Scope and Sequence - Australia Assignments

BIG LEARNING Scope and Sequence – OGPS.
Note: Thinking Processes and ICT are to be incorporated through all Big Learning Units.

START ING RIGHT Knowin g and underst anding the values of OGPS, and the qualitie s and behavi ours that effectiv e learner s demon strate and develo p. (7Cs). See The 7Cs of Learnin g Startin g Right docum ent for sugges ted activitie s that promot e the OGPS core values. NOTE: This is a critical time in establis hing your classro om routine s, culture and behavi oural expect ations. Set the standar d HIGH! AusVE LS: Person al Learnin g / Comm unicati on.	WHO WE ARE Knowing and understanding ourselves as individuals and as members of groups. Understanding behaviours that promote positive and productive relationships. AusVELS: Civics and Citizenship / Interpersonal Development. CAMP / Excursion:	HISTORY Knowing about and understanding our individual and collective histories, and the impact these have on our lives today. Understanding that history is created every day. AusVELS: The Humanities – History. Cross-Curriculum Priorities: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures	OUR EARTH (SUSTAINABILITY) Knowing and understanding that our planet sustains life and is made up of finite resources, and that our individual and collective choices impact on the planet. AusVELS: Design Creativity and Technology. Cross-Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability.	GOING GLOBAL Knowing and understanding that Ocean Grove is one place that forms part of a larger world, and that locations are unique to their people and cultures. AusVELS: The Humanities –Grades 5/6: Economics / Geography, Civics & Citizenship Cross-Curriculum Priorities: Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia
P r e p	Title: Marvellous Me. Big Idea: We all have a unique personal identity. Driving Question: What makes me, me? Essential Knowledge and skills: Key Questions: ● How am I unique? ● How am I similar / different to others? ● Why is being unique important?	Title: Fantastic Families. Big Idea: Personal and family histories. Driving Question: Is my family responsible for the way I am? Essential Knowledge and skills: Key Questions: ● What is my history and how do I know? ● What stories do other people tell about the past? ● How can stories of the past be told and shared?	Title: It’s Alive. Big Idea: Plants and animals are living things. Driving Question: How do we decide if something is living or non-living? Essential Knowledge and skills: Key Questions: ● What do living things need to survive? ● What is the difference between living and non-living? ● Are all living things equal?	Title: My Place, Our Place. Big Idea: We all have important places. Driving Question: What makes my places important? Essential Knowledge and skills: Key Questions: ● What makes my places important? ● How are our places the same and different? ● How can we take care of our places and others’?
G r a d e 1	Title: My values, Our values. Big Idea: We have personal and shared values. Driving Question: Can we be friends with people who have different values to us? Essential Knowledge and skills: Key Questions: ● What are my personal values? ● Where do my values come from? ● Should everyone have the same values?	Title: Now and Then. Big Idea: Present and past family life Driving Question: What have we learnt from early families? Essential Knowledge and skills: Key Questions: ● How has family life changed or remained the same over time? ● How can we show that the present is different from or similar to the past? ● How do we describe the sequence of time?	Title: What a Load of Rubbish. Big Idea: Recycle / Reusing / Reduce / Repurposing / Refuse. Driving Question: Is new always better? Essential Knowledge and skills: Key Questions: ● Why are the 5 Rs so important? ● What can individuals do to reduce the amount of rubbish we produce? ● How would our world be different if everyone did the 5 Rs?	Title: My Home Town. Big Idea: Places have distinctive features. Driving Question: What makes Ocean Grove unique? Essential Knowledge and skills: Key Questions: ● What are the key features of Ocean Grove? ● How does Ocean Grove compare to other places? ● How do people use different places in Ocean Grove?
G r a d e 2	Title: I belong, You belong. Big Idea: We all belong to different groups. Driving Question: How do I help others to belong? Essential Knowledge and skills: Key Questions: ● What are the features of an effective team? ● How does belonging affect our mental health? ● Can we help others to belong?	Title: Lessons Learnt Big Idea: Mistakes of the past impact on our future. Driving Question: How have past mistakes impacted on our lives? Essential Knowledge and skills: Key Questions: ● What aspects of the past can you see today? What do they tell us? ● What remains of the past are important to the local community? Why? ● How have changes in technology shaped our daily life?	Title: Sharing our Planet. Big Idea: The Earth’s environment sustains all life Driving Question: Can earth cope with all of its creatures? Essential Knowledge and skills: Key Questions: ● How does the environment support the lives of people and other living things? ● How do different views about the environment influence approaches to sustainability? ● How can people use places and environments more sustainably?	Title: Visiting Victoria Big Idea: People are connected to many communities. Driving Question: How are we connected to different communities? Essential Knowledge and skills: Key Questions: ● What is a community? ● How are people connected to communities? ● How do our connections to communities change over time?
