Beelbangera Public School

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Where we educate each and every student so they can achieve their best in the academic, social and physical areas.

 

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Human Society and It's Environment

 

H.S.I.E. is the Key Learning area in which students develop knowledge, understanding, skills values and attitudes about people and their social and physical environments.

 

The content of H.S.I.E.  incorporates gender, Aboriginal, citizenship, multicultural, environmental, world and global perspectives.  It also recognises the importance of concepts that will support reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, such as the recognition of spirituality and shared heritage.

 

H.S.I.E. gives students the opportunities to acquire, interpret and create information by using computers and other technologies.

 

Information technology enables students to locate access, view and analyse a range of material.

 

It provides opportunities for students to design and create information products and to determine the usefulness, accuracy, reliability and validity of information.

 

The four strands of the H.S.I.E. syllabus are:

  • Change and Continuity

  • Cultures

  • Environments

  • Social Systems and Structures

 

 

The topics covered in each strand in each year are:

Kindergarten

All about me

School Life

Environments, Places and Spaces

Things we need

Year 1

Old Families, New Families

Who are we?

Shelter

The Changing Community

Year 2

Communication, Transport

Celebrations

Australian Environments

The Changing Community

Year 3

Exploration and Discovery

Australia’s Neighbours, Community Studies

Saving Australia’s Natural Heritage

Working Together

Year 4

Local History, British arrival in Australia

Cultures, Faiths and Beliefs

This is Australia

Enterprise in the Community

Year 5

Gold in Australia

Sustainability

Our Australian Identity, Antarctica

State and Federal Government

Year 6

Mining in Australia

The Daintree

Indonesia, Australia and the World

Democracy in Australia