Learning through Inquiry Inquiry at St Paul’s Grammar School is happening around every corner. What does the IB have to say about Inquiry? Inquiry, interpreted in the broadest sense, is the process initiated by the students or the teacher that moves the students from their current level of understanding to a new and deeper level of understanding. This can mean:
exploring wondering and questioning experimenting and playing with possibilities making connections between previous learning and current learning making predictions and acting purposefully to see what happens collecting data and reporting findings clarifying existing ideas and reappraising perceptions of events deepening understanding through the application of a concept making and testing theories researching and seeking information taking and defending a position solving problems in a variety of ways Inquiry involves an active engagement with the environment in an effort to make sense of the world, and consequent reflection on the connections between the experiences encountered and the information gathered. (IBO, 2009)
Meaningful Inquiry doesn’t just happen. It must be planned and then executed. The Primary Years Programme has three parts. The written curriculum, the taught curriculum and the assessed curriculum. The Written Curriculum When planning the written curriculum the teachers gather together during grade planning time. This is a crucial time at which purposeful inquiry is planned and careful consideration is given to the many different needs of all our students. This is crucial time where teachers consider their students’ learning styles and provide learning opportunities that strive to cater for all learning needs within the tasks planned.
The Taught Curriculum The taught curriculum is where the planning comes into fruition. The teachers are facilitators of these learning experiences and consider the set-up of resources, students’ needs and provide the physical environment to make the learning experience successful for all students. The Assessed Curriculum There are two types of assessment. There is assessment for teaching and assessment of learning. Assessment for teaching is where we find out the students’ prior knowledge of a concept in order to know where to go next with that student. Assessment of learning is a summative assessment where we are finding out what a student knows at the end of a unit of work. Reading and Writing through Inquiry During our recent Staff Development Days at the beginning of this term, all Junior School Teaching Staff had the wonderful opportunity of attending an inschool workshop conducted by PYP workshop leaders. The focus of the workshop was on teaching reading and writing through inquiry. The discussions, hands-on examples and collaborative sharing that occurred were all practical and helpful strategies that could be incorporated into all classrooms from Pre-K to Year 6. With the focus being on literacy in 2013, this was the perfect opportunity to reflect and evaluate how our literacy programmes fit into our Units of Inquiry. It is exciting to be part of a hard working team of people who are working toward the common goal of striving to equip our students with the skills needed to learn and be taught in a meaningful, engaging, challenging, rigorous and contemporary way. Mrs Corinne Day Coordinator of Primary Years Programme (PYP and BOS) What’s on this Term NAPLAN Year 3 and 5 – Tuesday 14th, Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th May
Athletics Carnival – Wednesday, 19th June
Gala Day – Friday, 21st June
Term 2 ends – Friday, 21st June
Next Partnership in Learning Meeting Monday, 3rd June, 1.30pm (Week 6)
Pre-Kindergarten Below is a graphic organiser describing the learning that will take place in the Pre-Kindergarten in Term Two. Our learning experiences are centred around the transdisciplinary theme – How We Express Ourselves. The inquiries that children undertake will also be based upon students’ interests, their questions, developmental needs and specific Literacy and Numeracy outcomes. If you are able to contribute to this unit as an expert or through providing related resources, please contact your child’s classroom teacher.
Central Idea: We use play to express our feelings and ideas, and to come to new understandings
Lines of Inquiry
Different types of play Communication through play Games and toys around the world
Concepts that will direct our unit: Connection, Reflection Learner Profile focus: We will aim to be Principled, Balanced and effective Communicators How can you use the above language in your discussions at home?
Christian Education
Literacy
We will be inquiring into the Bible to explore who Jesus is, what He is like, what He has done and how we can be more like Him.
Throughout Term One, students will engage in a variety of teacher-led and play-based literacy experiences. These will be connected to the lines of inquiry and a weekly phonics focus. This will include: Shared and Independent Reading opportunities Phonemic awareness games and activities ‘Ants in the Apple’ phonics programme, focussing on h, o, l, b, g, p, u Pre-writing activities Language development and practice through play, song, rhyme and social interactions Interactive Whiteboard lessons to consolidate literacy learning
Music People, places, time and events affect how music is made.