G r a d e 3	Title: Chancy Choices. Big Idea: Every choice / action has a consequence. Driving Question: Am I the only person responsible for my choices? Essential Knowledge and skills: Key Questions: ● Are all consequences bad? ● How do my choices impact on the people around me? ● How do different people make choices?	Title: Rightly Remembered Big Idea: Community and remembrance. Driving Question: Is remembering really that important? Essential Knowledge and skills: Key Questions: ● How has our community changed? What features have been lost and what features have been retained? ● What is the nature of the contribution made by different groups and individuals in the community? ● How and why do people choose to remember significant events of the past and how does remembering/learning from the past help us to shape our future?	Title: Beautiful Biodiversity. Big Idea: Biodiversity. Driving Question: How could OGPS nurture biodiversity? Essential Knowledge and skills: Key Questions: ● What does biodiversity mean and how do we describe it? ● How diverse is out local environment? ● What impact can people have on the biodiversity of an area?	Title: Amazing Australia Big Idea: Australia is a diverse continent Driving Question: What makes Australia diverse? Essential Knowledge and skills: Key Questions: ● How and why are places similar and different? ● Why do people live where they do in Australia? ● What are the important places in Australia and why?
G r a d e 4	Title: Emotion Commotion. Big Idea: Emotional intelligence. Driving Question: Are emotions really important? Essential Knowledge and skills: Compassion / empathy. Conflict resolution. Key Questions: ● Does everyone experience the same emotions? ● Can we control our emotions? ● How do emotions help us and the people around us?	Title: Ancient Australia Big Idea: First contacts. Driving Question: Could Australia’s early story have been different? Essential Knowledge and skills: Key Questions: ● What was life like for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples before the arrival of the Europeans? ● Why did the Europeans settle in Australia? ● What was the nature and consequence of contact between Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples and early traders, explorers and settlers?	Title: Suitably Sustainable. Big Idea: Saving our planet is everyone’s job. Driving Question: When can people stop worrying about sustainability? Essential Knowledge and skills: Key Questions: ● How do our daily activities impact on the planet? ● What can we do to make a difference? ● Should living sustainably be law?	Title: Australia’s Neighbours Big Idea: Australia has neighbours. Driving Question: How are we connected to our country’s neighbours? Essential Knowledge and skills: Key Questions: ● What would it be like to live in a neighbouring country? ● What are our connections to our neighbours? ● What does being an island mean for us?
G r a d e 5	Title: Divine Diversity. Big Idea: Diversity is a cornerstone of modern Australia. Driving Question: Should all kinds of diversity be encouraged and supported? Essential Knowledge and skills: Key Questions: ● How diverse is Australia? ● How do I respond to diversity around me? ● What impact does diversity have on my community?	Title: Curious Colonies. Big Idea: The Australian colonies. Driving Question: Where would we be without Federation? Essential Knowledge and skills: Key Questions: ● What do we know about the lives of people in Australia’s colonial past and how do we know? ● How did an Australian colony develop over time and why? ● What were the significant events and who were the significant people that shaped Australian colonies?	Title: Wonderful Water (SAKGP) Big Idea: Water is a finite resource. Driving Question: Is clean water a privilege or a right? Essential Knowledge and skills: Key Questions: ● Where does clean water come from? ● Will we run out of clean water? ● How can we save water?	Title: Going Global. Big Idea: The world is a network of communities. Driving Question: What are the communities of the world? Essential Knowledge and skills: Key Questions: ● What is a community of the world? ● What are the differences and similarities between Australia and other places around the world? (diversity of religion, language, gender, sport, ethnicity, nationality, food, wealth, family structure etc). ● How do communities of the world interact with and impact on each other?
G r a d e 6	Title: Leaders Worth Following. Big Idea: Anyone can choose leadership. Driving Question: What makes a leader worth following? Essential Knowledge and skills: Key Questions: ● Do I have the potential to be a leader? ● What are the qualities you respect in a leader? ● How do leaders make change? KT & NG ● How does a leader fulfil their roles and responsibilities? KT & NG	Title: Shaping a Nation. Big Idea: Australia as a nation. Driving Question: What makes us ‘Australian?’ KT & NG Essential Knowledge and skills: Key Questions: ● Why and how did Australia become a nation? ● How did Australian society change throughout the twentieth century? ● Who has migrated to Australia and why and why did they come? KT & NG ● What contribution have significant individuals and groups made to the development of Australian society?	Title: Climbing Climate. Big Idea: Climate change. Driving Question: What are Natural Disasters telling us about climate change? Essential Knowledge and skills: Key Questions: ● What is climate change and how does it affect us? ● Is it too late to stop climate change? ● What natural disasters have you lived through and how did they affect your life?	Title: Leaving Our Mark (Global) Big Idea: My role and legacy in a connected world Driving Question: How will what I choose to do make a difference? Essential Knowledge and skills: Key Questions: ● What will my legacy be at OGPS? ● What could I do to influence my future? ● What could my impact on the global community be?