Our tutors will teach Year 1 students following the Australian curriculum, ensuring they build foundational skills in understanding history, geography, and developing inquiry skills. By the end of Year 1, students identify similarities and differences between families and communities, describe features of local places, and explore how these have changed over time. They learn to pose questions about the past and present, collect and record information, and interpret observations to draw conclusions about change. Students also learn to share their findings through simple narratives and explanations.
History:
Year 1 students explore how family structures and roles have changed or remained consistent over time. They learn about daily life in the past, comparing aspects such as toys, games, and school experiences to their own lives. They also examine First Nations Australian traditions, focusing on the cultural significance of play and storytelling.
Geography:
Students learn to identify natural, managed, and constructed features in their local environment and describe how places can change with the seasons. They explore the concepts of caring for places, including practices by First Nations Australians, and use maps to locate local features and describe directions.
Skills:
Students develop questioning skills, learning to ask "where," "what," "how," and "why" questions about people, places, and events. They collect and organise information using tools like maps and simple timelines, and they learn to interpret observations by comparing the past with the present. They draw conclusions about change over time and make simple proposals for caring for local places. Students share their findings through spoken narratives and use specific terms to describe time and sequence.