2021

Library

Revise and build on the children’s knowledge of the different locations of the Library – Picture Fiction, Easy Fiction etc.
Revise parts of a book (cover, call number, end papers etc.), borrowing and returning procedures and the importance of library bags.
Refer to the Library essential agreement regularly when needed.
Revise how to do a keyword search on the computer.
Incorporate the UOI ‘Who We Are’ by reading ‘Thank-you for being my friend’ by P.Bently.

Visual Arts

The Term 1 Unit of Inquiry is called ‘The Pattern Effects of Weather’, which integrates with the Transdisciplinary theme - ‘How The World Works’ through the Concepts: change, causation and form. Students explore the art elements of line, mark making and pattern captured in the artistic representation of nature.

Students participate in:

Reading ‘Ish’ by Peter H Reynolds, which showed the students that drawings and paintings of various subjects do not have to be realistic; they can be artistic interpretations. They use still life shells as the subject, incorporating the use of a range of HB, 2B and 6B pencils to create their shell drawings.
Paper Sculptures created using painted texture inspired by images of the sea during various weather scenarios. They experiment with colours, a variety of tools, methods of applying paint and constructing form.
Exploring illustrative symbols of weather to create an expressive page of pattern, demonstrating drawing skills and creative detail of design.
An introduction to printmaking using specialised sun sensitive paper. They explored shape, composition and the effects of sunlight.

Physical Education

Team Building Activities/Parachute/Fundamental Motor Skills.
Developing basic movement skills and more complex movement skills.
Fun Hockey Clinic.

Focus: Working together as a group showing respect and tolerance for others. Demonstrating open-mindedness and caring for each other.

Continuing to practice, control and master Fundamental Motor Skills of Rolling, Under/Overarm Throw and Catching.

Concepts: Responsibility: Looking after sports equipment and personal organization.

Learner Profile: Discussion with the children about Learner Profile attributes demonstrated during the lesson.

Children begin to identify others who demonstrated a particular Learner Profile.

Japanese

Concepts

Responsibility
Form (pattern, similarities, differences)
Perspective (belief)
Perspective (point of view of others)

Themes/activities

Essential agreement in Japanese room - spell the agreement in HIRAGANA characters,Eg.そんちょうします。(Show respect to others.)

Japan (it's land, people, language and culture/Japanese things around us).

Greetings in Japanese Room. (Helloこんにちは, Goodbyeさようなら, Good morningおはよう, teacher: Mr Koji こうじせんせい, etc)
Self-introduction (how to say "My name is ..." in Japanese). …です
Classroom instructions in Japanese.
Eg. たってstand up, きいてlisten　
Japanese alphabet
Hiragana / Katakana characters
What is Hiragana? What is Katakana?
Spell my name in Katakana!
Weather
Sunny, rainy, cloudy, weather report in Japanese.
Japanese songs and dance

Music

Who We Are and How the World Works

Focus: to establish class routines, encourage participation and re-establish the connection between risk-taking and learning. Students will have the opportunity to increase their knowledge on the differences between Beat and Rhythm, Pitch and Melody.

The students will;

Singing songs related to the Unit of Inquiry.
Perform “Thank You For Being a Friend” in assembly as part of Wellbeing Week.
Be introduced to formal signs and symbols used in music.
Become more knowledgeable as they learn to read and write rhythms.
Describe changes heard within a piece of music.
Revise correct techniques for instrument playing.
Show independence as they take part in action rhymes, dances and games where each child has a leadership role.
Demonstrate respect as they learn to look after classroom instruments
Be involved in a whole class performance using chime bars, for the class teacher called “Rain Rain”.