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Week 8

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

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Week Eight offers students a dynamic blend of physical movement, gratitude, kindness, and imaginative play. High-energy games like Left, Right, Up, or Down and The Amazing Bank Robbery keep students active through fast-paced movement challenges that build coordination, quick decision-making, and teamwork. These activities blend fitness with fun storytelling, helping students stay energised while engaging their imaginations and working cooperatively with peers. Alongside these physical tasks, the week also encourages reflection on kindness and gratitude through calm, meaningful experiences.

Emotional and social development is strengthened through Kindness Starts with Me and 5 Senses of Gratitude, which help students recognise their emotions, reflect on what they appreciate, and express themselves creatively. Students explore the impact of kind behaviour, practise empathy, and express gratitude through art and discussion, building a stronger sense of connection within the group. Together, the week’s activities promote a balance of fitness, cooperation, creativity, and emotional well-being, creating an environment where students feel active, thoughtful, and connected.

Play
Left, Right, Up, or Down
Written
Kindness Starts with Me
Exercise
The Amazing Bank Robbery
Gratitude
5 Senses of Gratitude
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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