CELEBRATE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN 2014
PLANNING
Children will have just returned from a Easter holiday break. Students have begun a unit on The Passion Story in First Term. Easter Sunday is 2 days before return of school. There are many celebrations in the church and school calendar this term. The Prep Garden requires a dramatic face life!
Use AUS Curriculum Documents to pull out relevant achievement standards and content descriptions.
term_2_design_thinking_prep_blue_curriculum_celebrate_what_we_have_been_given.pdf |
EMPATHY
To build empathy the classroom will be decorated to celebrate Easter..
· Lorax video will be playing
· Classroom mat will be swapped for fake grass mat for term.
· Lorax trees
· Butterflies
· Butterfly cages
· Easter Eggs
· The children’s community from Term 1 will be filled with “new life” – trees, grass, water.
· Lorax video will be playing
· Classroom mat will be swapped for fake grass mat for term.
· Lorax trees
· Butterflies
· Butterfly cages
· Easter Eggs
· The children’s community from Term 1 will be filled with “new life” – trees, grass, water.
CelebrationsEaster
Prop Boxes
QR CODES
Project Nest
Children create a museum in the Home Corner and move Prop Box artifacts, images and items inside. Children create museum spaces for each celebration from boxes.
Children add photos and artefacts into relevant boxes. Children take each other on tours around the museum. Children add voice recordings of music for a celebration. World Cultures
Children add artifacts and items from World Cultures – celebrations.
Past and Present
Children Identify items and celebrations from the past and present. Key Symbols
Children identify celebration and/or ritual by naming symbols, songs, colours, words. Peppa Pig Party App helps children to identify symbols, songs and words from a Birthday Party Prep Blue Family cultural celebrations
Massimo - Birthday Party Mr Jenkins - Birthday Party Miss Kerlin - Engagement Party Emma - Christmas Aria - Confirmation My favourite symbols are.. writing task
Children identify their favourite symbols, colours and words from each celebration. Excursion
· Out of the box – cultural events, museum, |
Goodness of CreationLorax
Living Non-Living - Word Wall/Wonder Wall
Share and Teach Reports Share and Teach
Create a report on an animal found in their own backyard. Living Non-Living - Investigation Table
o Bugs o Animals o Ocean Animals o Magnifying glass o Bug Catchers o Focus Vocab o Spoons to touch o Brushes to push dirt away o Containers to collect and labels for date. o gloves Science Journal
o Code for Caring o Predict what animals might be in our environment o Look for evidence of animals § How to collect, observe and look after small animals o Draw observations o Act out an animal – FREEZE § What do you eat? § How do you protect yourself? § What kind of place do you live in? Safari Search: places throughout the school in places
Earth Worms
Habitats
Garden Prep
Fish Tank
Feeding roster Water turned green?!? Henny Penny chickens/butterflies·
Home Corner – Science Center/Museum
Incursion
Bug lady visit/Oceaniana Visit Magic School Bus - Bugs
Butterfly camouflage
Evernote
Living/Non Living photos Turtle Investigation
Looking after special places
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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Tangents!
Rhyming from Lorax movie
rhyme your name calling the roll
Author study from Dr Seuss
rhyme your name calling the roll
Author study from Dr Seuss
SYNTHESIS
- Reading to Learn - deconstruction of lyrics in Week 5/6 to talk about what the song is really saying and if matches with the ideas and concepts we have learned about caring for creation and living things basic needs.
IDEATION
How might we make a machine that gives us food? (Just like the air-o-matic)
How might we help CTK to reduce, reuse and recycle? |
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PROTOTYPING
Quick Prototyping
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Prototyping
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