Whole School Matters draft manuscript
Community Matters draft manuscript
Getting Started on The Whole School Approach
MindMatters Recognition and Overview
MindMatters Planning Tools
School Audits and Surveys
Curriculum Links
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Community Partnerships
Whole Student Approach
Student Empowerment
School Stories

Enhancing Resilience 1 links to Languages

Activities & Sessions

Possible Standards

Considering identity & culture

Talking about identity and culture - page 89

Definitions - page 90

Caught in the middle position - page 90

Definitions (worksheets) - page 92

‘Caught in the middle’ position (handout) - page 93

Interview (handout) - page 94 - Oral history interview questions

R/V 4.1 Texts and Contexts

  • Learners read, view and interpret texts that have some complexity of ideas and structure
  • Learners affirm or challenge the ideas presented in texts

This is Australia

This is Australia - page 104

This is Australia - ideas for presentations (handout) - page 105

L 4.1 – Communication and Cultural Understanding

  • Learners infer the idea of unfamiliar topics expressed in familiar languages in social and learning situations and recognise purposes of oral texts and respond to different registers

R/V 4.1 Texts and Contexts

  • Learners read, view and interpret texts that have some complexity of ideas and structure
  • Learners affirm or challenge the ideas presented in texts

L 5.1 – Communication and Cultural Understanding

  • Learners interpret informal and formal target language in a variety of contexts and infer intentions, some cultural nuances and metaphors, with support

R/V 5.1 Texts and Contexts

  • Learners read and view texts that are characterised by structural and linguistic complexity
  • Learners affirm or challenge their composers’ worldviews