Music

Transdisciplinary theme:  How we express ourselves

Central idea: We express ourselves as individuals with collective knowledge

Lines of inquiry:

The range of ways we are influenced by communication
The way social interactions influence how people engage with ideas and respond to others
The differences between the language of opinion and feeling and the language of factual reporting or recording.
How musical ideas work
How musicians express patterns.
Patterns help tell stories
Events where a society may rely on singing for survival
Ancient cultures use symbols to tell the stories of their people

Key Concepts: perspective, function, form

Learner Profile Attributes: communicator

Students will:

Continue to expand their own understanding of formal music notation
Read, write, arrange, sing, play and listen to music with a focus on the theme of place, especially music by First Nations People
Experiment with expressing ideas through movement, mime, sound, pitch, rhythm etc
Make choices about sound that represents ideas
Take risks when communicating their original ideas to peers
Understand and accept that the ideas of others can be very different to their own
Work collaboratively with a small group to create, rehearse and perform a short piece of original music
Shape elements of music using imagination and creativity, to communicate ideas to an audience
Identify features of music, and be able to discuss the purpose that it was created for, using music terminology

Physical Education

Transdisciplinary theme: How we express ourselves

Central idea: Collaboration through game play and teamwork activities help positive and strong relationships

Lines of inquiry:

Body awareness- exploring how FMS contribute to an understanding on students' own body and its capabilities
Team collaboration- how different activities can foster cooperation, teamwork and communication among peers during activity
Skill development- refining specific motor skills within the curriculum

Key Concepts:

Perspective - Does collaborating strengthen who you are and how you are within a team?

Responsibility- Children need to be aware of their responsibilities within the class and acting responsibly during activities with one another, within a team and with equipment and understand why this is important for enhancement in learning.

Learner Profile Attributes:

principled, caring, balanced

Students will:

Team Building Activities- Parachute Games
Throwing and Catching Strategy Games.
Modified Lacrosse with external coaches and T-Ball Activities.
Refine the Fundamental Motor Skills of Throwing, Catching and Striking previously learnt, and perform these motor skills in various Lacrosse and T-Ball games and activities.

Introduction of basic strategies in team games.

Science

Curriculum strand: Earth Science

Central idea: The Earth has a constantly changing landscape.

Lines of inquiry:

Explore how natural processes and human activity shape their surroundings.
What are rocks and minerals?
How do soils, rocks and landscapes change over time?
Science involves testing predictions by gathering data and using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena

Learner Profile Attributes: openminded

Students will:

Investigate how soils, rocks and landscapes change over time
Investigate factors that affect the erosion of soil
Plan and conduct an investigation of factors that influence water erosion of soils

Art

Transdisciplinary theme: How the world works

Central idea: Australian Aboriginal artists blend tradition with contemporary art, showing the resilience of their culture.

Lines of inquiry:

Traditional and introduced materials and methods used in Aboriginal art today, experimenting with these to create our own works of art
Connection to land and nature and how this connection is expressed in Aboriginal Art
Cultural diversity, recognising the diversity of Aboriginal cultures, languages, and artistic traditions across different regions of Australia

Key Concepts: connection and change

Learner Profile Attributes: caring and reflective

Students will create:

Reconciliation and what it means. Creating a poster to represent what reconciliation means to them
Exploring the origins of dot painting in relation to Papunya Tulla by creating a Camp Dog collage- using Dot painting techniques with layering detail. Inspired by the aboriginal artist Dion Beasley
Creating a Spirit Sculpture using assorted string binding, fabrics, and paint, inspired by the work from both Central Australia Tjanpi Desert Weavers and Arnhem Land rock paintings
Printmaking an Indigenous fabric design inspired by artist from the Tiwi Islands

Beaumaris North PS

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