Computational thinking in a creative learning environment
Green Hill Public School is a very small government school located in Kempsey, New South Wales on the Traditional Lands of the Djangadi/Dhangatti Peoples. It has recently expanded from a K–4 to a K–6 school. It has 28 students, 96 per cent of whom identify as Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander. Green Hill Public School was a finalist in the 2018 Australian Education Awards in the Primary School of the Year – Government category. Sarah Atkins is the curriculum officer who works with the school to support implementation of the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies, through the NSW Science and Technology syllabus
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| Year band(s) | Foundation, 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 | 
|---|---|
| Content type | School stories | 
| Format | Web page | 
| Core and overarching concepts | Computational thinking | 
| Organisation | ACARA  | 
                        
| Copyright | © ACARA 2010 to present. Creative Commons 4.0.  | 
                        
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