Book of HASS: Maths: English: (ACELA1429)

(ACELA1430) Science: Art/Music PE/Health: Cross curricular priorities: Classroom

the week: • Overarching theme
about Australia
•
•
Days of the week
Months of the year
• Journal
writing
(ACELA1431)
(ACELA1432)
• Earth and Space
sciences
•
•
Good morning song
Days of the week song
• Fitness and free
play everyday
The reasons some places are special to people and how they can be looked after,
including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' places of significance set up:
Inquiry and skills: (ACELA1433) (ACHASSK017)(ACHASSK016) Block corner
• Date • Guided • Sustainability • Lots of singing • RECESS/LUNCH
(ACELA1435) Home corner
(ACHASSI001) • Connect days of reading (ACSSU004) throughout the day DISCUSSIONS
(ACELA1434) Sensorial table
Researching: the week to what • Creative (ACSSU002) (ACCPPS004)
(ACELA1786) Reading corner
(ACHASSI00) is happening writing (ACELA1437)
(ACSIS014) (ACCPPS005)
(ACHASSI004 ) during the day • Daily (ACELA1439)
(ACSIS011) (ACCPPS006)
Analysing: (ACMNA001) NEWS (ACELA1440) (ACSIS233) (ACCPPS008)
(ACHASSI005 ) (ACELA1438) (ACSIS012) (ACPPS010)
(ACMNA002) (ACMNA003)
(ACHASSI007) (ACMNA289 ) (ACELA1817) (ACPPS011)
(WAHASS12)S004) (ACMMG006) (ACELA1819)
(ACHASSK014) (ACMMG007) (ACELA1820)
(9ACHASSK013) (ACMMG008)
(ACMSP011)

1 Wombat Stew Introduction to the theme Ordinal numbers Wondering about the Crafts: Expectations; The Rainbow Serpent Set up classroom
• What do you know 1. Animal race • “ What did you do on the weather 1. Alphabet bingo Class rules Collage a giant serpent. Aid in developing fine motor skills. • Block corner
about Australia? 2. Wombat stew Holidays?” Engage “What do you 2. Wombat stew writing Around the world • Scrunch up pieces of paper craft paper with finger tips, glue onto the • Play corner
3. Barrier game • DIY wombat Stew know about the 3. Football goals rainbow serpent. • Provocation
How the stories of families 4. Race with dice • Free Writing weather?” 4. Tree collage • Ask students if they would like to put a pattern on it. • Sensorial table
and the past can be 5. DIY wombat stew Provide the colours Red, Black and Yellow for students to collage • Reading/resting
communicated and passed 6. Sensorial tray Questioning: corner
down from generation to 7. Blank pots wombat • What does the rainbow serpent do? • Free play area
generation (e.g. stew • What happened to the people who did not listen to the rainbow serpent? • Australia map
photographs, artefacts, 8. Pot craft writing • What does creation mean?
books, oral histories, digital 9. Leaf cut outs • What does the land mean to Aboriginal Peoples?
media, museums) and how 10. Handprints Talk about the importance of the land
the stories may differ, 11. Rainbow serpent craft
depending on who is telling 12. Follow on CVC
them (ACHASSK013) 13. Follow on Stew pots
2 Are we there yet? Australian States Addition • “If you had 100 dollars Watching the weather: Crafts 200m race, prep for Big Rain Coming and Aboriginal Seasons • Australian
• What do you know 1. Foreign coins what would you buy?” Explore 1. Combi carnival Create Rain sticks in the afternoon and collage with students own patterns. states puzzle/
about Australia? 2. Play dough • “What State would you “Weather symbols” 2. Campfire Pass ball • Kitchen paper rolls activity
• Where do you live? printing like to travel too?” “Everyday symbols” 3. States colouring in • Craft paper • Images of
• Where Perth is 3. Coin rubbing 4. Handprints follow on • Twine famous
Are we there yet? 4. Can you buy it? 5. Dolphin colouring in Questioning: landmarks
5. Real coins 6. Leaves • Why wasn’t there any rain? • Images of
7. Fine motor skills • How did the rain come eventually? children visiting
serpent • What would happen if there was no rain? landmarks
8. Pool rules • Discuss weather watching in Science
9. 100 day crafts Discuss what the Aboriginal seasons are, create a sign for the classroom with
students

