Friday, October 12, 2012

2012 Term 4 Week 1 Day 5

Kindergarten
Religion: Craft
Theme: The Sacraments - Baptism
Paper Dove

English: Story Time
☑ Mark Sperring, The Sunflower Sword (2011)
With discussion of themes, illustrations and comprehension questions.

Mathematics: Maths Games
Theme: Measurement - What attributes can be measured?
☑ Laura Ljungkvist, Follow the Line (2006)
 With counting, pattern recognition and spatial awareness exercises.

Creative Arts: Painting
☑  Decorating 'Pakistani' trucks.






Human Society & Environment: Discussion / Debate (Clarifying Values)
Theme: All about me.
☑ How does an enemy become a friend?
Discussion arising out of Snowleopard video (see below) and The Sunflower Sword (see above).

Science & Technology: Video
Theme: A baby grows to an adult.
☑ David Attenborough, Natural World: Snowleopard - Beyond the Myth

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education: My Body
☑ Once Upon A Time... Life: The Body's Sentinels [Playlist - 3 episodes]
Cultural Studies: Investigating Diversity
Theme: Babies
☑ We followed on from the Snowleopard video, which was set in rural Pakistan, to see what we could find out about the Pakistani culture and environment. Along the way we discovered the amazingly beautiful Pakistani trucks, and decorated our own (see Creative Arts above).
☑ We also investigated some Pakistani dances, and discussed why the majority of videos we found involved groups of men dancing, and not women, or men and women dancing together.
☑ We ended with a video of a Camel Dance!

PreK - Play-based learning (EYLF)

Sensory Play
☑ Textures - while creating Pakistani trucks above

Exploratory Play
☑ Mulga joined in our video investigations of Pakistani culture

Manipulative Play
☑ Lego building

Dramatic Play
☑ Tabata moves - Dance like an animal

Creative Play
☑ See Pakistani trucks above

Infant - Play-based learning

Sensory Play
☑ Boronia started "feeling"objects by putting them in her mouth

Exploratory Play
☑ as above

Manipulative Play
☑ as above - it is still quite a challenge for her to maneuvre objects where she wants them

Dramatic Play
☑ we played peek a boo and looked in the mirror

Creative Play
☑ singing nursery rhymes

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