Global Education

Welcome back to school! I hope you all had the opportunity to participate in (and present) some inspiring professional learning to motivate you for the year. At Kalgoorlie Primary School we were very lucky to have Cameron from the One World Centre present a thought-provoking, half day session on global education. The morning was a fantastic mix of information about global issues, opportunities to discuss ideas in groups, engaging activities relevant for use in the classroom and commentary on links to the Australian Curriculum. 

Students in the twenty-first century are interconnected like never before and common sense...as well as the Australian Curriculum, tells us that we need to empower our students by providing them with meaningful opportunities to;

• learn about themselves and others 
• learn about diversity and 
• ultimately, recognise a shared humanity and communal responsibility for our world..

Enabling young people to participate in a better shared future is at the heart of global education. 

The cross curricular priorities, the general capabilities, English, History and Geography all explicitly emphasise the importance of teaching students to become reflective, responsible global citizens.  

Stay tuned for lesson plans and units of work, developed and trialled at KPS, with a Global Education flavour.