Why seasons change
Your child notices the days grow longer in summer and shorter in winter. In summer it is still light at bedtime. In winter it goes dark much earlier.
In curriculum terms
Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year, noticing longer days in summer and shorter days in winter
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Has your child noticed that it's still light at bedtime in summer but dark much earlier in winter, and can they explain this pattern?
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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 · 2 VIC
Australian Curriculum v9 candidate
describe daily and seasonal changes in the environment and explore how these changes affect everyday life
Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only
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