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Curriculum Alignment

Story Squad creative writing and storytelling incursions are aligned to the English Curriculum and support the development of Key Learning Areas and student wellbeing across primary years.

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English Curriculum

Our workshops support students to:

  • Create imaginative, persuasive and informative texts
  • Understand and apply text structure and language features
  • Develop oral language through discussion, storytelling and presentation
  • Plan, draft and refine written texts
  • Expand vocabulary and expressive language
  • Create and respond to texts for different audiences and purposes
  • Achieve Literacy outcomes including speaking, listening, reading, writing and presenting
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Key Learning Areas (Cross-Curricular)

 Story Squad programs explicitly support:

  • Critical & Creative Thinking, including idea generation, originality, imagination and problem solving
  • Personal & Social Capability, including confidence, collaboration, empathy, resilience and self-expression
  • Development of skills in exploring, questioning, and reflecting to foster higher order thinking
  • The curriculum focus of promoting inquisitiveness, flexibility and self-belief
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Student Wellbeing

Our incursions contribute to the NSW Wellbeing Framework for Schools by:

  • Providing a safe, inclusive and supportive environment to promote students’ success
  • Building confidence in personal voice and self-expression
  • Supporting emotional literacy and empathy
  • Encouraging a growth mindset through the creative process
  • Embedding the wellbeing public school themes of “Connect, Succeed and Thrive”