Society & Environment

                    (Estimated Contribution $25.00 per year)

The learning area outcomes are as follows:

INVESTIGATION, COMMUNICATION, PARTICIPATION – Students investigate the ways in which people interact with each other and with their environments in order to make informed decisions and implement relevant social action.

PLACE AND SPACE – Students understand that the interaction people have with places in which they live is shaped by the location, patterns and processes associated with natural and built features.

RESOURCES – Students understand that people attempt to meet their needs and wants by making optimum use of limited resources in enterprising ways.

CULTURE – Students understand that people form groups because of their shared understandings of the world, and, in turn, they are influenced by the particular culture so formed.

TIME, CONTINUITY AND CHANGE – Students understand that peoples’ actions and values are shaped by their understanding and interpretation of the past.

NATURAL AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS – Students understand that systems provide order to the dynamic natural and social relationships occurring in the world.

ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP - Students demonstrate active citizenship through their behaviour and practises in the school environment, in accordance with the principles and values associated with the democratic process, social justice and ecological sustainability.