Beaumaris North PS

 Term 3, 2022 

Visual Art 

The Term 3 Visual Arts Unit of Inquiry is called ‘Architecture of Many Nations’, which integrates with the Transdisciplinary theme- ‘How the world works’. 

 

The Unit focuses on the different architecture across the world, paying particular attention to the unique differences in the design of homes in varying climates and the materials that are used. We explore the work of architects/artists Hundertwasser, Gaudi and Jan Sensberg. 

 

Activities include: 

Construction- using cardboard tubes to create an imaginative and decorated Skyscraper. 

Continuous Line drawing, keeping the pen to the page capturing a detailed city.  

Multi-media collage and colouring, inspired by the architecture of Hundertwasser and Gaudi, adding detail and pattern to the Continuous Line drawing city. 

 

Melbourne City Landscape drawings, inspired by the works of Jan Sensberg’s city scapes. 

 

Cardboard construction of an African hut Looking at huts of the Samuru tribes.

 

Language (Japanese) 

Term Focus And Topics: Japanese houses and rooms in a Japanese house  

 

PYP Transdisciplinary Theme

' HOW THE WORLD WORKS'

 

CLIMATE AND THE TYPE OF MATERIALS AVAILABLE DETERMINES THE STRUCTURES THAT CAN BE BUILT. 

 

Concepts: Form, Function  

 

Lines of Inquiry : The different materials used to build structures. 

 

The way these materials influence the design of the buildings and structures. 

 

Students will be able to:    

  • Say and spell “HOUSE” in Japanese. 
  • Say and spell “BIG” and “SMALL” in Japanese. 
  • Describe a house with the adjectives (big and small). 
  • Say “There is… in the room.” In Japanese. 
  • Explain what Japanese houses are like.  
  • Spot differences between old and new houses of Japan. 
  • Tell what typical rooms in a Japanese house are like. 
  • Make an ORIGAMI house and label it in Japanese characters.  

 Japanese Incursion 

Four Seasons: Learn about beautiful Japanese seasons and culture. 

A performer will engage our students in learning about Japanese culture and they will enjoy the performer’s ventriloquism, Japanese folktale, and games, etc.  

 

PE PROGRAM- Term 3 2022 

 Prep 

The term 3 Unit Of Inquiry we are focusing on is “How the World Works”. 

 

Focus: Athletics 

Athletic type activities incorporating running, vertical jump and leaping and throwing.  

Using these skills in races, relays and minor games.  

 

We will also run a Mini Athletics carnival where students interact across junior year levels with one another as athletes do from different countries whilst competing at the Commonwealth Games.  

Motor Skills in Organized Games- revise the basic skills of throwing, catching and bouncing. Concentrate on skills covered in Semester One through interactive game play. 

 

Concepts: Form – understanding how athletes interact with one another no matter where they are from or how different people are. 

  

Learner Profiles: 

Risk Taker and Knowledgeable  

 Prep Music  

 How the World Works 

 

Students in Prep are learning how to use their voice and instruments. In music we are exploring the way the elements work together.  They are continuing learning to read and understand symbols of music. Through songs and activities, students are gaining confidence in making and creating music. 

 

Students will be: 

  •  Comparing beat with rhythm. 
  • Introduced to the time names of Taa, Ti-ti and Zaa and have opportunity to use these as they write their own informal percussion scores to perform. Students are understanding that music can be written down. 
  • Reading the score to ‘Count the Beat’ and practicing for a class performance, using the percussion instruments. They are learning to listen to instructions and work together as a group.  
  • Introduced to the Chime Bars and learn correct technique, as they play along to music.  
  • Making their own maraca for use in a ‘sound effects’ story, so they can respond appropriately to loud/soft and high/low sounds.   
  • Singing songs relating to the Unit of Inquiry e.g. Fix It Man 
  • Dancing two Australian folk dances and using the instrument, the ‘Aussie lagerphone’. Students will also discuss the materials used and design of the lagerphone, to enrich their class UOI into ‘materials and structures’.  

 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