Search by Capability: Information Technology

Find in Week-long projects:

• Create a kindness newsletter
• Have fun with poetry – each day, explore a new style (including examples from different cultures)– find poems about family and then write your own
• Pen pals between classrooms – could expand beyond National Families Week to write to elderly members of family & community
• Plan a family day for the class or school
• Research cultural differences between families
• Learn more about the Elderly – lifespan timeline – major events – respect

Find in Conversation Starters:

• How would life be different without the internet or small screens? When was life like that and who remembers that time?

Find in KLA based activities: The Arts

• Design an artwork around Top Ten Tips
• Create a digital book (photo or other) on family or community
• Rhyme & rhythm – with family theme. Explore songs – download lyrics – mashup – use existing tune or create original composition – perform
• Write a review of a book, film, TV show shared with family
• Explore artworks from Indigenous and/or other cultures. Use to inspire own works of art.
• Design a poster for a National Families Week event

Find in KLA based activities: English

• Conduct interviews with family members, or with school community about family, recording audio or video.
• Rhyme & rhythm – Explore songs with family theme– download lyrics – mashup – use existing tune or create original composition – perform

Find in KLA based activities: Maths

• Time – create timetable or schedule for family activities/ responsibilities. Extension activities could include digital alarm setting, exploring 24 hours in a day and how we divide a day – twice a day, three times etc.
• Create a map from home to school or from school to other significant places. Consider distance, scale, grid properties, spatial awareness.
• Conduct a survey of community members. Collate data and express results numerically and by percentage.
• Log in to an online shopping site for groceries to explore products, compare prices, use a budget, discuss rounding values for ease of transactions.

Find in KLA based activities: Languages

• Create a digital book (photo with labels / descriptions in language of choice)

Find in KLA based activities: Science

• Chart temperature and rainfall over a period of time, starting with National Families Week. Note observations, find patterns, make predictions
• Explore water and its role in maintaining life – how do we use it in our everyday lives? Why is it important to protect and keep clean?
• Record heart rate at rest and following exercise. Extension activities could include learning about the biology of the heart and how to maintain heart  health.

Find in KLA based activities: Technology

• Create digital schedules and timetables for weekly activities
• Create video and audio recordings – including edits  – for classroom presentations, school community interviews or National Families Week events
• Design a digital artwork around Top Ten Tips
• Create a digital book (photo or other) about family or community
• Rhyme & rhythm – with family theme. Explore songs – download lyrics – mashup – use existing tune or create original composition – perform

Find in KLA based activities: Humanities and Social Science

• Chart temperature and rainfall over a period of time, starting with National Families Week. Note observations, find patterns, make predictions
• Consider our community responsibilities as global citizens in looking after clean air and waterways and reducing waste. Could record interviews, plan a research project over the course of the week

Find in KLA based activities: Health & PE

• Plan an orienteering day for families
• Plan a mini Olympics or games day for families and community
• Set physical goals for the course of the week, eg skipping rope or ball skills and work towards those goals