Music around the world Case Studies: Australia, other countries How each element impacts on a whole musical piece
Chinese Knowing my body helps me keep healthy
Body parts Counting
Numeracy Similar to Literacy, Numeracy will involve explicit lessons where Number (8-10 and consolidation of 1-10), shape recognition and patterns are taught in isolation. There will also be play-based inquiries into the following areas through our exploration of the lines of inquiry: Measurement
Geometry
Data
PE Exploring different ways to throw, run, and jump is an essential part of Athletics
The different styles of running, throwing, and jumping in Athletics How the techniques vary from event to event Determining the most effective way to achieve a personal best result in each event
Kindergarten Numeracy Number
Patterns repeat and grow
Numbers can be used in many ways for different purposes in the real world.
Measurement
Compare, order, read and represent numbers to 10 Combine two or more groups to model addition Use the term “group” (incidentally) to describe a group of objects. Use the term “sharing” to describe the distribution of a collection of objects Recognise that halves are two equal parts Name and identify Australian coins
About Kindergarten Key Dates for this Term th
Mt Tomah Excursion – Tuesday, 14 May
Recognise, copy, continue and create repeating patterns using shapes, objects and pictures
Objects have attributes that can be measured using non-standard units
Time Area Length Mass Volume and Capacity
Unit of Inquiry How We Organise Ourselves (Weeks 1-6)
Visual Arts
Central Idea: Products, places and spaces are
Students will be exploring ‘colour’.
made to suit a purpose.
The students will be involved in drawing, painting, mixed media and printmaking.
Lines of Inquiry:
Christian Living We will be looking at the following themes: God is Protector God protects His people when they are in danger God is Powerful Jesus is Lord and King God is Truth God is faithful to His word
Chinese To know people near and far helps us know who we are Our families Country of origin & residence Traditional and contemporary Chinese family life Similarities and difference between Chinese and Australian people
Creative & Practical Arts
Identify materials used to make specific objects, products and spaces Identify the purpose and use of existing, familiar products, places and spaces Use classroom equipment and resources to shape and join materials Design a product, place or space and discuss its purpose
Art and craft activities are linked to the POI and English Units of Inquiry.
Dance/Drama Students will be involved in dance and drama activities related to our Units of Inquiry.
Music
Concepts: Function, Connection
Music is a universal language that can communicate many things.
Sharing the Planet (Weeks 7-8: continues
Students will be involved in exploring beat, pitch, rhythm and function.
Term 3)
Central Idea: Living things are different and live in different ways. Lines of Inquiry:
Animal characteristics Animal survival Plants Concepts: Form, Responsibility
PE Exploring different ways to throw, run, and jump is an essential part of Athletics The different styles of running, throwing, and jumping in Athletics How the techniques vary from event to event Determining the most effective way to achieve personal best results
Literacy Reading
Writing
This term the students will continue to be exposed to a wide variety of written text and reading activities. They will be involved in Shared, Guided and Independent reading sessions throughout the week. The students are grouped within their class for Guided reading. Sight words will be introduced each week and will be listed in the weekly Boomerang Note. Single sounds to be introduced this term are u, c, n, k, v, b, e, p, j and w. The sounds from Term 1 will be revised throughout Term 2.
Students will be introduced to ‘narratives’ this term. They will be encouraged to attempt to write at least one sentence and use their knowledge of ‘sounds’ to attempt to write the words they require for their writing. Other text types they will explore are factual recounts, exposure to persuasive texts and descriptions. Students will also explore the use of rhyme.
Talking and Listening Each week the students are encouraged to bring an item of interest from the Research Homework task to speak about to the class.
Year 1 Numeracy Numeration Central Idea: Our number system has patterns and relationships that can be observed and described.
