Health and physical education / Year 1 and 2 / Personal, Social and Community Health / Contributing to healthy and active communities

Curriculum content descriptions

Recognise similarities and differences in individuals and groups, and explore how these are celebrated and respected (ACPPS024)

Elaborations
  • examining images or descriptions of different families, communities and cultural groups to identify the features that make them similar and different
  • sharing the things that make them similar to and different from others in the class
  • exploring the importance to different cultures of storytelling through dance, music and song, including Aboriginal Dreaming/Creation stories
  • discussing practices of their own culture used to pass on significant information from one generation to the next
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural understanding
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
ScOT terms

Cultural diversity,  Celebrations,  Respect

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The Last Laugh

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Cooperation

In this lesson, students will practice cooperation by working together for a common cause and sharing the benefits. They learn how it feels to help someone and to have someone help them. They also learn the importance of communication when cooperating and how to cooperate better at school and at home.

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Kindness

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Self-control

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Fairness

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Becoming a good friend

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Being responsible

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Integrity

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How to teach digital citizenship and online safety - Scope and sequence Australian curriculum

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