Warrington School/Planning/Room 1 Planning 2011

= Term 4 MrP Topics =

Soccer, Environmental Radio Advert Competition, Rena, Road Race,language builders Stream monitoring, athletics, camp - Waianakarua/Rabbit Island, weeding, Geology with Chuck, BBOSI-School computers, swimming, Little Red Rocking Hood, Sunflowers and Kamokamo,

Writing
Fix PC Pest Control Cattery Coke
 * Write a radio advert script on recycling for the DCC competition
 * Share ideas and information clearly and logically
 * Proof read and edit - digital or hand-written
 * View and share advert exemplars -
 * Investigate features of Audacity software - Audacity Tutorial
 * Read and perform script - record - self evaluate
 * Extension - blog or document
 * Write comments on other student's blogs

Computer Science - Audacity Application

 * Record a radio advert
 * Work along-side others to learn use the application
 * Aiming for layers of Creative Commons audio tracks and over-all quality
 * Save projects onto desktop, export once finished

Visual language - still images

 * Effectively arrange, present and display visual and written information
 * Create a large A3 Wai Care poster
 * Viewing - interpret visual information from a wide range e.g. moving/still images modern/old formats etc
 * Read, analyse, understand and critically think about messages and purposes of information presented
 * The Energy Parable - teacher notes Parable

Art - Insect Pencil Sketch

 * Recognise and appreciate the fine details of scientific illustrators
 * Create a poster A4 landscape picture of a NZ invertebrate
 * Bordered by visual and written habitat information

Reading

 * Topics - Invertebrates
 * Internet/books on own or in group
 * At school at home
 * School journals
 * Read and write questions

Concert Items

 * LRRH - singng, dancing
 * Music - instruments

Health

 * Show awareness of keeping safe in the home, school, water, on camp and visiting the stream
 * Develop confidence in a range of physical skills e.g. ball handling - football, Ki-O-Rahi, athletics, aquatics and dance

Maori - Wai related

 * Utilise local expertise and resources to increase understanding
 * Visit Orokonui Ecosanctuary and share our knowledge
 * English, Te Reo, Legends...
 * Pictures, photographs, objects - artefacts

Key Competency - Relating to others

 * Interacting effectively with a diverse range of people in a variety of contexts
 * 1) The ability to listen actively, recognise different points of view, negotiate, and share ideas
 * 2) Relating well to others are is being open to new learning and able to take different roles in different situations
 * 3) Aware of how their words and actions affect others
 * 4) Know when it is appropriate to compete and when it is appropriate to co-operate
 * 5) Working effectively together, coming up with new approaches, ideas, and ways of thinking

Maths - Problem Solving

 * Working on word problems from book, work sheet or whiteboard
 * Complete examples and for homework
 * Create own word problems for others

= Term 4 MsM Topics =

Values:
Innovation, inquiry and curiosity. Community and Participation. Equity. Excellence. Integrity

Key Competencies:
Relating to Others, Managing Self, Participating and Contributing.

English:
Alongside formal Reading, spelling, grammar and handwriting skills programme;


 * complete production of individual 'school journal' type book - will be looking at book covers and how to design these, and illustrating of poems, articles, stories chosen.
 * reading myths, legends,fairy tales, classics: exploring different retellings/ reworkings, especially in play format. (link to Little Red Rocking Hood ). Write own play (in group or individually). Present to juniors/middlies.
 * persausive writing -linked to NZ General elections

Maths:

 * Number Knowledge - basic facts recall, fractional numbers, place value, number sequences (Week 1-3)
 * Problem Solving using strategies to solve addition/subtraction, multiplication/division, and proprotion and ratio problems (Week 5-7)
 * Class maths Challenge (Week 8)

Electricity:

 * Physical World: explore, describe and represent patterns and trends for everyday examples of physical phenomena such as electricity and magnetism.
 * Investigating in Science: build on prior experiences,working together to share and examine their own and others' knowledge.



simple explanations

Questions to investigate - What is electricity? What is the meaning of conductors and insulators? What is static electricity? How does a battery work? How does an electric heater produce heat/ a light bulb produce light? How are electricity and magnetism linked? How does hydro/windmills produce electricity?

Social Sciences:

 * Understand how groups make and implement rules and laws

NZ General Election:

 * What is a general election and how does it work?
 * How can we (general population) participate in making rules and laws? Link to persausive writing (English)- decide on an issue that you are passionate about and write to local MP to make sure your voice is heard.

Health and PE

 * Life Education Trust
 * Athletics (jump, run, throw)
 * Swimming skills