Use place value to partition two-digit numbers Count and represent large sets of objects by systematically grouping in tens Represent number patterns on number lines and number charts Solve addition and subtraction problems using a range of strategies including counting on and partitioning Recognise and represent division as grouping into equal sets Describe parts of a whole object as 'about a half', 'more than a half' or 'less than a half'
About Year 1 On Monday, 27th May Year 1 will be involved in a special afternoon of craft and sport with Year 7 students from St Paul’s High School. Students will be making a ‘recycled art project’ with the Year 7 students and will then participate in a variety of sporting games.
Christian Living Humanity and the consequences of sin will be considered by students. The discovery of Jesus as the King and the plan of God for redemption will be key areas of discussion. Morning devotions will continue with students reading and discussing a variety of Bible stories.
Measurement/Shapes/Data
Sort objects on the basis of their mass Use an equal arm balance to compare the masses of two objects Read and record analog and digital “half-past” times Identify the properties of three-dimensional and two-dimensional shapes Use positional language to describe objects and follow positional instructions Construct and interpret simple picture graphs Gather data and track what has been counted by using concrete materials, tally marks, words or symbols
Units of Inquiry Central Idea People can express themselves through different forms of communication technologies.
Creative & Practical Arts Music
Key Concepts Form, Change
Central Idea - Music is a universal language that can communicate many things. Students will be involved in the exploration of duration, pitch, dynamics, texture and structure.
Lines of Inquiry
Drama
Timing: Term 2, Weeks 1 & 2
Ways people express themselves Current technological devices used for communication How communication media has changed over time
Central Idea Earth’s resources are essential for living.
Timing: Term 2, Weeks 3-8
Central Idea- People can use their bodies to communicate and share their ideas. Students will be involved in a variety of group games and role-plays.
Visual Arts Central Idea-People can use different materials and symbols to express a message. Aboriginal art forms will be explored as part of this unit.
Key Concepts: Responsibility, Causation
Chinese To know people near and far helps us know who we are. Our families Country of origin & residence Traditional and contemporary Chinese family life Similarities and difference between Chinese and Australian people
PE
Lines of Inquiry
Sources of resources- water, soil, wood Conserving resources Local environmental issues
Exploring different ways to throw, run, and jump is an essential part of Athletics. The different styles of running, throwing, and jumping in Athletics How the techniques vary from event to event Determining the most effective way to achieve a personal best result
Literacy Reading
Talking and Listening
Students will continue to work on developing reading strategies and comprehension skills this term. They will explore factual and fiction texts through vocabulary and text analysis activities. Students will be encouraged to think about text more deeply during daily shared reading and guided reading lessons. Students will also continue to read independently through our home reading system.
Talking and Listening tasks will be integrated with shared reading, writing and through Units of Inquiry. Children will be reading and listening to various examples of text types and responding in individual and group settings. Public speaker skills such as voice projection, making eye contact & using expression will also be taught.
Writing
Spelling
This term children will learn how to write narratives and persuasive texts. Children will learn about the structural and grammatical features of these text types through modeled writing, joint construction and independent writing. Basic punctuation will also be taught and revised regularly.
Word families: an, en, in, am, un, id, ad, ed Blends: sl, br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr Ongoing revision of vowels, sounds and sight words
Year 2 Numeracy Number
Geometry Central Idea
Whole Number- arrange numbers in ascending and descending order, count and order coins and notes.
Lines, angles, surfaces and solids are connected.
Patterns and Algebra- describe and complete number patterns. Multiplication and Division- solve simple multiplication problems using repeated addition, grouping and arrays; solve simple division problems using equal groupings.
Two-dimensional space Three- dimensional space Position Angles
Probability Central Idea Information can be expressed as organised and structured data.
Addition and Subtraction- solve addition and subtraction problems using a range of mental and written strategies.
Data and Chance
Fractions and Decimals- halves, quarters and eighths of whole objects.
About Year 2 We begin Term Two by continuing our inquiry into significant people of the past, focusing on people who have shaped the Hawkesbury-Nepean area. We will then explore impacts upon design in both local and global settings. Students will have the opportunity to ask questions to, and work with
Christian Living In Term Two we will look at God’s promise to send his Spirit to Christians. We will explore the different roles of the Holy Spirit in our lives and the way the Holy Spirit helps us to know God and to become more like Jesus.
