Lesson summary
The animated series Bluey serves as a valuable tool in fostering children's development of imagination, curiosity, and social and emotional learning.
This lesson focuses on the capability of inclusivity. Students consider the unique strengths and diversity of their family members, consider how to introduce them to strangers, and reflect on aspects of family they are grateful for.
This suite of resources supports emotional and social learning and oral language development through a values framework. Each lesson uses intentional teaching strategies to develop a specific value. This lesson focuses on...
Click here for a full list of the values that underpin these lessons.
This lesson showcases a Bluey episode, which can be viewed on ClickView or iview.
Learning intentions:
Students will...
- reflect on their personal strengths
- reflect on the qualities of other people.
Success criteria:
Students can...
- list achievements or personality traits they are proud of
- use colourful adjectives to describe their family
- create artwork with meanings.
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Lesson details
Curriculum Mapping
Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description:
Year 2 English
- explore how language can be used for appreciating texts and providing reasons for preferences (AC9E2LA02)
Foundation Health and Physical Education
- investigate who they are and the people in their world (AC9HPFP01)
- practise personal and social skills to interact respectfully with others (AC9HPFP02)
Year 1 & 2 Health and Physical Education
- describe their personal qualities and those of others, and explain how they contribute to developing identities (AC9HP2P01)
- identify and demonstrate protective behaviours and help-seeking strategies they can use to help them and others stay safe (AC9HP2P05)
- identify and explore skills and strategies to develop respectful relationships (AC9HP2P02)
Foundation – Year 2 Visual Arts
- use play, imagination, arts knowledge, processes and/or skills to discover possibilities and develop ideas (AC9AVAFD01)
- create arts works that communicate ideas (AC9AVAFC01)
Syllabus outcomes: EN1-6B, COES1.1, IPES1.11, GDS1.9, DMS1.2, PSS1.5, SLS1.13, COS1.1, INS1.3, IRS1.11, GDS1.9, VAS1.1, VAS1.2,
General capabilities: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking
Relevant parts of Year 2 English achievement standards: Students can share ideas, topic knowledge and appreciation of texts when they recount, inform or express an opinion, including details from learnt topics, topics of interest or texts. They organise and link ideas and use language features, including topic-specific vocabulary and features of voice.
Relevant parts of Foundation Year Health and Physical Education achievement standards: Students can describe similarities and differences between themselves and others, and different emotions people experience. They demonstrate personal and social skills to interact respectfully with others.
Relevant parts of Year 1 & 2 Health and Physical Education achievement standards: Students can explain how personal qualities contribute to identities and demonstrate skills and describe strategies required to develop respectful relationships.
Relevant parts of Foundation – Year 2 Visual Arts achievement standards: Students can use play, imagination, art knowledge, processes and/or skills to create and share artwork in different forms.
Level of teacher scaffolding: Low – Teachers facilitate discussion and support students in their independent work.
Resources Required
- Art supplies – coloured pencils and markers
- Device capable of presenting a video to the class
- Whiteboard
- White Paper – A3 size.
Additional Info
This is not an official Bluey lesson. Cool.org does not have an official partnership with Bluey.
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