Year 5-6 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 5-6 |
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PE & Health |
Learn and apply safety strategies ACPPS054Connect to natural environments through participation in outdoor activities ACPPS059Learn and practice specialized movement skills ACPMP061
Applying movement concepts and strategies ACPMP063 Participate in physical activities ACPMP064 Manipulating effort, space, equipment and people ACPMP065 Participate in activities that create community connections ACPMP066 Participate positively in groups ACPMP067 Creatively solve movement challenges ACPMP068 Play fairly in physical activities ACPMP069 |
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 5 |
Year 6 |
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HASS |
The influence of Aboriginal Peoples on Australian places ACHASSK112Exploring how environmental characteristics influence human settlement ACHASSK113 | |
Science |
Light forms shadows ACSSU080 | Living things are affected by their physical conditions – a record is left in fossils ACSSU094Geological changes and weather events can effect the environment ACSSU096 |
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 5 |
Year 6 |
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HASS |
Exploring how colonial presence influenced patterns of development ACHASSK107The influence of Aboriginal Peoples on Australian places ACHASSK112Exploring how environmental characteristics influence human settlement ACHASSK113
How floods and drought impact on environments and people ACHASSK114 |
How individuals and groups contribute to society ACHASSK137 |
Science |
The structural features and adaptations of living things ACSSU043Liquids such as water have observable properties ACSSU077 | Living things are affected by their physical conditions ACSSU094Geological changes and weather events can effect the environment ACSSU096 |
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 5 |
Year 6 |
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HASS |
Exploring how colonial presence influenced patterns of development ACHASSK107Investigating how development and events impact early colonies ACHASSK108The role that significant groups played in colonization ACHASSK110
Exploring how environmental characteristics influence human settlement ACHASSK113 How floods and drought impact on environments and people ACHASSK114 |
How individuals and groups contribute to society ACHASSK137 |
Science |
The structural features and adaptations of living things ACSSU043 | Living things are affected by their physical conditions ACSSU094 |
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 5 |
Year 6 |
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HASS |
Exploring how environmental characteristics influence human settlement ACHASSK113 | How individuals and groups contribute to society ACHASSK137 |
Science |
The structural features and adaptations of living things ACSSU043 | Living things are affected by their physical conditions ACSSU094 |
Swan Reach Museum
Students visit the Swan reach Museum and explore the history of the local area.
Year 5 |
Year 6 |
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HASS |
The nature of convict or colonial presence, including the factors that influenced patterns of development, aspects of the daily life of the inhabitants (including Aboriginal Peoples and Torres Strait Islander Peoples) and how the environment changed (ACHASSK107)
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Stories of groups of people who migrated to Australia since Federation (including from ONE country of the Asia region) and reasons they migrated (ACHASSK136)
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| The contribution of individuals and groups to the development of Australian society since Federation (ACHASSK13) |
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