Weather Forecasting & Safety
Your child knows we check the weather to plan and stay safe. They can say how people get ready for a big storm or for very hot weather.
In curriculum terms
Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting and how people prepare for and respond to severe weather
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Can your child explain why we check the weather forecast and what people do to get ready for a big storm or very hot weather?
Where this sits on the map
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Curriculum alignment
Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.
This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1). No NSW K–6 outcome code matched (v0.1). No Victorian Curriculum 2.0 code matched (v0.1).