Report: Elizabeth Farm House
Students attended Elizabeth Farm, a historical estate in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney, to investigate what life was like in the 1800s. The students explored the family home of wool pioneer John Macarthur and his wife Elizabeth, including the bedrooms …
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Creating a place – ABOVE
Students conducted surveys and collected data about different environments. Students then used the data to inform their drawings of imagined places and wrote reflections on the process and the choices they made. The entire task took place over a one-week …
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Museum in a box – AT
Students visited a local museum to investigate aspects of life in the past. Following the visit, students chose objects or technologies for teacher-guided research and inquiry, and students sequenced developments along a simple timeline and wrote scaffolded …
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A significant place – ABOVE
Students selected a significant site in their local area from a list provided by the teacher. Working with the teacher, and supported by the teacher-librarian, students posed a series of questions about the building or place and researched answers to …
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Museum in a box – ABOVE
Students visited a local museum to investigate aspects of life in the past. Following the visit, students chose objects or technologies for teacher-guided research and inquiry, and students sequenced developments along a simple timeline and wrote scaffolded …
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F-6/7 Humanities and Social Sciences - Years 1 and 2
In F-6/7 HASS (Geography sub-strand) Year 1 The natural, managed and constructed features of places, their location, how they change and how they can be cared for (ACHASSK031) Interpret data and information displayed in pictures and texts and on maps …
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F-6/7 Humanities and Social Sciences - Years 1 and 2
F-6/7 HASS (Geography sub-strand) Year 1 The natural, managed and constructed features of places, their location, how they change and how they can be cared for (ACHASSK031) Activities in the local place and reasons for their location (ACHASSK033) Reflect …
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Health and Physical Education - Satisfactory - Years 1 and 2
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can describe physical changes that occur as they age, and can identify relationships that change over time (WS3). They can identify physical and cognitive strengths and make connections between personal …
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Health and Physical Education - Above satisfactory - Years 1 and 2
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can recognise and illustrate changes that occur as people age, and can identify activities that change with increasing age (WS3). They can recognise personal factors that shape their personal identity …
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Health and Physical Education - Below satisfactory - Years 1 and 2
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can identify physical growth as a change that occurs as they grow older and can identify one change in relationships that occurs as they age (WS3). They can identify one personal strength and identify …
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Sustainability - Years 1 and 2
World views that recognise the dependence of living things on healthy ecosystems, and value diversity and social justice, are essential for achieving sustainability.
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Science - Years 1 and 2
Science involves observing, asking questions about, and describing changes in, objects and events (ACSHE021) & (ACSHE034) People use science in their daily lives, including when caring for their environment and living things (ACSHE022) & (ACSHE035) Pose …
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Sustainability - Years 1 and 2
Students develop the knowledge, skills, values and world views necessary to contribute to more sustainable patterns of living. Actions for a more sustainable future reflect values of care, respect and responsibility, and require us to explore and understand …
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Sustainability - Years 1 and 2
All life forms, including human life, are connected through ecosystems on which they depend for their wellbeing and survival.
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Ethical Understanding - Years 1 and 2
Reasoning in decision making and actions identify examples from stories and experiences that show ways people make decisions about their actions discuss how people make decisions about their actions and offer reasons why people’s decisions differ
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Intercultural Understanding - Years 1 and 2
Recognising culture and developing respect share ideas about self and belonging with peers identify and describe the various groups to which they belong and the ways people act and communicate within them
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Health and Physical Education - Years 1 and 2
Understanding emotions Identify and practise emotional responses that account for own and others’ feelings (ACPPS020)
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Numeracy - Level 2 (Years 1 and 2)
Typically, by the end of Year 2, students: Understand and use numbers in context model, represent, order and use numbers up to four digits Interpret proportional reasoning visualise and describe halves and quarters Interpret chance events identify …
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Ethical Understanding - Level 2 (Years 1 and 2)
Typically, by the end of Year 2, students: Recognise ethical concepts describe ethical concepts, such as right and wrong, honesty, fairness and tolerance Explore ethical concepts in context discuss ethical concepts within a range of familiar contexts Reason …
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Health and Physical Education - Years 1 and 2
Health literacy Examine health messages and how they relate to health decisions and behaviours (ACPPS021) Making healthy and safe choices Recognise situations and opportunities to promote health, safety and wellbeing (ACPPS018)
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