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Curriculum Focus

At this level students begin to learn about the development of identity by describing themselves in personal, family and community terms and describing their links to people, places and customs that are important to them. They describe experiences that give them positive feelings.

Students describe their position as part of a family or group and identify their differing relationships with significant people in the family or group.

They learn about friendship and the skills of listening, sharing, helping, negotiating and caring. They identify the different ways in which people express their friendship, love and respect for others, and begin to be able to articulate principles that underlie the development and maintenance of positive relationships. They identify appropriate communication skills and cooperative behaviours when interacting with significant others. They discuss how it feels when friends move away, when they have lost a favorite toy or when a pet dies.

Students consider what is associated with growing up and identify new things they can do and new responsibilities. They consider physical changes as children grow and develop, and describe how they themselves have changed over time.

They recognise and learn to value similarities and differences between themselves and others, and to respect the rights, feelings and efforts of others.

Examples of contexts and learning activities

• describe yourself using given and family names and addresses and characteristics such as age, gender, cultural background, community, religion or special interests
• use drawings, paintings or words to describe things about yourself that are special, and ways in which you resemble and differ from others
• draw, name or chart the people in your family; discuss whether everyone has the same family structure
• explain why different people are important
• identify ways to communicate with, cooperate with and care for other people,
• work with others to achieve a group goal
• play games and activities where equipment is shared and encourage others to participate
• share food with others at a school celebration or special day
• compare current size and physical skills with when you were younger; list the things you can now do better
• keep a growth chart recording measurements since starting school
• demonstrate appropriate skills in communicating with others, such as using others’ names, taking turns, inviting others to join in, listening to others, and not using put downs.