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WELCOME BACK Resource: Upper Primary

WELCOME BACK Resource: Upper Primary
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Description

The WELCOME BACK Resource: Upper Primary is designed to help older students transition smoothly into the new school year by reflecting on past experiences, setting goals, and fostering connections within the classroom. This resource is perfect for starting the school year with a focus on community, kindness, and personal growth.

Educational Benefits:
•    Encourages self-reflection and goal-setting.
•    Promotes empathy and inclusivity in the classroom.
•    Helps students build stronger social connections with peers.

Highlights:
•    Reflection Prompts: Engage students with questions about their holidays, what they are excited to learn, and goals for the year.
•    Memory Sharing: Encourage students to recall their best memories from the previous year and share them with the class.
•    Kindness and Inclusion: Prompts on how to welcome new classmates and show kindness throughout the year.

How to Use:
•    Distribute the upper primary version to your class.
•    Guide students through the prompts during the first week of school as a group or individual activity.
•    Display students' completed reflections on a bulletin board to build a welcoming classroom atmosphere.
 

Lesson Structure
  • Individual Activity
  • Rotations / Group Work
  • Class Activity
Curriculum Codes

AC9HSFK01 9

The people in their family, where they were born and raised, and how they are related to each other

AC9EFLY01 9

Identify some familiar texts, such as stories and informative texts, and their purpose

AC9HPFP01 9

Investigate who they are and the people in their world

AC9E1LY01 9

Discuss different texts and identify some features that indicate their purposes

AC9HP4P01 9

Investigate how success, challenge, setbacks and failure strengthen resilience and identities in a range of contexts

AC9E5LY01 9

Describe the ways in which a text reflects the time and place in which it was created

AC9HS5K04 9

The influence of people, including First Nations Australians and people in other countries, on the characteristics of a place

AC9E6LY01 9

Examine texts including media texts that represent ideas and events, and identify how they reflect the context in which they were created

AC9HS6K04 9

The geographical diversity and location of places in the Asia region, and its location in relation to Australia

AC9HP6P01 9

Explain how identities can be influenced by people and places, and how we can create positive self-identities

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