Chinese To know people near and far helps us know who we are Our families Country of origin & residence Traditional and contemporary Chinese family life Similarities and difference between Chinese and Australian people
Unit of Inquiry Central Idea Throughout time, places have been shaped by individuals and civilisations.
Timing: Term 2, Weeks 1-2 Key Concepts: Perspective, Change and Causation
Significant people of the past that influenced a civilisation Significant people of the past who are reflected in our local community Perspectives of different groups
Central Idea Human need and available resources influence design.
Timing: Term 2, Weeks 3-9 Key Concepts: Form, Function and Connection
Lines of Inquiry
Music Central Idea - Music is a universal language that can communicate many things. Students will explore the elements of pitch, dynamics, duration, texture and structure.
Dance
Lines of Inquiry
Creative & Practical Arts
Local and global designs Purpose of designs Resources influence design
Central Idea- People communicate through the creative and practical arts.
Visual Arts Central Idea- Human need and available resources influence design. We will inquire into architecture and design. We will explore design materials, changes to design and aesthetics.
PE Central Idea Achieving our personal best in Athletics requires us to understand the specific techniques required in each event. Similarities and differences between the techniques in each event How to best improve upon techniques Breaking down the technique stages in each event
Literacy Reading
Talking and Listening
Students will explore a range of information and fiction texts. Activities will focus on developing skills in text analysis, comprehension, reading strategies and vocabulary, grammar, punctuation and spelling.
Students engage in class discussion, where they listen attentively, ask questions and express their opinions. They will read and listen to various examples of text types and respond in a variety of ways.
Writing
Spelling
Text Types to be taught this Term are:
Imaginative – Students will explore dialogue in narratives. Factual – Students will write factual descriptions of designs. Persuasive – Students will explore the structure and grammatical features of persuasive texts. They will learn how to write simple paragraphs and will be encouraged to support their opinions.
Phonics, blends and word families Finding meanings, synonyms and antonyms using a dictionary and thesaurus Proofreading skills and strategies Sentence construction Extensions – adding suffixes onto base words
Year 3 Numeracy Number
Geometry
Geometric shapes and vocabulary are useful for representing and describing objects and events in real-world situations. Investigate, identify all 2D shapes – triangles, pentagons, hexagons, octagons, decagons Name and describe all quadrilaterals – square, rhombus, rectangle, parallelograms, trapeziums Identify angles in shapes Locate and describe position using a grid reference
Orders numbers to at least 10,000 Understands and applies ‘less than/greater than’ Solves addition/subtraction algorithms using a variety of strategies Knows 2, 3, 5 and 10-times tables Understands and makes arrays Solves multiplication/division problems with 2, 3, 5, 10 times tables Models and represents halves, thirds, quarters and fifths Creates and continues a number pattern
Statistics and Probability
About Year 3 This term Year 3 will be participating in the Stage Two Public Speaking competition where students will learn and recite a poem. Finals will be held later in the term.
Unit of Inquiry
Students will be inquiring into the journeys and impacts of key people in the bible. These key figures include; Noah, Moses, David, Solomon and Ruth. They will be encouraged to ask questions and study God’s promises to each of them.
Creative & Practical Arts
Sharing the Planet (Term 2, Weeks 1- 2)
Music
Central Idea: A healthy ecosystem needs balance to thrive.
Our Strings Programme begins in Semester 2.
Lines of Inquiry:
Dance
Christian Living
Conduct “chance” experiments and collect and interpret data
Life cycles within biomes Living and non-living things, their similarities and differences How living things depend on each other
Concepts: Causation, connection, responsibility
Where We Are In Place And Time (Term 2, Weeks 3 to 8)
Students have explored the elements of dance in their own works and how these can be selected and combined to convey meaning.
Visual Arts Students have appreciated the artworks of many famous artists through the exploration of their use of line and colour.
