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Community Connections and Liveability

Read the scenario and use the liveability audit to investigate how community connections can make places better to live in. Answer every question. For questions asking for your ideas, responses may vary.

A neighbourhood in motion

Harbourview is a fictional Australian neighbourhood. Its residents include people of different ages, cultures and backgrounds. The community centre runs language classes and craft sessions. A sports club welcomes new players, while the weekend market gives local growers and makers a place to meet customers. A shared path links the centre, market and park. Some residents say the path needs better lighting, and others would like more shaded places to rest. The neighbourhood council is asking residents what would help everyone feel welcome, safe and connected.

What residents value

What residents would improve

The shared path connects several community places.

Add better lighting along the shared path.

The market helps local growers and makers meet customers.

Provide more shade and places to rest.

The centre hosts language classes and craft sessions.

Make activities welcoming to people with different needs.

Investigate the connections

Think about social and cultural connections, access, safety and belonging.

1.Which statement best describes liveability?

How many buildings a place has
How suitable and pleasant a place is for people to live in
How far a place is from the coast
How many visitors a place receives

2.Name two places in Harbourview where residents can meet or take part in activities. For each, describe one way it could help people connect.

3.Complete the sentence using this word bank: belonging, cultural, social. Shared activities can build connections.

4.Complete the sentence using this word bank: belonging, cultural, social. Sharing languages, traditions or arts can build connections.

5.Complete the sentence using this word bank: belonging, cultural, social. Both kinds of connections can strengthen a sense of .

6.True or false? A community is only connected when every resident shares the same interests and traditions.

TrueFalse

7.Match each Harbourview feature to the kind of liveability benefit it most directly supports.

Shared path
Language classes
Sports club
Better path lighting

Feeling safer when travelling
Access between community places
Cultural connection and belonging
Social connection through shared activity

8.Choose one improvement from the liveability audit. Explain how it could make Harbourview more liveable, and identify who might benefit.

9.The council can fund only one project this year: better path lighting or more shaded places to rest. Give one reason to support either choice and one question the council should ask residents before deciding.

10.Explain how the shared path can do more than help people travel from one place to another. Use one detail from the scenario or audit.

11.Propose one new activity or small change for Harbourview that would help people from different backgrounds feel welcome. Describe what would happen and how it could build a connection.