Stage 3 - Challenge and Change
Primary High Potential and Gifted Education
A key aspect of the program is its real-world focus on equity and inclusive access to public spaces.
Location
Kamay Botany Bay Environmental Education Centre, Kamay Botany Bay National Park, Kurnell
Overview:
The leadership program is designed to develop the essential qualities and skills needed to excel as a student leader. Working collaboratively in groups, students will participate in team-building activities that foster leadership skills such as critical thinking, effective communication, decision-making, and teamwork.
A key focus of the program is to support High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) by providing enriched and extended learning opportunities for students, particularly in the social-emotional, intellectual, and creative domains.
Students will gain an understanding of the relationship between human activities, the environment, and the cultural and natural heritage of Kamay Botany Bay National Park. They will also assess bush trails and use a GPS device to collect information.
As part of their learning, students will plan and design solutions to improve equal access to information for all audiences, considering the needs of people with disabilities when accessing sites, monuments, and sculptures.
This program provides a dynamic and inclusive platform for high-potential and gifted students to thrive through engaging, real-world experiences beyond the classroom.
Adjustments to support specific learning needs of HPGE students
- complexity
- challenge
- abstraction
- creative and critical thinking
- authenticity
- learning environment
Key Syllabus Outcomes
- GE3-2 Explains interactions and connections between people, places and environments
- GE3-3 Compares and contrasts influences on the management of places and environments
- GE3-4 Acquires, processes and communicates geographical information using geographical tools for inquiry
- ST3-2DP-T Plans and uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity
Key Inquiry Questions
- How do people and environments influence one another?
- How do people influence places and the management of spaces within them?
Focus question:
- Why are the characteristics of materials important when designing and producing?
Learning across the curriculum content
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
- Literacy and numeracy
- Sustainability
- Information and communication technology capability
- Personal and social capability
Students will:
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walk along a bush track and in groups, complete several observations and investigations
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Students will explore Kamay Botany Bay National Park using GPS devices to collect information for solving a puzzle
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participate in a variety of team-building activities to develop the essential qualities and skills needed to excel as a student leader.
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explore the site, monuments, sculptures, shoreline and rock platforms to plan and design equal access to information for all audiences, with consideration for people with disabilities