Central Idea: People have always had the need to explore. Lines of Inquiry:
Chinese To know people near and far helps us know who we are. Locate main events in oral text Read and understand familiar print from the immediate environment Demonstrate an awareness of the conventions of written text
Reasons why people explore Our understanding of exploration Navigators, explorers and traders
Concepts: Perspective, change, reflection
PE Achieving our personal best in Athletics requires us to understand the specific techniques required in each event. The similarities and differences between the techniques in each event How to best improve upon techniques Breaking down the technique stages in each event
Literacy Reading
alliteration, similes, metaphors, new and interesting words and phrases)
Phonics/Phonemic Awareness – ar, oy, ou, oo, ee, dge, or, ow, oe, mb, ai, ear, silent k, e at the beginning of the word.
Writing
Fluency – This term all students will be practising their reading through a repeated reading strategy where the same passage is read over a week and the students graph the amount of correct words read in one minute every day.
Students have been unpacking persuasive texts. They have been looking at particular language used in persuasive texts. The other text types to explore this term include narrative, poetry and information reports. We are encouraging students to check for the use of capitals and use neat handwriting.
Comprehension – Students will be going deeper as they ask questions about text, answer questions of varying difficulty, explore characters in depth, look at setting and summarising of events. Vocabulary – Students will be exploring the vocabulary in the texts they read. This will be done by looking at literary devices (eg rhyming,
Communicating Students will be focusing on speaking with confidence, expression, eye contact and speaking clearly, particularly as they rehearse and present their poems for the Public Speaking competition later in the term.
Year 4 Numeracy This term we will be exploring a number of Central Ideas:
Geometry
Number
Changing the position of a shape does not alter its properties.
The four operations are related to each other and are used to process information to solve problems. Included in this inquiry are the four operations of Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division as well as Whole Number, Number Patterns and Fractions and Decimals. We will continue to emphasise the importance of learning our times tables. It is expected that students know all of their multiplication facts by the end of Year 4. Daily exposure and tasks will assist in reinforcing these.
About Year 4 This term we are looking forward to visiting Brewongle Environmental Education Centre on 29th May. This excursion is linked to our third unit of inquiry about the colonisation of Australia.
Christian Living
Christian Living: How does the bible fit together? Was it part of God’s plan for Jesus to die for us? Did God know that we would sin? What was His salvation plan?
Chinese To know people near and far helps us know who we are. Locate main events in oral text Read and understand familiar print from the immediate environment Demonstrate an awareness of the conventions of written text
Statistics and Probability Different graph forms highlight different aspects of data more efficiently. Probability can be expressed in numerical notation. These two units will have us exploring probability with chance and data.
Unit of Inquiry
Creative & Practical Arts
Rights and Responsibilities Weeks 1-2
Music
Central idea: All people have needs and responsibilities.
Year 4 continue their Strings Programme in Term 2.
Key Concepts:
Visual Arts
During Art this term we will be working on an artwork using recycled materials. The children will be making a bowl out of newspaper and comics, weaving onion and orange bags and if time permits, felting!
Devotions: The students will be using their bibles to study both the Old and New Testament and provide prayer points and praise points.
During this unit of inquiry we will be looking at 3D and 2D Shapes and Position.
Causation (why is it like it is?): consequences, impact Perspective (what are the points of view?): truth, beliefs, opinion, prejudice Responsibility: (what is our responsibility?): To become aware of our responsibility as God given stewards of the worlds’ resources.
Skills: Group work, inquiry, presentations, computer work, practical activities.
Colonisation and Early Exploration of Australia Weeks 3-8 Central idea: Colonisation and exploration of a country impacts on people. Key Concepts: Causation, Change Skills: Thinking - comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation. Research - presenting research findings. Self-Management - time management.
Dance During our Dance time we will be moving our bodies to express our feelings through a variety of music, both individually and within groups. We will be building on from our knowledge of dancing the Cha-cha steps.
