Specialists Wonga Weekly

Physical Education

Prep PE

This week, students will be practicing the fundamental movement skills of leaping and dodging while focusing on balance. They will be encouraged to pay particular attention to how their arm position aids in maintaining balance during these activities.

Prep Sensory

Students will participate in rotational activities with the focus of improving their core strength, balance and ability to work in a small group.

Grade 1 and 2

Students will continue to refine leaping and dodging skills through small group games and activities. They will engage in collaborative tasks to foster teamwork. This approach encourages not only physical development but also social and cooperative skills among students.

Grade 3 and 4

In our final week of Netball, we will hone in on the proper techniques for passing, pivoting, and shooting. By focusing on these fundamental skills, students will build a strong foundation in the sport.

Grade 5 and 6

Students will engage in a modified game of Netball, where they'll focus on court positioning and teamwork while having fun. Through targeted drills, they'll enhance their passing, shooting, and pivoting skills.

Performing Arts

🎵 Prep

Students are continuing to engage in First Nations music to explore beat patterns, pitch and movement. They will continue to learn an 'Acknowledgment of Country' song with movements. Students will continue practising using clap-sticks to play beat patterns in another First Nations song they are learning. Through their singing, students are exploring high and low vocal sounds.  

🎤 Grade 1 and 2

Students are continuing to investigate the musical element of ‘pitch’. They will explore 'Pitch Maps' as a graphic score to show how sound can step, slide or jump higher or lower. Students will use the playground to inspire the creation of their own pitch map, which they can sing, move to, or play on a pitched instrument. They will also begin to learn a First Nations song to sing together. 

🎶 Grade 3 and 4

Students are continuing to develop characters using voice and movement. They will use another script to bring their characters to life, this week investing how the drama elements of time and place can inform the action and characters. 

🎭 Grade 5 and 6

Students are working working together to bring a large puppet, which they made in prior weeks, to life. They have chosen something they know really well (eg. ballet, kicking the football, swimming etc.) to 'copy from life', incorporating as much detail and specificity into the puppet. Students will be at various stages at the end of the week, including planning, rehearsing, performing or reflecting on their performance. 

STEM

Grade 1 and 2 

Students are working on applying their learning to create a fictional animal, identifying the features it needs to survive in their chosen environment. 

Grade 3 and 4 

Students are completing their fictional animal lifecycle and habitat and uploading their work to Showbie. They will also be recording their prior knowledge and wonderings about our next topic: heat. 

Grade 5 and 6  

Students are completing their ecosystem and food web and uploading their work to Showbie. They will also be recording their prior knowledge and wonderings about our next topic: light. 

Visual Arts

Prep

Students will be making connections to their buddy teddy bear picnic that is happening this week. They will create a plate of food including fairy bread, lollies, a drink and decorating a cup cake. 

Grade 1

Students will be exploring more Indigenous designs and symbols and completing a radial picture using a dice to see which designs they include at each step.

Grade 2

Students will be continuing with their Indigenous wall hanging, using paint markers to add their symbols and designs before beading and tying their work to a stick.

Grade 3 and 4

Students will be finishing off their Indigenous sports uniform for their chosen team. The focus will be on composition, balance and Aboriginal design features.

Grade 5 and 6

Students will finish their rainstick design and add rice inside before securing the ends with fabric.