Celebrate NAIDOC 2025 – The Next Generation: Strength, Vision, Legacy

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Year Level

Foundation, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8, Year 9, Year 10

Cross Curriculum Priorities

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures, Sustainability

Relevant Subjects

English, Science, Humanities & Social Sciences, The Arts, Health & Physical Education, Languages

Contributors

By Shelley Ware

16/06/2025 - UPDATED 25/11/2025

This SBS Learn teacher resource focuses on the NAIDOC Week 2025 theme The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy and provides educators with range of activities for primary and secondary students. Celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, perspectives, histories and stories in this in-depth guide. Activities are aligned with the Australian Curriculum and free to print and download for all educators. This teacher resource is organised into school years, containing:

  • Key questions to prompt meaningful discussions;
  • Targeted reading lists appropriate to Year level with suggested activities;
  • Selected videos accompanied by activities;
  • Individual, pair and collaborative activities for the classroom;
  • Further resources and suggested links.

SBS is thrilled to partner with educator and proud Yankunytjatjara, Kokatha and Wirangu woman, Shelley Ware, again in 2025. This is the seventh National NAIDOC Week education resource Shelley has authored for SBS. We extend our gratitude and thanks to Shelley for her ongoing contributions.

Australian Curriculum

Cross Curriculum Priorities
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
Sustainability

General Capabilities
Literacy
Numeracy
Information and Communication Technology Capability
Critical and Creative Thinking
Personal and Social Capability
Ethical Understanding and Intercultural Understanding

Foundation
English: AC9EFLE01, AC9EFLE02, AC9EFLA03, AC9EFLE04, AC9EFLY05
HASS: AC9HSFK01, AC9HSFK02, AC9HSFK04, AC9HSFK03
HPE: AC9HPFP01
Science: AC9SFH01
The Arts:
Visual Arts – AC9AVAFC01, AC9AVAFP01, AC9AVAFE01

Year 1
English: AC9E1LE01, AC9E1LE02, AC9E1LY02, AC9E1LA08, AC9E1LE04
HASS:  AC9HS1K03, AC9HS1K04, AC9HS1S03, AC9HS1S06, AC9HS1K02
HPE: AC9HP2P01, AC9HP2P02, AC9HP2M03
Science: AC9S1U01, AC9S1H01
The Arts:
Media Arts – AC9AMA2E02, AC9AMA2P01
Music – AC9AMU2P01, AC9AMU2E02
Visual Arts – AC9AVA2E01, AC9AVA2E02, AC9AVA2C01, AC9AVA2P01

Year 2
English: AC9E2LA01, AC9E2LA02, AC9E2LA09, AC9E2LE01, AC9E2LE03, AC9E2LY03
HASS: AC9HS2K01, AC9HS2K04, AC9HS2S01, AC9HS2S04, AC9HS2K02, AC9HS2S03
HPE: AC9HP2P01, AC9HP2P02, AC9HP2M03
The Arts:
Media Arts – AC9AMA2E02, AC9AMA2P01
Music – AC9AMU2P01, AC9AMU2E02
Visual Arts – AC9AVA2E01, AC9AVA2E02, AC9AVA2C01, AC9AVA2P01

Year 3
English: AC9E3LA01, AC9E3LE01, AC9E3LE02, AC9E3LY02, AC9E3LY06HASS: AC9HS3K02, AC9HS3K03, AC9HS3K04
HPE: AC9HP4P01, AC9HP4P05, AC9HP4M05
Science: AC9S3I06, AC9S3I02
The Arts:
Visual Arts – AC9AVA4E02

Year 4
English: AC9E4LA01, AC9E4LA11, AC9E4LE01, AC9E4LY02, AC9E4LY06, AC9E4LY07
HASS: AC9HS4K01, AC9HS4K06, AC9HS4K07, AC9HS4K09
HPE: AC9HP4P01, AC9HP4P05, AC9HP4M05
Science: AC9S4U01, AC9S4H02, AC9S4U02, AC9S4I06
The Arts:
Visual Arts – AC9AVA4E02

