Cheering on our Heroes

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• creative thinking
• critical thinking
• communication
• curiosity
• empathy
• reflection

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description: 

Foundation English

Students can:

• understand that texts can take many forms, such as signs, books and digital texts (AC9EFLA03)
• explore the contribution of images and words to meaning in stories and informative texts (AC9EFLA07)
• respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about their events and characters (AC9EFLE02).

Relevant parts of Foundation achievement standards: Students listen to texts, interact with others and create short spoken texts, including retelling stories. Students retell, report information and state their thoughts, feelings and key ideas. They use words and phrases from learning and texts. 

• comprehends independently read texts using background knowledge, word knowledge and understanding of how sentences connect (ENE-RECOM-01)
• creates written texts that include at least 2 related ideas and correct simple sentences (ENE-CWT-01).

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Literacy

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – facilitate class discussion and support students to create their posters.

UN SDG 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

• Target 4.7: By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development.

• A3 blank paper
• crayons, coloured pencils and art materials for posters
• Cheering on Our Heroes Visual Explainer
• Georgia Godwin Biography Factsheet

These resources have been created with the support of the Australian Commonwealth Games Team, via Commonwealth Games Australia.

The Australian Commonwealth Games Team are set to take on the athletes of he world at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games from next year, and together the more than 250 athletes in green and gold aim to be the top nation at the Games in terms of gold and overall medals won, the number of medallists, and the number of sports winning medals.

You can cheer on Australia’s best across the screens of 7 and 7Plus from 23 July 2026.

Use Thinking Tools to Strengthen the Primary Curriculum – Primary

Quick Summary: This course will help you learn how to use thinking tools that dig deep into a topic, guide reflection and develop general capability of critical and creative thinking.