PE Achieving our personal best in Athletics requires us to understand the specific techniques required in each event. The similarities and differences between the techniques in each event How to best improve upon techniques Breaking down the technique stages in each event
Literacy Reading
Writing
The five essential components of reading will be taught using a variety of strategies. 1) Phonics –taught through the Spelling program, 2) Phonemic awareness taught through Spelling, Guided and Shared reading programmes, 3) Vocabulary – taught through Spelling, Writing and Reading as well as Programme of Inquiry, 4) Fluency – Taught through Independent reading, Guided reading and Shared reading and 5) Comprehension – taught in Shared reading as well as guided reading through literature circles, novel studies, etc. Students are constantly immersed in literature for all key learning areas. This term we are looking forward to Readers’ Theatre where we will be bringing a story to life through voice projection and drama.
Students will be looking at and creating examples of writing. Emphasis this first term will continue to be on word choice and sentence fluency. We look forward to writing diary entries, narratives and delving into poetry.
Talking and Listening These will be integrated with Shared Reading, Writing and Program of Inquiry. Children will be reading and listening to various examples of text types and responding in a variety of ways. This term we will be researching ‘Inventions’ and planning an oral presentation to our class.
Year 5 Numeracy Space and Geometry
Statistics and Probability
Manipulation of shape and space takes place for a particular purpose. Identify three-dimensional objects, including prisms and pyramids, on the basis of their properties, and visualise, sketch and construct them given drawings of different views Manipulate, classify and draw two-dimensional shapes, including equilateral, isosceles and scalene triangles, and describe their properties Measure and construct angles, and apply angle relationships to find unknown angles Locate and describe position on maps using a grid-reference system
Data can be presented effectively for valid interpretation and communication. Uses appropriate methods to collect data and construct, interpret and evaluate data displays
Number
About Year 5 Our Interrelate evening on Wednesday, 8th May links into our personal health program for this term. We continue to learn Australian history with a close examination of the role that the explorers played in opening up our continent before turning to our new unit which looks at man-made and natural disasters and community response.
Christian Living This unit is designed to focus on choices that we make. God designed us to make choices. “God did not make us to be a robot.” The key focus of the unit is the parables of Luke’s Gospel that describe key choices made by God and people in response to his message.
Chinese To know people near and far helps us know who we are.
Listen for a specific purpose in a variety of situations Use appropriate terminology Read and understand the meaning of text Select vocabulary and supporting details to achieve desired effects
Round numbers to a specified place value, eg round 5 461 883 to the nearest million Determine all 'factors' of a given whole number, eg 36 has factors 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 36 Solve problems involving division by a one-digit number, including those that result in a remainder Fractions and decimals
Unit of Inquiry
Creative & Practical Arts
Central Idea
Music
Societies have changed because of exploration.
Central Idea - Music is a universal language that can communicate many things (continued from Term 1).
Timing: Term 2, Weeks 1-3 Key Concepts: Change, Reflection, Perspective
Drama
Lines of Inquiry
Central Idea - Drama allows us to reflect and examine culture, to better know ourselves and others.
Role of explorers Colonies between 1800-1900 Case study: Gold in Australia
Central Idea Groups and individuals can minimize the impact of disasters.
Visual Arts Central Idea - Artists can reflect natural environments in their artworks (continued from Term 1).
Timing: Term 2, Weeks 4-8 Key Concepts: Responsibility, Causation Lines of Inquiry
Natural disasters and global response Man-made disasters and global response Prevention of disasters
PE Central Idea Success in Athletics is achieved by learning and practising correct technique.
Lines of Inquiry
Importance of correct technique Rules of each event Evaluating personal performance
Literacy Reading
Talking and Listening
In Term Two our reading focus will be on improving students’ knowledge of vocabulary so that the subtleties of the authors’ intent may be more readily understood. We will focus on informational and narrative text types so that we are able to better integrate reading and writing this term.
Tasks will be integrated with shared reading, writing and through Units of Inquiry. In particular students will be using power point to support an oral presentation about an explorer. Later in the term students will compete in the Junior School public speaking competition.