Year 5
English: AC9E5LA01, AC9E5LE01, AC9E5LY02, AC9E5LY06, AC9E5LY07
HASS: AC9HS5K02, AC9HS5K03, AC9HS5K04, AC9HS5K05, AC9HS5K06, AC9HS5K07, AC9HS5S02, AC9HS5S03
HPE: AC9HP6P01, AC9HP6P05, AC9HP6M05
Science: AC9S5U03
The Arts:
Music – AC9AMU6E02
Visual Arts – AC9AVA6E01, AC9AVA6E02, AC9AVA6C01, AC9AVA6P01

Year 6
English: AC9E6LA07, AC9E6LE01, AC9E6LE04, AC9E6LY01, AC9E6LY02, AC9E6LY05, AC9E6LY09
HASS: AC9HS6K02, AC9HS6S01, AC9HS6S02, AC9HS6S03, AC9HS6S05, AC9HS6S06
HPE: AC9HP6P01, AC9HP6P05, AC9HP6M05
Science: AC9S6U02, AC9S6I06 
The Arts:
Music – AC9AMU6E02
Visual Arts – AC9AVA6E01, AC9AVA6E02, AC9AVA6C01, AC9AVA6P01

Year 7
English:  AC9E7LE01, AC9E7LY02, AC9E7LY03, AC9E7LY05, AC9E7LE07
HASS:
Civics and Citizenship – AC9HC7K02, AC9HC7K04, AC9HC7S04
Geography – AC9HG7K07
History – AC9HH7K02, AC9HH7K03, AC9HH7K04, AC9HH7K05, AC9HH7K06, AC9HH7K07
HPE: AC9HP8P01, AC9HP8P02, AC9HP8P05, AC9HP8M05
Science: AC9S7U03, AC9S7H01, AC9S7H02, AC9S7H03, AC9S7I07
The Arts:
Visual Arts – AC9AVA8E01, AC9AVA8E02, AC9AVA8D01,  AC9AVA8D01

Year 8
English: AC9E8LA01, AC9E8LE01, AC9E8LE02, AC9E8LY06, AC9E8LY07, AC9E8LY08
HASS:
Civics and Citizenship – AC9HC8K01, AC9HC8K04, AC9HC8K06
Geography –AC9HG8K02, AC9HG8K03, AC9HG8K04
HPE: AC9HP8P01, AC9HP8P02, AC9HP8P05, AC9HP8M05
Science: AC9S8H02, AC9S8I02
The Arts:
Visual Arts – AC9AVA8E01, AC9AVA8E02, AC9AVA8D01,  AC9AVA8D01

Year 9
English: AC9E9LA01, AC9E9LE01, AC9E9LY06, AC9E9LY07
HASS:
Economics and Business – AC9HE9K04
Civics and Citizenship – AC9HC9S03, AC9HC9K04, AC9HC9K06, AC9HC9S02
History – AC9HH9K01, AC9HH9K03, AC9HH9K06, AC9HH9S08, AC9HH9K11
HPE: AC9HP10P01, AC9HP10P02, AC9HP10M05
The Arts:
Visual Arts – AC9AVA10E01, AC9AVA8E01,AC9AVA10E02, AC9AVA10P01

Year 10
English: AC9E10LA01, AC9E10LE01, AC9E10LE06, AC9E10LY01, AC9E10LY02, AC9E10LY06, AC9E10LY07
HASS
Civics and Citizenship – AC9HC10K01, AC9HC10K02, AC9HC10K05
Geography – AC9HG10K03, AC9HG10K07
History – AC9HH10K04, AC9HH10K09, AC9HH10K10, AC9HH10K11, AC9HH10K12, AC9HH10K13, AC9HH10K20, AC9HH10S07, AC9HH10S08
Economics and Business – AC9HE10K05
HPE: AC9HP10P01, AC9HP10P02, AC9HP10M05
The Arts:
Visual Arts – AC9AVA10E01, AC9AVA8E01,AC9AVA10E02, AC9AVA10P01