Specialist Classes
Term 3
Specialist Area | Statement |
Performing Arts
(Ellie Foster) | In Term 3, students will continue with Music lessons for the first few weeks as we further explore ukulele and other tuned instruments. During these lessons, students will learn how to respond to pitch and simple rhythm patterns. Later in the term we will begin lessons in Dance. Students will explore a range of fundamental locomotor (such as skipping, leaping and galloping) and non-locomotor movements (such as turning, twisting and stretching) in response to engaging, age-appropriate music. By the end of Term 3, students will work in small groups to create their own short choreographed dance sequences to perform in front of peers. Throughout the term, students will continue to develop listening skills, teamwork, self expression and respect for their classmates as they engage as active audience members when sharing performances. |
Visual Arts
(Amanda West) | In Term 3, students will view, discuss and draw inspiration from artworks by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists. NAIDOC week will mark the beginning of this artistic journey and we’ll explore a range of art forms throughout the term, including modelling, drawing, collage and textiles. Artworks will include a clay echidna, a paper weaving and a woven spider web. Specific skills will be developed while making artworks, such as rolling, pinching and joining clay and threading/weaving paper strips and yarn. Connections between music and art will also be explored through drawing lines, shapes and using colours that reflect the sounds students hear in Aboriginal music by Ash Dargan and William Barton. Students will have regular opportunities to share and discuss their artworks during Visual Art sessions. |
Physical Education (P.E)
(Chris Steele) | In Term 3, students will focus on developing movement patterns used in a variety of physical activities. Participation will include minor games and activities to develop fundamental motor skills. In particular, skipping with and without a rope, catching, throwing, hitting, running and jumping. Students will also concentrate on skills specific to cricket, teeball, and bounceball. The development of sportsmanship will be a main focus throughout the term as well. |
Language: Auslan
(Michelle Rees) | In Term 3, students will be introduced to Auslan and how we can use our hands, facial expressions and body language to communicate. Students will learn how to fingerspell the alphabet and how to sign their names. They will learn how to sign the numbers 0-10, as well as their colours. To complement the colour unit, students will learn to sign the song ‘I Can Sing a Rainbow’. We will also look at the signs for farm animals and how we can describe their size and texture. Auslan sessions will be very hands-on, involving lots of group work, role play and songs. Videos will be used to complement each lesson, so students can get a closer look at the finger and hand movements involved in each sign. This is a new language to everyone across the school, so we will focus on the power of ‘yet’. We can’t do this… yet! I don’t know how to sign this word… yet! We will embrace the school values of Aspiration, Grit, Kindness, and Respect as we encourage each other to have a go at this new and exciting language. |