Regina Keep

TERM 3 What is happening in our Year 6 … In Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) students will take a journey back in time as we learn how Ulverstone has changed and how these changes have effected citizenship.  This adventure will help your child understand citizenship past and present and learn what makes a good citizen ( Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority [ACARA], 2016). We will begin our learning adventure by watching two interesting videos about good citizenship in the 1950’s and the present day.  Then we will delve into a class discussion about citizenship 100 years ago.  This will guide student’s research of our local history and help develop questions ready for our guests from the Ulverstone Senior Citizens.  Your child will be fascinated by their stories of what it was like growing up in Ulverstone. 1950’sGood citizenship 2017 Good citizenship This should inspire lots of interesting questions at home

TERM 2 What is happening in Year 4 … Each Tuesday we will be busy learning to be ‘active citizens’!   We will explore democracy and how Australian’s have a voice in our democratic society.   Your child will develop their own democratic voice as they learn to respect the views of other students and articulate their own points of view in a respectful manner (Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority [ACARA], 2016) We will discuss what a responsible citizen looks like and develop potential action plans for our class within the school and community as we develop the skills and knowledge to discuss relevant controversial issues in a democratic manner (Gilbert & Hoepper, 2014). These studies come under the learning area HASS, a term becoming more familiar in your discussions at home.   HASS stands for Humanities and Social Sciences and includes the learning areas of Geography, History, Civics and Citizenship, Economics and Business (ACARA, 2016