Teaching during COVID-19

A range of captivating lesson plans are ready for you to explore the history of the Paralympic movement in Australia and abroad, Paralympic values and a range of Para-sports. All lesson plans are linked to the Australian Curriculum and don’t require any specialist equipment, so they are easy to implement in the classroom (or at home). Our resources focusing on the Paralympics in Australia are aimed at primary school students but can be adapted to a range of learning contexts. The I’mPOSSIBLE resources include lesson plans, worksheets and PowerPoint presentations for both primary and secondary teachers. These lesson plans can be used individually or to form a unit of work.

One of the really important offerings for students who might otherwise find it hard to build connections.

A useful toolkit to support young people in developing insights, and resourcefulness when it comes to mental health and well-being.  The Black Dog Institute offers many resources on this site.

"With school campuses closed indefinitely, education systems are grappling with how to make up for a growing abyss of lost learning hours and essential student services. But leaders shouldn’t forget that students are facing a less-talked-about but equally severe risk: losing access to the wide range of relationships that they’ve accrued in the course of a school year.

It verges on cliché to say that young people need relationships to thrive. But if schools react to COVID-19 by retrofitting academic calendars alone, social distancing threatens to crumble an array of social scaffolds and even chance encounters that help students get by and get ahead. That could yield immense losses to students’ reservoirs of social capital, particularly for those who need it most. Education systems need to embrace a two-fold mission: triaging an academic crisis and a social crisis."