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Social Emotional Learning

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Why did the Aboriginal people play games?

Watch <a href="https://youtu.be/f8BW8E2_lEE">this video</a> to learn about some of the traditional games and why the Indigenous Australian's played these games.

Choose a traditional Indigenous game to play with your family from one of the links below: - <a href="https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/activities/areas-facilities/traditional-indigenous-games-trail">Queensland Government</a> - <a href="https://sport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/20233_28229TIGBro.pdf">NSW Office of Sport</a> - <a href="https://www.sportaus.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/705462/Yulunga_Games.pdf">Australian Sports Commission</a>

What is your favourite game (not a sport)? Use the planning page to think about your game.

Read or listen to the poem Dirt on my Shirt by Jeff Foxworthy.

White Thinking Hat - Facts Create a mind map of all the different ways you can play. Think about: - indoor and outdoor activities - alone and group activities - activities that need equipment and activities that don't need equipment.

Play has lots of great benefits - things that are good for us. Read or listen to some of these benefits. 

When we run, jump, skip and hop we are exercising our bodies. When we do things with our hands like play dough and Lego, we are exercising our hands that help us with things like our pencil grip. How cool!

Group games teach us how to get along with others. We need to share, follow rules and solve problems when they happen. The only way to learn these things is through practice. 

There is so much maths in play - we can count during board games, we might share a picnic evenly with a friend or find long and short pieces in Lego. Learning has never been so fun!

When we are having fun, we are happy. Being happy helps us be the best person we can be!

Challenge Task: How might we convince others to play our game?

Use the information in your planning sheet to convince others to play your game. You have a choice about how you are going to convince others. Some suggestions are: - create a poster or flyer using paper or an app such as PicEDU. - create a television advertisement using video (iMovie) or an animation app like Toontastic. - write or type a letter to Miss Hilary explaining why your game should be played during sport time. - create a book for the library using paper, BookCreator or Google Slides. Can you think of another creative way? Go ahead!

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