Term Overviews
Yr 2 3 & 4
Teachers: Natasha Hemer, Urania Rivas and Teresa Recce
Emails:
nhemer@tcsrichmondnth.catholic.edu.au
urivas@tcsrichmondnth.catholic.edu.au
trecce@tcsrichmondnth.catholic.edu.au
Education in Faith
Meeting God through Prayer
In this unit students explore how prayer is part of people’s lives. Students explore and experience a variety of ways to communicate with God through prayer.
Alleluia! He is Risen
In this unit students develop their understanding of the seasons of Lent and Easter.
Literacy
Reading: Students will use various texts to build and refine comprehension strategies with a focus on finding the main idea, identifying facts and details and sequencing.
Writing: Students will plan, draft and publish personal recounts/reflections and narrative texts.
Speaking & Listening: Students will listen attentively to others’ views and respond appropriately.
Numeracy
Number and Algebra
Students will revise and extend their knowledge of place value, counting and number patterns.
Measurement and Geometry
Students will explore time through the use of calendars, timetables, seasons and telling time.
Statistics and Probability
Students will collect data to make appropriate graphs.
Inquiry
In the unit, ‘Developing Our Learning Culture’ students will be learning about different learning preferences, identifying ‘Habits of the Mind’ and social skills for how to work effectively with others.
In the unit, ‘First Contact’ students will be learning about the lives of the First Australians before European settlers arrived in Australia and the causes and reasons for the journey of the First Fleet.
Information Communication & Technology
Students will use software including word processing programs with growing speed and efficiency and set up emails and safe online protocols.
Wellbeing
In Term 1, each class will be learning through the ‘Body Domain’ with a focus on being PRESENT, CENTRED and GROUNDED. The students will learn techniques and routines that will support them to be ‘Ready to Learn’ by being Present, Centred and Grounded.
Science
Year 1/2
In Earth and Space Science the students will investigate changes that occur in the sky and landscape and observe changes that can be large or small and happen quickly or slowly. They will record short- and long-term patterns of events and changes that occur on Earth and in the sky. Students will use a range of methods, including drawings and provided tables to sort information.
Year 3/4
In Earth and Space Science the students will investigate that the Earth is part of a system of planets and how the Earth’s rotation on its axis causes regular changes including day and night. They will represent and communicate observations, ideas and findings to show patterns and relationships using formal and informal scientific language.
Music
Grade 1/2
Year 1/2 students will further develop their sense of beat and rhythm through movement, rhymes, call and response songs, chants and singing games. Students will begin to identify how many sounds are on a beat and and read rhythms using music notation. They will also explore their responses to different types of music and build their vocabulary to describe music and the emotions they feel. When singing songs, both with the class and on their own, students will focus on matching pitch and rhythm. They will listen and respond to songs that are sung for particular occasions such as birthdays, sporting and cultural celebrations. Students will practise how to hold and play percussion instruments safely and responsibly as part of an ensemble.
Grade 3/4
During Term 1, students will be reading and playing rhythms using music notation. They will read, clap, play and compose four bar rhythms using taa, ti-ti and saa. They will further develop their sense of beat and rhythm, using movement and chants. Students will sing songs with a greater range of more complex tone patterns, focusing on matching pitch accurately.
Mandarin
Grade 1/2
In term one, Year one and Year two continue participating in class routines, structured conversations and activities using teacher-modelled tones and rhythms. They are learning to match words and phrases spoken in Chinese to images, objects or words in English, such as classroom objects, to develop vocabulary. They will also begin to recognise the importance of tone in Chinese speech and observe that the sounds of Chinese can be encoded in Pinyin using familiar letters.
Grade 3/4
In term one, Year Three and Four students will learn to discover the distinctive features of the spoken language and begin to use Pinyin and tone marks to practise syllables and tones they encounter in new words. Students will use Pinyin to write, knowing that characters represent the real form of writing in Chinese. They use a variety of communication modes as well as mime and gesture. They learn to contribute to class activities by asking for and giving permission, apologising and excusing, raising hand and using phrases to request assistance in learning activities.
PE
1/2
This term students will practice and refine the fundamental movement skills of run, jump, hop and skip. They will practice these skills using different body parts and with a variety of equipment. Students will also use strategies to work in groups to help identify rules and fair play when participating in games activities.
Year 3/4
This term students will develop their understanding of movement skills related to net/wall games by using these skills in different settings. They will participate in games such as Badminton, Hot Shots Tennis and Newcomb (volleyball) to develop their basic game tactics and work with others to achieve goals in cooperative and competitive sporting situations.
ART
Two/Three/ Four
This semester students will review the rules, expectations and responsibilities of using the S.T.E.A.M room. They will learn about growth-mindset in Art through the picture story book ‘The Dot’ by Peter H Reynolds and make connections to the expressionist artist Wassily Kadinsky’s work ‘"Squares with Concentric Circles"’. Students will focus on using three habits of mind strategies for positive thinking including: ‘Develop Craft, ‘Envision’ and ‘Express’. They will experiment with different materials and techniques including: monochromatic colour, line art, tissue paper colour transfer, and collage. Students will learn about famous artists Pablo Picasso and Paul Klee, and explore the cubist art style. They will concentrate on identifying and using the art elements of line, colour and shape. Students will complete exercises in their art folio to extend their skills. They will produce 3 artworks based on the whole school theme of Identity. These will include:
Monochromatic Self-Portraits inspired by Pablo Picasso Blue Period
Pablo Picasso inspired Self-Portrait
Paul Klee inspired Self-Portrait
Students will also complete one Easter inspired artwork.