Lanyon+Cluster+and+Giving

In the Lanyon Cluster of Schools teachers have been designing curriculum focusing on the values of respect, responsibility, tolerance and understanding, acting with integrity, doing your best, care and compassion, and inclusion. Initially we focused on values and then extended our learning designs to include giving. Our units of work (we call them learning elements) were designed using the [|Learning by Design] framework, developed by Professors Mary Kalantzis and Bill Cope from the University of Illinois. The key conditions of learning of this framework are learner belonging and transformation and there is a focus on student agency. This framework ensures learning is scaffolded and teaching is explicit through experiential, conceptual, analytical and applied learning. In conceptual learning students develop a metalanguage to understand and describe the values being studied. Through analytical learning students challenge and examine a range of perspectives to develop informed attitudes and values

Marion Deena & Hannah Vella Gordon Primary School Through a literacy focus, this learning element covers Indigenous stories and art and links to the symbols of ANZAC Day. In also includes the value of tolerance and giving. It is designed for years 1-2 students.  =Dream On = Tina MacDonnell  Charles Conder Primary School Students in years 1-2 explore a series of Australian Aboriginal Dreaming stories with a specific focus on values education and learning about narratives. =Weather Watchers or Climate Changers? = Sandra Griffin, Amanda Wilson, Bob Wright and Michael Woolf  Bonython Primary School  This learning element looks at the values of care, compassion and responsibility through the study of weather, climate and global warming. Students are encouraged to put their words into action and work towards an environmentally sustainable future. It is designed for students in years 2-4.
 * Exploring the Spirit of Australia through the Windows of Time**



Australian Icons and Values
Tamara Ovens & Terri Mountford Charles Conder Primary School This learning element is for years 3-4 students. It is about Australian places, people, symbols and values, including respect, tolerance and responsibility. It also includes activities to build a culture of giving in the classroom. A three day camp at Birrigai connects with learning about Indigenous Australians.

 **All You Need is Love** Sheryl Harris, Nicole Leys, Libby Murphy, Tori Smullen, Amanda Wilson and Cymantha Cantrill Bonython Primary School  Students in years 3-4 are immersed in activities which develop their understanding of the value of care and compassion. They investigate real life stories and experiences. Through exposure to three specific categories of giving, i.e. people, environment and animals, students have the opportunity to hear guest speakers present, and visit a nursing home, Birrigai and the RSPCA. There is also a literacy focus on writing expositions, and a technology focus through the design, make and appraise process.

Kelly-Anne Guy and Les Longford <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"> Gordon Primary School <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"> This learning element is for year 5 and 6 students and focuses on the explicit teaching of values (care and compassion, doing your best and respect). The vehicle for teaching these values is a singing outreach program.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Sing Together Giving Together **