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DESCRIPTION OF PROMPT• You are to attend the sight of an excursion which would be

useful for HSE learning in a Primary Classroom• You should: Provide evidence that you attended (photos

etc.)• Develop a resource that you would use to enhance HSE

learning• Develop a reflection which demonstrates the links between

the cultural institution and the HSE disciplines

IMMIGRATION MUSEUM

INTEGRATION OF IMMIGRATION MUSEUM INTO HSE LEARNING• The immigration museum is a great excursion that would be useful for

HSE learning in a primary classroom. The immigration museum itself as well as the website and AusVELS (2013) makes references to many learning standards that could be focused on:

These could include: Multiculturalism Belonging Identity Key figures and events People who came to Australia Contribution that significant individuals or groups have made to Australia. Australia as a nation of federation Demographic rights of different groups of people such as Aboriginal &

Torres Strait Islanders Non-British immigrants Rights and responsibilities of citizenship• These are just some aspects that could be useful for HSE learning in a

primary classroom. Most of these are sourced from AusVELS, level 6 domain (2013).

CONTINUED.• The immigration museum is different to other museums as it

focuses on immigration with particular relation to Australia.• It has a great array of artifacts and resources that could be

drawn on. • The use of multimodal dimensions is really evident and

caters for different learning styles that may visit the museum.

• These include, sound, visuals, artifacts you can touch, written elements and videos. This encourages engagement, excitement and an intrigue to investigate the museum.

• It links to students prior knowledge as some students may be able to relate.

PERSONAL REFLECTIONI absolutely loved the immigration museum. I had never been

there before and it was never an excursion in any of my schools. This is an excursion that I would love to take my students on. I feel that it is such a useful resource for HSE learning. Not only the things I have previously mentioned such as it caters for all learning styles, links to children’s prior knowledge but it is an area that not many students would be highly aware of. It is a great way to develop ‘new’ information in an engaging way.The activity that we did as a class with our guide about the suitcases and the different profiles was such an interesting, stimulating way to develop the idea of immigration. I felt I left with some great resources and tools that I could further develop in my classroom. It is an area I feel so much more confident in and can see how it links to HSE learning.

RESOURCEResourceA resource for this area of learning that I would use to enhance HSE learning

would be dress-ups. In particular dressing up as someone from another culture or country. The theme would be ‘Around the world’.I would encourage every child to dress up in an outfit and have a day at school as a different person. I understand that there are cases where students may not be able to dress up or forget, so in this case I would have my own box of dress-ups that students could borrow.

Dressing up is a great resource to encourage students to think ‘outside their box’ and try to establish an understanding of someone else. It is fun, engaging, and different and relates to a variety of learning styles.

To further develop the HSE learning, I could get the students to explore the person who they are dressing up as and present this information. To extend it further, students could do a comparison of the country/culture they chose to Australia and who they are. An example of a book that could be used as a resource is ‘Mirror’ by Jeannie Baker.

RESOURCE EXAMPLES

Dress-up of a traditional German outfitSource: Own image

RESOURCE EXAMPLE

‘Around the world’ class dress-upSource: Own ImageFun engaging way to learn about immigration, culture and the different elements of culture.Although this image is of older students, this can still be adapted to primary students.

REFERENCES Australian Curriculum Assessment Authority, ‘Level 6 Civics

and Citizenship’ 2013, retrieved 14 October 2013, < http://ausvels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Level6?layout=1&d=cc&d=H&d=ec&d=ge>.

Baker, J 2010, Mirror, Candlewick, Sydney.Immigration museum, 2013, ‘Cultures & Communities’,

retrieved 14 October 2013, < http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections-research/cultures-and-communities/>.

Immigration museum, 2013, ‘Cultures & Communities’, retrieved 14 October 2013, < http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections-research/cultures-and-communities/>.