Equity and Diversity: Celebrations Lesson Plan for Primary School

This assignment presents a detailed lesson plan designed for primary school children (ages 4-5) focusing on celebrations, specifically Eid-Ul-Fitr, within the context of early childhood education and the Australian curriculum. The lesson plan emphasizes intentional teaching, aiming to enhance children's cognitive abilities and understanding of cultural diversity. It outlines aims and objectives, links to the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and the Australian Curriculum, and incorporates key vocabulary and resources. The plan includes introductory, main activity, and closing phases, along with questions for sustained shared thinking and opportunities for further enhancement in the learning environment. The assignment addresses issues and controversies related to celebrations in the Australian community, incorporating teaching strategies and the guidelines of the Australian Human Rights Commission to promote equity and diversity in the classroom. The lesson plan is designed to be interactive, engaging, and inclusive, fostering a positive learning environment for young children to explore and appreciate different cultures.

Lesson Plan
Plan Name: Celebrations
Ages: Primary School, 4-5 years
Intentional Teaching: In case of the intentional teaching, it can be observed that the children
should be given appropriate opportunity for enhancing their cognitive ability of learning. In
the Australia, Australian Human Rights Commission of the country has taken much initiative
on the teaching and learning sequences. The Australian curriculum is one of the important
organizations that conducts over the international teaching program and the learning
sequences. The name of the teaching program conducted by the Australian Curriculum is the
‘Celebrations and Commemorations’, which conducts the variety of knowledge in the
festivals of different caste and communities like Eid-Ul-Fitr, which are celebrated by the
Muslim communities all over the world.
The less plan is incorporated in between the two phases and chapters, which are listed below
Teaching children about the early childhood settings related with the celebrations and also
outlining the issues and controversies those are related with the celebration in the Australian
Community
On the other hand, the teaching strategies have also been addressed within the children
community learning in the primary section and thus designing the lesson plan in accordance
with the Australian Human Rights Commission.
Aims and objective
 The main aims and objectives of the lesson plan have been described below
 To describe the main context of the chosen topic
 To make the students understand about the reasons behind celebrations in the
Australian Community
 To identify the key teaching strategies those are related with the celebration of the
Eid-Ul-Fitr
 To discuss the circulations of the Australian Human Rights Commission regarding the
festival and celebrations by the Muslim community ("Early Years Learning
Framework | Department of Education", 2019).

Link to the EYLF and Australian Curriculum
In case of the Early Years Learning Framework of the Australian government, it can be
identified that there are different resources that are established for the early childhood
educators. The resources are mentioned below
 Living Practice with the help of Early Years Learning Framework
 Connecting with the families and bringing the learning and teaching of the Early
Years Learning Framework to the modern community
 Posters that are related to the community development and celebrations in the specific
festivals of the community
 Bookmarks
 Postcards
Practice: With the help of the severe practice sessions, it can be observed that intentional
learning can be implied on the 4-5 years children of the Muslim community, who are
celebrating the Eid-Ul-Fitr during the Ramzan month.
Outcome: 3 children from the community are much supportive in celebrating the festival and
they have high knowledge gathering skills
Outcome: The outcome reflects the processes of the lesson plan and 4 children are connected
with the festival and the rules and regulations of the Australian Curriculum.
Key vocabulary
The key resources are adjacent with the major issues and controversies those are attached
with the celebration in the festivals of some of the communities in Australia. On the other
hand, three teaching strategies have also been mentioned in the study that could be used while
teaching the students related with the Eid-Ul-Fitr festival for the Muslim community. The key
vocabulary includes the usage of the positive language with many information and the
language should be used in the simplest manner in their own terms ("Celebrations - Eid ul-
Fitr — kidcyber", 2019).
Resources
The teaching resource is https://www.kidcyber.com.au/celebrations-eid-ulfitr . With the help
of this articles, the description of the Eid-Ul-Fitr and how the Muslim community celebrate in
their festivals have been depicted clearly within the Australian community.

Introductory Phase
 Gathering of a group of children who are within the 8-9 years of age and they should
be treated with different languages and customs.
 The education system should be highlighted and they should be trained with some
different languages like Hindi and Arabic for getting accustomed with the Australian
community. In the later part the Australian English should also be taught to the
students ("Early Years Learning Framework | Department of Education", 2019).
Main Activity
 Usage of the Australian English language, Hindi and Arabic language to the group of
small children foe extending their learning schemes and purposes.
 Usage of the major opportunities and getting them understand about the variations
those are listed within the teaching resources ("Celebrations - Eid ul-Fitr —
kidcyber", 2019).
Closing Phase
Repeating the teaching courses to the group of students and playing games with them in the
last hour of the session. Moreover, after finishing the whole task, the small students should be
encourages a lot and thus asking them diverse questions related to the celebrations and the
festivals of the particular community.
Questions for sustained share thinking
The questions for sustained share thinking are classified below
 How do you think that you will celebrate your festival?
 What do you think of telling other languages in the festival of your own community?
 How we can make people free in their won festivals?
Opportunities for further enhancement in learning environment
There are some of the further enhancement in the learning environment, which can be applied
with the help of Spin, Stand, Interact and share of the knowledge and information.

References
Early Years Learning Framework | Department of Education. (2019). Retrieved 23 September
2019, from https://www.education.gov.au/early-years-learning-framework-0
Celebrations - Eid ul-Fitr — kidcyber. (2019). Retrieved 23 September 2019, from
https://www.kidcyber.com.au/celebrations-eid-ulfitr