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Kindergarten, year 1 and year 2 learning resources

Early Stage 1 NSW syllabus outcomes

Early Stage 1 English

ENe-1A communicates with peers and known adults in informal and guided activities demonstrating emerging skills of group interaction
ENe-12E demonstrates awareness of how to reflect on aspects of their own and others’ learning

Early Stage 1 geography

GEe-1 identifies places and develops an understanding of the importance of places to people
GEe-1 communicates geographical information and uses geographical tools

Early Stage 1 history

HTe-1 communicates stories of their own family heritage and the heritage of others
HTe-2 demonstrates developing skills of historical inquiry and communication

Early Stage 1 PDHPE

PDe-3 communicates ways to be caring, inclusive and respectful of others

Stage 1 NSW syllabus outcomes

Stage 1 English

EN1-1A communicates with a range of people in informal and guided activities demonstrating interaction skills and considers how own communication is adjusted in different situations
EN1-11D responds to and composes a range of texts about familiar aspects of the world and their own experiences

Stage 1 geography

GE1-1 describes features of places and the connections people have with places
GE1-2 identifies ways in which people interact with and care for places
GE1-3 communicates geographical information and uses geographical tools for inquiry

Stage 1 history

HT1-4 demonstrates skills of historical inquiry and communication
HT1-2 identifies and describes significant people, events, places and sites in the local community over time

Stage 1 PDHPE

PD1-3 recognises and describes the qualities that enhance inclusive and respectful relationships

Learning across the curriculum

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures

This resources provides opportunities for students to:

understand relationships people have with places and their interconnections with the environments
understand that contemporary Aboriginal communities are strong, resilient, rich and diverse
learn about Aboriginal Peoples, as the world’s oldest continuous cultures
examine the 1770 interactions between the Gweagal and Europeans
recognise that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have developed and refined scientific knowledge about the world
understand there are different ways of interacting with environments and how this can influence sustainability.

Syllabus links have been taken from the following syllabus documents:History K-10 Syllabus © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2012Geography K-10 Syllabus © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2015PDHPE K-10 Syllabus © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2018English K-10 Syllabus © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2012

Foundation Year Australian Curriculum – learning areas

Foundation English

Understand that English is one of many languages spoken in Australia and that different languages may be spoken by family, classmates and community(ACELA1426)
Listen to and respond orally to texts and to the communication of others in informal and structured classroom situations (ACELY1646)

Foundation geography

The places people live in and belong to, their familiar features and why they are important to people (ACHASSK015)
The Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Country/Place on which the school is located and why Country/Place is important to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ACHASSK016)

Foundation history

Pose questions about past and present objects, people, places and events (ACHASSI001)
Explore a point of view (ACHASSI005)
Reflect on learning to propose how to care for places and sites that are important or significant (ACHASSI009)
How the stories of families and the past can be communicated, for example, through photographs, artefacts, books, oral histories, digital media and museums (ACHASSK013)

Foundation PDHPE

Identify and describe emotional responses people may experience in different situations(ACPPS005)

Year 1 Australian Curriculum – learning areas

Year 1 English

Understand that language is used in combination with other means of communication(ACELA1444)
Explore different ways of expressing emotions, including verbal, visual, body language and facial expressions(ACELA1787)
Engage in conversations and discussions, using active listening behaviours, showing interest, and contributing ideas, information and questions (ACELY1656)
Use interaction skills including turn-taking, recognising the contributions of others, speaking clearly and using appropriate volume and pace(ACELY1788)

Year 1 geography

Pose questions about past and present objects, people, places and events (ACHASSI018)
Explore a point of view (ACHASSI022)

Year 1 history

Pose questions about past and present objects, people, places and events (ACHASSI018)
Explore a point of view (ACHASSI022)
Reflect on learning to propose how to care for places and sites that are important or significant (ACHASSI026)

Year 1 PDHPE

Identify and practise emotional responses that account for own and others’ feelings (ACPPS020)
Describe ways to include others to make them feel they belong (ACPPS019)

Year 2 Australian Curriculum – learning areas

Year 2 English

Use interaction skills including initiating topics, making positive statements and voicing disagreement in an appropriate manner, speaking clearly and varying tone, volume and pace appropriately (ACELY1789)
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to analyse texts by drawing on growing knowledge of context, language and visual features and print and multimodal textstructures (ACELY1670)

Year 2 geography

The ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples maintain special connections to particular Country/Place (ACHASSK049)

Year 2 history

Pose questions about past and present objects, people, places and events (ACHASSI034)
Explore a point of view (ACHASSI038)
Reflect on learning to propose how to care for places and sites that are important or significant (ACHASSI042)
The history of a significant person, building, site and/or part of the natural environment in the local community and what it reveals about the past (ACHASSK044)

Year 2 PDHPE

Describe ways to include others to make them feel they belong (ACPPS019)

Australian curriculum learning areas have been extracted from F-10 curriculum - English - Foundation, Year 1 and Year 2, F-10 curriculum - Humanities and Social Sciences - Foundation, Year 1 and Year 2, and F-10 curriculum - Health and Physical Education - Foundation, Year 1 and Year 2

Australian Curriculum – cross-curriculum priorities

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures

Humanities and social sciences

The diverse cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are explored through their:

long and continuous strong connections with Country/Place and their economic, cultural, spiritual and aesthetic value of place, including the idea of custodial responsibility.
experiences before, during and after European colonisation including the nature of contact with other peoples, and their progress towards recognition and equality.
exploration of how groups express their particular identities, and come to understand how group belonging influences perceptions of others.

The use of primary and secondary sources, including oral histories, gives students opportunities to see events through multiple perspectives, and to empathise and ethically consider the investigation, preservation and conservation of sites of significance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

Australian curriculum cross curriculum priorities have been extracted from the page Cross-curriculum priorities – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures.

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