How can you tell they’ve got it: Vocabulary: working with others?

If they’ve got it, you’ll see things like: Use 'cooperate' and 'compromise' correctly — e.g. 'We cooperated by taking turns choosing the game'; Explain what 'active listening' means and demonstrate it: facing the speaker, not interrupting, responding to what was said; Use 'share', 'take turns', and 'include' to describe how they work with others in a group activity. Or just try it together: When your child is working on something with a friend or sibling, can they use words like 'cooperate' or 'take turns' to describe what they're doing — and actually practise those things?

Personal & Social Development Friendship & Cooperation Ages 5–8

Vocabulary: working with others

Your child can use words like cooperate and take turns, and knows these name the habits that group work depends on.

In curriculum terms

Know and use the vocabulary of working with others — cooperate, share, take turns, team, listen, agree, disagree respectfully, and include — and understand that these words describe habits that friendships and group work depend on

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How to tell they’ve got it

Tick these off as you see them — no test required.

Use 'cooperate' and 'compromise' correctly — e.g. 'We cooperated by taking turns choosing the game'
Explain what 'active listening' means and demonstrate it: facing the speaker, not interrupting, responding to what was said
Use 'share', 'take turns', and 'include' to describe how they work with others in a group activity

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Try this together

When your child is working on something with a friend or sibling, can they use words like 'cooperate' or 'take turns' to describe what they're doing — and actually practise those things?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

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Vocabulary: working with othersthis skill · ages 5–8

Unlocks

Listening to Othersages 5–7Active listening practice requires understanding the vocabulary of listening, agreeing, and disagreeing respectfully

Taking Turns and Sharingages 5–7Taking turns and sharing cooperatively requires vocabulary like 'cooperate', 'take turns', and 'include'

Asking for Helpages 5–7Asking for help and working with others uses the vocabulary of team and cooperation

Makes someone a good friendages 5–7Understanding what makes a good friend draws on cooperation and inclusion vocabulary

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.

Show candidate curriculum codes · 1 ACARA · 1 NSW · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9HP2M05low confidenceYear 1–2 · Movement and physical activity

apply strategies to work collaboratively when participating in physical activities

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

PH2-RRS-01low confidencePDHPE K-6 · Stage 2

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2HPFM05medium confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Foundation · Movement and Physical Activity – Physical Education strand

VC2HP2M05low confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Levels 1 and 2 · Movement and Physical Activity – Physical Education strand

VC2HP4M10low confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Levels 3 and 4 · Movement and Physical Activity – Physical Education strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

Nearby on the map

Asking for Helpages 5–7 Listening to Othersages 5–7 Makes someone a good friendages 5–7 Taking Turns and Sharingages 5–7

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