Books

 

Baker, J. (2002). Belonging. London: Walker Books Ltd.

Baker, J. (2002). Belonging. London: Walker Books Ltd.

Baker, J. (2002). Belonging. London: Walker Books Ltd.

 

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BAK

♦ This is easy to read.

Use this book to:

  • Find changes in the local community
  • Think about the affect of those changes – what action caused those changes?
  • Think about effect of those changes  – what is the impact on the environment and its people?

Tips:

  • Imagine the perfect neighbourhood to live in.
  • What parts of your local community do you like?
  • What parts of your local community do you not like?
  • Brainstorm things you want to preserve in your local community.
  • Brainstorm changes you would like to see in your local community.

Fox, M. & Vivas, J. (Illustrator). (1984). Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge. Malvern, S.A.: Omnibus Books.

Fox, M. & Vivas, J. (Illustrator). (1984). Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge. Malvern, S.A.: Omnibus Books.

Fox, M. & Vivas, J. (Illustrator). (1984). Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge. Malvern, S.A.: Omnibus Books.

 

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FOX

♦ This is easy to read.

Use this book to:

  • Discuss memories
  • Discuss significant events, places and people in context of our community, school and ‘me’.
  • Think about effect of those changes  – what is the impact on the environment and its people?

Randwick Municipal Council. (1985). Randwick: A social history. Kensington, N.S.W.: New South Wales University Press.

 

Randwick Municipal Council. (1985). Randwick: A social history. Kensington, N.S.W.: New South Wales University Press.

Randwick Municipal Council. (1985). Randwick: A social history. Kensington, N.S.W.: New South Wales University Press.

**RSPS Library is purchasing at least 1 copy of this. Should arrive in Term 2**

♦ ♦ ♦  This is hard to read – but the visual information in the photos within the text is very accessible.

Use this book to:

  • Browse numerous illustrations and photos to brainstorm aspects of the past that can still be seen in the local area.
  • Find information about the Aboriginal people who used La Perouse as a meeting or camping ground for at least 7,500 years (pp.101-107).

 

Lawrence, J. (2001). Pictorial history: Randwick. Alexandria, N.S.W.: Kingsclear Books.

 

Randwick Municipal Council. (1985). Randwick: A social history. Kensington, N.S.W.: New South Wales University Press.

Randwick Municipal Council. (1985). Randwick: A social history. Kensington, N.S.W.: New South Wales University Press.

 

**RSPS Library is purchasing at least one copy of this. Should arrive in Term 2**

♦ ♦ ♦  This is hard to read - but the visual information in the photos within the text is very accessible.

Use this book to:

  • Browse numerous illustrations and photos to brainstorm aspects of the past that can still be seen in the local area.
  • Find a timeline of the Randwick area from 1770-2005 (pp.118-119).
  • Find information about the indigenous people whose territory included today’s Randwick Municipality (pp.4-5).

Bland, N. (2016). The fabulous friend machine. Gosford, NSW: Scholastic Press.

Bland, N. (2016). The fabulous friend machine. Gosford, NSW: Scholastic Press.

Bland, N. (2016). The fabulous friend machine. Gosford, NSW: Scholastic Press.

 

J
BLA

♦ This is easy to read.

Use this book to:

  • Discuss how communication technologies have changed.
  • Think about the affect of those changes – what action caused those changes?
  • Think about effect of those changes  – what is the impact on the environment and its people?