NSW Department of Education and Training

Birthday calendar

Birthday calendar Notebook (163 KB)

Families

This notebooksupports the COGs unit: Changes (C). It looks at families what they are and how they function and includes an introduction to family trees. The COGs connection focus is: observing the way we and other living things can change in different ways over time.

Families Notebook (6.38 MB)

Healthy me

This notebook covers the COGs unit: Healthy choices (D). The COGs connection focus is:  making informed and positive health choices by learning about nutrition, preventative health strategies and how the sun’s energy can affect us.

Healthy me Notebook (2.96 MB)

Outcomes: see COGs unit

Healthy choices

Natural & built environments

This notebooksupports the COGs unit: Our place (A). It looks at and compares natural and built environments. The COGs connection focus is: observing, exploring and responding to the immediate natural and built environment. The use of a place or space depends on people’s needs. Our environment needs to be safe, appreciated, respected and cared for.

Natural & built environments Notebook (3.24 MB

Our place: View upon the Nepean River at the cow pastures

This notebook may be used to support the COGs unit: Our place (A). It explores the painting and encourages further discussion on the natural environment. The COGs connection focus is: observing, exploring and responding to the immediate natural and built environment. The use of a place or space depends on people’s needs. Our environment needs to be safe, appreciated, respected and cared for. We need to be aware of keeping safe when using our environment.

Our place: View upon Nepean River at the cow pastures Notebook (1.02 MB)

Outcome: VAES1.3 

Butterfly lifecycle digital resources

This notebook supports the COGs unit: Growing and changing (C). It contains links to digital resources which support the connection focus: understanding that living things grow and change over time, in cycles and in stages. Human communities also grow and change over time.

Butterfly lifecycle digital resources Notebook (1.71 MB)

Healthy choices

This notebook may be used to support the COGs unit: Healthy choices (D). It focuses on healthy eating and keeping healthy.

Healthy choices Notebook (142 KB)

How is bread made?

This notebook may be used to support the COGs unit: Products & services (E). The COGs connection is investigating how we generate and use products and services that meet our needs and wants. It focuses on the whole of the bread making process with both video links and activities.

How is bread made? Notebook (1.39 MB)

Passing time

This notebook supports the COGs unit: Our stories (G). It looks at how life used to be and the changes that have occurred. It supports the development on understanding of heritage as a sense of change through time and place. The COGs connection focus is: understanding that cultural activities, objects, songs, dances and stories express beliefs, values and a connection to place and people.

Passing time Notebook (996 KB)

Toys, toys, toys

This notebook may be used to support the COGs unit: Our stories (G). The COGs connection focus is: understanding that cultural activities, objects, songs, dances and stories express beliefs, values and a connection to place and people.

Toys, toys, toys Notebook (433 KB)

Transport then & now

This notebooksupports the COGs unit: Our stories (G). It looks at old and new transport with a sorting activity and a simple timeline construction. It also introduces an interactive encyclopaedia for a simple search activity. The COGs connection focus is: understanding that cultural activities, objects, songs, dances and stories express beliefs, values and a connection to place and people.

Transport then & now Notebook (165 KB)

Understanding chronological order

This notebooksupports the COGs unit: Our stories (G). It links to two Notebooks which assist in the understanding of the concept of time. The COGs connection focus is: understanding that cultural activities, objects, songs, dances and stories express beliefs, values and a connection to place and people.

Understanding chronological order Notebook (5.95 MB)

Where does our food come from?

This notebookmay be used to support the COGs unit: Products & services (E). The COGs connection is investigating how we generate and use products and services that meet our needs and wants.

Where does our food come from? Notebook (1.44 MB)

This notebooksupports the COGs unit: Getting along (D). It looks at family members, friends and people in the community who help us and keep us safe. It includes images to stimulate discussions and links to short videos. The COGs connection focus is: developing a network of people we can trust helps to keep us safe. We make choices in our lives based on our needs, values and beliefs, combined with an understanding of the roles, rights and responsibilities of community members.

