Ellen Mosby, and Moira Ingui show off their cooking skills with a homemade baked goods stall. Photo: Supplied.
When you are busy going to class and doing homework, it can be hard to understand when it all comes together, but a market day in the Northern Peninsula Area has connected school subjects for students.
Northern Peninsula Area State College (NPASC) junior secondary students took their skills from Economics and Business, English, Science, Maths and the Arts to create a collaborative community event earlier this month, creating a variety of handmade goods to sell to local buyers.
Although the market day had previously been run through the school, the event was student-led for the first time this year.
“The purpose of this multi-disciplinary learning experience in junior secondary school is to provide students with opportunities to make meaningful connections across subject areas while engaging with an authentic real-world context,” an NPASC staff member said.
“Students can move beyond learning in isolation by applying knowledge and skills from multiple disciplines to a common project.
“The market day also allows students to incorporate local culture and community knowledge in their learning.”
They said the students worked hard throughout the term to create a variety of products, from scrumptious foods to good that could be used in the home by everybody.
“Throughout term three, the students worked on designing, planning and making homemade food, beauty products, hand-printed bags, wooden chopping boards and handmade cards,” the staff member explained.
“While cooking, many scientific processes were analysed and applied, so students can understand chemical and physical changes.
“Students also created advertising and marketing material, while developing customer service skills through speaking and listening activities in English.”
