Year 3 Specialist News - Term 3

Art

Transdisciplinary Theme: 

How the world works 

Central Idea: 

Kinetic sculpture captures the creative and artistic thought of invention. 

Lines of Inquiry:  

• The role of artists like Leonardo Da Vinci, Jean Tinguely, Theo Jansen, and Rueben Margolin in blending art with scientific inquiry 
• How movement is depicted and integrated into various forms of art 
• The importance of imagination and innovation in the creation of art and inventions    

Key Concepts: 

change and perspective 

Learner Profile Attributes: 

thinker and risk-taker   

Students Will Create:  

• Illustrations and watercolours inspired by the kinetic sculptures and design drawings of Tinguley  
• Printmaking depicting a robot design, exploring scale, shape, negative and positive space
• Construction of a Robot. Focus on originality of form and the use of balanced colour to further highlight the sculpture. 
• Illustration of a head profile incorporating the imaginative world of an inventors inside workings of the brain 

Japanese

Transdisciplinary Theme: 

How the world works 

Central Idea: 

Japanese inventions have influenced the way we live today. 

Lines of Inquiry:  

• Famous Japanese inventors and their contributions. 
• The way Japanese inventions influenced daily life and society of the world.                       

Key Concepts: 

change, function, perspective 

Learner Profile Attributes: 

thinker, inquirers 

Language focus (Japanese language):

Kanji characters                                       

Students Will: 

• Explore connections between Japanese inventions used in Australia 
• Investigate reasons behind the creation of these Japanese inventions 
• Understand the impact of Japanese inventions on our daily lives
• Study the significance of Kanji characters in Japanese culture
• Learn about the origins of Kanji character development 
• Practice writing Kanji characters in the correct stroke order
• Create new Kanji characters independently

Music

Transdisciplinary Theme: 

How the world works

Central Idea: 

Innovation and improvisation in music affects others.

Lines of Inquiry:  

• The need for others to create
• The design process when composing
• Impact of new ideas on a group performance

Key Concepts: 

function causation, connection

Learner Profile Attributes:

inquirers, risktakers 

Students Will:

• Be introduced to bucket drumming. They will use their imaginations and creativity to explore various music elements on the buckets and on other ‘found sounds’ in their performances.
• Experiment with and explore different musical possibilities, through listening, singing and playing
• Take risks as they learn simple improvisation techniques and incorporate them over and within a known song
• Learn to read, write and play more complicated rhythms and play rhythms games
• Recognise various forms or patterns in music and decide on one to use in their own composition
• View several video clips where music is the focus but the environment is the motivation. E.g. ‘I Am the Earth’ and ‘Love Song to the Earth’ etc
• Sing songs connected to their unit of inquiry and special days of significance, e.g. NAIDOC Week and Father’s Day

Physical Education

Transdisciplinary Theme: 

How we organise ourselves 

Central Idea:

Sport and communities bring people together. 

Lines of Inquiry: 

• The importance of fair play and sportsmanship and personal development in athletic type skills
• The role of the Olympic games in our community and culture and how we all come together   

Key Concepts:  

connection and change   

Learner Profile Attributes:   

caring and principled   

Students Will:  

• Be introduced to a variety of athletic type skills distance and sprint runs, hurdling, long jump, high jump, discus and shot put and recognise how these skills are taught worldwide to compete fairly
• Use the learnt skills to compete in a whole school Olympic games activity and understand the significance of cultures in sport and how people come together when playing games 
•  Look at different Invasion games- soccer and rugby to clarify how all sports involve different types of techniques of play and rules 
• How games have developed over time and how we can adapt the game to suit the needs of different skill levels