Beaumaris North PS

Term 2, 2022 

Year 5

 

Visual Art 

The Term 2 Unit of Inquiry is called 'Natural Disasters' which integrates with the Transdisciplinary theme - 'How The World Works'. 

 

The Unit focuses on how different cultures express and represent, through art, the way the world works. With the focus on the four natural elements Fire, Earth, Water and Air, students explored the visual inspiration of natural disasters and the variety of art techniques, mediums and artists who have incorporated them into their art.     

Students Participate In Creating

  • A water design, inspired by Japanese artist Hokusai, for printmaking  
  • Fire paintings / drawing exploring the work of Australian artist Jan Senbergs 
  • Clay sculptures, exploring the design and modelling of a hanging planter, inspired by the artist David Hicks, representing the element air 
  • A design and stitch detailed pattern of a chosen natural disaster to a cushion

Japanese    

 Term 2 Topics

  • (Japanese) immigrants in Australia,
  • Natural disasters of Japan
  •  Hiragana characters
  • Children’s Day festival   

PYP  Unit of Inquiry

' Where We Are In Place And Time'

PAST EVENTS SHAPE THE PRESENT AND FUTURE

Asian (Japanese) migrants in Australia. 

 

 

The Students Are Able To 

  • Explain why Japanese people celebrate the festival
  • Tell how they celebrate the festival and what they do and eat on 5 May
  • Explain what kind of natural disasters Japan suffers 
  • Tell how Japanese people do evacuation drills and prepare for big earthquakes
  • Spell the names of Japanese volcanoes in Hiragana characters
  • Write 'Natural disasters are scary and we prepare for them', in Japanese
  • Spell the names of natural disasters of Japan in KANJI characters.  
  • Tell when Japanese started migrated to Australia, in which state they lived, how they made money to live and how many Japanese immigrants are living in Victoria now  
  • Fill in the passport form in Japanese- my nationality, date of birth, place of birth, gender

Physical Education 

The term 2 Unit of Inquiry is 'How We Express Ourselves'

  • Invasion Games: AFL and Touch Football 
  • Gymnastics and beginning of athletics activities 

  

Focus

  • Refine the basic and complex motor skills of passing, kicking, throwing and catching in game situations  
  • Continue refining the concepts of attacking and defending and moving into space during modified games  
  • Gymnastic skills to enhance balance, strength, flexibility, creativity and rotational movements with landings. We are also developing perseverance, confidence and resilience with this program to encourage students to take a risk and try all activities

 

Concepts

Responsibility- to encourage students to take ownership of their own actions when performing movements as well as assisting others.  

 

Learner Profile

Risk-Taker and Thinker 

 

Music Program 

PYP Unit of Inquiry

 

WHERE WE ARE IN PLACE AND TIME – PAST EVENTS SHAPE THE PRESENT AND FUTURE

Focus

Exploring and creating Indigenous Australian Music  

 

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, Sky Full of Stars, Turning Red, Believer and All Star. Through using the Boomwhackers we were able to establish an understanding of complex rhythms and syncopated beats  
  • Body Percussion – in groups students collaborated to create a 16-beat performance piece for the class. Using only body percussion students will present the composition to the class 
  • 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
  • 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. The students will present this through a Flipgrid

 Learner Profile

 Inquirer & Risk Taker 

 

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.