Personal & Social Development Friendship & Cooperationusually ages 7–9

Working Well in a Group

Work effectively as part of a small group — contributing their own ideas, listening to others' ideas, taking on a fair share of the work, and supporting the group to reach a shared goal

How to tell they’ve got it

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

Contribute at least one idea during a group discussion
Listen to and build on another group member's idea
Complete their assigned part of a group task on time

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Try this together

When your child has to do a group project at school, do they pull their weight — sharing ideas and doing their part — rather than sitting back or trying to take over?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

Listening to Othersages 5–7Group work builds on listening skills

Taking Turns and Sharingages 5–7Effective group work builds on turn-taking and sharing

Group discussionsages 4–11Group work benefits from collaborative conversation skills

Listening and respondingages 4–11Effective small-group collaboration requires the foundational listening skill of attending to others and following discussion rules developed in Speaking & Listening

Communication Vocabularyages 7–11Working effectively in groups draws on vocabulary like 'cooperate', 'compromise', and 'conflict'

Working Well in a Groupthis skill · ages 7–9

Unlocks

Roles in a Groupages 7–9Understanding group roles builds on group work experience

Giving and Receiving Feedbackages 9–11Giving/receiving feedback builds on group work skills

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 2 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

AC9HS4K09low confidenceYear 4 · Knowledge and understanding

diversity of cultural, religious and/or social groups to which they and others in the community belong, and their importance to identity

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

PH3-IHW-01low confidencePDHPE K-6 · Stage 3

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2HP6M10high confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Levels 5 and 6 · Movement and Physical Activity – Physical Education strand

VC2HP4M10medium confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Levels 3 and 4 · Movement and Physical Activity – Physical Education strand

VC2HE6K04low confidenceEconomics and Business · Levels 5 and 6 · Knowledge and Understanding 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

Communication Vocabularyages 7–11 Friendships change over timeages 7–9 Resolving Disagreements with Friendsages 7–9 Roles in a Groupages 7–9

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