Little J and Big Cuz-Going Bush Game by MADIHA RAZA

Critical Evaluation
Little J and Big Cuz is an Australian animated television series first screened on the NITV network in 2017. The latest edition of these series were published in7 December 2017. Deborah Mailman voiced Big Cuz and little J voiced by Miranda Tapsell. The author is Beck Cole, Jon Bell, Erica Glynn, Danielle Maclean, Bruce Pascoe and Dot west. Tony Thorne is illustrator and director. Aboriginal writers from across Australia wrote this wonderful series. In this resource uses present day language. This resource shows diverse knowledge of County across language groups.Traditional owners were involved in production of these series which shows that the cultural knowledge shared is done with their permission and the Nouns were properly used (YARNS, Shay, M., & Oliver, R, 2021, p.145).

AITSL Standards:

This resource links to Standard 2, focus are 2.4 where teachers implement strategies for using ICT to expand curriculum learning opportunities for children.(Australian Standard Professional for Teachers, 2010, p.4).

Curriculum elaboration:
The ACER little J and Big Cuz initiative was developed with Aboriginal worldviews and knowledges and the EYLF (2009). By engaging in this game either on laptop or computer, children becomes effective communicators and begin to use symbols in play to represent and make meaning (The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia, Learning Outcome 5.4, 2009, p.43). Children will select those things that belong in the bush and assists children to develop relationships and concepts about the Country. This resource can be used for children age 4-5 years old.

Theme: Country
This game will let children to make connection to the bushes and land. Uncle Bob has said that "Bush living was bushy and we live on the land as the people of the land. Grown-ups have a responsibility to care for the land and to love it unconditionally" (The Owns Us, 2009). The Country is a place that gives and receives life. Country is referred to in the same manner as a person; people speak to Country, sing to Country, visit Country, worry about Country, and people state that Country knows, hears, smells, notices, and takes care of. Traditional owners are entitled to welcome anyone into their Country, provided that they follow the laws of the land and respect the culture of the people who live there. The Country was designed to provide nourishment for all life that inhabits it, and humans have the responsibility to ensure that the Country is maintained (Nourshing Terrains, Deborah Bird Rose; Australian Heritage Commission, 1996, p.35 & 38).

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