Family, kinship, care, responsibility

What stories do, and why they exist.

How stories are shared and remembered.

Focus: place, people, languages, everyday life 

This Digital Classroom module invites students and teachers to explore the Papunya readers. Aligned with the Australian Curriculum: HASS, English and The Arts and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross-curriculum priority, this resource encourages students to learn about Country, language, storytelling and the purposes stories serve.

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Decimal currency (dollars and cents) was formally introduced in Australia on 14 February 1966.

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Division can be used to decrease recipes and serving sizes, and can also handy for sharing food and making sure everyone gets an equal amount.

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Recipes can be multiplied (scaled up) to increase the number of serves (portions) or people being fed. 

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The Metric System became Australia’s formal measurement system in 1970.

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This resource is aligned with the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics for Year 3 and 4 students. 

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This resource is aligned with the Australian Curriculum: English for Year 4 students. It has been developed to use National Library collection material as the basis for an exploration of children’s literature as part of the literature strand of the English learning area.

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Children develop their sense of self through relationships with friends and families. Many early Australian children’s novels depict families on the move from Britain to Australia. Some struggled to establish a life in the harsh outback.