Written instructions – Environmental games - BELOW
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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Class performance: Under the sea – Below
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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Pairs: Seasons - BELOW
Students made and responded to dance by exploring seasons as a stimulus in a short unit of work. They also individually choreographed a dance to represent their chosen season. They were guided through the process of developing movements to represent a …
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Class performance: Jimmie Jean and the Turtles - BELOW
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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Animation – BELOW
Students studied endangered animals, read The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, and created short stop motion animation artworks as part of a 10-week unit called ‘Our Animal Planet’. They developed their understanding of the natural world and sustainability, …
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Video: Superheroes - BELOW
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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Composition: Animals - BELOW
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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Composition: Penguins - BELOW
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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Art response: Leaving home - BELOW
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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Sharing stories: Picture book BELOW
Students were engaged in a unit about illustrating personal stories. They explored a range of painting and drawing techniques, as well as processes and materials to develop their understanding of illustrating storybooks. The processes included printmaking …
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Digital project: The beach - BELOW
Students collected data about what they found on the beach and presented the data as an information product.
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Digital project: Organising ideas - BELOW
Students generated a digital mind map as a way to display pictorial data. They collected data about known places around the school in the form of digital photos taken using a tablet computer. They used an app to create a mind map to represent these data. …
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Digital project: Bee-Bot - BELOW
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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Presentation: Systems - BELOW
Throughout the term, students were introduced to various digital systems and their use. Students were asked to identify software and hardware then demonstrate how to use a digital system for a specific purpose at school.
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Demonstration: Creating dance - BELOW
Students spent the first half of the year following dance videos as part of their warm-up in physical education lessons. Students were asked to construct and perform a dance routine using a minimum of four dance moves that went for at least 30 seconds. …
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Demonstration: Striking (tennis) - BELOW
Students were involved in a unit of work which focused on the skill of striking. They explored how to control different types of balls using a variety of equipment. Students’ prior experience varied from never having held a bat or racquet to participating …
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Written response: Life changes - BELOW
Students listened to a story about children growing and changing and discussed the physical characteristics and different roles of characters in the book. Using a range of different images of people, students were asked to place them in order of age and …
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Written response: Healthy, safe, active - BELOW
Students explored and developed classroom expectations and considered how being healthy, safe and active can create a positive classroom environment as well as healthy people. Students used think-pair-share strategy to brainstorm ideas for each aspect …
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Annotated drawing: Being active - BELOW
Students were involved in a unit of work looking at how to be more active, including the body’s response to physical activity. Students were asked to draw themselves being active and label what happens to their body when they are active. The teacher …
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Written response: Body reactions - BELOW
Students participated in a combined HPE and Science unit, exploring how their body felt after physical activity. Before going for a run, students checked their heart rate by putting their hand on their chest. After the run, students checked to see if …
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