The Island: Making News!

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

• collaboration
• social skills
• problem solving
• initiative
• adaptability
• ethical understanding
• empathy
• digital literacy
• creativity
• communication
• reflection

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description:

Year 6 English:

• Plan, create, rehearse and deliver spoken and multimodal presentations that include information, arguments and details that develop a theme or idea, organising ideas using precise topic-specific and technical vocabulary, pitch, tone, pace, volume, and visual and digital features (AC9E6LY07)

General capabilities: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking.

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability 

Relevant parts of Year 6 achievement standards: Students interact with others, and listen to and create spoken and/or multimodal texts including literary texts.

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

• Device capable of creating audio-visual recordings, such as an iPad or camera for extension work only
• Student worksheet
• Student’s previous work

This is an original Cool+ lesson.

Level of teacher scaffolding: High - there are several elements of this lesson that will require teachers to support and perhaps introduce learning and skill development.

Cool+ Micro PL: Creating Immersive, Playful Learning

Quick Summary: This course will help you build confidence and skills in creating immersive learning experiences and offer ways to engage students deeply.

Cool+ Micro PL: Playful Ideas: Primary Literacy

Quick Summary: This micro PL gives you a range of playful ideas for use in primary schools with a focus on literacy; alongside the pictures will be provocations and reflections to help you continue to improve your practice. These ideas are there to think about how to make literacy fun and enjoyable - especially for students who struggle to build mastery of language.