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Students of Patrician Brothers College, Blacktown,will find lesson and assignment related links below. More detailed pathfinders and study guides can be found on the StudentNet site. Book reviews have been moved to Book Bites, which is linked below.

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Baroque Composers - Year 7 Music

image:http://www.flickr.com/photos/billyreed/ May 12, 2008

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Year 9 - Designing a Child's Toy

image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/electrobot5000/ May 12, 2008
Task Description
You are to research, design and present a child's toy for children aged 3 and above.

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission provides a booklet on safe toys which can be downloaded as a PDF.
http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/742396/fromItemId/654309

The NSW Office of Fair Trading has listed a number of toys on the banned list
http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/corporate/aboutus/2005/20051027bannedtoysfoundinproductsafetysweep.html

Standards Australia website
http://www.standards.org.au/cat.asp?catid=138

Australian Toy Association Code of Practice
http://www.austoy.com.au/code.html
More infromation from the Australian Toy Association -
BUYING SAFER TOYS - 10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE BUYING A TOY
http://www.austoy.com.au/toysafety2.htm

Safe toys for kids from DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION
http://docep.wa.gov.au/cp/dev_publications/product_safety_notes/safe_toys.html