Community and Health - COUNSELLOR
Hairdressers
as counsellors - your recommendations!
Secondary
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Literacy
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Critical and creative thinking
Cooperative
Learning Activity
1. As a group of 3 - 4
students read the following from
The Conversation 24 February 2017
2. What is recommended in this article? Does your group agree?
3. Is there anything else you would recommend? Why? Why not? Give reasons.
Primary
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Literacy
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Critical and creative thinking
Philosophy
Cooperative
Learning Activity
Introduction: "As the flames of a bushfire approach, one small wombat shelters with other animals in her burrow. But that is just the beginning of their journey to safety. Based on events witnessed by Australian Children’s Laureate Jackie French during the 2020 fires, and co created with award-winning illustrator Danny Snell, this is a story of courage, compassion and survival, which saw people across Australia come together to save our wildlife from devastation."
Teacher
Notes
If you have a copy of The Fire Wombat please read it to the class. Otherwise, here is a video of the book being read:
The Fire Wombat by Jackie French - Read by
Miss Ford
https://youtu.be/9NznhYpTOVM
Even though this story can be used for younger students, it can also be used for students in Years 5 - 6 by concentrating on the aspects of courage, compassion and survival.
Students
1. You are to form pairs.
2. You are to read [or listening to ] this story.
3. You are to conduct a
Community of Inquiry.
Firstly, in pairs, write up two question for
each of the four quadrants below:
4. Write your names on the question regarding the Inquiry question on a post-it note and stick it on a whiteboard.
5. Look at all the questions from the class and
together with your teacher work out which question(s) you would like to
discuss as a class.
6. Discuss following the Community of Inquiry rules.
7. As a class, discuss:
"How this book could be used by counsellors?"
Other Classroom Resources
Jackie French's website - The Fire Wombat
Teacher's Notes: Local Copy - PDF
