Kindergarten
Religion: CraftTheme: The Sacraments - Baptism
☑ Paper Dove
English: Story Time
☑ Mark Sperring, The Sunflower Sword (2011)
Mathematics: Maths Games
Theme: Measurement - What attributes can be measured?
☑ Laura Ljungkvist, Follow the Line (2006)
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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