Classroom Activity:
Play music provided and practice Emu and Bird Dance moves. Use images from the activity book supplied or (download)
Teachers Notes:
Music and dance are important to Aboriginal culture and used as everyday life and to mark special occasions. Songlines tell stories of the Creation and Dreaming as Aboriginal people made their journeys across the land. Dances often imitated animals or birds.
Links to the Early Years Learning Framework
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Learning Outcome 1: Children have a strong sense of identity |
Outcome 1.3 Children develop knowledgeable and confident self-identities |
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Learning Outcome 2: Children are connected with and contribute to their world |
Outcome 2.1 Children develop a sense of belonging to groups and communities and an understanding of the reciprocal rights and responsibilities necessary for active community participation |
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Learning Outcome 2: Children are connected with and contribute to their world |
Outcome 2.2 Children respond to diversity with respect |
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Learning Outcome 4: Children are confident and involved learners |
Outcome 4.1 Children develop dispositions for learning such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity |
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Learning Outcome 5: Children are effective communicators |
Outcome 5.2 Children engage with a range of texts and gain meaning from these texts |
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Learning Outcome 5: Children are effective communicators |
Outcome 5.3 Children express ideas and make meaning using a range of media |
Links to the National Quality Standards
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Element 1.1.1 |
Approved learning framework |
Curriculum decision- making contributes to each child’s learning and development outcomes in relation to their identity, connection with community, wellbeing, confidence as learners and effectiveness as communicators. |
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Element 1.2.1 |
Intentional teaching |
Educators are deliberate, purposeful, and thoughtful in their decisions and actions. |
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Element 1.3.2 |
Critical reflection |
Critical reflection on children’s learning and development, both as individuals and in groups, drives program planning and implementation. |
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Element 6.2.3 |
Community engagement |
The service builds relationships and engages with its community. |
