Beaumaris North PS

Term 2, 2022

Year 3

Visual Art 

The Term 2 Unit of Inquiry is called 'Art of Arnhem Land', which integrates with the Transdisciplinary theme- 'Where we are in place and time'. 

 

The unit focuses on how the Yolngu people, Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Arnhem Land, have different cultural practices that relate to the different seasons and their knowledge of country. 

 

Students Explore

  • Cool Weather Season ‘Yekke’- Creating a Barramundi inspired by the technique and pattern of traditional Arnhem Land Bark Painting  
  • Early Dry Season ‘Wurrkeng’ – Constructing Circular Weavings in wool, looking at traditional works that use Pandanus 
  • Harvest Season ‘Bangkerreng’- ModellingClay Birds with a focus on pattern and texture 

Japanese  

Term 2 Topics

  • AINU (Japanese aboriginal people)
  • Exchange programme with ARAKAWA PS (sending greeting cards to the school)
  • Children’s day festival

Unit of Inquiry

' Where We Are In Place And Time'

  • Cultures Change Over Time
  • Japanese aboriginal peoples stories
  • Artifacts and their histories and culture

  The Students Will Be Able To  

  • Explain why Japanese people celebrate Children’s Day and what they do to celebrate this day on 5 May
  • Say/spell 'My name is…' in Japanese
  • Say and spell 'I am 9 (10) years old' in Japanese         
  • Say and spell 'I am in year  3' in Japanese
  •  Say and spell what I like in Japanese  
  • Spell 'Nice to meet you' in Japanese 
  • Tell what AINU is and tell where they live 
  • Tell what their language is like 
  • Tell what AINU songs and dances are like
  • Copy and create AINU cultural art patterns 

Physical Education 

The term 2 unit we are focusing on is- 'How We Express Ourselves'.

  • Invasion Games: Netball and Basketball modified games 
  • Gymnastics and beginning of athletics 

Focus 

  • Incorporate aspects of physical fitness into warm up activities  
  • Refine the Fundamental Motor Skills of passing and catching in modified invasion games   
  • Introduce new skills such as handball and rugby throw 
  • Introduce the concepts of attacking and defending and moving into space during modified games 
  • Gymnastics skills to develop combinations of movement through flexibility, strength, rotation and balance    

Concepts

Change

How do we change the skills we have learnt to adapt them to different activities

  

Learner Profile

Risk-Taker and Communicator 

Music Program 

PYP Unit of Inquiry

HOW WE EXPRESS OURSELVES 

 

Central Idea 

People express themselves differently according to environment and audience

 

Focus

Exploring Music as Universal Language, Learning Task and continuing development of Rhythm skills 

 

The Students Will 

  • Boomwhackers – are a tuned percussion tube with each tube playing an individual note. Using the Boomwhackers we have explored steady beat and various rhythms. Songs included: Encanto, Hakuna Matata and a Sky Full of Stars
  • Body Percussion – in groups students collaborate to create a 16-beat performance piece for the class. Using only body percussion students will present the composition to the class
  • Indigenous Australian Music – later in the term we will be exploring a range of Indigenous Australian Music throughout time. The students will compose a short piece in relation to a dreaming story using a range of instruments in the classroom and natural resources 
  • We have continued to develop the class playlist which allows us to explore the musical elements: rhythm, tempo, pitch, dynamics, and timbre. This also allows the class to develop an appreciation for new music

 Learning Task

 

Explores the idea of music being a universal language. We are focusing on being communicators. Students will perform this to me accompanied by choreography, AUSLAN and a poster designed within their groups unique to their traits.  

 

Learner Profile

Communicator, Risktaker. 

Library                                                         

All students are encouraged to borrow books from the Library. The focus is on reading for enjoyment, interest and information. The children also have the opportunity to practise their borrowing skills and further their love of reading. 

 

The Library program also supports and extends the units of inquiry being studied in each year level and provides classrooms with resources to enrich the units offering varied forms of information.