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Students create a class mural for their school that features informative but easy tips on what we can all do to reduce waste.

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understand that we can communicate simple waste messages in fun and creative ways.

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Australian Curriculum content descriptions:

Year 5 English:

Create literary texts using realistic and fantasy settings and characters that draw on the worlds represented in texts students have experienced (ACELT1612)
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive print and multimodal texts, choosing text structures, language features, images and sound appropriate to purpose and audience (ACELY1704)

Year 5 Science:

Living things have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their environment (ACSSU043)

Year 6 English:

Participate in and contribute to discussions, clarifying and interrogating ideas, developing and supporting arguments, sharing and evaluating information, experiences and opinions (ACELY1709)
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, choosing and experimenting with text structures, language features, images and digital resources appropriate to purpose and audience(ACELY1714)

Year 6 Science:

The growth and survival of living things are affected by the physical conditions of their environment (ACSSU094)

Syllabus Outcomes: ST3-10LW, ST3-11LW, EN3-1A, EN3-2A, EN3-7C.

Time required: 60 mins

Level of teacher scaffolding: Low – Assist students with mural.

Large mural site or paper covered wall
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Graffiti mural message

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