Core Skills Analysis
Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS)
Ash visited Fairday, a local LGBTQIA+ Pride Month event held in Wellington Square, Perth. Through attending a community event, they encountered a local example of how people gather around shared identities and community life. The visit could support their understanding that public events take place in particular places and form part of a community’s social and cultural experience. This connection aligns with Year 8 HASS learning about communities and places, while the activity itself does not establish that Ash studied a particular historical period or civic process.
English
Ash took part in a visit to Fairday during Pride Month, engaging with a community event whose name and context communicate its connection to LGBTQIA+ Pride. This provided an opportunity to notice how language associated with an event can express community identity and signal its purpose to visitors. The experience could give them a concrete topic for describing an event and reflecting on how words represent people and communities. These are relevant English connections, though the activity description does not establish that Ash produced or analysed a text.
Tips
Tips Turn the visit into a short place-and-community inquiry: have Ash map Wellington Square and mark where Fairday took place, then discuss how public spaces can host community events. Invite them to make a brief, fact-based event reflection using only details they remember or can verify, and to choose words that describe the event respectfully. As a creative extension, compare the event’s public information with another local community event notice, noticing how each communicates its audience and purpose. Ash could then create an inclusive community-event poster or a short spoken introduction for a chosen event.
Book Recommendations
- Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders: An illustrated account of the creation and significance of the rainbow flag, offering context for Pride symbols and community history.
- Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World by Sarah Prager: Accessible biographies introducing LGBTQ+ people and their contributions across history.
- The Pride Guide: A Guide to Sexual and Social Health for LGBTQ Youth by Jo Langford: A practical, youth-oriented guide to identity, wellbeing, and LGBTQ+ community topics.
Learning Standards
- HASS — WAHASS22: A follow-up reflection or poster could present learning about a local event in an appropriate communication form.
- HASS — WAHASS23: Reflecting on what the visit helped Ash understand about community and place could extend their learning.
- HASS — WA8HAKUG2: The visit offers a possible connection to considering the cultural and social value people associate with places; this is an extension rather than a demonstrated learning outcome.
- English — ACELA1540: A discussion or writing task about respectful, inclusive language could connect to how language affects inclusion and representation.
- English — ACELY1736: Creating an event poster or reflection could practise informative or persuasive writing for a chosen audience and purpose.
Try This Next
- Make a simple map marking Wellington Square and the Fairday event location.
- Write a short reflection describing what a local community event can represent.
- Design an inclusive poster for a community event, choosing clear audience-appropriate wording.