Teachers Notes

Teaching notes for STANLEY provide a range of cross-curriculum learning opportunities for students from Prep to Year 4. Students will connect the story to their local environment, develop understanding and extend their curiosity and learning through creative, hands-on activities and projects across learning areas.

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Links to Australian curriculum areas:

• Literacy

• Science

• Humanities & Social Sciences (HASS)

• Mathematics

• STEM

• Creative Arts

• Personal & Social Capability.

Using the story of an Australian Brush Turkey searching for a place to build his mound, students explore themes of persistence, resilience, empathy, urban wildlife, and the environment.

Snapshot of Teaching Notes Activities:

• Exploring vocabulary

• Analysing Illustrations & visual literacy

• Researching Lifecycle, habits and habitat

• Creating KWL charts & Learning walls

• Measuring and mapping spaces

• Writing descriptive & narrative texts

• STEM challenges & problem-solving tasks

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