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The Springboards to Philanthropy are a set of tools and ideas you can use in the classroom.They have been designed and written to align to relevant areas of the curriculum so that you can seamlessly and easily build into your daily teaching practice, values education.

SchoolAid has engaged the expert support of Macquarie University's Institute for Early Childhood to develop these resources and with the generous support of Telstra Foundation, SchoolAid is able to provide these to you and your school community free of any charge.

Using the Springboards to Philanthropy - Generic Learning

Each of the Springboards focuses on the processes of learning and includes Points for Reflection and Links to Philanthropy.

It is intended that these points be central to all of the proposed learning experiences and integral to the children's knowledge, understanding and learning as they reflect on life and values in the context of our society and the global community.

In this context the intention is to move beyond a focus on natural disasters that devastate communities and reflect on issues that are integral to the everyday lives of those who require support and assistance to be able to function effectively.

Check out a sample page of SPRINGBOARD THREE below.

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