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Foundation geography
In Foundation, geography starts with the places children know best: their home, their street and their local area. Children name and describe features of places, learn that places are special to people, including First Nations Australians who have a deep connection to Country, and begin to use simple maps and direction words. In the Australian Curriculum v9.0 this learning sits within the HASS (Humanities and Social Sciences) learning area.
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Geographical knowledge and understanding
- My special placesFull lesson · 25 minChildren name places that are important to them, such as home, a park or a grandparent's house, and explain why they are special.
- Natural and built featuresFull lesson · 25 minChildren identify features in their local area and sort them into natural features (made by nature) and built features (made by people).
- Weather in my placeTopic outlineChildren observe and describe daily weather and talk about how weather affects what they wear and do.
Geographical skills
- Simple maps and modelsTopic outlineChildren make a pictorial map or model of a familiar place, such as their bedroom or backyard, and use it to show where things are.
- Direction and location wordsTopic outlineChildren use words such as near, far, beside, in front of, behind, left and right to describe where things are.