Practical Connections

Community application activities in this field of study are likely to focus on the application of knowledge, skills, and understanding in the subject (e.g. Agricultural Production and Systems, Child Studies, Food and Hospitality, Outdoor Education, Physical Education, Visual Arts) to a community context. Community application activities in this field of study can provide students with opportunities to develop and demonstrate one or more of the capabilities.

Examples of community application activities in this field of study include, but are not limited to:

• creating a safe and ethical small animal enclosure for a school (Agricultural Production)
• comparing the educational value of some popular children’s toys (Child Studies)
• directing a music video (Creative Arts)
• creating an educational adventure multimedia game using authoring software for primary school children (Digital Communication Solutions)
• choreographing and teaching a dance for a performance (Dance)
• creating a character to perform in a production (Drama)
• creating a short film (Design, Technology and Engineering, Media Studies)
• designing and constructing furniture for a new outdoor space (Essential Mathematics, Material Products)
• developing promotional material educating people about a local dialect (Essential English)
• comparing the nutritional value and cost of buying fast foods compared with making similar home‑cooked dishes (Food and Hospitality)
• producing a large toolbox for gardening equipment (Industry and Entrepreneurial Solutions)
• creating drawings using CAD software (Material Products)
• investigating and creating artificial habitats for local animal species (bat boxes, bird boxes (Outdoor Education)
• working as a member of a community organisation — e.g. as a swimming instructor (Physical Education)
• investigating consumer attitudes towards using environmentally friendly household cleaning products (Scientific Studies)
• designing costumes for a community theatre production (Creative Arts, Visual Arts – Design).