Jersey Design: Celebrating Diversity and Belonging

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

• creativity
• leadership
• global citizenship

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description:

Health and Physical Education

Year 3 & 4

• describe how valuing diversity influences wellbeing and identify actions that promote inclusion in their communities (AC9HP4P05).

Year 5 & 6

• describe and implement strategies to value diversity in their communities (AC9HP6P05).

Relevant parts of Year 3 & 4 achievement standards: Students can apply skills and strategies to interact respectfully with others. They describe the influences that inclusion have on choices and actions. 

Relevant parts of Year 5 & 6 achievement standards: Students can propose strategies to demonstrate respect, empathy and inclusion.

NSW Syllabus outcomes: PD2-3, PD3-3

General capabilities: Personal and Social Capability

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability 

Level of teacher scaffolding: Low - facilitation of discussion and jersey design

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.

• Art materials
• Device capable of displaying audiovisual material
• Jersey template
• Visual explainer

This is an original Cool+ lesson.