Loss & Grief links to Thinking

Reaching out, reaching in

How to help - pages 29–30

Helping yourself, helping a friend (handout) - pages 31–32

Helping a friend - Plan class, best friend & school helping someone after a death - page 30

Level 5 Creativity

At Level 5 students apply creative thinking to explore possibilities and generate multiple options, problem definitions and solutions.

Level 6 Creativity

At Level 6 students experiment with innovative possibilities within the parameters of a task. They take calculated risks when defining tasks and generating solutions

Grief in a zoo community: funerals and grief rituals

Exploring grief - page 42

Newspaper article (handout) - page 44

Funerals - page 43

Newspaper article (handout) - page 45

Research - funerals in other cultures - page 43

Level 5 Reasoning, processing and inquiry

At Level 5 students apply a range of question types, and locate and select relevant information from varied sources. When identifying and synthesising relevant information, they use a range of appropriate strategies of reasoning and analysis to evaluate evidence and consider their own and others’ points of view. They use a range of discipline-based methodologies. They complete problem-solving and decision-making activities which involved an increasing number of variable and solutions.

Level 6 Reasoning, processing and inquiry

At Level 6 students discriminate in the way they use a variety of sources. They generate questions that probe viewpoints and perspectives. They process and synthesise complex information and complex problem-solving and decision-making activities which involve a range of complexity of variables and solutions. They employ appropriate methodologies for creating and verifying knowledge in different disciplines. They make informed decisions based on their analysis of various perspectives and, sometimes contradictory, information.

Level 5 Reflection, evaluation and metacognition

At Level 5 students explain the purpose of a range of thinking tools and use them in appropriate contexts. They use specific language to describe their thinking and reflect on their thinking processes during their investigations. They modify and evaluate their thinking strategies. They explain the different methodologies used by different disciplines to create and verify knowledge. They describe and explain changes in their ideas and beliefs over time.

Level 6 Reflection, evaluation and metacognition

At Level 6 when reviewing information and refining ideas and beliefs, students explain conscious changes in their own and others’ thinking and analyse alternative perspectives and perceptions. They use explicit terms to discuss their thinking, select and use thinking processes and tools appropriate to particular tasks, and evaluate their effectiveness.

Controversial issues: the way people die

Defining euthanasia - page 62

Discussion and sample questions - page 63

These are useful activities for classroom learning and connection.

Responding to help seeking

A friend in need - page 65

What can you do to help? - What if? scenarios - pages 66–67

Getting help - Mapping school & community services - page 67

A friend might need help when… (OHT) - page 68

What can you do to help? (handout) - page 69

These are useful activities for classroom learning and connection.