1. L INKS WITH OTHER LEARNING AREAS IN Y EARS 5–6 Core units: Key understandings Years 5–6 Illustration 1: Pointers to understanding

2. What are the links between geography and other learning areas in Years 5–6? What things can a primary teacher introduce to students?

3. Science Year 5 Living things have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their environment adaptationsenvironment The Earth is part of a system of planets orbiting around a star (the sun)system

4. Mathematics Year 5 Use a grid reference system to describe locations. Describe routes using landmarks and directional language Apply the enlargement transformation to familiar two-dimensional shapes and explore the properties of the resulting image compared with the originaltransformation Construct displays, including column graphs, dot plots and tables, appropriate for data type, with and without the use of digital technologiesdata

5. History Year 5 The reasons people migrated to Australia from Europe and AsiaAsia The experiences and contributions of a particular migrant group within a colony.

6. English Year 5 Use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sourcescomprehension strategies Understand how to move beyond making bare assertions and take account of differing perspectives and points of view points of view Clarify understanding of content as it unfolds in formal and informal situations, connecting ideas to students’ own experiences and present and justify a point of viewpoint of view Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations for defined audiences and purposes incorporating accurate and sequenced content and multimodal elements audiences

7. Science Year 6 Sudden geological changes or extreme weather conditions can affect earth’s surface The growth and survival of living things are affected by the physical conditions of their environment environment

8. Mathematics Year 6 Interpret and compare a range of data displays, including side by side column graphs for two categorical variablesdata Interpret secondary data presented in digital media and elsewheredata

9. English Year 6 Identify and explain how analytical images like figures, tables, diagrams, maps and graphs contribute to our understanding of verbal information in factual and persuasive textstexts Participate in and contribute to discussions, clarifying and interrogating ideas, developing and supporting arguments, sharing and evaluating information, experiences and opinions Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations, selecting and sequencing appropriate content and multimodal elements for defined audiences and purposes, making appropriate choices for modality and emphasisaudiencesmodality