Georges River Environmental Education Centre

Telephone02 9755 3189

Emailgeorgesriv-e.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Caring for environments through active citizenship

zero litter in the river sign

Program

Come with us to explore your local creek or waterway as part of the 'Zero Litter in the Georges River' project, a hands-on initiative developed in partnership with Georges Riverkeeper and the Georges River Environmental Education Centre.

This experience aligns with the new HSIE Stage 1 syllabus focus areas:

  • People care for Australia’s water environments
  • People engage in active citizenship by working together to care for places and each other.

Students will engage in fun activities and games to learn more about water environments; the animals and plants that live in the water, on the shores and surrounding areas and how and why people spend time in these special places. Student will participate in nature connection activites to support wellbeing. 

In developing a better appreciation for our waterways students will explain the impacts of litter and work in teams to make a positive difference in caring for their local environment and community.

To meet syllabus outcomes for active citizenship access the lessons below.

Visit your local waterway

Booking enquiry

Solving the problem of litter

Lesson 2

Georges Riverkeepers

Lesson 1

Be active citizens!

Lesson 3

Syllabus outcomes and content

Human Society and its Environment K-6 Syllabus (2024)

People are connected to places and groups

Outcome

Describes ways people connect to and care for places, water environments and each other, using geographical information HS1-GEO-01

Content

People care for Australia's water environments

  • Observe and describe natural and human features of Australian rivers, lakes, beaches and oceans by collecting and representing data

  • Explain how people can use and care for water responsibly

People engage in active citizenship by working together to care for places and each other

  • Research the work people do in the community to help others by conducting surveys and representing data

  • Participate in the school or local community by caring for places and others

  • Explain the benefits of participating in communities

 

Learning experiences will also support but not explicitly teach the following content:

People care for Australia's water environments

  • Locate and describe freshwater and saltwater bodies in Australia

  • Compare the ways people use water environments in Australia by posing questions to collect data

Human Society and its Environment K-6 © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2024

 

Understanding and responding to literature

Character

  • Identify how characters can invite positive and negative responses

  • Identify the language, dialogue, actions, images or music that create a reader response to a character

Imagery, symbol and connotation

  • Identify figurative language and wordplay in texts

  • Identify symbols and images in texts, and how they bring deeper meaning

Perspective and argument

  • Identify phrases in texts that project opinions

  • Identify how structure and images reinforce ideas

  • Identify and share how their own experience and interests influence opinions and/or interpretations of texts

 

Identify arguments and the intended audience

English K-10 © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2022

 

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