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Bonus Activities 6

Foundation – Grade 2·Foundation · Year 1 · Year 2

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This bonus activity section is packed with 24 game-based learning ideas designed to help educators transform everyday lessons into experiences that students genuinely look forward to. Drawing inspiration from board games, sports, and video games, each activity introduces simple yet powerful mechanics that turn learning into an active, engaging, and energetic experience. These are not just one-off ideas; they’re tried-and-tested approaches that bring subjects to life, encourage participation, and create an environment where students feel excited to be involved.


What makes this collection especially powerful is its flexibility. Alongside each structured activity are blank versions, allowing educators to adapt the core idea to any topic, age group, or learning goal. This opens the door for creativity, allowing teachers to experiment, take risks, and design lessons that truly connect with their students. At its heart, this section is about empowering educators to amplify both learning and well-being, creating classrooms where joy, curiosity, and meaningful engagement are at the centre of every experience.

Play
Shark Tank
Written
Snakes & Ladders (Classroom Edition)
Exercise
Stock Market Trader
Gratitude
Closing reflection
Primary · Lower

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Personal & Social Capability and HPE Version 2.0, VCAA, used by Victorian schools.

PSC / SELPersonal & Social Capability
Play
  • VC2CP2S04The importance of continued effort when faced with unfamiliar or challenging situations, including how it can help to try new things.
  • VC2CP2O03Strategies for making and keeping friends; how actions and words can help or hurt others; and when, how and why behaviour should be modified.
Written
  • VC2CP2S03Actions for supporting personal strengths useful for school and broader life; actions for supporting developing awareness of personal interests.
Exercise

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Gratitude
  • VC2CP2S01Verbal and non-verbal ways to recognise, name and describe emotional responses and situations associated with them.
  • VC2CP2O05Situations where conflicts might occur between individuals, and appropriate and inappropriate behaviours and attitudes.
View official curriculum →Victorian Curriculum F–10 v2.0
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