Who cares for me? Notebook (2.15 MB)

Outcomes: SLS1.13; COS1.1

Butterfly lifecycle digital resources

This notebook covers the COGs unit: Our fleeting past (G). The connection focus is: the impact of British colonisation and how it has shaped Australia.

Our fleeting past Notebook (14 MB)

Mount Kosciuszko

This notebooksupports the COGs unit: Living land (A). The COGs connection focus is: exploring the natural, built and heritage environments as they impact upon people’s lifestyle choices, leisure and artistic expression. Our actions impact upon the environment and have implications for the future.

Mount Kosciuszko Notebook (1.11MB)

Life in the goldfields

This notebooksupports the COGs unit: Traditions and heritage (G). It encourages students to identify what needs to be discovered with a brainstorming activity. The focus is then narrowed with the modelling of a further brainstorm. Students look at pictures and listen to audios and identify, select and group the information that can be found in each. There is also a character analysis activity. This notebook encourages note-taking development. The COGs connection focus is: exploring events in Australia’s past to better understand how our history shapes and influences the future. The impact of significant events, inclusive of Aboriginal history, develops our understanding of democracy and change over time.

Life in the goldfields Notebook  (7.61 MB)

Vote for me

This notebook supports the COGs unit: Making informed choices (D). It includes a series of videos which looks at a class in a Chinese school voting for a class monitor in a democratic way for the first time. Students will decide the characteristics required to become a school captain and have the opportunity to create a poster, video and animation to support their campaign. The COGs connection focus is: by analysing and valuing different perspectives we are able to make informed choices and contribute to the democratic process.

Vote for me Notebook (422 MB)

My story builder library

These notebooks may be used to support diverse experiences of reading and writing. It is a resource for Rap point 2 in the Book Week 2010: across the story bridge with Fearless rap. Use Story model to share a story based on Fearless’s character. Discuss character traits with Character builder. Build a story with Character and place and Props and other characters notebooks. The instructions assist with using this resource.

1. Story model   2. Character builder    3 Character and place  4 Props and other characters

Outcomes: RES1.5; RS1.5; WES1.9; WS1.9

Year 3 of 3G & 3/4M from Penrith Public School

3/4Crazy Rappers from Arncliffe Public School

Terrific 4TH from Mt Terry Public School

KH Happy Helpers from Wiley Park Public School

SCHC from Penrith Public School

KL Rocket Rappers from Wahroonga Public School

5R Random Rush from Colyton Public School

Hiphop Rappers from St Joseph's Primary, North Ipswich

3B Bandicoots from Mount Colah Public School

4S Extreme Rappers from Mount Colah Public School

4H from Greystanes Public School

Sherwoodrappers from Sherwood Grange Public School

3/4C Crazy Rappers’ book trailer

Students respond to Rap point 2 by creating Fearless stories and Fearless book trailers to share with rappers from other schools.

4H Cool Dudes from Penshurst Public

Mad Funky Monkeys from Elermore Vale Public School

3C Bush Rangers’ book trailer

3J Poodles from Mount Colah Public School

Raps gallery

A gallery of work samples shared by students and class groups participating in Raps and book raps from Term 3, 2010

• Students participating in the Book Week 2010: across the story bridge with Fearless rap created word clouds in response to Rap point 1: What are five main traits of Fearless's character?

4L from Mount Colah Public School

2B Black Bloggers from Birrong Public School

Chatterbox 2S’s notebook digital story

K/1 Amethyst notebook digital story

Year 2 Garnet notebook digital story

KL Rocket Rappers notebook digital story

2M Star Rappers’ notebook digital story

KT’s and K/1C’s digital story

KE’s digital story

KS’s digital story

BPS Circus’s Fearless book trailer

Chester’s book trailer Sherwood Grange P.S.

The H&C book trailer Sherwood Grange P.S.

Jade’s & Emily’s book trailer Sherwood Grange P.S.

1/2M Fearless Bloggers’ digital story

Superb Seven AWPS from Auburn West Public School

Meet Fearless book trailer

6P Rapper’s book trailer