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What’s in a name?The traditional owners of the land now known as the Gold Coast were the Kombumerri people. Many of the place names around the Gold Coast can be traced back to their Aboriginal language roots.Use the History of our suburbs web page to complete the table.

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Teacher’s Notes: Middle Primary

Before Startingl Students will need to access specifi c websites to complete some activities.

Set up a folder of website links for easy student access. To avoid confusion, we suggest giving each link the name in bold used in the booklet.

u Hosting History https://www.thecgf.com/games/games_index.asp

u History of our suburbs http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/thegoldcoast/history-of-our-suburbs-2557.html

u Table Tennis https://www.gc2018.com/sport/table-tennis

u Venues https://www.gc2018.com/sports/venues

l Photocopy the student activity sheets.l Follow the directions to make one example booklet:

u Fold the sheet in half lengthways — text facing out.

u Keep folded, then fold in half again widthways, then in half again — score well with fi ngernails or a ruler. (See diagram 1)

u Open up, re-fold in half widthways so the dotted cut line is visible.

u Cut the centre of the page along the dotted line — only cut as far as the end of the line.

u Open up again. Place the page face up in front of you so the cut is vertical; pinch horizontally either side of the cut and gently pull the centre apart while folding in half vertically.

u Fold the pages into a booklet. (See diagram 2)

What it will look like!A mini concertina booklet with eight pages and four activities.

Commonwealth G ames — Interesting Informationl The Commonwealth is a voluntary association that comprises

countries that were formerly British colonies.l Only countries from the Commonwealth can compete in the Commonwealth Games (CG).l The fi rst CG was held in 1930 in Hamilton, Canada, with 400 athletes from 11 countries competing in

59 events across 6 sports.l Over the years the Games have grown, with the Gold Coast 2018 Games hosting 6600 athletes/

offi cials from 70 nations/territories competing in 277 events across 18 sports and 7 para sports.

u The Core Values of the Games are Humanity, Equality and Destiny.

u The CG are often referred to as the ‘Friendly Games’ and aim to unite Commonwealth countries through sport.

l 2018 is the XXI (21st) Commonwealth Games.l The Kombumerri people were the original inhabitants of large parts of the area now known as the

Gold Coast. The local dialect of the region is Yugambeh, which is where the 2018 mascot, Borobi, gets its name — Borabi means ‘koala’.

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Curriculum LinksThis booklet links to the Australian Curriculum in the areas of:

Further Interesting Inform ation and ResourcesThe central values of the Kombumerri community were to keep life simple and to have respect for family, the environment and self. This site explains more about the cultural practices, codes of conduct and stewardship of the environment from a traditional owner’s perspective. https://hillstoheadlands.com.au/kombumerri-saltwater-people/

The Gold Coast City Council site, which has a local history section that includes historical photos. http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/thegoldcoast/gold-coast-histories-26556.html

The official site of the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, which includes a fun interactive map of the Queen’s Baton Relay. https://www.gc2018.com/

The official Commonwealth Games site, which includes information and histories of all Commonwealth Games. http://commonwealthgames.com.au/

Extension IdeasIf your students are showing a deeper interest in these activities, you may like to make the most of the opportunity. Students can:l Further research the countries participating: u Location on a map u Capital city u Currency

u Population u History of connection to Commonwealth u Most successful athlete from each country in the Commonwealth Games

l Research the history of place names in their own local area.l Go to the Queen’s Baton Relay interactive map and watch the video clips from countries

participating. (See Further Interesting Information and Resources for the link.)

Watch these three video clips and discuss similarities and differences between these countries and Australia.

u https://www.gc2018.com/video/queens-baton-visits-scotland-0 u https://www.gc2018.com/video/queens-baton-visits-india u https://www.gc2018.com/video/queens-baton-samoal Explore roman numerals — for example, 21st Commonwealth Games – XXI / 2018 – MMXVIII

ACARA CODE CONTENT DESCRIPTION ACTIVITY

ACHASSK062 The importance of Country/Place to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples who belong to a local area.

What’s in a name?

ACHASSK083 The diversity of Australia’s first peoples and the long and continuous connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to Country/Place.

ACELY1680Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features.

Table tennis trivia!

ACELY1692Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning to expand content knowledge, integrating and linking ideas and analysing and evaluating texts.

ACMNA052 Recognise, model, represent and order numbers to at least 10 000. How many?

ACMNA072 Recognise, represent and order numbers to at least tens of thousands.

ACMMG065 Create and interpret simple grid maps to show position and pathways.

Finding your way!ACMMG090 Use simple scales, legends and directions to interpret information

contained in basic maps.

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Answers: Middle Primary

Finding your way!

1. G,3; Coomera Indoor Sports Centre

2. Robina Stadium

3. B,5

4. a) East 1; North 3; East 4; South 1; East 1; South 1; East 1 b) East 1; South 1; East 5; North 2; East 1

5. South

6. Various, e.g. counted squares

7. Anna Meares Velodrome; Robina Stadium

YEAR TOWN COUNTRY Abbrev.

− 1930 Hamilton Canada CAN

− 1938 ___________ Australia AUS

− 1954 Vancouver Canada ______

− 1962 ___________ Australia AUS

− 1966 Kingston ___________ JAM

− _____ Edinburgh Scotland SCO

− 1978 Edmonton ___________ CAN

− 1986 ___________ Scotland ______

− _____ Kuala Lumpur Malaysia MYS

− 2002 Manchester ___________ ENG

− 2010 ___________ India IND

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