Week 28
Grade 5 & 6·Year 5 · Year 6
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Week Twenty Eight invites students into the emotional world of empathy, guided by the gentle wisdom of Neptune and its swirling, reflective skies. Through role-play, creative crafting, mindful movement, and expressive art, children learn how to imagine the feelings of others and respond with kindness. Walk in Their Space Boots helps students practise stepping into someone else’s perspective, learning to listen, understand, and offer caring words. Heart Glasses Craft encourages students to “see with kindness,” creating wearable symbols that remind them to look at others with empathy, softness, and imagination.
Mirror Me strengthens non-verbal empathy through focused, mindful movement, showing students that compassion isn’t always spoken; it can be felt through presence and attention. Caring Boots brings the week together by inviting students to reflect on the kind actions they can take and symbolise these through decorated “empathy boots.” Each activity builds social awareness, emotional depth, and compassionate thinking. This week teaches students, just like Neptune taught the Playful Astronaut, that empathy is a superpower, one that helps us understand others, respond gently, and make our classroom a kinder and more connected place.
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Personal & Social Capability and HPE Version 2.0, VCAA, used by Victorian schools.
- VC2CP6O04The characteristics of an effective team and team roles including leadership roles; strategies for reflecting on performance in a team role.
- VC2CP6S03Strategies for using and further developing personal strengths to support themselves and others as they face challenges; connecting interests to personal growth.
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- VC2CP6S03Strategies for using and further developing personal strengths to support themselves and others as they face challenges; connecting interests to personal growth.