and presentation features can influence an audience.
- Science — AC9S3U01: Interaction with kittens supported observation of living things, although the session did not include a formal life-cycle investigation.
- Mathematics — AC9M6N05: Puzzle and game participation supported problem-solving strategies, but the described activity did not demonstrate all four operations.
- WACAO alignment note: The provided activity most clearly supported communication, creative expression, problem solving, social-emotional learning and digital decision-making. No listed WACAO community-access or HASS standard was directly addressed.
Try This Next
- Interview worksheet: write five questions, record answers, and sort them under interests, experiences and preferences.
- Digital citizenship quiz: identify which Roblox contacts are known, unknown, or require an adult’s help.
- Storyboard task: draw three frames for a short video edit and label the beginning, middle and ending.
- Puzzle strategy chart: record which sorting strategy was tried and whether it helped.