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Take a journey with a Cultural artist and discover Ngarigo, Ngambri and Ngunnawal Country. This digital program provides opportunities to move between guided and independent practice by utilising resources in a flexible manner at your own discretion. Throughout this program, students have unique opportunities to explore the outdoors and expand their knowledge, helping them develop critical thinking skills.
Included in the program
1
Digital Cultural Story & Flip Book
2
Research and Theory Activities
6
Visual Art Activities
13
Videos
Flexible
Program duration
Art activities
Writing opportunities
Videos
Reading
Program guide
This program is best for
Foundation to Year 6
The digital book offers avenues for engaging with the poem through sustainable art activities, enabling students to connect with the outdoors and reinforce learning within the classroom. This adaptable program equips educators with both guided and independent tasks. Teachers have the option to implement provided lesson plans or develop their own using the available resources. The "Between Me and the Brindabella Range" digital program serves as a valuable and dynamic tool for educational exploration.
This program is aligned with the Australian Curriculum
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross-curriculum priority provides opportunities for all students to deepen their knowledge of Australia by learning about the world’s oldest continuous living cultures.
| Strand | Sub-strand | Code | Content descriptions |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGLISH | Language, Literature, Literacy | AC9EFLY05 | use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising and questioning to understand and discuss texts listened to, viewed or read independently |
| AC9EFLE01 | viewing stories by First Nations Australian storytellers from print, visual, digital and multimodal sources | ||
| THE ARTS | Country/Place | AC9AVAFE01 | listening to First Nations Australians talk about the importance of the arts for connecting to people, culture and Country/Place; for example, using resources created or co-created by First Nations Australians |
| Strand | Sub-strand | Code | Content descriptions |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGLISH | Language, Literature, Literacy | AC9E1LA08 | exploring images in stories and cultural accounts by First Nations Australian authors and discussing the impact this may have |
| AC9E1LE01 | discussing how characters, settings and events are described or depicted in literature by First Nations Australian authors and illustrators | ||
| SCIENCE | Nature and development of science | AC9S1U02 | identify the basic needs of plants and animals, including air, water, food or shelter, and describe how the places they live meet those needs |
| AC9S1U01 | recognising how First Nations Australians care for living things | ||
| THE ARTS | Country/Place | AC9AVA2E02 | explore examples of visual arts created by First Nations Australians |
| Strand | Sub-strand | Code | Content descriptions |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGLISH | Language, Literature, Literacy | AC9E3LE01 | discuss how characters and settings are connected in literature created by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors and illustrators |
| THE ARTS | Country/Place | AC9AVA2E02 | explore examples of visual arts created by First Nations Australians |
| Strand | Sub-strand | Code | Content descriptions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creating written text | EN1 | CWT-O1 | plans, creates and revises texts written for different purposes, including paragraphs, using knowledge of vocabulary, text features and sentence structure |
| Vocabulary | EN1 | VOCAB-01 | understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas |
| Understanding and responding to literature | EN1 | UARL-01 | understands and responds to literature by creating texts using similar structures, intentional language choices and features appropiate to audience and purpose. |
| Strand | Sub-strand | Code | Content descriptions |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGLISH | Language, Literature, Literacy | AC9E3LE01 | discussing characters and their relationship with Country/Place and families in literature by First Nations Australian authors |
| SCIENCE | Nature and development of science | AC9S3U01 | compare characteristics of living and non-living things and examine the differences between the life cycles of plants and animals |
| THE ARTS | Country/Place | AC9AVA4E02 | explore how First Nations Australians use visual arts to communicate their connection to and responsibility for Country/Place |
| Strand | Sub-strand | Code | Content descriptions |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGLISH | Language, Literature, Literacy | AC9E4LE04 | exploring emotive language in texts by First Nations Australian poets and authors |
| SCIENCE | Nature and development of science | AC9S4U01 | recognising how First Nations Australians perceive themselves as being an integral part of the environment |
| THE ARTS | Country/Place | AC9AVA4E02 | explore how First Nations Australians use visual arts to communicate their connection to and responsibility for Country/Place |
| Strand | Sub-strand | Code | Content descriptions |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGLISH | Language, Literature, Literacy | AC9E5LA07 | recognising how the sequence of images in texts by First Nations Australian authors create meaning |
| AC9E5LE01 | identify aspects of literary texts that represent details or information about historical, social and cultural contexts in literature by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors | ||
| SCIENCE | Nature and development of science | AC9S5U01 | examine how particular structural features and behaviours of living things enable their survival in specific habitats |
| THE ARTS | Country/Place | AC9AVA6E02 | explore ways that First Nations Australians use visual arts to continue and revitalise cultures |
| Strand | Sub-strand | Code | Content descriptions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creating written texts | EN2 | CWT-01 | plans, creates and revises written texts for imaginative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience |
| Understanding and responding to literature | EN2 | UARL-01 | understands and responds to literature read to them |
| Vocabulary | EN2 | VOCAB-01 | understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas |
| Strand | Sub-strand | Code | Content descriptions |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGLISH | Language, Literature, Literacy | AC9E6LE04 | identifying the imagery used in narratives or poetry about First Nations Australians’ Country/Place |
| AC9E6LE03 | focusing on a First Nations Australian author and identifying characteristic elements of their writing; for example, images, theme and language | ||
| AC9E6LE01 | identify responses to characters and events in literary texts, drawn from historical, social or cultural contexts, by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors | ||
| SCIENCE | Nature and development of science | AC9S6U01 | investigating First Nations Australians’ knowledges and understandings of the physical conditions necessary for the survival of certain plants and animals |
| THE ARTS | Country/Place | AC9AVA6E02 | explore ways that First Nations Australians use visual arts to continue and revitalise cultures |
