Year 3-4 Curriculum Links

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Aquatics, Archery & Gym Time

After safety instruction students are introduced to a variety of new personal and group activities, skills and games.

	Year 3-4
PE & Health	Making safe play area spaces ACPPS040Participating in outdoor games ACPPS041Practising and applying movement skills ACPMP043Practising and applying movement strategies ACPMP045 Combining elements when performing sequences ACPMP047 Participating in physical activities ACPMP108

Caving

Using appropriate safety equipment, students explore a cave system, learn of its historical importance to local Aboriginal people and fossick for rocks and fossils.

	Year 3	Year 4
HASS	The importance of country/place to Aboriginal Peoples ACHASSK062	The long connection of country/place to Aboriginal Peoples ACHASSK083The nature of contact between Aboriginal Peoples and others ACHASSK086The importance of environments to people ACHASSK088
Science	Features of living things ACSSU044	Living things dependence on their environment ACSSU073Changes in the Earth’s surface ACSSU075

Murray River Ecology

Students are introduced to the Murray River ecology through a boat trip and landings. They observe bird and marine life, visit an Aboriginal midden and see the effect of human and environmental changes to the Murray River landscape.

	Year 3	Year 4
HASS	The importance of country/place to Aboriginal Peoples ACHASSK062	The long connection of country/place to Aboriginal Peoples ACHASSK083The nature of contact between Aboriginal Peoples and others ACHASSK086The importance of environments to people ACHASSK088
Science	Features of living things ACSSU044	Life cycles ACSSU072Living things dependence on their environment ACSSU073Changes in the Earth’s surface ACSSU075

Murray Mallee Ecology

Students explore an area of Murray Mallee, observing the environment and wildlife, visiting an abandoned homestead, hiking through a section of scrub and observing relics of pioneer settlement.

	Year 3	Year 4
HASS	How communities change and stay the same over time ACHASSK063Similarities and differences between places and their settlement CHASSK069	The importance of environments to people ACHASSK088The management of natural resources ACHASSK090
Science	Features of living things ACSSU044	Life cycles ACSSU072Living things dependence on their environment ACSSU073Changes in the Earth’s surface from human activity ACSSU075

Sunnydale Farm Adventures

Students travel to Sunnydale Farm by bus where they observe sheep-shearing and wool-sorting. They have the opportunity to observe and sometimes hold Australian wild-life and participate in a variety of old colonial pastimes.

	Year 3	Year 4
HASS	Features of living things ACSSU044
Science	The importance of environments to people ACHASSK088The management of natural resources ACHASSK090	Life cycles ACSSU072

Yabbies

Students visit a yabbie farm where they are introduced to its life-cycle, farming and place in the local ecology. Students participate in a catch and release activity.

	Year 3	Year 4
HASS		The management of natural resources ACHASSK090
Science	Features of living things ACSSU044	Life cycles ACSSU072