Writing
Sounds learnt this term – or ,ie, silent h & b, ow, cei, eu, igh, squa, ai, oo, ui, le, er ,ph, y, oi ,el Etymology – where does a word come from Extensions – adding suffixes and prefixes onto base words Rules – i before e; Doubling rules Ongoing revision of previous spelling rules
Text Types to be revised this term are: Exposition, Discussion in preparation for Naplan testing. New text types to be taught are informational and imaginative . Children will learn about the structural and grammatical features of these text types through modeled writing, joint construction and independent writing. The development of selfediting skills will be a focus this term.
Spelling
Year 6 Numeracy Number
Shapes & Geometry Central Idea
Consolidating what we know of geometric concepts allows us to make sense of and interact with our world. Describing 2D and 3D shapes and angles Construction of prisms and pyramids Identification of the parts of 2D shapes (circles, polygons) Finding unknown angles
Compare fractions with related denominators and locate and represent them on a number line Use mental strategies to multiply and divide numbers by 10, 100, 1000 and their multiples Multiply and divide decimals by powers of 10 Make connections between equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages Solve problems involving addition & subtraction of decimals with the same or related denominators and result is a whole number Investigate and calculate percentage discounts of 10%, 25%, 50% Continue and create sequences involving whole numbers, fractions & decimals; describe the rule used to create the sequence
About Year 6 Our UOI How We Organise Ourselves will incorporate Money System which will finish with Gala Day on the last day of term. This unit is supported by our Canberra trip in Term Three. Public Speaking will be a focus this term with the final on Thursday, Week 6.
Christian Living This term students will be looking at faith and how ordinary people have demonstrated this. The people of faith in the Bible will also be studied to find how God has worked through them in situations in the Bible. Connections will be made between the New and Old Testament.
Statistics & Probability Central Idea Objects and events can be organised in different ways Different types of graphs have special purposes Mean, median, mode and range Probability of an event can be predicted theoretically
Unit of Inquiry Central Idea
Music
Living things adapt to natural & man-made changes in the environment.
Central Idea - Music is a universal language that can communicate many things.This unit continues from Term 1.
Timing: Term 1, Weeks 9-11 and Term 2, Weeks 1-3 Key Concepts: Change – adaption, Form, Connection
Lines of Inquiry
Growth & survival Structural features & adaptions Manufacturing affects the environment
Central Idea National and International Citizenship involves rights and responsibilities.
Timing: Term 2, Weeks 4-8
Chinese To know people near and far helps us know who we are Listen appreciatively and responsively presenting a point of view Realize that cultural influences affect the way we respond to visual effects Use a range of vocabulary and relevant supporting details to convey meaning
Creative & Practical Arts
Drama Central Idea- Drama allows us to reflect and examine culture, to better know ourselves and others. This unit continues from Term 1.
Visual Arts Central Idea- People communicate belief and perspective through sculpture. We will be looking at the way sculpture appeals to our senses; enables us to alter our perspective of the subject; encourages us to critically evaluate our world.
PE
Key Concepts: Form, Function, Responsibility Lines of Inquiry
Central Idea
Recording results and setting realistic goals helps us to achieve our personal best. Choosing the best ways to record results in Athletics Interpreting the data collected to know how to improve Creating a practice plan in Athletics
Rights & Responsibilities Different forms of government Resolving differences between people & countries
Literacy Reading
Talking and Listening
We continue with our 40-Book Challenge in conjunction with the Premier’s Reading Challenge. Students are expected to have a novel of choice to read independently every day in class. We are focussing on comprehension skills and strategies to improve them such as topic sentences, key words and critically evaluating what we read.
Our focus in Term 2 is persuasive public speaking. Students will be required to prepare a topical speech to be delivered before the class. They will also be involved in debating issues as part of our UOI How We Organise Ourselves.
Writing Text Types to be taught this term are: Imaginative and Persuasive. We will target word choice and complex sentence structure as well as editing skills. Writer’s Notebook: students are encouraged to continue with free writing to encourage skill building.
Spelling We continue to focus on spelling rules including those for adding suffixes. Students are also encouraged to learn words in the Salisbury Sight Word Spelling Challenge. They will be tested fortnightly in Term 2. These words are common words that are often misspelt.
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