All around Australia, pies are warming, whistles are blowing, and car horns are tooting —it’s sporting finals season. Whether your team is leading the pack, or your hopes have turned to ‘next time’, Scootle offers a range of curriculum-aligned resources can help motivate your students all the way to the final siren of the school year.
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These game-based activities from the Australian Sports Commission and the New South Wales Department of Education will prime your students for learning:
- Playing for life (Foundation to Year 6)
- Yulunga (Foundation to Year 10)
- Net and court games (Year 7 and 8)
Engage your middle years students with resources linking sport with maths, science, or digital technology:
- Finger marathon (Year 8)
- Can we help? Donuts and exercise (Year 8)
- Blockly – Sport Micro:Bit (Year 5 and 6)
Go back in time to learn about Australia’s obsession with sport, including exploring its darker side:
- Sport and Australian culture
- ‘Carn a Saints’: Aussie Rules and popular culture
- 10 treasures of Aussie Rules
Or see how HPE teachers are demonstrating good teaching practices in these Illustrations of Practice.