Then and now – AT (Year 2)
Students examined teacher-provided examples of current and past communication and entertainment devices. Students created labelled diagrams to indicate the key features of functions of each device. Students then spoke to another student in the class about …
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My connections – AT
Students discussed their personal connections to places in the world beyond Australia, particularly the Asia-Pacific region. Students then labelled and annotated a teacher-provided map of the region to indicate and explain these connections. The task …
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Museum in a box – AT
Students visited a local museum to investigate aspects of life in the past. Following the visit, students chose objects or technologies for teacher-guided research and inquiry, and students sequenced developments along a simple timeline and wrote scaffolded …
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Creating a place – AT
Students conducted surveys and collected data about different environments. Students then used the data to inform their drawings of imagined places and wrote reflections on the process and the choices they made. The entire task took place over a one-week …
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A significant place – AT
Students selected a significant site in their local area from a list provided by the teacher. Working with the teacher, and supported by the teacher-librarian, students posed a series of questions about the building or place and researched answers to …
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My map and globe – AT
Students completed a series of activities associated with world maps and globes. First, after examining a series of printed maps and discussing the locations of continents, oceans and geographic regions, students produced their own labelled map of the …
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Art response: Leaving home - AT
Students engaged in responding to the subject matter and narrative in Aboriginal Nyoongar artist Laurel Nannup’s woodcut print, Leaving home. They were also required to analyse elements such as shape, the artist’s choice to exclude colour, and the technique …
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Clap the number of characters - AT
Students were learning the names of animals in Japanese, the pronunciation of each word and the associated hiragana. Students were asked to clap the number of characters in each word whilst pronouncing each word and reinforcing their understanding of …
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Who am I? - AT
Students were asked to play the game Who am I? in Japanese. Students listened to and read on the screen, key word clues relating to numbers and animal call sounds to work out which animal was the answer to the question.
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Prends... Pose... - AT
Students had learnt common classroom instructions and the name of shapes and colours. Students were asked to play a game giving and following instructions with ‘prends’ and ‘pose’ using shapes and colours.
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Digital project: Bee-Bot - AT
Students explored the concept of sequencing steps and decisions using Bee-Bots. They worked in groups to solve progressively more complex routes using grids on paper. Students then programmed the Bee-Bots to navigate grids created on the floor using masking …
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Matching numbers to Japanese kanji - AT
Students were asked to sing a numbers song while completing a written activity matching numbers to the correct kanji in their workbooks.
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Video: Superheroes - AT
Students studied the 'action superhero' film genre as an extension to prior work in Drama based on superheroes as characters in short plays. The aim was to ensure that the students understood the key differences between artwork in drama and modern media. Through …
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Class performance: Under the sea – AT
During the course of a term, students participated in an annual musical theatre production as an integrated unit that developed their skills across Dance, Drama and Music. The theme was ‘under the sea’ and the Year 2 students collaborated with Year 6 …
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Class performance: Jimmie Jean and the Turtles - AT
Students studied the Great Barrier Reef in an integrated unit that involved English, Science and The Arts. They developed their understanding of sustainability and conservation in relation to the reef by artistically exploring the narrative of the stimulus …
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Parts of the body -AT
Students had completed a unit of work on body parts and body part kanji. They completed a series of oral, aural and written activities to provide evidence of learning.
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Written instructions: Environmental games - AT
As part of a History unit, ‘Children 100 years ago’, students learnt that there was limited money and toys for children in Australia. Students were asked to create or adapt a game, using only natural resources. Students used a template to help develop …
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Composition: Penguins - AT
Students learning in music builds upon learning from the previous band. Students perform from a musical score that they have graphically notated and composed collaboratively with the ensemble. The task involved students playing instruments and improvising …
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Kanji writing and drawing activity - AT
Students had been learning about body parts in Japanese and corresponding kanji characters. They were asked to write the kanji character attempting to use stroke order and draw the body part creating a mnemonic device. Scaffolding was provided with an …
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Composition: Animals - AT
Students explored music inspired by animals by first listening to Penguin Circus by Nigel Westlake and responding to the different parts. They used body percussion to demonstrate aural skills and moved their bodies in time when listening, creating and …
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