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Hello again! Figure 1:  https://www.acf.org.au/kids_strike_hobart_19 As you may have heard in the media or from your children, there was an international strike held among students in relation to climate change on February 15th, 2019. Students will be using this topic to continue their journey of becoming active and informed citizens through Geography, and Civics and Citizenship Education in regards to Sustainability (see Figure 2). Within the curriculum, students will explore the content descriptors ACHASSK141 (see Figure 2) and ACHASSK14 (see Figure 3) (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2017. Figure 2:  (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2017) Figure 3:  (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2017) Students will investigate more about the importance of safeguarding the environment for the future generations  (Kriewaldt & Taylor, 2012). Using ...

Dear Parents/Carers, This term, students in Year 6 will be exploring what democracy is and what the roles and responsibilities of the different levels of government are. Students will also find out how laws are developed in Australia, as well as the responsibilities of the representatives and electors in Australia’s democracy (see  Knowledge and Understanding Content Descriptors  below). The  Melbourne Declaration   (Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs, 2008)  (a governmental requisite) promotes active and informed citizens, as it is important to provide our students with decision making opportunities that will contribute to a better future and influence further endeavours.  Active citizenship is based on a pedagogical method of inquiry-based learning  (Ribeiro, Rodrigues, Caetano, Pais, & Menezes, 2012).  This unit of work links also with English and History (Figure 2) learning areas and focuses on ...