Years 9 and 10 suite of materials

The Fashion for the Sun Years 9 and 10 suite of materials has been designed for students aged 14-16 years to increase students’ understanding of skin cancer and sun safety, and to promote their active, positive engagement in sun-protection actions related to clothing, hats and sunglasses.

The materials include:

•teacher and student resources to develop introductory knowledge about skin cancer and sun safety — these materials are generic materials for students in Years 7–12, with teachers able to select those most appropriate for their students

•three design challenges

•many fact files and student response (activity) sheets that can be used to either support the design challenges, or can be used as stand-alone resources to suit a program designed by the teacher.

Each design challenge has its own unique focus:

•Holiday in the sun requires students to design and present fashion illustrations for a sun-savvy outfit for an activity associated with a holiday to a sun-drenched location of their choice. Students are not required to make any of the designed items, but they could do so if there is time and the teacher wishes to develop students’ production skills related to textiles.

•Dazzling dyes, powerful prints requires students to design an on-trend, sun-savvy outfit to protect a client of their choice from the harsh Australian sun. The outfit must incorporate a garment such as a pair of board shorts, kimono, wrap or sarong, the fabric for which they must have printed or dyed themselves. Students make the printed or dyed garment.

•Junior health correspondent requires students to produce an article for a magazine of their choice to promote sun-safe behaviours to the magazine’s readership. There are two optional topics for the article. The article must contain annotated images of sun-safe fashion. Students are not required to make any of the designed items, but they could do so if there is time and the teacher wishes to develop students’ production skills related to textiles.

All three design challenges have support materials such as:

•teacher notes, which include connections to the Australian Curriculum and suggested learning experiences

•details of the actual task

•a checklist of what students have to do to complete the challenge

•an assessment guide that is linked to the Australian Curriculum achievement standards

•student resources (fact files and student response [activity] sheets) to support completion of the challenges.

There are many resources to support all three design challenges, as described in Teacher notes 5: Overview of the Years 9 and 10 suite of materials and as listed below, available as downloadable PDFs. It is expected that the teacher will select those resources that are most appropriate to the task, taking into account the students’ abilities, time available and other similar considerations. However, please note that if some activities are omitted, there will be implications for the assessment of the student work and the assessment guide that is provided might need to be adjusted.

Overview of the Years 9 and 10 suite of materials

Teacher Notes 5:
Overview of the Years 9 and 10 suite of materials include information about the tasks, what students submit and how their work is assessed, and extensive suggested learning experiences for the three design challenges using the resources provided. Details of the curriculum links for each design challenge are included in the teacher notes for each specific task.