3 Australian States Subtraction and addition *Disruptions due to swimming Weather watching Crafts: Swimming rules How the birds got their colours • Australian
Are we there yet? • What do you know 1. Adding fun • On the Weekend “Eye to the cloud” 1. Sydney craft preparation states puzzle/
about Australia? 2. Hands on addition • Free Writing Little cloud 2. Leaves Caterpillar relay Painting ‘how the birds got their colours’ craft. It is week 3 and we are swimming so activity
(WAHASS10)
• Where do you live? 3. Connect four • Pick a landmark and write 3. Sensory table we will not have time to colour in the colouring in sheets during library. Plan to • Images of
(WAHASS03)
• Where Perth is 4. Say it make it your favour state 4. My favourite state paint the colouring in pages. famous
• Famous Landmarks 5. Leaf painting • Provide a range of colours for the children to paint their birds landmarks
6. Loose parts activity Ask students to choose if they would like to paint the birds or the magpie • Images of
7. Great barrier reef craft children visiting
8. Pick a landmark Questioning: landmarks
9. Vangough provocation • Does anyone want to try and summarise the story? • Many hands
• What happened to the magpie? make light
• Why didn’t he get colours? work sign
• What do you think the ‘moral’ of the story is?
Talk about friendship and helpfulness

4 Possum Magic Australian food Subtraction and Addition *Disruptions due to swimming Weather making Crafts: Leader ball run How the Kangaroos got their tails • Australian
(WAHASS11) • Foods that are 1. Adding fun • On the Weekend How does rain form? 1. Possum magic masks Australian animal salad Painting ‘How the Kangaroos got their tails’ craft. It is week 4 and it is a swimming mini’s; placing
Australian 2. Hands on • Free Writing How do clouds work? 2. Story map Whats the time Mr. week so we have less time in Library. So rather than completing colouring in during Australian food
subtraction • Pick a landmark and write Where does rain come 3. Make vegemite Wombat library we can go to the class and during the afternoon use paint to paint our on smaller
3. Connect four your favourite state from? sandwiches kangaroos. Australian map.
4. Say it make it 4. Lamingtons Questioning: Individual
5. Cloze activity • What happened during the story? activity for
6. Oat sensory • What happened to the long arm kangaroo? shelf
7. Dunbi the owl • What happened to the short armed kangaroo? • Images of
8. Pavlova Talk about greed. children visiting
landmarks
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5 One Wooly Wombat Australian Animals More/less • My Favourite Australian Sustainability week: Crafts: Around the world Dunbi the owl • Australian
• Animal questioning 1. Spinners Animal is The lorax 1. Australia minis - Collecting animal’s facts
• What do you know 2. Addition towers • If I was a Wombat.. What is recycling? 2. Label parts of animal rubbish Create Dunbi the Owl crafts to put on the tree. • Australian
about Australian 3. One more How does rubbish affect 3. Platypus animals
animals? 4. Scales our planet? 4. Koala craft • Hand prints, cut out handprints matching cards
Planting plants 5. Make TV Cut out eyes, body and hang up on tree • Images of
Recycling picking up and 6. Wombat craft children visiting
sorting rubbish activity Questioning: landmarks
• What was the moral of the story? continued
• Why are owls so important?
• Why do we need to take care of animals?
*Talk about the importance of the natural world to Aboriginal Peoples.

