SOSE

Term 3

This term in SOSE we will be learning about the events in Australia’s History. Boys will be given the opportunity to explore these events through a range of different learning activities. In SOSE this term we will be using some of the research and note taking skills that we are learning in English.

During their SOSE lessons, boys will be given the opportunity to focus on the following events


 * The First Fleet/ Settlement
 * Bushrangers
 * Explorers
 * The Gold Rush
 * Federation

Term 2

Our topic this term is Indigenous Australians. We will be looking at a wide range of activities to hopefully broaden the boys understanding on the role Indigenous Australians have had on Australian society today. There will be a number of assessment tasks for this unit and the boys will be given plenty of opportunity to complete the majority of these at school, however, some boys may to work on these at home as well, the rubric is attached.

If you are looking for things to do on the weekend and these will also help your son with this topic there are several places you can visit:
 * the South Australian Museum, North Tce
 * Tandanya, Grenfell St
 * Botanic Garden, North Tce
 * Warriparinga **Wetlands** And Living Kaurna Cultural Centre, Bedford Park



Term 1

This term we started by doing a few activities using an Atlas and plotting some coordinates, and looking at the different types of Maps eg. street directory, human features.

As we head into Week 4 we have all started our topic "Multicultural Australia", and most of your sons' would have come home and asked both parents where they were born, and where were both sets of Grandparents were born. They have graphed this information in their SOSE books, and some may have even located these countries on a world map. As the topic progresses, we look at how food from these different countries and cultures have shaped Australian society today. As part of this unit we have a visit to The Central Market, and the boys will work in small groups to shop around for ingredients to make a dish when they get back to school. More information about this will be sent home nearer the date. The boys will also be researching one of the countries their family have come from, whether it be Australia or somewhere overseas.