6 Possum in the Australian Animals Heavier/lighter • I predict….. After reading Investigating the wind Crafts Passball The Echidna and the shade tree • Australian
house • Concept 1. Writing about Edwina the EMU What is wind? 1. Finger puppets - Bushwalker animal’s facts
attainment heavier and lighter • “I want to be a ….” How does wind work? 2. Dot painting Salt dough Echidnas • Australian
• What have you 2. Paper bag weights Australian animal Making our own wind 3. Emu craft • Make salt dough animals
learnt about 3. Picture card instruments 4. Kookaburra craft • Match sticks matching cards
Australian animals sorting 5. Puppet stage Brown paint
• What do you want 4. Scales 6. Dingo craft • Images of
to know 7. Echidna craft Questioning: children visiting
Where do you live? What • According to the story why do echidnas have spikes? landmarks
do you know about the • Why do they waddle? continued
places around you? • What was the main problem in the story?
• What was the solution
Talk about the importance of sharing
7 A tale of a two Australian Flora and Fauna Halves/wholes • Some things I saw on my Be a bush scientist 1. Stain glass flowers Leadberball run Aboriginal Flag • Set up
honey possums - Following the bush 1. Pizza cutting bush walk Bush scientist 2. Playdough Australian
Gumnut babies scientist. 2. Playdough • Some things I know about investigations 3. Leaf painting Create giant Aboriginal flag to hang in the classroom: flowers
- Learning about the 3. Drawing Honey Possums are 5 senses 4. Things I saw on my • Paint flag with students provocation
different things we 4. Find the half bushwalk finishing off There is a flag activity on the shelves for students to do in their free time • Print out
might find in the 5. Salt dough flowers Australian
Australian bush 6. Father’s Day Questioning: flowers
- Bush walks • Talk about Acknowledgment of Country matching cards
• Talk about the meaning of the flag

8 Dreamtime stories Aboriginal and Torres Sharing/division “My favourite Australian Flower Weather reporters 1. Silhouette Carnival Torres strait Islander flag • Aboriginal
Strait Islander cultures and 1. Smarties is” Make your own weather 2. Wattles symbols
practices 2. Towers “Some things I know about report. 3. Billy goat gruff Create Torres Strait Islander flag to hang in the classroom provocation
3. Bugs Australian flowers are” Stand up in front of the 4. Spring flowers • Paint flag with students
4. Say it make it class with your weather There is a flag activity on the shelves for students to do in their free time
report and explain how
the weather is looking. Questioning:
• Show students where the Torres Strait Islands are
Talk about the meaning of the parts of the flag
9 Australian history Australian history and flags Review “Some things I know about Review 1. Make own flags Carnival Review: • Set up
and flags 1. Australian coins Australian flags” 2. Ipads Reading favourite story Australian Flags
2. Ordinal numbers “My favourite Australian Flag is: 3. Whole group flag matching cards
3. Playdough 4. Painting water colour Create a belonging craft, with all of our hand prints and each student’s name. Talk
4. Subtraction about Aboriginal Art and Cave paintings. Link to Giant Australia, Northern Territory.
bowling • White paint
5. Heavier and lighter • Brown paper
6. Addition
7. sharing Questioning:
• Talk about the importance of belonging to a group
• Talk about families and the importance of families
• Reinforce how dreamtime stories are passed down through generations

10 Review week AFL: Review “My favourite AFL Team is” Review 1. All the wa to WA craft Carnival Review
8. Australian coins “On the holidays” 2. Sensory table Reading favourite story
9. Ordinal numbers 3. Library finishing off
10. Playdough 4. AFL jerseys Finish off activities and putting together the dreamtime book.
11. Subtraction 5. Cookie icing colours Students take home dreamtime book.
bowling Prep all finishing off craft
12. Heavier and lighter Questioning:
13. Addition • Complete a mindmap about what we have learnt
sharing • Give a lot of guidance, they may need their books in front of them to
remember, some may not.
• Some things you know about Aboriginal Peoples cultures and Practices
Some things you know about Torres Strait Islander Peoples and practices